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UFC 137 Preview and Predictions
UFC 137 has had numerous changes to the top of the card. Originally, the card was slated to feature a welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz with a co-main event of Carlos Condit vs. B.J. Penn. After Diaz missed some media obligations to promote the fight, UFC president Dana White removed Diaz [...]
UFC 130 Preview and Predictions
UFC 130 lost it’s scheduled main event as both lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and his scheduled opponent Gray Maynard went down with injuries. The cancellation of their rematch elevated the co-main event fight between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Matt Hamill to the main event. Despite the loss of a highly anticipated fight, UFC 130 is [...]
UFC 117 Preview and Predictions
The coverage for UFC 117 has been dominated by Chael Sonnen and his lunacy, but the rest of the card is pretty stacked as well. There are two #1 contender fights (Fitch vs. Alves and Nelson vs. Dos Santos) as well as a pretty intriguing welterweight fight between Matt Hughes and Ricardo Almeida.
Clay Guida vs. [...]
UFC Fight Night 21 Quick Picks
Sorry for the brevity of this post, but I didn’t have a ton of time to work on today’s preview for UFC Fight Night 21. I didn’t want to leave you guys without any picks though, so here we go!
Main card:
Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver: Siver is on a four-fight win streak, but Pearson has [...]
Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve Scheduled for UFC Fight Night 21
Although the fight has not been finalized, reports indicate that The Ultimate Fighter season 10 winner Roy Nelson will take on heavyweight prospect Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night 21.
Nelson defeated Brendan Schaub in the show’s finale, winning by TKO in the 1st round. Nelson, a blackbelt in Brazlilian Jiu Jitsu, is 14-4 in his [...]
The Ultimate Finale 10 Recap
Another winner of The Ultimate Fighter was crowned, one of MMA’s best young fighters showed what all the hype was about, and Kimbo Slice won his UFC debut. However, that sentence made the event sound much better than it actually was.
All eyes were on Kimbo Slice as he made his UFC debut against Houston Alexander. [...]
Nelson vs. Schaub Set for ‘TUF’ Finale/Kimbo vs. Alexander Also Official
The final of this season of The Ultimate Fighter is finally set. Roy Nelson won his semifinal fight against James McSweeney while Brendan Schaub impressively finished Marcus Jones to earn the spot in the final. The Ultimate Finale takes place this Saturday night in Las Vegas, starting at 8 pm Central on Spike TV.
The huge edge [...]
