All Entries Tagged With: "UFC"
Zuffa Buys Strikeforce
Generally, Saturday is not a huge news day in the MMA community. Yesterday was definitely the exception, as we learned that Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the UFC, purchased the number two MMA promotion, Strikeforce.
UFC president Dana White announced the news in a video interview with MMAfighting.com’s Ariel Helwani. Although it appears many of [...]
WEC 53 Preview and Predictions
Thursday night’s event will bring an end to the WEC era, but will also mark the beginning of a new era in the UFC. The UFC has already begun to use fighters from the WEC in recent events, and WEC 53 will determine the first ever UFC Bantamweight champion as well as a future contender [...]
UFC Heavyweight Shane Carwin Linked to Convicted Pharmacist in Steroid Case
According to a report on Alabama Live, former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin was a recipient of steroids from supervising pharmacist J. Michael Bennett, who was sentenced Friday to a four-year prison term after being convicted of “participating in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell anabolic steroids.”
From the report:
Prosecutors referred to Bennett, 44, and the others [...]
Strikeforce Champ Shields Near Deal With UFC
Current Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields is close to finalizing a deal with the UFC according to various reports. Shields has been in negotiations with the UFC since his last title defense in April against Dan Henderson.
UFC president Dana White has not hidden his desire to get Shields into his promotion, mouthing “He’s mine” while [...]
Anthony Johnson’s Days as a Welterweight Need To End
According to Steve Cofield at cagewriter, some reports indicate that UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson collapsed just prior to the weigh ins for UFC 106. This comes after a horrendous and dangerous attempt at cutting weight for his contest with Yoshihiro Yoshida at UFC 104. Reports prior to that weigh-in said that Johnson was being carried [...]
Matt Hughes signs contract extension with the UFC
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes announced today that he has signed a contract extension with the company. The deal should take him to the end of his MMA career, ensuring that he will finish his career in the UFC.
Here’s what Hughes had to say on his blog:
Last week I went out to Vegas and [...]
Tito Ortiz to return at UFC 106
According to various published reports, Tito Ortiz will be making his return to the Octagon at UFC 106 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As has been speculated, his opponent will be former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman. No official announcement has come from the UFC, but I would expect it to come out in the coming [...]
