Articles tagged with: Anderson Silva
MMA News, UFC, UFC 112 »
On Friday we speculated that Chael Sonnen would not be able to step in for the injured Vitor Belfort at UFC 112; we proceeded to waver on that opinion (yes waffles are one of our favorite breakfast foods), only to receive news that Demian Maia will now face Anderson Silva. Funny how the magical world of the UFC works huh? Silva bombs out Marquardt, Maia works Sonnen, Marquardt bombs out Maia, Sonnen works Marquardt, Silva bombs out…well, we’re getting ahead of ourselves here.
In an interesting story from MMA Junkie, Silva’s …
MMA News, Strikeforce, UFC »
Strikeforce found itself in the midst of a media blitz last month when they had 47-year old former NFL All-Pro Herschel Walker compete in his first professional MMA bout on the main card of their Strikeforce: Miami event on Showtime and it appears that the whole thing has UFC President Dana White less than amused. White spoke to ESPN 1100 radio and reiterated his beef with Strikeforce for putting on the fight, as well as the media that covered the event more than some of the UFC’s biggest fights in …
Columnists, Featured, Interviews, MMA News, Martin Smith, UFC, UFC 105 »
MMA News, UFC »
The UFC has skyrocketed in popularity with the rise of compelling fighters like Brock Lesnar and Georges St. Pierre among others, but it still seems to lack a certain charm at times. Many hardcore MMA fans have missed the PRIDE Fighting Championships from Japan, a league which spawned top UFC fighters like Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Anderson Silva, among others…
Columnists, Headline, Robert Carlin, UFC »
In the UFC middleweight division, one man stands head and shoulders above the rest as the undisputed greatest 185lb fighter in the world. That man is Anderson Silva.
On a tier below Anderson there are three top contenders who have more or less cleared out the rest of their division, all with the intention to stake their claim as the rightful number one contender to the middleweight title.
Dan Henderson, Nate Marquardt and Vitor Belfort are the three fighters on the brink of a title shot.
According to Dana White, Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva apparently have a verbal…
