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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 …
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UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is set to return to the Octagon this summer.
Lesnar will fight the winner of the Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir fight at UFC 111.
Lesnar appeared alongside UFC president Dana White on ESPN in the U.S on Wednesday to make the announcement.
Lesnar said that he had been feeling sick for some time while he was training for his fight with Shane Carwin, which was scheduled for UFC 106 last November.
He talked about being diagnosed with…
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With 2010 upon us, we thought we’d share with you our favourite moments from the MMA scene in 2009.
MMA enjoyed huge success throughout the year, with several fighters going on to become world class athletes. The highlights were endless – Team UK impressed during season nine of The Ultimate Fighter, Kimbo Slice made his UFC debut, Dan Hardy sent shockwaves through the welterweight division, Team England impressed in the M1 Challenge and Affliction suffered in similar fashion to the PRIDE organisation.
One thing is for sure however, it was an awesome year to be an MMA fan…
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Lightweight champion BJ Penn dominated Diego Sanchez en route to a fifth-round TKO at UFC 107 on Saturday night.
Sanchez, who had never been stopped before, was simply outgunned and outmatched. He did not complain when the one-sided fight was finally halted due to a massive gash on his forehead.
Penn (15-5-1) was cool and calm, blunting Sanchez’s attacks while using his superior striking to punish the challenger. When Sanchez came forward, Penn made him pay. The Hawaiian used his agility and balance to stuff Sanchez’s takedown attempts before a pumped-up crowd…
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Late last week, HBO, which is not only a premium channel on your cable dial but also a major distributor of pay-per-view programming, announced that it had attained at least 1.25 million pay-per-view buys for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight, generating about $70 million in gross revenue.
For Floyd Mayweather’s “comeback” fight against Juan Manuel Marquez a couple of months ago, they declared a little over a million buys, producing roughly $52 million. The fight between Mayweather and Ricky Hatton did 920,000 buys. When Pacquiao fought Oscar De La Hoya, there were 1.2 million buyers announced…
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With news of UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s medical issues dominating the headlines, questions have began to circulate about what the future holds for the company’s heavyweight division.
Prior to being forced to withdraw from both this weekend’s UFC 106 and UFC 108 in January, Lesnar was set to defend his title against undefeated Shane Carwin, a man some thought could possibly dethrone the champion with his heavy hands and strong wrestling base.
As his date with Lesnar has been put on indefinite hold, Carwin and numerous others have…
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In an update on the condition of UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, UFC president Dana White told TMZ on Monday that there “a possibility” that the 32-year-old will never fight again.
Lesnar, who is also suffering from mononucleosis, is “very, very sick,” according to White, who revealed to the TMZ website that the former WWE star also has some sort of intestinal disorder.
As noted over the weekend, following the UFC 105 press conference in Manchester, White had said of Lesnar: “He doesn’t want to talk about it publically, but he’s in bad shape. He’s not well…
