The question that was troubling the UFC fans recently seems to have an answer now. At least, that’s what UFC President Dana White believes! In a recent interview, Dana White said that he felt Frankie Edgar is the most qualified fighter and better prepared than the undefeated 155 pounder Gray Maynard to challenge the current UFC Lightweight champion B.J. Penn. The Monday bout between Maynard...
What would you call a person who wants to try his hands on a completely different area of expertise? Give it a thought because from MMASpark, we have got news for you! Something exactly like that may happen soon as 41 year old boxing champion James Toney is reportedly planning to enter Mixed Martial Arts and join UFC. Toney is the current NABO and IBO Heavyweight Boxing Champion and now has expressed...
Only a few days back UFC president Dana White stated that the current health status of Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar will be determined later this week and the organization will think about the necessary steps related to the championship accordingly. But it seems the UFC authorities are not in the mood of wasting any more time and trying to arrange the Heavyweight division with the remaining...
You must be remembering Takanori Gomi, don’t you? He was the last Lightweight Champion of the currently extinct PRIDE organization. Well, that young man is now an official member of the UFC roaster. Recently in a press meet, UFC president Dana White has confirmed that Gomi has agreed to a contract with UFC, arguably one of the largest and most popular MMA promotions in the world. The fighter is...
The New Year finally bought some reality check for Brock Lesnar and his camp. This popular fighter is out of competition since July 2009 due to a mystery injury and the UFC champion never came clear with his latest health status. But now it seems UFC authorities want to sort this problem out once and for all as the fans are expected to get some clear picture of the whole scenario next week. After...
PRIDE Fighting Championship is back! Well, don’t get us wrong. The show is not going to start afresh; but there is going to be a new series on Spike TV that features some of the most memorable matchups from this currently extinct promotion. The show is scheduled to debut on 15th January. It will be called “The Best of PRIDE” and will be on air each Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT with replays throughout...
As we had said earlier, don’t cross the boss or bad things can happen. Seems the Rampage Jackson incident has proved it again. He veteran fighter has recently said in his official website that he is finally coming back to UFC. Jackson said he is returning only to finish out his contract with UFC though he didn’t mention any probable date of his return. He left UFC to play the role of B.A. Baracus...
“The Ultimate Fighter 10” will not show up this week for Thanksgiving. This show, however, will return next week and there will be a two hour special season ending episode. The show will be broadcasted on Spike TV in its normal timeslot of Wednesday 10 p.m. ET/PT. This December 2nd episode of “TUF” will feature four fights in total; there will be two quarter finals and the two semi-final...
UFC President Dana White hinted in a recent interview that there might be a change in the UFC 110 headliner. The main event match between Wanderlei Silva and Yoshihiro Akiyama may be scrapped and Silva may face a different competitor in that show. Soon after White’s statement, the critics assumed that perhaps Dana is planning to book UFC 105 winner Michael Bisping against Silva in UFC 10 that is...
The UFC is growing gradually and drawing some serious attention of the viewers as the UFC shows are attracting more and more fans each time. The brand is forced to sideline its biggest superstar and current UFC champion Brock Lesnar due to injury problems but still going strong. The last show, UFC 106 proved this all over again. Though many critics claimed that the event fell short of expectations...
