Don’t cross the boss! If you fail to keep this simple rule in mind; things can turn the wrong way. Don’t believe it? Well, ask Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The “retirement’ of this UFC superstar is still quite clouded though he tried to make it very clear in most of his interviews that he is “done with fighting” and has entered retirement. The feud between UFC president Dana White...
No matter whether it’s Randy Couture or Brock Lesnar, the request keeps coming on. The fans across the globe want to see Brock Lesnar, the current UFC Champ one on one against the former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko. The requests flooded all over again when Fedor managed to add another name to his list of victims as he smashed previously undefeated Brett Rogers last Saturday...
The pre announced headliner of UFC 108 must have gained some extra attention as it is now officially confirmed that the winner of that match will become the No. 1 contender. The news must work as an energy booster to Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira as it will be a great opportunity for both of them to showcase their potentials. This match will take place on 2nd January, 2009 and...
It couldn’t have come in any better time. Just a few days ahead of the much hyped comeback of Cung Le, the new champ Jake Shields made a bold statement. He claimed that the only reason Le gave up fighting, joined acting and returned only after a mere month of vacating the title is just because Le is unwilling to fight against him. Shields defeated Jason “Mayhem” Miller last Saturday...
Imagine a gala event where an undefeated fighter meets a promising top ranked youngster! Do you find it interesting? Then don’t miss the mega clash between Brett Rogers and debutant Fedor Emelianenko on 7th November at the Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Rogers will push himself to the limits in order to win this match that will ignite his popularity and reputation. For Fedor, on the other...
This fight was supposed to be an intense one. The crowd was also waiting for this match to take place. But, due to the pull out of Brock Lesnar, UFC 106 will not feature the match between Shane Carwin and Brock Lesnar. Fans were eager to know what Carwin had to say on this pull out of Lesnar and Carwin has aired his thoughts with a blog post in his website ShaneCarwin.com. As a lot of people may know...
The first successful title defense of Lyoto Machida, the UFC light heavyweight champion has earned him quite a huge amount. He defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 104 last Saturday in Los Angeles and gained a total of $200,000. Rua also took home $155,000 for his participation. These figures were released by The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) on Tuesday. This match turned out to...
UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has been forced to withdraw from UFC 106 due to an illness he has been battling for the past few weeks. He was going to fight with Shane Carwin for the Heavyweight Title on November 21 at UFC 106. From UFC President Dana White, courtesy of Yahoo Sports: “He said he’s never been this sick in his life. He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just...
BanDogs MMA @ Rooney’s Boxing Gym No less than three members of the new BanDogs MMA organisation, based out of Rooney’s Boxing Gym in South East London, are set to compete at the Ultimate Challenge – Payback event on Saturday the 22nd August at The Troxy, London E1.The BanDogs MMA fighters due to take part in the Sky televised event are the highly exciting Jamaine Facey, who is to face the...
Shooto has reached its 20th anniversary and has had an amazingly marked past. Over the last ten years Shooto Japan has finally carved out a particular niche in all the lighter weight classes. Many fantastic fighters like Anderson Silva, Jutaro Nakao, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai and Tetsuji Kato have spawned from the Shooto however the rise of UFC spelled doom for this prestigious UFC category...
