Category: "Quick hits"

MMA Quick Hits 10/26/11: Georges St-Pierre at Lightweight, Urijah Faber to finish Brian Bowles

In an interview with Sherdog.com, Georges St-Pierre’s trainer, Firas Zahabi, said he’d rather GSP moved down than move up in weight class. “I’d want him to move down to 155 [lbs.] if Frankie [Edgar] was not the champion. Obvious…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/24/11: Brock Lesnar will defeat Alistair Overeem easily, Kenny Florian not retiring

In an interview with ESPN.com, Frank Mir revealed his thoughts on Alistair Overeem’s debut at UFC 141 against Brock Lesnar. “Honestly, I think Brock will win pretty easily. I think we’re going to see the closest thing to a grappler ve…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/21/11: Mirko “Cro Cop” will retire, Paul Daley vs. Nate Marquardt

Mirko Filipovic told MMAFighting.com that if he loses at UFC 137, he’s done. “I want to retire as the old Cro Cop. I don’t know if I will be able to do it, but I will die trying. Nothing is hard for me. I will die trying…Look at…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/19/11: Chael Sonnen talks Anderson Silva, Nick Diaz almost no-shows again

Chael Sonnen was on the Jim Rome show discussing his “winner take all” stipulation he offered to Anderson Silva for a rematch. “That was a spur of the moment type of thing. I’m trying to pick a fight with this guy. This is the m…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/17/11: Shane Carwin out until mid-2012, Jason Miller vs. Anderson Silva

On his personal website, Shane-Carwin.com, Shane Carwin let his fans know he’s going to be on the shelf for a while. “As I ramped up my training for UFC 141 my body locked up during training. It wasn’t like the Lesnar fight but my bac…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/14/11: Anderson Silva only has 4 fights left, Mirko Crocop fires back at Chael Sonnen

Anderson Silva’s manager Ed Soares took to a Brazilian media outlet, SporTV, to discuss Silva’s possible future opponents, and the end of his career. “Let’s see what the big boss is going to do. My opinion is that he had his chance …

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/12/11: Brock Lesnar back to the WWE, Frank Mir has striking advantage over Antonio Nogueira

With Brock Lesnar returning to the WWE squared-circle in the upcoming “WWE 12″ video game, he was asked in an interview with ESPN.com whether or not he’d ever work for Vince McMahon again. “I think I will. I think under the righ…

read more

MMA Quick Hits 10/10/11: Chael Sonnen crosses the line, Kenny Florian issues a statement regarding his future

After his victory over Brian Stann at UFC 136, Chael Sonnen said, “Anderson Silva, you absolutely suck… I’m calling you out, Silva, but we’re upping the stakes. I beat you, you leave the division. You beat me, I’ll leave t…

read more