Strikeforce’s Heavyweight World Grand Prix kicked off earlier this month on February 12 with some eye-opening fights, but the second set of quarterfinal bouts may not start as planned. Strikeforce’s April 9th event was expected to feature Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bouts of Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum and Brett Rogers vs. Josh Barnett. However, [...]
MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Thiago Silva has been forced outof his UFC 130 bout with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and the UFC has already found a replacement. Per the report, Rashad Evans will step in for Silva to meet Rampage in a rematch of their UFC 114 bout. However, Silva himself told Tatame.com that the reports [...]
Anderson Silva discussed the front face kick that ended Vitor Belfort’s night during Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “As far as the kick goes, the last time I did my training camp here, I was training at Black House with Steven Seagal, and he helped me a lot with that kick. He perfected it. I did [...]
1. Jason Miller still bashing Nick Diaz: Jason Miller appeared on “It’s Time! With Bruce Buffer” on the Sherdog Radio Network and ripped the Gracie camp for not letting Nick Diaz fight him at middleweight. “They’ve started spitting out, ‘Oh, 178.’ Meanwhile back at the ranch, Nick Diaz is saying, ‘I’ll fight middleweight. I’ll fight [...]
1. Ben Henderson excited to be in the UFC: MMAJunkie.com asked WEC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson about how he thinks he’d fare against UFC lightweights. “I got asked that question quite a bit before: ‘How do you think you would do in the UFC?’ My answer was always, ‘There’s only one way to find out.’ [...]
1. Rashad Evans frustrated: Rashad Evans told ESPN.com that it’s hard to wait for a title shot. “It’s just frustrating. I am a fighter and I need to make a living doing this, but at the same time it’s about getting that gold. But if the gold is something that I’m not going to get [...]
A lot has changed since the last time the rankings were out. Not so much with the top of the rankings, but the bottom half got jumbled up with the addition of a couple of newcomers. We have a couple of risers and a few fallers, one fighter falling as much as four spots. Yes, [...]
Extended coverage of ESPN2′s MMA Live for 8/26/10. The guys review Strikeforce: Houston and preview UFC 118. Kenny Florian is gone, but Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evans, and Stephan Bonnar step in to replace him. Have a look:
