Post Tagged with: "Fight"

MMA Quick Hits 4/27/12: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson, The UFC vs. Anheuser-Busch

After his win over Thiago Silva at UFC on Fuel 2, Alexander Gustafsson was touted as the next man up to get a shot at Jon Jones’ title. Jones, however, thinks he’s not ready. “I think he’s pretty close to a title shot. I think m…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/25/12: Hector Lombard officially in the UFC, Overeem denied license in Nevada

In an interview with MMAFighting.com, Bjorn Rebney revealed that Bellator is no longer with a Middleweight Champion, as they have elected not to match the UFC’s contract offer to Hector Lombard. “We have a business model where we make decis…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/23/12: Overeem issues statement on failed drug test, Dan Henderson’s plan to defeat Jon Jones

Alistair Overeem’s camp issued a statement giving the explanation for his elevated T/E ratio in a March pre-fight drug test: To my friends and fans, I am deeply saddened to announce that on Friday, April 20, I respectfully withdrew from the May 2…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/20/12: The Return of GSP, Edgar vs. Aldo

Georges St-Pierre told MMAJunkie.com that he’s almost ready to start training again. “[The knee] feels very good. In two months, I’m back to training. I’m in good shape now, but I’m not in fighting shape. In two months it&…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/16/12: New UFC regional champions, Mark Hunt vs. Junior dos Santos

During the post-fight press conference of UFC on Fuel TV 2, Dana White told the media that the UFC was looking into possibly creating “regional circuits and champions.” Lorenzo and I were literally talking about this before the show started…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/13/12: Letting Overeem fight for the title is unfair, MMA regulation worldwide

Current UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos told Brazil’s “O Globo” newspaper that he doesn’t think Alistair Overeem should be able to get the title shot now that he failed a drug test, but he’d still take the fight…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/11/12: Alistair Overeem didn’t cheat, Rashad Evans is outmatched against Jon Jones

During Monday’s edition of Inside MMA on HDNet, “The Voice” Michael Schiavello defended Alistair Overeem’s positive testosterone test, saying he actually didn’t cheat. “You know, while we’re talking about the s…

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MMA Quick Hits 4/9/12: UFC in India, Fedor vs. Bobby Lashley

The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Multi Screen Media announced their partnership to broadcast UFC programming in India and the rest of the sub-continent in a press release. MSM’s new sports channel – SIX, will deliver the world’s lar…

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