UFC 153 in Rio just took a major blow. Maybe even bigger than UFC 151, which was cancelled altogether. Today UFC President Dana White took to Twitter to announce that Quintion “Rampage” Jackson was out of his scheduled Co-Main Event bout with Glover Te…
Breaking News – Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard are both injured, postponing their UFC 130 rematch. Rampage vs. Hamill is now the main event May 28! Edgar has suffered broken ribs in training, while Maynard suffered a knee injury of his own. There’s no timetable has been set for their rematch. Thiago Alves vs. Rick [...]
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones is injured and will no longer be defending his title against Rashad Evans. Evans will now take on Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis at UFC 133 on August 6 in Philadelphia, PA. The Canadian Press’ Neil Davidson first reported the opponent switch, which was later officially announced by the UFC. [...]
1. Paul Daley talks about Saturday’s fight: Paul Daley told MMAJunkie.com, “Scott is one of the guys that I used to watch back in the day. He’s game all the time. He comes out, and he fights. He’s got that attitude that I admire. You know when he’s going to be in a fight, it’s [...]
1. Nogueira having multiple surgeries: Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira spoke to Tatame.com and says he expects to undergo surgery by this weekend to take care of a recurring hip injury, and possibly his knee. “I hurt my hips training and I’ll have to go on surgery. I’m only depending on a few exams, but I [...]
1. Spike TV wants new fights: Spike TV officials announced on Monday a change to the UFC 118 prelims, which will now see Joe Lauzon against his new opponent Gabe Ruediger and Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz taking the second slot on the one hour special. Gerald Harris has been demoted to the non-televised preliminary [...]
1. Brock Lesnar hates on Batista and Fedor: On a conference call, when asked about Fedor’s upcoming fight against Fabricio Werdum, Lesnar said, “He’s the greatest champion of all time. Greatest ever of all time in his own little world.” Responding to the question of whether he could beat the Russian, Lesnar’s response was simple. [...]
The lightweight bout between Thiago Tavares and Melvin Guillard that was scheduled for the preliminary portion of the upcoming UFC 114 event has been scrapped, according to MMAJunkie.com. Tavares reportedly hyper-extended his elbow during training and had to pull out of the fight due to the injury. UFC officials are busy looking for a replacement [...]
