Alistair Overeem talks to Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com Zuffa’s purchase of Strikeforce. “It can be really, really the best thing [that] ever happened to the sport, if it’s used positive, and I see that happening. If it’s used negative, then it’s going to be a downfall. But I don’t see that happening. I see this [...]
George St. Pierre spoke with Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports about fighting Anderson Silva. “It’s a complete re-orientation of my career. People are saying crazy stuff, like ‘Oh, you just have to gain 30 pounds and take the fight and fight him in three months.’ I can’t [gain] 30 pounds in three months. It would [...]
Chad OchoCinco said at ESPN the Weekend in Orlando that he would defeat the UFC’s Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva. “I’ll whip his ass. I’m not going to the ground. I know if I’m going to fight Anderson, I have to fight him standing up. I’m quicker than him. I know he’s good at what he [...]
Dana White is back with his first installment of his video blob for UFC 127. He starts out going to the TUF set, then shows you some behind the scenes of UFC 126 (which I was at) so you can see his reaction to the front kick Anderson Silva landed on Vitor Belfort. Did anyone [...]
Antonio Minotauro Nogueira talks to Tatame.com about a potential superfight between welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAJunke.com that even though Strikeforce ran three tournament alternate bouts on Saturday night on Showtime, Fedor Emelianenko could be the first to get that spot. Emelianenko could potentially return as an alternate in the tournament should an injury occur. “There’s absolutely a possibility he could be a replacement. That’s the [...]
Oh man, the damage that Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva put on the once great Fedor Emelianenko was horrific. Talk about “ouch!” Fedor made numerous mistakes out there. He just didn’t look the same. After the match he was asked if this was the last time we would see him in the cage. He answered, “Perhaps it’s [...]
Wanderlei Silva has called out Vitor Belfort following his loss to UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva at UFC 126 last weekend. Silva told Tatame.com, “And now, where are you running to? I’d give him the number one (on the line to fight me) easily, I’m challenging him…I want him.” Interesting. I wasn’t thinking about this [...]