GSP: FROM ULTIMATE CHAMPION TO ULTIMATE COACH
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Every season of “The Ultimate Fighter" has brought a different style of coach, and some of the best fighters in the world have taken a turn at the head of a team on the powerhouse reality show. For the first time ever, UFC welterweight champion and arguably pound-for-pound top fighter in the world Georges St-Pierre will take his turn as coach on the next season of the reality show, which starts filming in June.
The Canadian fighter leaves for Las Vegas in a few weeks, and has already started assembling his team of coaches and assistants that will help him along the way with the new season of hopefuls.
The cast of characters to ...
Brawl After “Strikeforce: Nashville” Brings Smiles to Dana White’s Face
Monday, April 19th, 2010
UFC president Dana White was eating crow all week after his middleweight superstar, Anderson Silva, made a mockery out of the organization’s most monumental show. Time heals all wounds and thankfully for Octagon brass, they only had to wait a week for the “Strikeforce: Nashville” circus to roll into MMA’s ...
Full Card and Bout Order Announced for UFC 114
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
With just days to go before this weekend's UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, UFC staffers are still busy preparing for future events as well. This evening, the UFC confirmed the full card and bout order for May 29th's UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans, in Las Vegas:
Main Card:
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
- Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller
- Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
- Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
Prelims:
- Amir Sadollah vs. Dong-Hyun Kim
- Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
- Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
- Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabate
- Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer
- Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen
Russow, Duffee, and Hathaway will ...
UFC Fight Night 21: Kenny Florian Dismantles Takanori Gomi
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
The highly touted Takanori Gomi made his UFC debut live on Spike TV from North Carolina against perennial title challenger Kenny Florian to headline the UFC Fight Night 21 card. The UFC sold him as an "all time great", "the last PRIDE champion" and his 30+ wins were mentioned.
Former title challenger and TUF veteran Kenny Florian entered the cage as the home country fighter, well known and respected by the fans.
He then proceeded to utterly dominate and dismantle Takanori Gomi. Florian picked Gomi apart standing in the first round but waited until the third, when Gomi began to land punches on the feet to shoot in for the take down where ...
STRIKEFORCE NEWS: Bobby Lashley expected to be added to April 17th Strikeforce: Nashville card
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
With three Title fights already scheduled for their April 17th return to CBS, Strikeforce is planning on filming one of the night's preliminary card fights for broadcast on CBS should time allow due to the top three fights going short. Half of that preliminary fight might be taken care of, as MMAJunkie.com reports that Bobby Lashley is expected to be added to the card.
No opponent is set for Lashley at this time, but the report states an announcement should be coming within the next week.
Lashley ...