Posted on 24 May 2013
UFC President Dana White stated yesterday in a media event for UFC 160 in Las Vegas that the light heavyweight champ Jon Jones could be out six weeks or six months. However today a tweet came out from fellow light heavyweight fighter Alexander Gustafsson that led fans and media to think otherwise. Its on @jonnybones [...]
Tags: Alexander Gustafsson, Jon Jones, ufc light heavyweight championship
Posted on 21 May 2013
It has been a long-time coming, but former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett has signed a multi-fight deal with the organization. On Tuesday MMAJunkie.com dropped the news on the heavyweight signing. Barnett has been fighting in professional MMA since 1997 and won the UFC heavyweight championship back in 2002 at UFC 36. He was later [...]
Tags: Josh Barnett, multi-fight deal, return, ufc
Posted on 21 May 2013
The UFC has beefed up it’s UFC 161 main card by adding a heavyweight tilt to the PPV portion of the show, as Roy Nelson will take on Stipe Miocic. UFC President Dana White announced the match-up to MMAJunkie.com on Tuesday. Miocic was expected to take Australian fighter Soa Palelei, who is now left without an opponent. [...]
Tags: roy nelson, Stipe Miocic, ufc 161
Posted on 21 May 2013
The much anticipated EA UFC game was displayed (sort of) at Tuesday’s ”Xbox reveal” event in Redmond, Washington, home of Microsoft. EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson unveiled the new “Ignite” game engine which will bring players a brand new feel for the companies new and existing franchises. During the EA presentation, a clip was shown of UFC fighters [...]
Tags: anthony pettis, benson henderson, ea ufc, Jon Jones, trailer, xbox reveal
Posted on 21 May 2013
It was rumored on Saturday night that UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao had been injured in training and would be out of his scheduled UFC 161 bout with Eddie Wineland. On Tuesday officials made it clear that he would be unable to compete in Winnipeg on June 15. With under a month to find [...]
Tags: dan Henderson, eddie wineland, Rashad Evans, Renan Barão, ufc 161, winnipeg
Posted on 21 May 2013
At the age of 38 most professional mixed martial artists are contemplating retirement, however former UFC middleweight Kalib Starnes is looking to resurge his career and find a way to get back to the big show. This past Saturday night was the start for Starnes as he made it back to the win column at [...]
Tags: afc, david perron, kalib starnes, Tim Hague, ufc
Posted on 19 May 2013
Victoria, BC – MMASucka.com was on scene for the 18th installment of Aggression Fighting Championship. The main event featured two extremely talented welterweight fighters as former TUF contestant Michael Hill took on Joel Powell. The first round of action saw Powell control the action; he had Hill’s back for more the majority of the round. [...]
Tags: afc 18, Aftermath, aggression fighting championship
Posted on 19 May 2013
It sounds as if we have a co-main event on our hands for UFC 160, as Mark Hunt has finally received his visa and will be able to make it to Las Vegas to take on the former heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos. On Sunday Hunt made the announcement via Twitter. Thank u for my [...]
Tags: Junior dos Santos, mark hunt, ufc 160, visa
Posted on 19 May 2013
The Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil was home to UFC on FX 8 this past Saturday evening. The main card which aired on FX in the United States and Sportsnet One in Canada featured four fights. The main event and co-main event delivered in exciting fashion, but the main card opened with two bouts that left fans [...]
Tags: Chris Camozzi, Evan Dunham, grading the main card, joao zeferino, Luke Rockhold, rafael dos anjos, rafael natal, ronaldo jacare souza, ufc on fx 8, vitor belfort
Posted on 18 May 2013
One of the sports best in Vitor Belfort continued his legacy in his main event match against Luke Rockhold. A one minute feeling out process started the fight, but a flurry proceeded by Belfort. Rockhold threw some fantastic punches, but Belfort utilized a spinning back-kick that dropped Rockhold. Second time is a charm for “The [...]
Tags: Luke Rockhold, ufc on fx 8, vitor belfort