The Long Wait Over, Bedford Aims For The Next Step
By Jordan Newmark Whether it takes a fighter 10 weeks, 10 months or 10 years to make their Octagon debut, that one bout is only the beginning of their new and much more challenging career as a UFC fighter. The UFC is both the end of one journey in obscurity and the start of another [...]
Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that its event on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago is officially sold out. The UFC’s long-awaited return to the Windy City is headlined by a light heavyweight No. 1 contender fight between former champion Rashad Evans and unbeaten Phil Davis. [...]
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Courtsey of mmaweekly.com Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champion Georgi Karakhanyan will put his belt on the line on March 9 against former WEC stand-out Micah Miller. Tachi Palace Fights officials confirmed the bout on Monday. Following his run in Bellator Fighting Championships, former pro soccer player Georgi Karakhanyan has found success again under the Tachi [...]
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Viewing party in support of Hanford’s Chad Mendes to take place January 14 as Mendes battles for the UFC Featherweight Title on Pay Per View. BUY TICKETS HERE 4pm – Doors Open 4pm – Video screens showing UFC Countdown show/Weigh In/Football 4:30pm – Prize Giveaway SHERDOG.COM just dropped off over 20 boxes of DVDs that [...]
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PLUS, STEFAN STRUVE vs. DAVE HERMAN STIPE MIOCIC vs. PHIL DE FRIES UFC® on FUEL TV Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE Live on FUEL TV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JAN. 6 – 10 A.M. CT Las Vegas, Nevada – The [...]
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Source: MMAweekly.com King of the Cage bantamweight champion Jared Papazian has stepped in to face Mike Easton at UFC on FX 1 on Jan. 20, MMAWeekly.com has learned from sources. He replaces Ken Stone two days after the bantamweight was injured and forced off the card. Papazian (14-6) won the King of the Cage [...]
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By Frank Curreri LAS VEGAS, December 30 – England’s Ross Pearson, lightweight winner of season nine of The Ultimate Fighter, made his featherweight debut in UFC 141 preliminary card action at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Friday night, prevailing against a fighter who early seemed to be playing the role of a Poor Man’sLyoto Machida in Junior Assuncao. Assuncao danced about the [...]
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By E. Spencer Kyte Add Ross Pearson’s name to the growing list of competitors to change divisions after winning The Ultimate Fighter. Two years and five fights after defeating countryman Andre Winner to claim the lightweight competition on Season nine of the UFC’s long-running reality series, the 27-year-old Briton is poised to make his [...]
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By E. Spencer Kyte With the UFC light heavyweight division spending a great deal of time in the spotlight this year, it’s surprising that Alexander Gustafsson hasn’t garnered more attention. Not that the 24-year-old from Stockholm is complaining. Despite a three-fight winning streak that includes a televised second round technical knockout win over [...]
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After making an impressive UFC debut at light heavyweight, 12-1 Ronny Markes will move to middleweight to face powerful wrestler Aaron “A-Train” Simpson at UFC on FUEL 1, UFC president Dana White announced today. Also at that event, verbal agreements are in for a featherweight bout between one of the best submission grapplers in [...]
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