July 2007
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Nate Quarry Returns Against Pete Sell
A few more fights were officially announced today for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 11 which is scheduled for September 19 in Las Vegas.
Nate “the Rock” Quarry will make his return to the UFC after nearly two years away from MMA action. Quarry last fought at UFC 56 in November, 2005 when he was quickly and rather brutally defeated by then UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin. After that...
Andre Arlovski vs Brandon Vera at UFC 78?
I normally don’t like to speculate on fights that I haven’t been able to get a reasonable amount of confirmation on, but with the lack of news stories lately, the MMA world is abuzz today with news that Andre Arlovski and Brandon Vera might fight at UFC 78 in November. UFCMania.com is reporting the story, and even they are very non-committal about the fight, saying they can’t get either...
UFC Title Picture
I want to take a minute to look over the current UFC landscape and the title holders at each weightclass. Every weightclass will have one more title fight before the end of 2007 (with the probably exception of the lightweight division due to the Sherk steroid suspension appeal). Which current UFC champions will hold their belts come January 1, 2008 and which belts will change hands? Sean Sherk...
MMA Steroid Epidemic Continues
Postive drug tests continue to sweep over the MMA landscape much like the AIDS crisis is currently ravaging the content of Africa. Today, the California State Athletic Commission reveals that UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk has tested positive for Nandrolone Metabolite, a banned substance.
Sean Sherk, the reigning UFC World Lightweight Champion, who last competed on July 7, 2007 in...
The Frank Mir Mystique
Frank Mir - the baddest man on the planet. Or at least that’s what Frank has always claimed on his personal website. The UFC rounded out the full UFC 74 fight card yesterday when they announced the fight between Frank Mir and Antoni Hardonk. According to the UFC’s website:
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir returns to the Octagon for the first time in nine months when he takes on...
UFC 75: Champion vs Champion Free on SpikeTV
The UFC officially announced today that UFC 75: Champion vs Champion will be shown on tape-delay free on SpikeTV starting at 9pm EST. The September 8 event is scheduled to take place in London, England and feature the Light Heavyweight title fight between current UFC champion Quinton Jackson and current PrideFC champion Dan Henderson. This will mark the first time the UFC has shown a title...
Liddell vs Silva NOT at UFC 76?
Didn’t I mention yesterday, during the middle of all this furor surrounding the Chuck vs Wandy announcements that I wasn’t holding my breath and wouldn’t believe this fight was happening until it was officially announced. Well, yeah, looks like that was a good perspective to take. Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports, who seems to have quickly become Dana White’s first go-to choice in the media, is...
Chuck vs Wanderlei at UFC 76 - Update
It appears that earlier reports of the Chuck vs Wandy fight taking place at UFC 76 in September may be accurate. According to Wanderlei Silva’s personal webiste, the fight seems to have been agreed upon.
The hour arrived! The date of the fight of Wanderlei Silva is confirmed. It will be day 22 of September, in U.S.A., place and schedule still not defined. The confrontation between Wanderlei...
Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva at UFC 76?
UFCJunkie.com is reporting that both Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva have at least verbally agreed to fight each other at UFC 76 this September in Anaheim, California.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (20-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and former longtime PRIDE Fighting Championships middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva (31-7-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) have verbally agreed to a fight that will take...
WEC: Condit vs Larson
World Extreme Cagefighting has officially announced their next event to be held on August 5 in Las Vegas Nevada. The WEC show will be headlined by two title fights and will be shown live on The Versus Network at 9pm EST. The WEC welterweight belt will be on the line when current champion Carlos Condit faces Brock Larson. This fight originally was scheduled to take place last month, but Condit...
Early Ortiz vs Evans II Hype
At the UFC 73 post-fight press conference, Dana White announced that Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans would have an immediate rematch following their draw on last Saturday nights card. The current general assumption is that this rematch will take place at UFC 77 this coming October in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the post-fight conference while Tito Ortiz was at the podium, the following verbal...
UFC Adding New Weightclasses?
Scott White over at MMAonTap.com picked up on some possible big news for the UFC this morning.
If you make your way over to the UFC website and check out their “Title Holders” section you’ll notice that they now have Featherweight (Over 135 lbs. to 145 lbs.) and Bantamweight (Over 125 lbs. to 135 lbs.) divisions listed. Could this mean the UFC plans on introducing these divisions soon?
It would...
Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin at UFC 77
After defeating Nate Marquardt this past Saturday at UFC 73: Stacked, Anderson Silva can now look ahead to UFC 77 in October and a rematch with Rich Franklin in Cincinnati, Ohio. As you can tell from this video by Fightlinker.com, I don’t think Rich is too thrilled looking forward to the rematch.
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UFC 73: Stacked Recap
Another UFC is in the books and overall the event was pretty solid. You can’t deny this fight card was probably the strongest card the UFC has ever put on. For those who can’t stand fights going to the distance, you were probably somewhat disappointed with UFC 73; for those who love good MMA matchups, you were probably greatly pleased. Personally, I was greatly pleased. Anderson Silva vs...
UFC 73: Stacked Preview
Once again, it’s time for another UFC Pay-Per-View event. This Saturday night in Sacramento, California, UFC 73: Stacked will take place with what is easily the best fight card lineup the UFC has had in quite a long time. Two UFC title belts will be when Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca battle for the Lightweight title, while Anderson Silva and Nathan Marquardt fight for the Middleweight title.
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BJ Penn not Fighting Diego Sanchez at UFC 74
Well, less than 24 hours after Sherdog.com “anonymously” reported that both BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez had agreed to fight each other at UFC 74 in Auguest they are retracting their story. Today, Josh Gross at Sherdog.com is reporting that BJ Penn’s camp denies that he will be fighting Sanchez in August and even goes so far as saying the fight has not been offered to them by the UFC. To be honest,...
Phil Baroni Tests Positive for Steroids
The California State Athletic Commission has announced that Phil Baroni tested positive for anabolic sterioids after his recent fight with Frank Shamrock on June 22 in San Jose. Baroni tested positive for both Boldenone and Stanozolol metabolites and was fined $2,500 and suspended for a full year (365 days). You may remember Boldenone is the same steroid that both Stephan Bonnar and Kit Cope...
BJ Penn vs Diego Sanchez at UFC 74
We all speculated how long BJ Penn would stay at Lightweight after defeating Jens Pulver at the TUF 5 Finale. Dana White announced that Penn would fight the winner of this Saturday’s Lightweight title fight between Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca at UFC 73, and I questioned that bout due to statements Penn had made about wanting to return to welterweight. Well, Sherdog.com is reporting that BJ Penn...
UFC 75: No Title Fight?
Everyone seems to have suddenly picked up on Dana White’s comments during the UFC 73: Stacked conference call regarding the upcoming matchup between Dan Henderson and Quinton Jackson. I’m not sure how this little nugget slipped past everyone’s radars (including mine) but I’m glad it’s being brought up now.
When Dana White was asked about the Dan Henderson vs Quinton Jackson fight at UFC 75 and...
UFC 73: Stacked Hype Week
Which Fight at UFC 73 Do You Most Want to See?
Nate Marquardt vs Anderson Silva
Rashad Evans vs Tito Ortiz
Hermes Franca vs Sean Sherk
Heath Herring vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
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