Today the UFC will be airing the weigh-ins for UFC 79: Nemesis live at 4 PM PST/7 PM EST from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Weigh-ins can be watched live online at ESPN.com, NBCSports.com, Sympatico MSN, Yahoo! Sports, and UFC.com. UFC 79: Nemesis Media Links Sherdog: Feuds, Beards & Cameroon Ruled UFC 79 MMAWeekly: Fight [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Today the UFC held their pre-fight press conference for UFC 79: Nemesis. Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, a native of St. Isidore, Quebec, was present and said, “I’m very excited for Saturday night’s interim championship five round against Matt Hughes. I want to thank the UFC and Matt Hughes for taking the fight. That’s the best [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Today at the UFC 79 pre-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White confirmed that the UFC would be making its way to Montreal in April although an exact date was not given. According to Sportsnet, White said that regardless of the outcome of St. Pierre vs. Hughes III, he hopes to have St. Pierre on the [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007
T.J. Grant, a native of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, first stormed onto the MMA scene in April 2006 at Extreme Cage Combat 1 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Grant put his submission skills on display as he submitted his opponent, Craig Skinner, partway through the first round. Grant built off his first professional victory but finishing his next [...]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced that they will be returning to the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on March 1, 2008. Titled “Pride of a Champion” the event will feature a unification bout between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and PRIDE champion Dan Henderson. “Anderson Silva has been so dominant as UFC Middleweight Champion [...]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Former UFC/MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy recently joined Michael Lansberg on TSN’s Off The Record to discuss a variety of subjects including mixed martial arts. Big John announced his retirement from officiating on December 8 to take a position with The Fight Network as an analyst and production member.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Steve “The Snake” Claveau will be making his return to the ring January 12 with Phoenix Fighting Promotions, a new Canadian MMA promotion, at the Halifax Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Steve Claveau is a veteran of TKO Championship Fighting who possesses a MMA record of 5-6. Claveau, a member of Team Legion, made his MMA [...]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The Fight Network is reporting that Valerie Létourneau is currently mending a broken thumb which she suffered in her three round bout with Alexis Davis at TKO 31: Young Guns. “I blew the joint of my thumb in the first round. It’s not that painful, but it will slow me a little for a few months,” [...]
Monday, December 24, 2007
The Fight Network caught up with K-1 middleweight Denis Kang to get some information on his current VISA problems which are keeping him from crossing the border to join his teammates in Florida at American Top Team. “It’s because of [criminal] charges I had against me years ago,” says the half-French, half-Korean descendant. “I figured they [...]
Monday, December 24, 2007
The Fight Club will be making it’s first foray into mixed martial arts December 28 when they presents “Butterbean vs. Penner” live at the Shaw Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Eric Esch vs. Nick Penner Steve Vujnovic vs. Victor Bachmann Sheldon Westcott vs. Jay Jenkins Marcus Hicks vs. Mason Hunter Tim Thursron vs. Jerry Elliot Phil Wark vs. Chase Holthe Chuck Pelc vs. [...]
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