When the PRIDE organization essentially ceased to exist, Dan Henderson was the champion of both its 183- and 205-pound classes. After losing to UFC light heavyweight champion Rampage Jackson in September, Henderson sets his sights on middleweight champ, Anderson Silva in March. Steve Sievert of the Houston Chronicle spoke with Henderson about his […]
The UFC has announced new matches today for UFC 81: Breaking point which takes place February 2 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. In addition to the featured bouts of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Tim Sylvia for the interim UFC Heavyweight Title and Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir, a number of matches […]
Matt Serra has confirmed that he will meet Georges St-Pierre will meet for the UFC welterweight title during an April event in Montreal. Serra made this statement in a conversation with NBCSports.com.
33-year-old Serra, the current champion, upset St-Pierre for the title with a first-round TKO in April of last year. He had been scheduled to […]
Dana White and Joe Rogan discuss UFC 80 - Rapid Fire. Headlining the event it BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson for the lightweight title. Also on the card is Gabriel Gonzaga against Fabricio Werdum.
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As he told us numerous times both before and after his recent fight with Georges St-Pierre, Matt Hughes has a new book out. Titled “Made in America,” Hughes provides several stories about his life in mixed martial arts. One such story was recently chronicled in an excerpt printed by The Sun in the […]
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports recently interviewed Lorenzo Fertitta, co-owner of the UFC. Their conversation focused on the success of the UFC to date and the challenges that lay before them.
When posed with a question about some shows in 2007 being less successful than the norm, Fertitta made an interesting statement:
One of the greatest […]
In the press conference after UFC 79, Matt Hughes explains why he used a south-paw stance against Georges St-Pierre.
When asked about his opinion of a St-Pierre fight with current champion, Matt Serra, Hughes predicts a different fight from what happened in their first encounter. “Serra will fall down the ladder just as fast as […]
“It was a fun fight,” says Chuck Liddell, reflecting on his fight with Wanderlei Silva. When asked why he couldn’t finish Silva, Chuck says simply that “he’s a tough man.”
Compustrike has released their statistics for UFC 79 and the numbers demonstrate just how dominating Georges St-Pierre was in his performance against Matt Hughes.
St-Pierre threw 110 strikes and landed 77 (70%) of them while Hughes only managed to land 5 of 15 (33%). The 26-year-old St-Pierre also initiated the only three takedowns of the fight […]
The reported salaries for the fighters at UFC 79: Nemesis are as follows:
Georges St-Pierre - $160,000
Matt Hughes - $100,000
Chuck Liddell - $500,000
Wanderlei Silva - $150,000
Eddie Sanchez - $46,000
Soa Palelei - $5,000
Ryoto Machida - $60,000
Rameau Sokoudjou - $40,000
Rich Clementi - $28,000
Melvin Guillard - $10,000
James Irvin - $16,000
Luis Cane - $5,000
Manny Gamburyan - $20,000
Nate Mohr - $6,000
Dean […]
Matt Hughes, who lost to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 79 for the second time in three attempts suggests that he still may fight Matt Serra. As offered here on Bad Man Sports, Serra seems to be at the top of his list of potential opponents. Hughes offers the following on his official website, Matt-Hughes.com:
I’m going […]
The following is a list of medical suspensions levied by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after UFC 79 on December 29:
Matt Hughes suspended until January 29. No contact until January 20.
Wanderlei Silva has an eye laceration. He is suspended until February 13 with no contact until January 29.
Chuck Liddell had an eye laceration. He is […]
A new UFC champion will be crowned Saturday, February 2nd when two-time champion Tim ‘The Maine-iac’ Sylvia battles former PRIDE champion Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. The fight will be the main event of UFC 81 - Breaking Point.The 6′ 8″, 260-pound Sylvia (26-3) will attempt to become only […]
Matt Hughes’ career as an MMA fighter is over.
On Saturday night, Georges St-Pierre dominated Hughes the way Hughes once dominated the contenders for his welterweight title. He established almost no offense and was defending the aggressive St-Pierre the entire nine minutes and fifty-four seconds until he tapped to an armbar.
Prior to this fight, […]
Over on UFC.com, Thomas Gerbasi lists his ten (actually eleven) biggest upsets of 2007. His list is:
10 (tie) - UFC 69 – April 7 - Yushin Okami W3 Mike Swick
10 (tie) – UFC 69 – April 7 - Josh Koscheck W3 Diego Sanchez
9 – UFC 68 – March 3 - Randy Couture W5 […]
For those that describe MMA as an art form, the book, “Octagon” is the perfect tool to prove that argument. The book of photography by Kevin Lynch is filled with 800 full-color and black-and-white images that are absolutely incredible.
You’ll need an industrial strength coffee table to display this work. At 20×26 inches, it […]
The UFC announced the launch of UFC Mobile in the United States and Canada. UFC Mobile users can access downloadable UFC Wallpapers, Video and Ringtones and receive updates regarding UFC events and news, as well as ticketing information.
“We went through our archives and selected some of the best fight footage and images in the UFC, […]
It’s not unusual for two fighters to have heat with each other. In fact, it’s becoming commonplace. But that doesn’t make me dig the back stories any less.
So, as UFC 79 approaches, I’m a little joyful to hear that Rich Clementi and Melvin Guillard hate each other.
Rameau Sokoudjou is going to be fighting on PPV Saturday night during UFC 79: Nemesis. But his parents won’t be watching. In fact, they don’t even know.
From Dave Doyle of Yahoo! Sports:
“Yeah, my parents, they don’t know,” the man dubbed “The African Assassin” said. “They think I’m in college and maybe training in judo on […]
