If Leonard Garcia wasn’t religious before Saturday night, he certainly should be now. Garcia’s controversial split decision victory over Nam Phan at The Ultimate Fighter 12 finale seemingly spoke more to divine intervention than it did to competent judging. The decision sent MMA fans everywhere into a frenzy, feeling that Phan, although less ‘aggressive’ throughout […]
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Is the UFC Benching Roy Nelson to Protect Brock Lesnar?
Ask your average MMA fan how intrigued they are by a rubber-match between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir at this point in time and you’re likely to get an earful of unkind words regarding the match, regardless of how marketable it may be. UFC President Dana White received the same earful after revealing plans for […]
NSAC’s Kizer, CSAC’s Dodd Speak on Sonnen Suspension
A public exchange of rumors between Yahoo blogger Dave Meltzer and UFC.com writer Oliver Copp regarding Sonnen’s suspension in California following a positive test for steroids ended up making headlines on many MMA sites. It is doubtful that this was their intention, but given Meltzer and Copp’s status as high-profile writers in the sport it […]
Eye Injury Puts Alan Belcher in Career Jeopardy
Visit purefight.org for more Videos UFC middleweight contender Alan Belcher sat down with Mark from Purefight.org to give an update on his recent training injury: “I had a detached retina, I just lost the vision in my right eye. It just happened all of the sudden, pretty much overnight. I was training […]
Miesha Tate Interview
Ahead of her participation in this Friday’s Strikeforce 135 Tourney, Miesha Tate sat down with Bleacher Report for an extended (around 30 minutes or so) interview. She discusses how she got into the sport, where she is training now, and what she hopes to do once her fighting days are over. Worth a […]
Only MMA Can Break Your Heart, Chael
Rising up from his stool to enter the fray for the fifth round, Chael Sonnen stood upon the precipice. After having been written off by most everyone but himself, Sonnen was a single round away from the promised land. One round away from exorcising the demons of being a perennial bridesmaid, a lesser light in […]
Zuffa Responds to RJJ Lawsuit, Seek Indemnification Against Big Country
In our post from the other day, we took a look at the legal claims by Roy Jones Jr’s Square Ring, Inc that Roy Nelson and Zuffa’s acts constituted a violation of SRI’s contractual rights. The response makes a general blanket denial on most of the major points put forward by Square Ring, Inc., imbued […]
Alves vs Fitch Is A Match-Up of Quiet Desperation
UFC 117 has a lot to offer to the viewing public. A match up of the widely hailed P4P king versus the brash upstart oozing braggadocio. A battle of hard hitting heavyweights with Brock Lesnar in the offing. A Hall of Famer looking to add another notch on his belt denoting his wins […]
Ustream Responds to UFC Subpoena
The UFC have stepped up their efforts to stamp out online piracy, with the most recent example taking place last week. The Las Vegas-based fight promoter served streaming sites Ustream and Justin.tv with subpoenas in order to uncover the information of persons who have uploaded UFC PPV’s to those sites. The UFC cited some cold […]
RJJ’s Square Ring, Inc Sues Zuffa, Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson enters the cage later this week in what could possibly be a career changing match-up with heavy hitter Junior Dos Santos, but his showdown with the Brazilian striker is not the only opponent he is staring down these days. Nelson, as well his overseers at Zuffa, are facing off in court with […]