Coming off of a tough split decision loss to Patrick Cote that cost him a title shot, Ricardo Almeida hopes for better results at UFC 90 against team quest member Matt Horwich. Read on …
Lightweight contenders Kenny Floria and Joe Stevenson will meet at UFC 90 on 11/15/8. Florian is coming off of a huge win over Roger Huerta at UFC 87, and can likely secure a title shot with BJ Penn with a victory. Read on …
Rameau Sokoudjou will take on Luiz Cane at UFC89 on Oct 18th live on Spiketv. Sokoudjou who has a background in judo, burst onto the MMA scene with spectacular KO victories against Antonio Rogerio Noguiera the twin brother of the UFC Heavyweight Champ, Read on …
Gegard Mousasi used an upkick from his back to defeat submission master Ronaldo Souza to win the Dream 6 tournament, Mousasi won an earlier bout, submitting kickboxer Melvin Manhoef with a nice triangle choke. The anticipated Heavyweight bout between Mirco Cro Cop Filipovic and Alistair Overeen ended in disapointment, after dominating Cro Cop for most of the first round, Overeem locked the Croatian in a Thai clinch and bombed his midsection with knees, at least one of the knees landed on Cro Cop’s groin area prompting a stoppage, when the action continued, Overeem locked Cro Cop in a clinch again and worked him over with knees, he again fouled by striking the groin and Cro Cop was unable to continue the bout was ruled a no contest. Hayato Sakurai won a decision in a good action packed bout with UFC veteran Kunioshi Hironaka. Shinya Aoki and Sergei Kharitonov also scored wins
Two strong grapplers will meet on Oct 25th at UFC90, when Gray Maynard faces Rich Clementi in a Lightweight bout. Maynard is a former NCAA division one wrestler who appeared as a contestant on
The Ultimate Fighter, he was defeated in a preliminary bout by eventual winner Nate Diaz. Read on …
Brandon Vera will fight for the second time as a Light Heavy at UFC 89 on Oct 18th, he will face contender Keith Jardine, who is coming off of a crushing KO loss to Wanderlei Silva. Read on …
Nate Diaz looked better than ever in his 3 round decision win over tough Josh Neer, Read on …
Main events
Josh Neer 155 VS Nate Diaz 155:Both fighters are strong grapplers, neer prefers the ground and pound while Diaz has great submissions
Clay Guida 155 VS Mac Danzig 155: Two well rounded fighters Guida is a good wrestler and boxed, Danzig has good standup and good submissions
Alan Belcher 185 VS Ed Herman 185:Both fighters like to brawl, Herman may have the better ground skills
Eric Schafer 205 VS Houston Alexander 205: Schafer will have to get this one to the ground quickly, if he wants to have a chance Read on …
Unbeaten Light Heavyweights Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida will meet another time as Silva pulled out of their October bout with a back injury. A Welterweight bout between Chris Lytle and Paul Taylor will take it’s place on the main card. The event still boasts 11 bouts.
Another exciting Lightweight fight is on the card at UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night on Sept 17th on spiketv. Danzig a former winner of The Ultimate Fighter reality series Read on …
Pete “Drago” Sell will move to the 170lb division in search of his first UFC win since Feb 2005, when he takes on durable veteran Josh Burkman at UFC 90 on 10/25/08. Sell burst onto the scene with an upset victory over fellow New Yorker Phil Baroni at UFC 51, but has since dropped 4 straight bouts 3 by KO/TKO he hopes a move down in weight will help him score some wins. Burkman is 5-4 in his UFC career, but has lost two straight, Burkman has good standup, but should look to take down Sell where he can use his wrestling ability to pound out a win
FreestyleMMA will have the results from UFC 88 live. The main card will begin at 10pm est. Read on …
All fighters made weight Karo Parisyan pulled out of his bout and the Matt Brown vs Dong Hyun Kim fight will be moved to the main card Read on …
The UFC has resigned Heavyweight Champ Randy Couture to a new 3 fight deal effectivly ending the long time dispute between himself and the Zuffa organization. Couture will face Brock Lesnar who is coming off a great performance against veteran Heath Herring, the winner will presubably meet the winner of the Antonio Noguiera, Frank Mir fight as Noguiera has a piece of the Heavyweight title as well. Welterweight contender Karo Parisyan has pulled out of his UFC 88 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida at the last minute due to a reported back injury. Matt Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim will be moved to the main event. Ken Shamrock will be the next opponent for Kimbo Slice, the two will face off on a nationally televised card for Elitexc in October.Also on the card will be Gina Carano
The “Iceman” Chuck Liddell looks to ice contender Rashad Evans at UFC88 this Saturday night 9/6/08. Liddell likely would be next in line to face Champion Forrest Griffin with a victory. Liddell was impressive in his last bout, decision win over Wanderlei Silva, Liddell showed some unused assets to his game, including a couple of nice takedowns, short elbows that cut up Silva, and punches in combinations. Liddell will need to use all of his tools again to beat the quick Evans, who has great wrestling and good boxing, Evans will look to use his boxing to wear down the older Liddell and then shoot for takedowns later. Liddell will look to set up his lethal right hand with his long left jab, when Liddell gets an opponent hurt, he is one of the best finishers in the business