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It finally happened! It took just over seven years of being a professional in the sport, a case of walking pneumonia and a former UFC heavyweight champion, but Roy Nelson’s cardio looked bad in a fight. For all the haters and harpies of his trademark tummy, UFC 130 was really a unique experience seeing “Big [...]

Precious few fighters are able to spark a love affair with Germany’s mainstream. Brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, heavyweight world boxing champions, are virtual royalty in Deutschland (easily able to draw 60,000 fans to a stadium for a prizefight). The slick and elusive Sven Ottke (34-0) and knockout artist Dariusz Michalczewski (48-2), also boasting world [...]

UFC President Dana White doesn’t play. Not when it comes to promoting UFC events. Certainly not when it comes to making sure fans receive tremendous value for their pay-per-view dollar. Nick Diaz failed to show up to back-to-back press conferences to hype up his then-scheduled title challenge against welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre. Not sure whether [...]

Two of the best grapplers in the lightweight division have verbally agreed to fight December 30th at UFC 141 as Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist TJ Grant takes on relentless wrestler Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann at the end-of-year event. Stun Gun Returns in Dec. to Face Pierson updated October 3A welterweight showdown is on tap for December 30th, [...]

From one fight fan to another, you’re going to remember George Roop. Honestly, there’s nothing not to like about this guy. In his past six fights in the UFC and WEC combined, Roop has fought all top 10 opponents and across three different weight classes. After going 1-1 in his first two fights outside of [...]

Jean-Marc Mormeck has a simple plan for achieving his dream of becoming France’s first heavyweight champion: smash Wladimir Klitschko’s face. Klitschko will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Mormeck in Duesseldorf, Germany on Dec. 10. “I want his belts,” Mormeck said. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde Simply put, it was a rookie mistake. On June 4th in the season 13 final of The Ultimate Fighter, Ramsey Nijem fouled up his UFC debut with a first round TKO loss to Tony Ferguson. Nijem got too excited, said goodbye to his [...]

Nonito Donaire retained the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles, unanimously outpointing Omar Narvaez on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Donaire improved to 27-1, extending his nine-year winning streak to 26 fights, with winning scores of 120-108 from the judges. After Donaire knocked out nine of his last 10 opponents, the fight [...]

There’s something about Donald Cerrone that suggests he’s filled with attitude. He walks to the cage to Kid Rock’s “Cowboy,” wearing a confident expression that gives off a direct vibe: He doesn’t think, he KNOWS he’s going to win. New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire once shared his definition of swagger, or “swag,” in a [...]

German cruiserweight Marco Huck successfully retained the WBO title for the eighth time, stopping Argentine challenger Rogelio Rossi in the sixth round Saturday. Rossi needed medical attention and took a long time to get up after Huck left the 30-year-old southpaw sprawled on the canvas with a clean right punch. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read [...]

German cruiserweight Marco Huck successfully retained the WBO title for the eighth time, stopping Argentine challenger Rogelio Rossi in the sixth round Saturday. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE With middleweight prospect Brad Tavares forced from his UFC 137 bout against newcomer Dustin Jacoby due to injury, another Octagon debutant will step in, as Clifford Starks will put his 7-0 record on the line against the 6-0 Jacoby. The bout has been verbally agreed upon. Moving [...]

Canada’s own Yves “Tiger” Jabouin will be taking on Walel “The Gazelle” Watson in a bantamweight battle on December 10th at UFC 140 in Toronto. “Jabouin is looking to stay undefeated since moving into the weight division and Watson is coming off a spectacular KO win,” said UFC president Dana White today. Both fighters have [...]

Edwin Rodriguez and Will Rosinsky’s fight seemed to hang in the balance during the final round, but the judges didn’t see it that way. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

The WBC has returned the light heavyweight championship to Bernard Hopkins after declaring his bout with Chad Dawson a technical draw. Hopkins was stopped for the first time in his career Saturday night in bizarre fashion when Dawson lifted him and tossed him to the canvas late in the second round, leaving the 46-year-old champion [...]