Did you miss the UFC 108 pay-per-view on January 2? If you did, do not despair.
The event will be replayed on Spike TV Monday night at 6:30 PM (ET/PT). Some of the featured bouts on the event replay will include:
While the fight card didn’t have the name-brand fighters that the vast majority of UFC events usually have, it was a night of decent, solid bouts as a whole.
A rather substantial signing is expected to be announced today at a press conference conducted by Bellator Fighting Championship Monday at 3:00 PM (ET) at: www.bellator.com.
The signing of record will be that of former UFC lightweight Roger Huerta for Bellator’s season two lightweight tournament, one in which he would by default become a favorite in the eight-man field, which kicks off the opening round of the tournament next month.
Huerta left the UFC despite sporting a 6-2 record while in the organization; he had previously criticized UFC’s pay model and intimated that he wasn’t earning what he is worth.
Should Huerta advance in the Bellator lightweight tourney (and all signs indicate that he will), he would likely face the current lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.
Recently, WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto was at WEC 47 in Columbus, OH, taking in the event. He also conducted an interview with Sherdog.com, talking about his boxing career and also throwing out there the possibility of getting into the MMA business as a fighter.
10 quality bouts are officially signed for UFC 113: Machida vs. Rua II, which is set to take place on May 8 from Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The fight card will feature a rematch of Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua, along with Paul Daley taking on Josh Koscheck.
Below is the tentative fight card for UFC 113:
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The Roachster talks about B.J. Penn, Anderson Silva, GSP and Fedor, along with boxing vs. MMA.
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Georges St. Pierre talks about his upcoming fight with Dan Hardy.
Strikeforce has confirmed that a pair of heavyweights, Daniel Cormier and John Devine, have been added to a bout on the Strikeforce Challengers 7 event, scheduled to take place on March 26 from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA.
Cormier, a former Olympian wrestler, won in his MMA debut against Gary Frazier at Strikeforce Challengers 3 last September while Devine’s most recent action was a third-round TKO over Buddy Roberts at the Cage Combat Fighting Championships last July.
What has been rumored for some time has finally come to fruition as heavyweights Josh Barnett and Siala Siligia have signed for DREAM.13; the signing has been confirmed by Siligia’s manager Steve Rusich.
The event is scheduled to take place on March 22 from Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan and will air live on HDNet at 3:00 AM (Eastern)/12 midnight (Pacific).
Barnett hasn’t fought since this past January when he submitted Gilbert Yvel at Affliction: Day of Reckoning and was due to fight Fedor Emelianenko this past August. Unfortunately for Barnett, he was embroiled in a controversy with the California State Athletic Commission over a pre-fight drug test.
Meanwhile, the 39-year-old Siligia is entering just his fifth MMA fight ever. He opened his career with three consecutive victories, but in his most recent action, was submitted by triangle choke by SemmySchilt in December 2008.
With the recent addition of Barnett and Siligia to the fight card. DREAM.13 looks like this:
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Another lightweight may soon be joining the ranks of the UFC as sources close to the promotion have indicated that Brazilian Charles Oliveira has been offered an exclusive agreement and expected to debut in the near future.
Although a contract is yet to be signed, the process appears to be a mere formality.
Oliveira, who has fought mainly in his native Brazil, debuted in March 2008 under the Predador Fight Championship banner and earned three victories that night to take the tournament title; since then, he has earned two more tournament titles – a four-man Korea Fight title in December 2008 and a four-man Warriors Challenge bracket this past February.
Of Oliveira’s 12 wins, 11 have come via stoppage.
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The UFC has been quite been busy as of late, as they have recently filed an application with the Nevada State Athletic Commission to hold an event on June 19 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on June 19.
The proposed event will coincide with the conclusion of the 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter and will probably be the show’s live finale.
Typically, the NSAC approves such applications by the UFC, as the promotion has promoted many successful events in the state of Nevada, namely Las Vegas. This event would be the 11th that would take place at the Palms, with the last few being TUF finales.
The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale will feature Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, although there have been rumors about Rich Franklin possibly replacing Ortiz. Speaking of The Ultimate Fighter 11, it will debut on March 31 following UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi.
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