Archive for October, 2008

UFC 91 – Updated Fight Card

Below is the updated card for UFC 91, scheduled to take place on November 15 in Las Vegas*:
Main Card:

Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks
Joe Stevenson vs. Kenny Florian
Demian Maia vs. Nathan Quarry
Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone

Preliminary Card:

Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory
Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Alvin Robinson vs. Mark Bocek
Jorge Gurgel vs. [...]

Knee Injury Knocks Riddle Out Of UFC 91

A replacement will need to be found as soon as possible to replace Matthew Riddle at UFC 91, according to MMAjunkie.com; Riddle suffered a serious knee injury which will not allow him to fight in his scheduled bout with Ryan Thomas at the November 15 event.  It is believed that Riddle suffered either a meniscus [...]

Jens Pulver Interview

Jens Pulver these days can thank the UFC; what I mean by that specifically is that the WEC had, until the UFC purchased the promotion, been rather dormant in promoting the featherweight division.  UFC, with the acquisition, has made it a priority of sorts to promote the weight class; as a result, fighters such as [...]

Remaining IFL Inventory Bought By HDNet

Any good fight promotion will have put together an extensive video library of fights and fighters to reference to when doing fight and/or fighter promotions or simply to be able to fill air time with some fights of interest.  HDNet apparently was mindful of that reasoning when they purchased the remaining assets of the now-defunct [...]

Strikeforce: Destruction – Final Fight Card

Eleven fights will take place at the Strikeforce: Destruction event, set to take place on November 21 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA; below is the final fight card:

Josh Thomson vs. Yves Edwards
Bobby Southworth vs. Renato Sobral
Joe Riggs vs. Luke Stewart
Lemont Davis vs. Brian Schwartz
Brad Royster vs. Darren Uyenoyama
Tony Johnson vs. Eric Lawson
Alvin [...]

Browning Joins Xtreme Couture

The Ultimate Fighter 8 participant Junie Browning, in what is probably an attempt to rehabilitate his image along with refining his fight game, has joined up with Xtreme Couture, the gym run by UFC fighter Randy Couture, according to MMAWeekly as confirmed by representatives of the gym.  As anyone who has watched TUF 8 already [...]

Schonauer Late Scratch From WEC 36

WEC 36 is having no luck as of late; first a hurricane forced the event to be postponed until November 5 – although Hurricane Ike didn’t actually affect the Hollywood, FL vicinity.  Then there was the injury to Mark Munoz; specifically, Munoz had to pull out due to a knee injury which has put the [...]

Kittredge vs. Torrey Headlines WCF 5

Boston, Mass. – On November 14th New England MMA fans will be treated to one of the best match-ups the area has ever seen as Nate Kittredge faces Justin Torrey to determine the best Middleweight fighter in the North East. This fight pits the upstart Kittredge, who began training and competing in MMA in 2006, [...]

Torn Meniscus To Shelve Cote Up To 8 Months

Patrick Cote’s title dreams will have to be put on hold for awhile as according to Sportsnet, Cote did in fact tear the meniscus ligament in his right knee; according to their report, Cote informed his corner between the second and third round of his fight with Anderson Silva that he thought that his knee [...]

Diaz To Fight In Japan?

With the closure of EliteXC last Monday, there is a plethora of free agent talent from those ranks available for promotions with the financial wherewithal to sign them – one of those fighters being Nick Diaz.  According to MMAWeekly.com, Cesar Gracie, manager of Diaz and Jake Shields stated that he sent EliteXC a notice on [...]

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