In this episode of MMA Live, the departure and return of Jon Fitch to the UFC is discussed, the UFC’s trip to Germany and the possibility of Randy Couture possibly fighting there, Affliction and Golden Boy possibly going head to head plus much more.
Has it been 24 hours since welterweight fighter Jon Fitch was released by the UFC? Regardless, according to MMARated.com, Fitch went directly to UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta to try and resolve this issue; apparently, Fitch is going to sign off on the video game deal - a minor reason why Fitch was released in the first [...]
As was reported here at Octagon Buzz, the UFC released Jon Fitch, Christian Wellisch and Marcus Aurelio, with the possibility of more cuts in the future; UFC president Dana White went into greater detail in an interview with USA Today:
“This is not an attack on Jon Fitch. It’s not an attack on any one fighter. [...]
Perhaps it was a result of the weakened economy or just playing hardball is up for debate, but according to Fightline.com, three UFC fighters have been released from the organization; the 3 fighters in question are Jon Fitch, Christian Wellisch and Marcus Aurelio. Other fighters on the bubble include Josh Koscheck and Cain Velasquez. According [...]
Typically if you’re an “under-sized” fighter in a weight class, regardless of the MMA promotion, if you’re not realizing any success, the first thing you consider is perhaps moving down in weight. According to fightline.com, middleweight Martin Kampmann is considering such a move - specifically to the welterweight division.
Kampmann’s lack of size was evident in [...]
Plenty of UFC action to be had starting this Monday as there’s lots of quality bouts for the week; below is the programming schedule for the week of August 25-31:
UFC Unleashed
Wednesday, August 27 (9:00 – 10:00 PM, ET/PT)
Frank Edgar vs. Tyson Griffin
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Alves
Michael Bisping vs. Eric Schafer
UFC Unleashed
Wednesday, August 27 (11:00 PM – Midnight, ET/ [...]
As we all know, Matt Hughes has a blog site of his own; in his most recent blog posting, Hughes said that he left halfway through the bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch at UFC 87 last Saturday. Here’s a taste of his thoughts on the GSP-Fitch fight:
The last fight of the night [...]
A bit of good news - at least for the UFC - arrived in the form of that of the 20 fighters who participated in the UFC card last Saturday, only 4 received medical suspensions by the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission; the fighters in question are:
Georges St. Pierre, 30 days (cuts)
Jon Fitch, 30 days (cuts)
Dan [...]
For those of you who watched the UFC 87 card on pay-per-view, you saw one of the better PPV’s of 2008. Lots of action, lot of pops for Lesnar (no surprise there), Georges St. Pierre and surprisingly enough, Roger Huerta. That aside, I noticed some other things as well, such as:
The crowd was well-behaved. I [...]
There’s a reason that GSP is arguably one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA today.
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