Randy Couture hospitalized but upbeat after loss to Lyoto Machida
TORONTO — Anyone who’s familiar with Randy Couture knew he wouldn’t go out like this. The 47-year-old Couture was on the wrong side of a flooring front kick from former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 129 at the Rogers Centre on Saturday night.
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UFC 129 main card results: St-Pierre outjabs Shields, Aldo retains in thrilling finish
TORONTO – For the sixth-consecutive time, UFC champion Georges St-Pierre successfully defended the promotion’s welterweight title. However, for the fifth time in his past six fights, “Rush” was unable to secure a finish as challenger Jake Shields lasted 25 minutes with the champ in a moderately-paced affair light on any real action. The bout served as the featured contest of Saturday night’s …
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MMA Video: Junior Dos Santos Attempts the Anthony Pettis “Showtime Kick”
Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith takes a look at Junior Dos Santos. In the final round of the final fight in the history of the WEC, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis landed what many consider the most incredible MMA kick ever. Fighting to the WEC Lightweight Championship and a promised title shot in the UFC, Pettis ran up the cage and landed a kick to the head of Ben Henderson. Henderson was knocked down …
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MMA Video: Junior Dos Santos Attempts the Anthony Pettis “Showtime Kick”
In the final round of the final fight in the history of the WEC, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis landed what many consider the most incredible MMA kick ever. Fighting to the WEC Lightweight Championship and a promised title shot in the UFC, Pettis ran up the cage and landed a kick to the head of Ben Henderson. Henderson was knocked down by the kick, but was able to remain conscious and finish the …
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UFC 128 Results: 5 Fights Nate Marquardt Should Take Next
After defeating late replacement Dan Miller this past weekend, Nate “The Great” Marquardt once again finds himself a fight or two away from a title shot. In his past five fights, he has gone 3-2. The two losses were fights to determine the number one contender. His other two victories were against Demian Maia and Rousimar Palhares. Begin Slideshow
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UFC 129 Official with 12 Bouts
The dance card is now full for UFC 129 , as the promotion Tuesday ratified three rumored contests for its first trip to the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald official for UFC 129 in April
An intriguing matchup between welterweights Nate Diaz and Rory MacDonald is official for UFC 129. UFC brass today officially announced the matchup, which was previously reported by MMAjunkie.com. UFC 129 takes place April 30 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto and features a welterweight title bout between reigning champ Georges St-Pierre and challenger Jake Shields.
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Additional tickets available for previously sold-out UFC 127 event in Australia
A last-minute seating reconfiguration has opened some additional tickets for the previously sold-out UFC 127 event. Officials today announced via the UFC’s official Australian Twitter account that a small number of tickets for the Feb. 27 show again are available. They’re currently on sale at ticketek.com, and the available sections range from 5 to 0 (U.S.) per seat.
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UFC 127: What Jon Fitch Must Do to Beat BJ Penn Down Under
Jon Fitch must fight his own game in the best way that he can. And no, he doesn’t have to finish to please the hordes of lay and pray witch-hunters who belong to the vanguard of the instant gratification school of spectatorship. But if he does, well and good. (Curiously though, and this is one of the ironies of the combat sports, the more a fighter itches and obsesses for that crowd-pleasing …
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Fight for the Troops recap
The soldiers at Fort Hood got a pretty good show in chilly Killeen, Tex. at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2. After some initial snoozers, the action picked up and concluded with a bang when the event’s final three fights ended in first-round finishes. Mark Hominick earned a title shot against featherweight champion Jose Aldo and Melvin Guillard inched closer to Frankie …
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Full Card Released for Titan FC 16; Weigh-ins Open to Public
The official weigh-ins for Titan Fighting Championship 16 will be open to the public and will feature a special guest appearance by recent Titan signee Phil Baroni , the promotion announced today.
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UFC Fight for the Troops 2 Results: What’s Next for the Losers?
A loss can be extremely detrimental to an MMA fighter’s career. In some cases, it can take a fighter years to build themself back up to where they were before losing. Of the eleven fighters to lose at UFC Fight For The Troops 2, Evan Dunham’s loss probably hurt the most. Even after a split decision loss to Sean Sherk, Dunham was being considered a borderline contender in the lightweight division …
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Aldo’s next! Hominick destroys Roop to lock in his title shot
Jose Aldo finally has an opponent. Mark Hominick was offered the chance to take on the UFC’s featherweight champ if he could win tonight at Fight for the Troops 2. Josh Grispi had the same opportunity at UFC 125, but blew it with a loss to Dustin Poirier. Hominick learned the lesson and delivered big time by smoking George Roop in less than two minutes. The Canadian scored a TKO finish at 1:28 …
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Roy Nelson Speaks About a Brock Lesnar “Conspiracy Theory” Regarding TUF
Roy “Big Country” Nelson has recently cleared up his contract issues with Roy Jones Jr. and is set to make his return to the UFC. MMAJunkie is reporting that Nelson will return to the Octagon at UFC 130 against Frank Mir. Nelson, back in the UFC mix, wasted no time offering his opinion on Brock Lesnar and his upcoming stint as a coach on season 13 of the UFC’s reality program The Ultimate …
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Poll results: Did UFC contender Anthony Pettis flub a guaranteed title shot?
Few fighters would do what Anthony Pettis did: skip a guaranteed title shot rather than risk an extended layoff. When UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard fought to a draw at UFC 125 and prompted a third meeting, Pettis – the WEC’s final lightweight champion – was forced to wait for his shot. But was his decision to fight Clay Guida in the meantime a good one?
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