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Friday, July 3rd, 2009Who saw this coming,
Fertitta arrived in Zagreb, Croatia on a private plane this morning and proceeded straight to Filipovic’s residence where the pair engaged in two hours of talks, according to Index.hr
“A source tells us that CroCop got an offer that is simply non-refusable,” the article states. “CroCop will almost certainly look at the [...]
Affliction 3: Takanori Gomi vs Brett Cooper Possible (UPDATE)
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Famed Japanese lightweight Takanori Gomi is in talks to fight Brett Cooper at Affliction 3 “Trilogy” on August 1 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, according to MMAWeekly.
Both parties have agreed to the match-up, though financial considerations are still being ironed out. The fight is being considered at a 165-pound weight limit.
Once considered [...]
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Set To Coach TUF 10
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Their has been much speculation about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson possibly coaching another season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. In a recent twitter post, Rampage confirms the rumors:
“about to watch myself in the movie midnight meat train & packing my stuff to move to vegas to coach TUF!!”
Could this mean the other coach is [...]
Joey Villasenor vs Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos Headline June 19th ShoMMA
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Strikeforce announces via press release that Joey Villasenor will face Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos in the main event of ShoMMA 2 set for June 19 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA.
Villasenor (26-6), part of Jackson’s MMA, was picked up by Strikeforce last year with the purchase of EliteXC. He was scheduled to take on Robbie [...]
UFC 102: Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Thiago Silva will take on “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine at UFC 102 on August 29th from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, OR, according to MMAJunkie. The fight come on the heals of the UFC decision to replace Thiago Silva with Anderson Silva to fight Forrest Griffin at UFC 101.
The fight has been [...]
Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin In The Works For UFC 101
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Thiago Silva was expected to take on Forrest Griffin in the co-main event at UFC 101. The UFC has apparently changed their mind, Anderson “The Spider” Silva is now in talks to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 on August 8 from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
Sources close to the organization today told MMAjunkie a [...]
Rich Franklin To Train With Anderson Silva, Or NOT
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009The Dalton Daily News is reporting that Rich “Ace” Franklin has enlist his former foe, Anderson Silva to help him train for the UFC 99 fight with Wanderlei Silva.
Sources close to Silva, who still holds the UFC middleweight title, recently told the Dayton Daily News that the champ has agreed to train with Franklin, [...]
UFC Matchups: Escudero vs. Miller @ UFC 103, Nelson vs Riley @ UFC 101
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Rumor: Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller at UFC 103
Confirmed: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley rematch at UFC 101
Confirmed: Evan Dunham vs Matt Veach at UFC 102
Confirmed: Eric “Red” Schafer vs Tomasz Drwal at the TUF 9 Finale
TG “MMA Weekly”
UFC Match-ups: Bonnar vs. Coleman at UFC 100, Almeida vs. Grove at UFC 101
Thursday, April 9th, 2009The UFC has confirmed that Stephan Bonnar (11-5) and MMA legend Mark Coleman (15-9) will collide at UFC 100 on July 11th in Las Vegas. Both fighters will look to get back on track after recent loses is the cage.
Also, Ricardo Almeida (10-3) will likely take on Kendall Grove (9-5) in a 185 lb. match [...]
MMA Rumors: Leben Returns, Sadollah vs Hendricks, McCrory, Damm Replaces Thomson
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009A little catching up for the lack of posts yesterday. Two bald “hairy” men in tight designer jeans embracing – Dana White apologizes after GLAAD calls him out for anti-gay remarks.
MMA Rumors
Rodrigo Damm to replace injured Josh Thomson against Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce “Shamrock vs Diaz”
Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt likely for UFC 102
Tamdan McCrory [...]
