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War Machine Talks Vitor Belfort, Girls and Next Fight

CagE — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:05 +0000

War Machine talks about sparring with Vitor Belfort at Xtreme Couture and fighting in smaller shows. He also goes into girls in Vegas.

Fertitta Offers Mirko Cro Cop “Non-Refusable” Offer To Sign With The UFC?

CagE — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:12 +0000

Who 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 returning to the strongest MMA league in the world currently knows.” [FightersOnly]

Apparently if this is true, the UFC brass must have seen some favorable numbers post UFC 99 to go after Cro Cop like this. Cro Cops interest in fighting several times a year, was apparently a big sticking point in Cro Cops interest in fighting for the UFC.

UFC 100 Video: Thiago Alves Talks GSP, Wrestling and Strategy

CagE — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:51:25 +0000

The pit bull is ready, with the biggest fight of his career ahead of him at UFC 100, Thiago Alves is looking to training to over come Georges St. Pierre’s strengths.

UFC And Maxim To Crown New Octagon Girl At Fan Expo

Press Release — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:06:58 +0000

It’s the Ultimate gig in the world of sports modeling, and when The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decided to search for potential new Octagon Girls, it reached out to the only magazine devoted to discovering new beauty around the world: Maxim, the largest young men’s lifestyle magazine in America. The result? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for attendees of the UFC Fan Expo to be on hand when the winner of the first-ever Maxim UFC Octagon Girl Search is chosen at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 11th, just hours before the lights go down for the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, UFC 100.

During the two-day Fan Expo, the Octagon Girl Search will culminate with a live voting phase at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, on the main stage of Bayside Hall B. The event will feature UFC fighters and Maxim editors selecting the winner in a runway-style pageant during the UFC Fan Expo. The winning model will receive a UFC Octagon Girl contract and will be featured throughout the Maxim properties, including Maxim magazine and on Maxim.com.

Girls interested in entering the Maxim UFC Octagon Girl Search will need to pre-register at Maxim.com or at one of Maxim’s upcoming casting events. Details on the casting events will be listed at Maxim.com. Participants must be 18 years of age.

MMA Live: UFC 100 Lesnar vs Mir 2 Preview Video

CagE — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:25:42 +0000

Pat Miletich and ‘Stitch’ Duran join ESPN’s MMA Live to discuss UFC 100 “Lesnar vs Mir 2″.

Robbers Beware, Antoni Hardonk Protecting The Street’s Of LA

CagE — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:13 +0000

Citizens of Los Angles can walk the streets in peace, knowing that a 6′4″ Dutch kickboxer is keeping an eye out for you. UFC heavyweight fighter Antoni Hardonk foils two robberies in the mean streets of LA.

The Dutch heavyweight told Yahoo! Sports how the thrio approached him looking for spare change to buy cigarettes with. He checked his pockets but did not have any, at which point one of the men produced a knife and demanded his wallet.

Hardonk, 6’4”, competes in the UFC heavyweight division and refused to give up his wallet without a fight. The three declined and left.

Having thwarted the trio once, he was being driven home from the scene by a friend when he spotted them engaged in another attempted robbery.

Jumping from the car, he ran over the crime and progress and knocked two of the man flying. The third made a run for it with the victim’s wallet, but was forced to abandon it as Hardonk gave chase.

All three men managed to get away and, according to Yahoo! Sports, Los Angeles police told Hardonk “that there were three similar incidents on the same block in the same week“.

No arrests have been made. [Yahoo Sports]

UFC 101 Philadelphia Tickets Sell at a Record Pace

CagE — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:52:39 +0000

UFC 101 BJ Penn vs Kenny Florian is setting state records for ticket sales, according to UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner,

“We put tickets on sale, I believe sometime at the end of April or early May, and we’ve sold almost 14,000 tickets … It’s the biggest event in Pennsylvania history, as far as a live gate, already.”

“We’ve sold over $3 million worth of tickets …. No boxing match has ever sold that much. When you go back 75 years ago, Jack Dempsey fought there (Philadelphia), and they had 100,000 people watching the fight. But tickets in those days? Maybe if you interpolated those dollars into what it’s worth today, it wouldn’t be there, but actual dollars – like $3.2 million – [UFC 101] is the largest gate in Pennsylvania history.” [MMAJunkie]

Ticket sales are just going to get better as the UFC expands its brand into video games, magazines, gyms and toys. The UFC has come into its own, watch out boxing, the UFC is ready to become the biggest draw in town.

Fight Game: Breaking Down GSP vs Thiago Alves

CagE — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:28 +0000

Fox Fight Game breaks down the UFC 100 fightcard, Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves, Mir vs Lesnar and more