Matt Brown has stepped in to replace an injured Pascal Krauss and will face England's John Hathaway in a welterweight bout on the UFC 138 fight card on November 5 in Birmingham, England, the UFC announced Wednesday.
UFC 138 airs via tape-delay on Spike TV and his headlined by the first five-round non-title fight between middleweights Chris Leben and Mark Munoz.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
MMA Marketplace: Get your own authentic MMA championship belt
To get an authentic MMA championship belt, you can put in years of hard work, sacrifice and training to earn it, or you can drop $1,600 on a WAMMA belt on eBay. Look, it's so shiny!
WAMMA was the organization that wanted to create an undisputed champ at every weight class, regardless of what promotion they fought in. Fedor Emelianenko held the WAMMA heavyweight title. In this picture from November 2009, Fabricio Werdum can be seen jokingly grabbing at Fedor's WAMMA belt, but WAMMA barely made a blip among most MMA fans.
What they did make was a pretty, pretty belt, and it can be yours for a starting bid at $1,595 plus shipping on eBay.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Lesnar announces his return by ?disintegrating? prairie dogs
There's nothing Brock Lesnar loves more than being the alpha male in the cage and pounding on someone, except maybe for his hunting. A strong looking Lesnar popped up on YouTube today to announce that he's ready to return to active fighting.
He did it on the range in South Dakota while shooting a promo for Fusion Ammo and Jack Links beef jerky.
"I feel great, healthy, strong. I feel like I used to feel," Lesnar said. "[...] I believe there's still a bright future in the UFC for me. My health is 100 percent. I feel great. My motivation is there. I want to get on the map again. I want to become the UFC heavyweight champ again."
Lesnar was showing off some big weapons while blowing away some prairie dogs.
"There was definitely some disintegration going on. That's for sure," chuckled Lesnar.
Lesnar last fought in Oct. of 2010. His diverticulitis flared up again in May and he announced that he'd be sidelined indefinitely because surgery was the only option. Lesnar underwent surgery on May 29 and 12 inches of his colon was removed.
UFC on Fox: You want cross-promotion? We?ve got cross-promotion
A "Glee"/"The Ultimate Fighter" crossover episode -- The fighters have to put together a song and dance to get New Directions to regionals. Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray finally solve their difference in the Octagon. Dana White and Mr. Schu smile and nod a ton. How could this go wrong?
Put the "American Idol" spin on "The Ultimate Fighter" -- Televise the tryouts, and have a panel either over-praise or break the hearts of every contestant.
"The Family Guy" goes to a UFC show -- Peter Griffin and his buddies head to catch some fights with some buddies in Quahog, only to find out that Brian has his UFC debut, with Stewie as his cornerman. Roy Nelson has a cameo.
Feed a fighter challenge on "Hell's Kitchen" -- The chefs have to create a post weigh-in dinner for Anderson Silva. It has to take into account his nutritional needs and love for fast food. Can they handle it, or will the chefs turn on each other? (Hint: It's reality TV. They're going to turn on each other.)
"So You Think You Can Dance: UFC edition" -- Fighters sure like to show off their moves on their way to the Octagon or after fights. Is it too much to ask for a UFC dance-off? No. No, it is not.
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Ask and you shall receive: Nogueira gets UFC 134 KO bonus
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira pulled a big upset on Saturday night, knocking out Brendan Schaub in Rio de Janeiro, just miles from his home and gym. Understandably, he was elated after the fight.
That $100,000 that he's asking for is the super-sized knockout of the night bonus. Good news for Nogueira is that UFC president Dana White agreed and awarded the bonus to Nog. Edson Barboza and Ross Pearson's bout won Fight of the Night. Even though the fights were in Brazil and chock-full of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners, there were no submissions, so a submission of the night was not awarded.
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Yahoo! Sports and Heavy present Fight Day before UFC 134
The UFC's only official pre-fight show, Fight Day, returns before UFC 134 from Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday, Aug. 27. Hosts Dave Farra and Megan Olivi will guide you through the latest news of the week, including all the details of the landmark Fox/UFC television deal. We'll have an interview with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, who discusses the finer workings of the UFC's business philosophy and much more. UFC heavyweight Junior dos Santos and bantamweight Joseph Benavidez will join us live on the set in Rio to discuss their futures, and MMA Junkie's John Morgan, MMA Fighting's Ben Fowlkes and Heavy.com's Matt Brown will discuss all of the latest hot-button issues in our media roundtable.
Join us Saturday at 5 p.m. ET for all Fight Day.
Rampage Jackson on 'Spygate': Jon Jones Can Watch Me Train, He Still Won't Stop Me
Filed under: UFC, MMA Fighting Exclusive, News
Just days after accusing his future foe's camp of spying on him in his UFC 135 training sessions, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson told MMA Fighting on Thursday that he is unconcerned by the possible presence of a mole, and that he has yet to remove anyone from his camp.Appearing on The MMA Hour from his camp in Denver, Jackson detailed the circumstances that led him to question if he had a traitor in his midst relaying secrets to UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones' camp. Jackson said he had a similar feeling in 2010 when he prepared for his bout with Rashad Evans, but had no problems while preparing for recent bouts with Lyoto Machida and Matt Hamill.
Jackson said that in recent days, at least one comment made by Jones on Twitter reflected the goings-on in his camp. As a result, Jackson decided to put his team to the test, faking a hand injury at the end of a sparring session.
Within four hours, he says that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva had called his manager Anthony McGann, to ask about his hand. Jackson said that Silva told him Jones' manager Malki Kawa had raised concern about the hand, saying he had read about it on Twitter.
Jackson, though, says that his team searched Twitter and couldn't find a single mention of a hand injury. In fact, he says they searched the entire web and couldn't find any information about a potential hand injury in this specific camp.
Despite his ongoing belief that someone fed the information to Jones' camp, Jackson has not made any changes to his training team.
"I have a few ideas who the mole is," he said. "There's a bunch of people it can be. I don't want to point fingers. I'm not saying who it was. But whoever it is, I hope they believe in karma."
Jackson said he wasn't accusing of Jones or his camp of intentionally sending a spy into his camp, but that it seemed clear someone was sending them information nonetheless. Jones and Kawa have denied any allegations of wrongdoing, though both declined invitations to appear on The MMA Hour to give their sides of the story.
Given the high-profile nature of the fight, the "Spygate" issue isn't likely to subside anytime soon, even though Jackson seems ready to turn the page, even saying he was "kind of flattered" that such lengths are being taken.
"At the end of the day, I don't care," he said. "I'm very confident in this fight. You guys have no idea. A lot of people have counted me out in this fight, and I love it. I'm happy. It's like when I fought Chuck Liddell to get the title. No one counted me in. I'm OK with it. Jon Jones can set up camp and watch me train, for all I care because he won't be able to stop what I'm going to do to him."
While Jackson's camp is private, he has brought in a group of fighters to help him prepare, and he believes it's possible one of them could have ties to Jones' team. He said when each sparring partner arrives, he asks them not to release any information about the camp in any way, including social media platforms, a requirement he said he feels he has the right to ask since he is paying them.
As for the fight itself, Jackson says all the pressure is on Jones as the new champion to defend his belt and continue his forward momentum while in the spotlight. He also says he won't be frozen by fear of failure, an issue that sometimes gets the best of even the world's top athletes. He also said that even if Jones comes hard at him, he's shown he can stand up to some punishment before returning fire. Whether there's an infiltrator in his camp or it's mole-free, Jackson said on September 24, he'll be ready.
"I don't care about this spy in my camp," he said. "He, she or it can keep watching me, whoever it is. I'm training hard. I'm very confident. It ain't no secret that I'm going to try to throw these hands on Jon Jones. I'm pretty sure one, two, or three of my punches are going to land. I'm going to make them count every time they do. I'm just training my ass off for anything."
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