It was rumored last week that BJ Penn would take on Jon Fitch, while Michael Bisping would take on Jorge Rivera as co-main eventers for UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia on February 27. UFC officials confirmed today that these two matches are official for the event. For Penn, it marks his return to the welterweight […]
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With a handful of Aztec warriors chasing four titles in as many divisions in a quest to be the first Mexican born boxer to earn the honor, one that has more than a fighting chance is Erik “Terrible” Morales. After failing to capture the WBC lightweight title against David Diaz back in ’07, Morales took […]
Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana sure put on a show this past Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Neveda. It was speed and technique versus pure grit and strength as Amir Khan survived a 10th round scare were he was potentially close to being out to win the WBA super lightweight title over […]
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The Showtime Bantamweight tournament now has it’s two finalists. Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares emerged as winners and will now face each other in the tournament finals. The former IBF champion, Joseph Agbeko won the rubber match between him and Yhonny Perez to reclaim his title on all judges scorecards. Being considered the […]
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Georges St-Pierre def. Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) Stefan Struve def. Sean McCorkle via TKO in R1 (3:55) Jim Miller def. Charles Oliveira via kneebar in R1 (1:59) Mac Danzig def. Joe Stevenson via KO in R1 (1:54) Thiago Alves def. John Howard via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Dan Miller def. […]
Yonnhy Perez 118 vs Joseph Agbeko 117.5 Vic Darchinyan 118 vs Abner Mares 117.5 Eric Morel 119.5 vs Juan Jose Beltran 120 Chris Avalos 121 vs Cecilio Santos 121 Fred Tukes 156 vs Timothy Hall 157 Jorge Espinoza 129 vs Rob Diezel 130 Cesar Seda 116 (must re-weigh) vs Ernie Marquez 114.5 […]
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Main Event Amir Khan 140 vs. Marcos Maidana 139 Undercard: Victor Ortiz 141 vs. Lamont Peterson 140 Joan Guzman 144.5 vs. Jason Davis 143 Seth Mitchell 243 vs. Taurus Sykes 248 Sharif Bogere 137 vs. Chris Fernandez 137 Jessie Vargas 140 vs. Ramon Montano 141 Jamie Kavanagh 136.5 vs. Jacob Thornton 133 Randy Caballero 120 […]
The full weigh-in results: Main Event: UFC Welterweight title Georges St-Pierre (170) vs. Josh Koscheck (169) Undercard: Sean McCorkle (264) vs. Stefan Struve (253) Mac Danzig (156) vs. Joe Stevenson (155.5) Thiago Alves (171) vs. John Howard (171) Jim Miller (155) vs. Charles Oliveira (153.5) Prelims: Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs. Dan Miller (184.5) Mark Bocek […]
It seems the UFC is headed back to Aussieville. UFC 127 will take place in the land do under on February 27 at The Acer Arena in Sydney. Bouts are in formal agreements at this point with the PPV being shown live in the states. Tickets for the show go on sale to the general […]
It seems Dana White and the UFC are in a japanese arms race for talent. News traveled yesterday that the Las Vegas based organization has signed DREAM and Sengoku veteran Michihiro Omigawa to their featherweight ranks. It seems Omigawa has another one of his countryman as a co-worker. Dana White confirmed over his twitter that […]
