Author: UFC Press Releases

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC – The messages on Jamie Varner’s Twitter and Facebook accounts come frequently enough that they’re pretty noticeable:

Frank Curreri, WEC – Kamal Shalorus’ dogged pursuit of “The American Dream” runs through Canada and former WEC champion Jamie Varner. And the Iranian-born globetrotter, who now resides in Austin, Tex., is playing mind tricks on himself right before Sunday night’s main event in Edmonton, Alberta.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – The signing of an autograph is usually just an afterthought for a professional athlete. Sign your name, smile, take a picture or shake a hand, and on to the next one. But it was a bit more than that recently for Court McGee when approached by a young fan.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – In the first year of Kris McCray’s professional mixed martial arts career, he fought five times, winning all of them, with each bout ending in the first round. Three were finished in less than a minute.

Frank Curreri, WEC – Punching Yves Jabouin in the face has been on Mark Hominick’s mind for an exceptionally long time. And vice-versa.
“This fight was supposed to be booked for about eight years now,” Jabouin said.
“It was a fight that was always talked about,” Hominick said, “but never became reality.”

Frank Curreri, WEC – Musician Paul Simon famously lamented in one of his songs, “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?”
WEC fans may be wondering the same about finisher extraordinaire Josh Grispi. The distant relative of boxing icon Rocky Marciano has been M.I.A. from the Octagon for more than a year. Now healed from ankle surgery and an alarming neck injury, the dynamic Bostonian returns to the cage this Sunday against L.C. Davis in a matchup that could have title shot implications.