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Alan Belcher to Dip His Toe Back Into the UFC Middleweight Pool Against Jason MacDonald at UFN 25 in September


(“I’m fighting Jason who??”)

The UFC announced today that UFC middleweight contender Alan Belcher’s first fight back from a career-threatening eye injury will be against New Glasgow, Nova Scotia native Jason MacDonald in the Biloxi, Mississippi native’s backyard of New Orleans, Louisiana on September 17. The event is aptly named UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou.

4-1 in his last 5 outings including wins over Wilson Gouveia, Patrick Cote, Denis Kang and Ed Herman and a questionable split decision loss to Yoshihiro Akiyama, Belcher (16-6) was mentioned as a potential championship contender before a detached retina sidelined him for almost a year. Although MacDonald (25-15) is by no means a cake walk fight for Belcher, it’s likely that the bout with the recently re-signed Canadian is thought of by the UFC brass as more of a tune-up fight for “The Talent.”


(“I’m fighting Jason who??”)

The UFC announced today that UFC middleweight contender Alan Belcher’s first fight back from a career-threatening eye injury will be against New Glasgow, Nova Scotia native Jason MacDonald in the Biloxi, Mississippi native’s backyard of New Orleans, Louisiana on September 17. The event is aptly named UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou.

4-1 in his last 5 outings including wins over Wilson Gouveia, Patrick Cote, Denis Kang and Ed Herman and a questionable split decision loss to Yoshihiro Akiyama, Belcher (16-6) was mentioned as a potential championship contender before a detached retina sidelined him for almost a year. Although MacDonald (25-15) is by no means a cake walk fight for Belcher, it’s likely that the bout with the recently re-signed Canadian is thought of by the UFC brass as more of a tune-up fight for “The Talent.”

Following a disappointing 0-2 finish to his last UFC stint in as many fights his last time around in the promotion, MacDonald, like Belcher is now also 4-1 in his last outings. The difference between both fighter’s similar recent records is the level of competition they faced. MacDonald’s wins came against UFC cast-offs Matt Horwich, Solomon Hutcherson and Vernon White. After a horrific leg break cost him his last fight early in the first round of his UFC return bout at UFC 113 last May, MacDonald rebounded in his next fight to finish Ryan Jensen by triangle choke at UFC 129 in Toronto in April. Jensen, who was 2-4 in the Octagon was let go as a result of the loss.

The promotion also announced today that TUF 11 winner Court McGee will also take on Dong Yi Yang on the card.

McGee (13-1) hasn’t fought since defeating Jensen (again by triangle choke) at UFC 121 in October because of an MCL tear that forced him out of  a planned UFC 131 bout with Jesse Bongfeldt. He’ll have a tough customer to deal with in Yang (10-1), who is 1-1 in the Octagon after rebounding from a loss against Chris Camozzi at UFC 121 with an impressive TKO win over Rob Kimmons at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann this past March.

The UFC did not mention whether or not the Belcher-MacDonald fight would act as the night’s main event or whether or not NOLA native Pat Barry will be on the card, but there’s a good possibility of both being announced in the coming weeks.

Bisping Calls Belcher’s Tattoo Artist an A**hole. In Related News…Bisping Has a Point.

Just yesterday, Alan Belcher called out Michael Bisping as his next desired opponent, saying this to Sherdog.com:
“Bisping is an asshole who disrespects the sport and his opponent. A fight between me and Michael Bisping is something everybody wants except for Michael Bisping. It would be amazing to sign that fight and have him come to […]

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Just yesterday, Alan Belcher called out Michael Bisping as his next desired opponent, saying this to Sherdog.com:

“Bisping is an asshole who disrespects the sport and his opponent. A fight between me and Michael Bisping is something everybody wants except for Michael Bisping. It would be amazing to sign that fight and have him come to my backyard. He always gets to fight in Britain and other places, but it’d be good to see him come down to Louisiana. I’d love for that to be my comeback fight.”

Michael Bisping, of course learned of Belcher’s comments and told Fighters Only who the real asshole is:

“He’s got a lot of nerve calling me an a**hole when he walks round with that on him [see picture above]. Although lets be fair, the real a**hole is the tattooist who drew that.”

We don’t like to get involved in fighter feuds, so we at Fix would just like to say, it’s nice to see a “mature” Michael Bisping taking the high road and not letting anyone bait him into an immature reaction.

Alan Belcher Hoping to Return in September

Right now, much of the hullabaloo in the UFC middleweight division is, as always, circling around the division’s champ Anderson Silva, and just what’s in store for the demigod. Dana White has confirmed that Silva will in fact face long time contender Yushin Okami on August 27th, but after that, then what? (Yes, nearly everyone […]

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Right now, much of the hullabaloo in the UFC middleweight division is, as always, circling around the division’s champ Anderson Silva, and just what’s in store for the demigod. Dana White has confirmed that Silva will in fact face long time contender Yushin Okami on August 27th, but after that, then what? (Yes, nearly everyone thinks he will win). Will he rematch the last dude to make him look mortal? Chael Sonnen? Or will the UFC finally put together the heralded, ‘OMG’ super fight with GSP? After all, there’s no one else in the middleweight division right?

Well there is another dude, who yes, most wouldn’t pick to beat Silva, but he could possibly give the champ one hell of a fight and that’s Alan Belcher. Remember him? The guy with the Johnny Cash tattoo that’s won five straight fights? (Eff that, you know he beat Yoshihiro Akiyama). MMA Weekly recently ran a story reporting that the bruising middleweight is finally set to return to action, after recovering from an eye injury that nearly ended his career. Belcher’s manager, Malki Kawa informed the outlet that:

“It looks like Alan will probably make his return sometime in September, is what I’m hoping for. It’s the date that we kind of targeted as the date that he wants to come back,”

That’s good news, as there’s no question that Belcher is one of the division’s more entertaining fighters, who in addition, likes to stir the pot occasionally with an interesting quote or two. Now, Belcher will need to get a couple big wins under his belt upon his return, but if he does, he could be right thick in the title mix no?

Alan Belcher on Pace for Summer Return, Wants Demian Maia Next

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsAlan Belcher was supposed to fight Demian Maia in September but was forced to pull out of the fight due to suffering from a detached retina.

The injury was once thought to be career-threatening, however, Belch…

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Alan Belcher was supposed to fight Demian Maia in September but was forced to pull out of the fight due to suffering from a detached retina.

The injury was once thought to be career-threatening, however, Belcher has overcome the odds and is back training full-time again.

The 26-year-old told MMA Fighting last week that he hopes to return to the UFC in June or July, and his wish is to get another crack at Maia.

Brian Stann vs. Wanderlei Silva Official for UFC 130 May 28 in Las Vegas

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Well, it’s official. Brian Stann will look to pull the rug out from under Wanderlei Silva’s UFC career by attempting to hand the former dangerous PRIDE champ his fourth UFC loss and preventing him fro…

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Well, it’s official. Brian Stann will look to pull the rug out from under Wanderlei Silva’s UFC career by attempting to hand the former dangerous PRIDE champ his fourth UFC loss and preventing him from picking up his third win in the past five years when he steps into the Octagon with "The Axe Murderer" May 28 at UFC 130 in Las Vegas. The news was confirmed at the tail end of the latest episode of the UFC’s Ultimate Insider show released this morning.

It’s interesting to note that the majority of UFC middleweights on the cusp of becoming contenders  —  from Michael Bisping to Alan Belcher — ask specifically to face Wand despite the fact that he hasn’t been a contender for quite some time. It’s like he’s the guy guarding the gate to the title shot queue and they have to go through him to get there. 

Both fighters are likeable and it’s unlikely that there will be much (if any) pre-fight smack talk. This one is about the fight, and it’s pretty much a given that’s what we’re going to get on May 28. The tough part will be trying to decide who to root against.


According to Teammate, Alan Belcher Given Medical Clearance to Fight; Expects to Return to the Octagon by Summer

Alan Belcher has been hinting for a while with tweets like the one above that he will soon be returning to the UFC.
"The Talent" has been sidelined since sustaining a career-threatening partially detached retina last summer while training for…

Alan Belcher has been hinting for a while with tweets like the one above that he will soon be returning to the UFC.

"The Talent" has been sidelined since sustaining a career-threatening partially detached retina last summer while training for his UFN 22 bout with Demian Maia, but according to one of his Remix MMA students he has been given the OK by his eye specialist to compete once again and is eyeing (no pun intended) a May or June return to the Octagon.

Here’s what amateur fighter Rodney Derouen said about the situation on MixedMartialArts.com’s Underground forum today:

A Maia redo or a scrap with Bisping both sound good to me. Discuss.