For Yoel Romero, perhaps the trick will be avoiding any further episodes of foot-in-mouth disease just long enough for him to fight for the middleweight title. A few days removed from his stunning third-round TKO win over Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 70, most of the headlines about Romero are still fixated on the […]
For Yoel Romero, perhaps the trick will be avoiding any further episodes of foot-in-mouth disease just long enough for him to fight for the middleweight title. A few days removed from his stunning third-round TKO win over Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 70, most of the headlines about Romero are still fixated on the […]
Ben Rothwell scored a huge first-round victory by submitting Matt Mitrione at UFC Fight Night 68 in New Orleans on Saturday, but his winning didn’t stop at the tapout. Speaking with ringside commentator Jon Anik in the cage, Rothwell cut an awesomely terrible, professional wrestling-style promo on the rest of the heavyweight division and capped […]
Ben Rothwell scored a huge first-round victory by submitting Matt Mitrione at UFC Fight Night 68 in New Orleans on Saturday, but his winning didn’t stop at the tapout. Speaking with ringside commentator Jon Anik in the cage, Rothwell cut an awesomely terrible, professional wrestling-style promo on the rest of the heavyweight division and capped […]
Video highlights of the Hall vs. Stallings fight and Hall’s well-intentioned but kind of odd post-fight speech (“there’s no need for us to be fighting each other”) are after the jump…
Video highlights of the Hall vs. Stallings fight and Hall’s well-intentioned but kind of odd post-fight speech (“there’s no need for us to be fighting each other”) are after the jump…
Francis Carmont, a middleweight who became a UFC contender before dropping three straight contests, has been cut by the promotion. That’s according to a post appearing Wednesday morning on Carmont‘s Facebook page. The news was subsequently reported by Bloody Elbow. “I announce that after six wins and three defeats, I am no longer a UFC fighter,” […]
Francis Carmont, a middleweight who became a UFC contender before dropping three straight contests, has been cut by the promotion. That’s according to a post appearing Wednesday morning on Carmont‘s Facebook page. The news was subsequently reported by Bloody Elbow. “I announce that after six wins and three defeats, I am no longer a UFC fighter,” […]
In early 2013, the MMA world was shocked by the UFC’s mass roster purge, which included major names like Jon Fitch and Vladimir Matyushenko. UFC president Dana White promised that many more cuts would be coming and that no one was safe. Fast-forward nine months and let’s take a look at the current UFC roster. […]
In early 2013, the MMA world was shocked by the UFC’s mass roster purge, which included major names like Jon Fitch and Vladimir Matyushenko. UFC president Dana White promised that many more cuts would be coming and that no one was safe. Fast-forward nine months and let’s take a look at the current UFC roster. […]
(Click the photo for a better look at the gash in question. / Props: MMAFighting)
UFC 166 heavyweight title challenger Junior Dos Santos showed up to open workouts in Houston yesterday with a noticeable scar on his forehead — the result of an accidental cut in his training camp about three weeks ago. The cut reportedly required three stitches, which have since been removed.
Though Dos Santos claimed he was “100% already,” it’s unquestionably a disadvantage in his rubber-match against Cain Velasquez this Saturday. It wouldn’t take much effort for Velasquez to re-open that cut with some well-placed punches, and due to the cut’s location, it’s possible that the blood-flow could affect Junior’s vision during the fight. (Not that Velasquez needs any head-starts to make that happen.)
Luckily, this happened far enough out from the event that the match itself wasn’t put in jeopardy (see: Gustafsson, Shamrock). But it’s just one more reason why Dos Santos needs to put Velasquez away early if he hopes to stand a chance.
(Click the photo for a better look at the gash in question. / Props: MMAFighting)
UFC 166 heavyweight title challenger Junior Dos Santos showed up to open workouts in Houston yesterday with a noticeable scar on his forehead — the result of an accidental cut in his training camp about three weeks ago. The cut reportedly required three stitches, which have since been removed.
Though Dos Santos claimed he was “100% already,” it’s unquestionably a disadvantage in his rubber-match against Cain Velasquez this Saturday. It wouldn’t take much effort for Velasquez to re-open that cut with some well-placed punches, and due to the cut’s location, it’s possible that the blood-flow could affect Junior’s vision during the fight. (Not that Velasquez needs any head-starts to make that happen.)
Luckily, this happened far enough out from the event that the match itself wasn’t put in jeopardy (see: Gustafsson, Shamrock). But it’s just one more reason why Dos Santos needs to put Velasquez away early if he hopes to stand a chance.
