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Anderson Silva Named Cover Athlete of UFC Undisputed 3

The fans have spoken, and Anderson Silva has been voted to become the next cover star in the UFC Undisputed franchise. Past cover stars were Forrest Griffin and Brock Lesnar. Silva was announced as the cover athlete at a special presentation at the UFC…

The fans have spoken, and Anderson Silva has been voted to become the next cover star in the UFC Undisputed franchise.

Past cover stars were Forrest Griffin and Brock Lesnar.

Silva was announced as the cover athlete at a special presentation at the UFC Fan Expo in Houston earlier today.

Silva earned enough votes to outgain fellow champions Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre and Frankie Edgar, and will be the featured fighter in the third game of the Undisputed franchise.

Widely regarded as the best fighter in the world, Silva is the most successful fighter in UFC history, holding nearly every record in terms of wins and title defenses.

He also has a 14-0 record since entering the promotion in 2006.

UFC President Dana White made the announcement that Silva had been selected as the cover athlete and Silva subsequently came out and addressed the fans.

“I’m very happy, thank you to my fans and my family,” Silva said after he was revealed as the winner.

The fans were then treated to watch the final match of the UFC Houston video game tournament.

After a fan controlling Silva won the bout by beating another fan controlling Jones, the real Silva reappeared and started celebrating with the winner.

UFC Undisputed 3 is set to be released in early 2012, with new features such as PRIDE Mode, a new submission system, updated rosters and fighter walkouts.

 

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UFC 136: Chael Sonnen and The Best Quotes Leading Up to the Fights

UFC 136 is less than a day away, and it’s anticipated to go down as one of the best cards of the year.What makes the card so great is the matchups it features and the fighters who will be going head-to-head. The event will be headlined by UFC lightweig…

UFC 136 is less than a day away, and it’s anticipated to go down as one of the best cards of the year.

What makes the card so great is the matchups it features and the fighters who will be going head-to-head. The event will be headlined by UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar taking on Gray Maynard for the third time. It will be a rematch of their draw from earlier this year.

In the co-main event, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo defends his title against former lightweight title challenger Kenny Florian.

Also on the card, Chael Sonnen looks to get another shot at UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, but he must get through Brian Stann first.

In the build up to the fight, Sonnen has been more outspoken on Silva than he has on his opponent, who is a former U.S. Marine and former WEC light heavyweight champion.

These are the best quotes leading up to tomorrow’s fights.

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UFC 136: Chael Sonnen Is the Most Interesting Man in the World, Part 2

Tomorrow night, UFC 136 goes down in Houston, Texas.The main event features the third meeting between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, with the lightweight title on the line.The co-main event has featherweight champion Jose Aldo looking to def…

Tomorrow night, UFC 136 goes down in Houston, Texas.

The main event features the third meeting between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, with the lightweight title on the line.

The co-main event has featherweight champion Jose Aldo looking to defend his title against longtime lightweight contender, Kenny Florian.

However, arguably the biggest matchup of the night features “The All American” Brian Stann, facing off against the returning Chael Sonnen, also known as, “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”

Chael has been out for more than 14 months, and will have his hands full while taking on Stann.

Yesterday, Dana White tweeted a video, of Chael Sonnen as “The Most Interesting Man in the World” from the popular Dos Equis commercials.

Today, he tweeted part two of the series.

Yesterday I said that I hope to see more of these videos, and that still stands true today.

UFC 136 goes down this Saturday in Houston, Texas, and you can all the action on Facebook, Spike TV and PPV.

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UFC Calendar to Grow to 34 Events in 2012

Filed under: UFC, NewsHOUSTON — Saturday night’s UFC 136 marks the fourth event in four weeks for the Las Vegas-based promotion.

Get used to it.

The schedule continues to grow at an exponential rate, according to UFC president Dana White, who said t…

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HOUSTON — Saturday night’s UFC 136 marks the fourth event in four weeks for the Las Vegas-based promotion.

Get used to it.

The schedule continues to grow at an exponential rate, according to UFC president Dana White, who said that the organization has already penciled in dates on its 2012 calendar.

The final tally? Thirty-four events. That’s a serious increase from 2011, which will see 27 live events by the time Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem close out the UFC’s year in Las Vegas on December 30.

That increased number of shows will come as welcome news to fans in markets that have been promised events but were shut out in 2011, like Sweden and Ireland. Though no locations are yet set in stone, the increased frequency of events will at least provide additional opportunities to visit more parts of the world as the UFC continues to grow its global footprint.

White also reiterated his plan to host two events on the same day at least once next year, with their first experiment in dual productions tentatively planned for late February, with shows in Las Vegas and Japan.

In 2011, the UFC re-opened what they believe will be a huge market for them, hosting a show in Brazil to great fanfare. It was the organization’s first venture there since 1998. Afterward, UFC CEO and chairman Lorenzo Fertitta was so pleased with the reception that he voiced a hope the promotion could bring as many as four events there in 2012.

Aside from that, entering the Japanese market would be something of a coup for the UFC, which has not brought fights there under the Zuffa banner.

The expanded schedule is just one of many planned and/or official UFC initiatives and changes to roll out in 2012. Also among them, a move to network television on FOX, a departure from longtime cable home Spike, the addition of a flyweight division, and a revamping of The Ultimate Fighter to include live weekly fights.

 

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Chael Sonnen, Brian Stann or Dan Henderson for the Next Middleweight Title Shot?

UFC president Dana White has a lot going on with the impending UFC 136 fight card about to happen and the UFC fan expo happening in Houston.After UFC 136, White has to start thinking about a lot of things inside his promotions divisions. The lightweigh…

UFC president Dana White has a lot going on with the impending UFC 136 fight card about to happen and the UFC fan expo happening in Houston.

After UFC 136, White has to start thinking about a lot of things inside his promotions divisions. The lightweight division will have a true champion come Sunday, and the middleweight division might have its No. 1 contender.

But who deserves it more, the winner of Chael Sonnen and Brian Stann or Dan Henderson?

“We’ve got to see what happens here,” White told the media after the UFC 136 pre-fight press conference. “The winner of [Sonnen-Stann] deserves a shot at Anderson Silva? It’d be tough to say no. But if Henderson beats Shogun, it’d be tough to say that Henderson doesn’t deserve the shot either. So we’ll see what happens.”

UFC 139 will be Henderson’s return to the UFC after a short year long stint with Strikeforce. Henderson has knocked out the last three fighters he’s faced, including Renato Sobral, Rafael Cavalcante and Fedro Emelianenko.

Henderson has also won six of his last seven fights since Silva beat him at UFC 82. If Sonnen were to beat Stann, it would be in his first fight since his loss to Silva in August of 2010.

On the other hand, if Stann were to beat Sonnen, then Stann would be on a four-fight win streak, all of which have come at the middleweight level. Stann dropped down from light heavyweight for good after a loss to Phil Davis at UFC 109.

But as for now, Silva is on the shelf with an injury.

“He has bursitis in his shoulder,” White said. “The doctor told him he needs to rest it for eight weeks, and he’s doing physical therapy. It’s not like he’s got some injury that needs surgery or anything like that. As amazing as this guy is, we forget this guy is 37 years old.”

 

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UFC 140 Fight Card: 4 Reasons Jon Jones Will Destroy Lyoto Machida

Lyoto Machida finally has an opponent lined up and it will be none other than UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. UFC president Dana White broke the news today on Twitter, announcing the fight as the main event of UFC 140. Jones recently defended…

Lyoto Machida finally has an opponent lined up and it will be none other than UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

UFC president Dana White broke the news today on Twitter, announcing the fight as the main event of UFC 140.

Jones recently defended his title for the first time against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135.

The last time we saw Machida he was retiring Randy Couture with an amazing jumping front kick that KO’d the UFC legend.

Machida will be Jones’ toughest test to date. His style of elusive karate is one of the hardest for fighters to figure out.

Despite this, Jones will find a way to beat Machida. Here are the reasons why.

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