April Fool’s Day Comes Early at ESPN Courtesy of Brock Lesnar

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar spent a good portion of his day on Tuesday at the ESPN campus. Lesnar visited ESPN in order to  promote the premier of season 13 of the UFC’s reality program The Ultimate Fighter. Lesnar is coachi…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar spent a good portion of his day on Tuesday at the ESPN campus. Lesnar visited ESPN in order to  promote the premier of season 13 of the UFC’s reality program The Ultimate Fighter. Lesnar is coaching opposite fellow heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos on this season of TUF. One […]

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April Fool’s Day Comes Early at ESPN Courtesy of Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar Video: Talks Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Junior Dos Santos on ESPN

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been making the rounds over the last few days to promote the UFC’s reality show The Ultimate Fighter. The 13th season of TUF will premier on Spike TV on Wednesday, March 30 at 9 p.m. On Tuesda…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been making the rounds over the last few days to promote the UFC’s reality show The Ultimate Fighter. The 13th season of TUF will premier on Spike TV on Wednesday, March 30 at 9 p.m. On Tuesday, Lesnar appeared on ESPN. One of the first things he discussed was losing […]

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Brock Lesnar Video: Talks Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Junior Dos Santos on ESPN

UFC 128: Shogun Delivers Hardest Strike Ever Recorded by ESPN Sports Science Lab

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will step into the Octagon against Jon “Bones” Jones at UFC 128 on Saturday March 19th in Newark, New Jersey. On the line will be Rua’s UFC light heavyweight title. Rua is recognized as one of the mos…

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will step into the Octagon against Jon “Bones” Jones at UFC 128 on Saturday March 19th in Newark, New Jersey. On the line will be Rua’s UFC light heavyweight title. Rua is recognized as one of the most effective strikers in the world of mixed martial arts, he recently travelled to the […]

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UFC 128: Shogun Delivers Hardest Strike Ever Recorded by ESPN Sports Science Lab

Kenny Florian Makes Featherweight Debut at UFC 131

Filed under: UFC, NewsFormer top lightweight contender Kenny Florian will make his featherweight debut at UFC 131.

Florian said earlier this month he would be dropping down to featherweight, and his first test will come against Diego Nunes. Florian m…

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Former top lightweight contender Kenny Florian will make his featherweight debut at UFC 131.

Florian said earlier this month he would be dropping down to featherweight, and his first test will come against Diego Nunes. Florian made the announcement on ESPN’s “MMA Live” late Friday night. As he did Friday, Florian often serves as co-host of the show.

“It’s a new challenge,” Florian said of the drop in divisions. “I’ve never been afraid of a new challenge. I see it as an exciting opportunity to possibly face what in my opinion is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, which is Jose Aldo. He’s a tremendous fighter and I have a lot of respect for that guy. (But) I still have an opponent before I get there.”

Video: MMA Live with Bjorn Rebney, Rashad Evans and Kenny Florian

(Video courtesy ESPN)
If you missed last night’s episode of MMA Live, not to worry, we got you covered, mang.
If you couldn’t be bothered to actually watch it and expect us to give you the pertinent stuff in a nutshell, we got you covered there, too.He…

(Video courtesy ESPN)

If you missed last night’s episode of MMA Live, not to worry, we got you covered, mang.

If you couldn’t be bothered to actually watch it and expect us to give you the pertinent stuff in a nutshell, we got you covered there, too.

Here’s what you missed:

Kenny Florian says he would be interested in a fight with Jim Miller at UFC 129 in Toronto if his injured knee (which did not require surgery to repair a torn meniscus and ACL) heals in time.

– Bjorn Rebney says that the new Bellator deal with MTV will ensure that their events are not pre-empted if they go over their broadcast time, which will be the same each week.

– Rebney also said that despite his efforts the Strikeforce co-promoted Gilbert Melendez-Eddie Alvarez match-up is pretty much dead in the water at this point.

– Junior Dos Santos has been training his Muay Thai with Brandon Vera at Alliance in San Diego.

– Dos Santos has said that he is planning to keep his championship bout with UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez (which is rumored to be slated for the April show in Toronto) standing.

– Both Rashad Evans and Ken-Flo believe that their teammate Georges St-Pierre will fight Jake Shields in Toronto.


ESPN Report Incorrect According To UFC: Matt Brown Has Not Been Released

Earlier this week, ESPN’s MMA Live reported that Matt “The Immortal” Brown had been cut by the UFC following his third straight loss.  It seems as if the “worldwide leader” jumped the gun on Brown’s release…

Earlier this week, ESPN’s MMA Live reported that Matt “The Immortal” Brown had been cut by the UFC following his third straight loss.  It seems as if the “worldwide leader” jumped the gun on Brown’s release. Ariel Helwani posted the following on his Twitter feed after other sites picked up the ESPN report, “FYI – Matt […]

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ESPN Report Incorrect According To UFC: Matt Brown Has Not Been Released