Georges St-Pierre on Jake Shields Fight: ‘I Want the Finish’

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — Watch below as Georges St-Pierre talks about his UFC 129 title fight against Jake Shields, why Shields is so dangerous, how he expects the fight to finish and whether this could be his last fight as a welterweight.

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — Watch below as Georges St-Pierre talks about his UFC 129 title fight against Jake Shields, why Shields is so dangerous, how he expects the fight to finish and whether this could be his last fight as a welterweight.

Dana White Talks UFC 129, Now Open to Royce Gracie Return

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — Watch below as Dana White discusses why he is so excited for UFC 129, why the UFC shelved plans to book Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre right away, whether he believes this will be Randy Couture’s last fight and his thoughts on Royce Gracie fighting on an upcoming UFC show.

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — Watch below as Dana White discusses why he is so excited for UFC 129, why the UFC shelved plans to book Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre right away, whether he believes this will be Randy Couture’s last fight and his thoughts on Royce Gracie fighting on an upcoming UFC show.

Royce Gracie Says He Has One More Fight Left in Him

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to 44-year-old MMA legend Royce Gracie about why he is in Toronto for UFC 129, whether he wants to return to the UFC one last time, the likelihood of this happening and what kind of shape he is currently in.

Filed under: , , ,

TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to 44-year-old MMA legend Royce Gracie about why he is in Toronto for UFC 129, whether he wants to return to the UFC one last time, the likelihood of this happening and what kind of shape he is currently in.

The MMA Hour With Anderson Silva in Studio, Chuck Liddell, BJ Penn

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosThree of the best fighters in the history of mixed martial arts will be stopping by The MMA Hour on Monday.

* Anderson Silva, along with manager Ed Soares, will be in studio. The UFC middleweight champion wi…

Filed under: , ,

Three of the best fighters in the history of mixed martial arts will be stopping by The MMA Hour on Monday.

* Anderson Silva, along with manager Ed Soares, will be in studio. The UFC middleweight champion will discuss his upcoming title fight against Yushin Okami at UFC 134 and his documentary, “Like Water,” which is featured at the Tribeca Film Festival. Also stopping by will be the documentary’s producer, Jared Freedman.

* Chuck Liddell, the UFC’s vice president of business development, will discuss life after fighting and his appearance at the UFC Fan Expo.

* BJ Penn will talk about his health status and what’s on deck for “The Prodigy.”

* Matt Mitrione will grace us with his presence for his popular “Mitrione Minute” segment and we will preview Saturday’s UFC 129 event.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes: audio feed here; video feed here.

UFC Requests Monitors for Judges at UFC 130

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsIf the UFC has its way, there will be monitors present beside each judge at next month’s UFC 130 in Las Vegas.

Marc Ratner, the UFC’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, informed MMA Fighting that the organi…

Filed under: , ,

If the UFC has its way, there will be monitors present beside each judge at next month’s UFC 130 in Las Vegas.

Marc Ratner, the UFC’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, informed MMA Fighting that the organization has formally submitted a request to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to install monitors as a backup viewing option for the judges assigned to score the bouts at UFC 130.

“I’ve emailed [NSAC Executive Director] Keith [Kizer] and asked him to put the request on the next agenda. We believe these monitors will be another look to help with the judges,” Ratner wrote via e-mail.

Chuck Liddell Thinks Jake Shields Will Upset Georges St. Pierre

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, News Chuck Liddell knows a thing or two about defending a championship. The “Iceman” captured the UFC light-heavyweight title and held it for two years before relinquishing the crown. Georges St. Pierre has held a …

Filed under: , ,

Chuck Liddell knows a thing or two about defending a championship. The “Iceman” captured the UFC light-heavyweight title and held it for two years before relinquishing the crown. Georges St. Pierre has held a UFC belt even longer. He won the undisputed welterweight title in April 2008, so a successful title defense over Jake Shields at this weekend’s UFC 129 will make it three years and counting at the top.

Liddell, though, has his doubts about St. Pierre getting there. In a Monday interview on The MMA Hour, Liddell said he thinks the challenger is likely to walk away with the belt.

“I’m siding with Jake,” Liddell said. “Jake’s going to have to take him down. I’m expecting him to be in great shape for the fight. He’ll be in great shape for GSP. But yeah, I expect him to take him down and finish him.”