Another Ultimate Fighter has come and gone, with the win going to team Lesnar via Tony Ferguson’s first round KO of team Dos Santos’s Ramsey Nijem. Hopefully, Ferguson, and maybe Nijem, will be able to give Georges St-Pierre some competitio…
Another Ultimate Fighter has come and gone, with the win going to team Lesnar via Tony Ferguson’s first round KO of team Dos Santos’s Ramsey Nijem. Hopefully, Ferguson, and maybe Nijem, will be able to give Georges St-Pierre some competition in the future. Not to take from Ferguson’s moment, which was very well deserved, but […]
Filed under: UFC, Bellator, Rankings, FeatherweightsJose Aldo has now made his UFC debut and won the UFC’s first featherweight title fight, an entertaining if not terribly competitive unanimous decision over Mark Hominick at UFC 129. So what does the U…
Jose Aldo has now made his UFC debut and won the UFC’s first featherweight title fight, an entertaining if not terribly competitive unanimous decision over Mark Hominick at UFC 129. So what does the UFC do with Aldo from here?
The fight I think the UFC really wants to make for Aldo is against Kenny Florian, who has more name recognition than anyone else on the UFC’s featherweight roster. If Florian wins his featherweight debut against Diego Nunes at UFC 131, he’ll instantly step into title contention — and into the featherweight Top 10.
But for now, the No. 1 featherweight appears headed toward an August showdown with the undefeated Chad Mendes — and on my featherweight rankings, that’s the right call.
People have wanted it since before the coaches for TUF 13 were announced, and next season, it looks like they’re going to get it. MMA Junkie reported today that indeed, the featherweights and bantamweights could be on their way to the spotlight o…
People have wanted it since before the coaches for TUF 13 were announced, and next season, it looks like they’re going to get it. MMA Junkie reported today that indeed, the featherweights and bantamweights could be on their way to the spotlight of The Ultimate Fighter’s 14th season, and former-WEC-turned-current-UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby announced via […]
Filed under: DREAM, UFC, Sengoku, Featherweights
An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical chang…
An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical changes.
The New Year’s cards for the UFC, Dream and Sengoku all had big featherweight fights that featured several surprise results, and now that the dust has settled, the featherweight division looks a whole lot different heading into 2011 than it did for most of 2010 — with the exception, of course, that Aldo is still the king.
Check out our rankings of the rest of the featherweight division below.
Source: Fighters Only
UFC officially announced UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 will take place January 2nd 2011 airing live on Spike TV from the Fort Hood Military Base in Killeen, Texas. The event will aid as a benefit for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which helps US Troops who have been injured during service. […]
UFC officially announced UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 will take place January 2nd 2011 airing live on Spike TV from the Fort Hood Military Base in Killeen, Texas. The event will aid as a benefit for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which helps US Troops who have been injured during service. The first UFC: Fight for the Troops event was held in December of 2008 and reportedly raised 4 million dollars during its broadcast.
The main card will feature Lightweights, Kenny Florian facing off against Evan Dunham and a co-main event between Welterweights, Mike Swick and David Mitchell. The undercard is likely to feature two Featherweight bouts including Mark Hominick Vs. George Roop. The full fight card is expected to breakdown as follows:
Announced Bouts:
-Kenny Florian vs. Evan Dunham
-Mike Swick vs. David Mitchell
-Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague
-DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Guymon
-Melvin Guillard vs. Yves Edwards
Rumored Bouts:
-Rani Yahya vs. Chan Sung Jung
-Charlie Brenneman vs. Amilcar Alves
-Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
-Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
-Waylon Lowe vs. Willamy Freire