According to a report at MMAFighting.com, UFC Light Heavyweight contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has pulled out of his scheduled fight against Glover Teixeira at the upcoming UFC On FOX 20 event.
Johnson, who was set…
Another one bites the dust.
According to a report at MMAFighting.com, UFC Light Heavyweight contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has pulled out of his scheduled fight against Glover Teixeira at the upcoming UFC On FOX 20 event.
Johnson, who was set to come into what was a striking fans dream match against Teixeira fresh off of two consecutive knockout victories over Ryan Bader and Jimi Manuwa, pulled out of the fight due to undisclosed reasons. Teixeira was coming into the fight off of finishes of Rashad Evans, Patrick Cummins and Ovince Saint Preux.
UFC On FOX 20 is scheduled to take place on July 23, 2016 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Although most in the MMA world had the same feeling after the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado fight on Friday, apparently one important person did not.
The consensus opinion from most who watched the EFN 50 main event this weekend is that Fedo…
Although most in the MMA world had the same feeling after the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado fight on Friday, apparently one important person did not.
The consensus opinion from most who watched the EFN 50 main event this weekend is that Fedor should seriously considering retiring, however it doesn’t appear that he feels the same way.
“All is still ahead,” Fedor said at the EFN 50 post-fight press conference after scoring a controversial majority decision victory over Maldonado in St. Petersburg, Russia. “We will fight on.”
Earlier in the press conference, Emelianenko also spoke about where he plans to fight next, now that his current contract has expired.
“As far as the rest of my career, I will recuperate and go over all of the proposals received,” said the free agent.
The final stop on the road to Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 89 event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada takes place on Friday afternoon, as UFC will hold the official UFN 89 weigh-ins starting at 5pm ET. / 2pm PT., and you can watc…
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The final stop on the road to Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 89 event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada takes place on Friday afternoon, as UFC will hold the official UFN 89 weigh-ins starting at 5pm ET. / 2pm PT., and you can watch it go down live right here at MMANews.com!
Embedded above is the YouTube video player that will stream the official UFN 89 weigh-ins live from Ottawa later today.
The following is the final lineup for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 89 event, which features a highly anticipated main event between top welterweight contenders Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and the man who is fighting on the final fight of his current UFC contract, Canada’s own Rory MacDonald.
UFC Fight Night 89 Main Card (FOX Sports 1 at 10:30PM ET.):
– Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson
– Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone vs. Patrick Cote
– Steve Bosse vs. Sean O’Connell
– Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Thibault Gouti
– Valerie Letourneau vs. Joanne Calderwood
UFC Fight Night 89 Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 2 at 8:30pm ET.):
– Jason Saggo vs. Leandro Silva
– Misha Cirkunov vs. Ion Cutelaba
– Tamdan McCrory vs. Krzysztof Jotko
– Chris Beal vs. Joe Soto
UFC Fight Night 89 Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass at 6:45pm ET.)::
– Elias Theodorou vs. Sam Alvey
– Randa Markos vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
– Colby Covington vs. Jonathan Meunier
– Ali Bagautinov vs. Geane Herrera
On Friday afternoon, the EFN 50 show featuring the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado main event took place from St. Petersburg, Russia and aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
Below are quick-match results of the EFN 50 …
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On Friday afternoon, the EFN 50 show featuring the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado main event took place from St. Petersburg, Russia and aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
Below are quick-match results of the EFN 50 event:
EFN 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado Results
Sergey Pavlovich def. Chaban Ka via TKO (strikes) in R1
Vadim Nemkov def. Mikolaj Rozanski via TKO (strikes) in R1
Rasul Mirzaev def. Dioginis Souza via TKO (strikes) in R1
Abdulsupyan Alikhanov def. Artem Shokalo via decision
Georgy Kichigin def. Vladimir Tyurin via submission (armbar) in R1
Jack McGann def. Abdula Dadaev via TKO (strikes) in R1
Alexander Dankov def. Dmitriy Maryukhin via TKO (strikes) in R1
Valentin Moldavsky def. Daniel Doerrer via submission (guillotine) in R1
Vasiliy Zubkov def. Sergey Tovkan via submission (triangle)
Marina Mokhnatkina def. Ekaterina Torbeeva via submission (armbar) (R1, 0:25)
STILL TO COME …
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado
Vitaly Minakov vs. Peter Graham
Kirill Sidelnikov vs. Ruben Wolf
Akhmet Aliev vs. Matej Truhan
Anatoly Tokov vs. Vladimir Filipovic
The sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) could very well be finalized soon, according to reports from multiple outlets, including ESPN.com.
Two groups have reportedly made bids in the $4.1 billion range. One was a joint-bid by William Mo…
The sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) could very well be finalized soon, according to reports from multiple outlets, including ESPN.com.
Two groups have reportedly made bids in the $4.1 billion range. One was a joint-bid by William Morris Endeavor Agency and The Dalian Wanda Group, while the other came from China Media Capital. Both offers for $4.1 billion would include complete, 100-percent control of the company.
UFC used investment bank Goldman Sachs to facilitate the bids, however the deal itself is not expected to be formally announced until after the landmark UFC 200 event on July 9th, even if things are completed as early as the next few days.
According to a report by FloCombat.com, the largest bid is expected to come from the William Morris Endeavor Agency, which represents a number of artists from a wide variety of different entertainment platforms, as well as The Dalian Wanda Group, which is a Chinese company that is also the world’s largest cinema chain operator.
The WME-IMG and Dalian Wanda bid is also believed to include TenCent Holdings, another China-based company that is also one of the largest internet companies on the planet.
The aforementioned ESPN report is also noting that WME co-chairman Ari Emanuel has been requesting that investors contribute $25 million to $50 million a piece. The Kraft Group, which is best known for owning the NFL’s New England Patriots, is apparently one of the willing investors from that perspective.
It’s worth noting that the deal that is being negotiated would be a complete sale, which would mean the current owners, Lorenzo Fertitta, Frank Fertitta III, Dana White and the Abu Dhabi-based Flash Entertainment, as well as all minor parties, would completely relinquish ownership of the UFC. However, the aforementioned FloCombat article claims that some of the top bidders are actually interested in keeping White around in a similar role to that which he has now, which is UFC President, and are even willing to offer some of their ownership shares to entice him to continue working with the company.
Additionally, it’s said that the general day-to-day operations of the UFC would stay relatively the same if the complete sale does go through, particularly in terms of public perception as far as what fans are familiar with. Apparently key members of various departments within the current organization, such as matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby, would be enticed to stay and remain in similar roles with the company under the new owners.
The official weigh-ins for this weekend’s EFN 50 event have come and gone.
EFN 50 will feature an anticipated main event with MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko fighting former UFC contender Fabio Maldonado in what could be his final fight before poss…
The official weigh-ins for this weekend’s EFN 50 event have come and gone.
EFN 50 will feature an anticipated main event with MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko fighting former UFC contender Fabio Maldonado in what could be his final fight before possibly signing with the UFC, as he alluded to during his interview with Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com earlier this week.
Embedded above is a complete video archive of the official EFN 50 weigh-ins. EFN 50 takes place live on Friday, June 17, 2016 from St. Petersburg, Russia and will air live on UFC Fight Pass.
Check back here at MMANews.com on Friday evening for a complete EFN 50 report.
