UFC held the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC On FOX 18 event in Newark, New Jersey. The event features Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader in a title eliminator in the main event, as well as Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwel…
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UFC held the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC On FOX 18 event in Newark, New Jersey. The event features Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader in a title eliminator in the main event, as well as Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell in the co-main event and rookie sensation Sage Northcutt in a welterweight bout against Bryan Barberena as the opening bout on the main card.
Below is the scheduled lineup for Saturday’s event, with the official weights from today’s weigh-ins.
UFC on FOX 18 Main Card:
– Anthony Johnson (205.25) vs. Ryan Bader (205)
– Josh Barnett (241) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
– Iuri Alcantara (135.25) vs. Jimmie Rivera (135)
– Sage Northcutt (170) vs. Bryan Barberena (170)
UFC on FOX 18 Prelims (FS1):
– Jake Ellenberger (170) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (169.75)
– Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155) vs. Diego Ferreira (156)
– Kevin Casey (185) vs. Rafael Natal (185)
– Dustin Ortiz (125) vs. Wilson Reis (126)
– George Sullivan (171) vs. Alexander Yakovlev (171)
– Alex Caceres (145) vs. Masio Fullen (145)
UFC on FOX 18 Prelims (UFC Fight Pass):
– Damon Jackson (145) vs. Levan Makashvili (145)
– Tony Martin (155) vs. Felipe Olivieri (155)
– Randy Brown (171) vs. Matt Dwyer (169)
Make sure to visit MMANews.com on Saturday evening for a complete UFC On FOX 18 report.
It looks like GSP will once again grace the Octagon in the near future.
According to a report from Quebec’s FM93 station, former UFC Welterweight king Georges “Rush” St-Pierre will be announcing his UFC comeback in the next few days.
The radio st…
It looks like GSP will once again grace the Octagon in the near future.
According to a report from Quebec’s FM93 station, former UFC Welterweight king Georges “Rush” St-Pierre will be announcing his UFC comeback in the next few days.
The radio station broke the news via social media, as they posted the following on their Twitter page in French.
“Dan Pou has learned that Georges St-Pierre will announce his return to active competition in the UFC in the coming days.”
For those curious, FM93 is a highly-rated talk radio station based in Quebec, and Dan Pou, who is referenced in the tweet, is a sports journalist.
As of this writing, neither GSP or the UFC have officially commented on the rumors.
EXCLUSIF – @DanPou93 a appris que @GeorgesStPierre annoncera dans les prochains jours un retour à la compétition active en UFC. #FM93
As a result of the mess that is the originally planned UFC 196 pay-per-view on February 6th, Conor McGregor vs. Rafael Dos Anjos will now no longer be headlining the UFC 197 event scheduled for March.
UFC announced on Wednesday that due to the cance…
As a result of the mess that is the originally planned UFC 196 pay-per-view on February 6th, Conor McGregor vs. Rafael Dos Anjos will now no longer be headlining the UFC 197 event scheduled for March.
UFC announced on Wednesday that due to the cancellation of the Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum fight, and then the cancellation of the Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic replacement fight, the UFC 196 pay-per-view, which was originally announced as being headlined by Johny Hendricks vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, will now be referred to as UFC Fight Night 82.
UFC 197, which was scheduled for March 5th, will now be called UFC 196, but will still be headlined by the aforementioned McGregor vs. Dos Anjos UFC Lightweight title fight.
How this affects future events, such as the landmark UFC 200 event scheduled for July 9th, remains to be seen. It’s worth noting that while the fights, dates and venues will remain as scheduled, the name of the events coming up in the next few weeks and months could be a disaster to try and follow.
With Cain Velasquez pulling out, followed by Fabricio Werdum, the UFC 196 pay-per-view has officially been scrapped.
UFC President Dana White announced to Yahoo! Sports that UFC 196 will be pulled from…
Well, UFC finally made an official decision.
With Cain Velasquez pulling out, followed by Fabricio Werdum, the UFC 196 pay-per-view has officially been scrapped.
UFC President Dana White announced to Yahoo! Sports that UFC 196 will be pulled from pay-per-view and moved to FOX Sports 1, with Johny Hendricks vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson scheduled as the new main event for the FS1 card.
UFC 196: Hendricks vs. Thompson is scheduled for February 6, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It looks like UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum was only interested in proving that he is better than Cain Velasquez on February 6th.
After it became clear that Velasquez was out of the scheduled rematch with Werdum on 2/6, Werdum was informed that he would instead be defending his title against highly regarded contender Stipe Miocic.
Unfortunately for the UFC, that was apparently not a good enough replacement for the Brazilian champ.
Werdum announced on Monday afternoon that he was already dealing with an injury, and because Velasquez is out of the fight due to injury, he is going to pull out as well.
“I was already injured,” Werdum said. “I have a foot injury, and haven’t been able to throw kicks in training for two weeks. I would still fight Cain because I was injured the last time, but I also hurt my back last Friday. I went to the doctor, tried to continue training, but couldn’t spar as I should spar.
“I decided not to fight because I’m not 100 percent,” he continued. “If Cain was the opponent, I would go on. It’s not his fault, it’s nobody’s fault. Injuries happen. You can’t avoid them. I have no option. I made this decision because I’m not feeling 100 percent.”
Werdum says he’s “still confused” about everything that happened.
“I made this decision together with my team,” he said. “We decided not to fight. Cain can’t fight. I was going to hide the injury one more time, like I always did. I tried to hide it, but couldn’t this time. I can’t fight if I’m not 100 percent to put on a show like I always did.”
It looks like UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum was only interested in proving that he is better than Cain Velasquez on February 6th.
After it became clear that Velasquez was out of the scheduled rematch with Werdum on 2/6, Werdum was informed that he would instead be defending his title against highly regarded contender Stipe Miocic.
Unfortunately for the UFC, that was apparently not a good enough replacement for the Brazilian champ.
Werdum announced on Monday afternoon that he was already dealing with an injury, and because Velasquez is out of the fight due to injury, he is going to pull out as well.
“I was already injured,” Werdum said. “I have a foot injury, and haven’t been able to throw kicks in training for two weeks. I would still fight Cain because I was injured the last time, but I also hurt my back last Friday. I went to the doctor, tried to continue training, but couldn’t spar as I should spar.
“I decided not to fight because I’m not 100 percent,” he continued. “If Cain was the opponent, I would go on. It’s not his fault, it’s nobody’s fault. Injuries happen. You can’t avoid them. I have no option. I made this decision because I’m not feeling 100 percent.”
Werdum says he’s “still confused” about everything that happened.
“I made this decision together with my team,” he said. “We decided not to fight. Cain can’t fight. I was going to hide the injury one more time, like I always did. I tried to hide it, but couldn’t this time. I can’t fight if I’m not 100 percent to put on a show like I always did.”
UFC has released the complete “Road to the Octagon” special for this Saturday’s UFC On FOX 18 event, headlined by the title eliminator bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Ryan Bader.
Featured above is part one of the special, which the UFC…
UFC has released the complete “Road to the Octagon” special for this Saturday’s UFC On FOX 18 event, headlined by the title eliminator bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Ryan Bader.
Featured above is part one of the special, which the UFC released in three parts on their official YouTube channel. Below are parts two and three, which focus on the Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell and Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera fights, respectively.
