Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay. The broadcast will be broken into two parts with […]
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay.
The broadcast will be broken into two parts with the Glory card airing on Dec. 31 at 10pm EST and the DREAM card airing on Jan. 1 at 10pm EST. Fans looking to watch the entire event live can catch via online pay-per-view for $20 at GloryWorldSeries.com.
News of the NBC Sports broadcast was first announced by MMAFighting.com earlier today.
Also confirmed for the event is an mma women’s bantamweight match between former Strikeforce champ Marloes Coenen (20-5) and Australian fighter Fiona Muxlow (6-1). MMAWeekly.com made the announcement earlier today also.
Coenen hasn’t been in action since this past April when she headlined the inaugural Invicta FC promotion back in April picking up a decision victory over Romy Ruyssen. The victory put her back into the win column after losing the Strikeforce 135-lbs title to Miehsa Tate back in July 2011.
Muxlow has won three straight and had her last fight in October, earning a unanimous decision at a local BFW show. Over her career, she’s earned one win via TKO, three by submission and two by decision.
The GLORY Sports International presents Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo ~ Special 2012 ~ New Year’s Eve event is scheduled for December 31, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event features a mixed martial arts and a one-night, single-elimination 16-man kickboxing heavyweight tournament.
Former UFC champion Tito Ortiz is the current manager of Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos feels that for his fighter to cut down to 135-lbs is just to big of a weight-cut and is hoping that the UFC will welcome a 140-lbs catchweight bout between ‘Cyborg’ vs. Ronda Rousey. Ortiz defends his fighter for making one mistake in her career by trusting someone she shouldn’t have which led to her suspension.
“For a woman to cut that much weight, you gotta understand, she’s small. She’s cutting from 170 down trying to make 135, that’s a big, big, big, big cut. That’s a lot for a woman to cut. And it’s just health reasons when it comes down to it. We want to see an exciting fight. Do it at 140-pounds, I think that would make the best difference. I think ‘Cyborg’ has proved it time and time again by dominating… Gina Carano, so many people that she’s walked through it looked easy for her.”
Be sure to check out the full interview with Spencer Lazara at MMAInterviews.tv.
Former UFC champion Tito Ortiz is the current manager of Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos feels that for his fighter to cut down to 135-lbs is just to big of a weight-cut and is hoping that the UFC will welcome a 140-lbs catchweight bout between ‘Cyborg’ vs. Ronda Rousey. Ortiz defends his fighter for making one mistake in her career by trusting someone she shouldn’t have which led to her suspension.
“For a woman to cut that much weight, you gotta understand, she’s small. She’s cutting from 170 down trying to make 135, that’s a big, big, big, big cut. That’s a lot for a woman to cut. And it’s just health reasons when it comes down to it. We want to see an exciting fight. Do it at 140-pounds, I think that would make the best difference. I think ‘Cyborg’ has proved it time and time again by dominating… Gina Carano, so many people that she’s walked through it looked easy for her.”
Be sure to check out the full interview with Spencer Lazara at MMAInterviews.tv.
UFC history will be made when Ronda Rousey defends her UFC bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche. Plus, Dan Henderson takes on former champ Lyoto Machida and Urijah Faber battles Ivan Menjivar. UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche – Saturday, February 23.
UFC history will be made when Ronda Rousey defends her UFC bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche. Plus, Dan Henderson takes on former champ Lyoto Machida and Urijah Faber battles Ivan Menjivar. UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche – Saturday, February 23.
Tickets for the upcoming UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche pay-per-view event go on sale tomorrow for the first ever women’s bout inside the Octagon. History will be made on February 23, 2013 in the Honda Center in Anaheim, California when women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey defends her title against top contender Liz ‘Girl-Rilla’ Carmouche. The […]
Tickets for the upcoming UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche pay-per-view event go on sale tomorrow for the first ever women’s bout inside the Octagon. History will be made on February 23, 2013 in the Honda Center in Anaheim, California when women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey defends her title against top contender Liz ‘Girl-Rilla’ Carmouche. The co-main event features a light heavyweight No. 1 contender bout between former Strikeforce champ Dan Henderson vs. former UFC champ Lyoto Machida.
Check out the card below:
UFC 157
Women’s bantamweight championship bout: (c) Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
Light heavyweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Ivan Menjivar
Welterweight bout: Neil Magny vs. Jon Manley
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Lavar Johnson
Welterweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Court McGee
Lightweight bout: Michael Chiesa vs. Anton Kuivanen
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler
Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – History will be made on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will present its first women’s bout featuring UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title against top contender Liz Carmouche. Rousey, a former Olympian and native of Southern […]
Ronda Rousey holding her UFC women's bantamweight title – image via Facebook.com/UFC
Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – History will be made on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will present its first women’s bout featuring UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title against top contender Liz Carmouche.
Rousey, a former Olympian and native of Southern California, is unbeaten in her pro career at 6-0, with all of her wins coming by way of submission. In her first UFC title defense she’ll meet Carmouche, a 28-year-old U.S. Marine from San Diego who has built a reputation for her power and grit.
“Ronda is the real deal,” UFC President Dana White said. “She’s nasty. She’s mean. She’s like Chuck Liddell. She goes out there and tries to finish her opponents. And Carmouche is tough as nails, too. She was a Marine and she’s got great ground-and-pound. I look forward to having the women join the UFC.”
In addition to Rousey-Carmouche, former world champions Dan Henderson and Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida will collide with the winner likely to earn a light heavyweight title shot. Henderson, a former PRIDE® and Strikeforce® champion, last defeated Maurico “Shogun” Rua in what many consider to the best fight of 2011. Meanwhile, former UFC light heavyweight champion Machida knocked out Ryan Bader in August and now has his sights set on a battle with “Hendo.”
Also on the card is an exciting bantamweight contest between former WEC champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Ivan Menjivar. The two fought in 2006, with Faber scoring a disqualification victory. Now the two meet again with a chance to propel themselves into title contention at 135 pounds.
Tickets for UFC 157: ROUSEY vs. CARMOUCHE go on sale Friday, Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. PT and are priced at $350, $250, $150, $100, $75 and $50. Fans can purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets will be available at the Honda Center Box Office beginning Saturday, December 22. Ticket prices do not include applicable service charges.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. PT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Thursday, Dec. 20, starting at 10 a.m. PT. To access this pre-sale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
UFC®157: ROUSEY vs. CARMOUCHE will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN and in Canada on BellTV, Shaw Communications, Sasktel, and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High Definition.
For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
About the Ultimate Fighting Championship®
Universally recognized for its action-packed, can’t-miss events that have sold out some of the biggest arenas and stadiums across the globe, the UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas and with offices in London, Toronto and Beijing, UFC produces more than 30 live events annually and is the largest pay-per-view event provider in the world. In 2012, the UFC burst into the mainstream with a landmark seven-year broadcast agreement with FOX Sports Media Group. The agreement includes four live events broadcast on the FOX network annually, with additional fight cards and thousands of hours of programming broadcast on FOX properties FX and FUEL TV. This also includes the longest-running sports reality show on television, The Ultimate Fighter®, which now airs on FX.
In addition to its reach on FOX, UFC programming is broadcast in over 145 countries and territories, to nearly 800 million TV households worldwide, in 30 different languages. UFC content is also distributed commercially in the United States to bars and restaurants through Joe Hand Promotions, in English throughout Canada via Premium Sports Broadcasting Inc. and Australia via Main Event and in French throughout Quebec via Interbox. The UFC also connects with tens of millions of fans through its website, UFC.com, as well as social media sites Facebook and Twitter. UFC President Dana White is considered one of the most accessible and followed executives in sports, with over two million followers on Twitter. Ancillary UFC businesses include best-selling DVDs, an internationally distributed magazine, UFC.TV offering live event broadcasts and video on demand around the world, the best-selling UFC Undisputed® video game franchise distributed by THQ, and a new franchise in development with EA, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel and trading cards.
Bellator 83 went down at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Season Seven event was to feature a featherweight tournament final between Shahbulat Shamhalaev and Rad Martinez but food poisoning forced Shamhalaev off the card. Both fighters will square off this coming Friday (Dec. 14) at Bellator 84. Last nights Bellator 83 main card featured an women’s flyweight match which saw underdog Jessica Eye earn a surprising first round submission against Bellator 115-lbs champ Zoila Gurgel. Former bantamweight title holder Zack Hakovsky also came out on the losing end of a fight, losing a split decision to opponent Anthony Leone. The main card aired live on MTV2 while the prelims streamed live at Spike.com.
Bellator 83 went down at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Season Seven event was to feature a featherweight tournament final between Shahbulat Shamhalaev and Rad Martinez but food poisoning forced Shamhalaev off the card. Both fighters will square off this coming Friday (Dec. 14) at Bellator 84. Last nights Bellator 83 main card featured an women’s flyweight match which saw underdog Jessica Eye earn a surprising first round submission against Bellator 115-lbs champ Zoila Gurgel. Former bantamweight title holder Zack Hakovsky also came out on the losing end of a fight, losing a split decision to opponent Anthony Leone. The main card aired live on MTV2 while the prelims streamed live at Spike.com.
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay.
