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Middleweight, Chael Sonnen, blasted light heavyweights the other day for being cowards. Well it looks like Sonnen was very close to joining the cowards in the light heavyweight division. Sonnen does a lot of talking about how he isn’t afraid to f…
Middleweight, Chael Sonnen, blasted light heavyweights the other day for being cowards. Well it looks like Sonnen was very close to joining the cowards in the light heavyweight division. Sonnen does a lot of talking about how he isn’t afraid to fight anyone. “The thing about Chael is when he does all these interviews, and […]
Chael Sonnen Interested and Open to Fighting at Light Heavyweight
Filed under: Fighting, FanHouse ExclusiveOn Monday morning, Nick Thompson was at his desk at O’Flaherty, Heim, Egan and Birnbaum, a Wisconsin law firm in which he specializes in criminal and personal injury law. Less than 36 hours earlier, Thompson was…
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On Monday morning, Nick Thompson was at his desk at O’Flaherty, Heim, Egan and Birnbaum, a Wisconsin law firm in which he specializes in criminal and personal injury law. Less than 36 hours earlier, Thompson was in a cage, fighting the former Olympic wrestler and current Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren. Upon losing a unanimous decision, Thompson, a 29-year-old who once held a place among MMA’s top 10 welterweights, retired from competition.
For a fighter who had competed in nearly every top organization including the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC and Sengoku, it was a surprising decision, but one that was a long time coming.
Thompson says the beginning of the end came in July 2008, when he fought for a championship and passed the Minnesota bar exam in a one-week span. At the time, he had just just turned 27 years old and was in the best stretch of his career, winning 20 of his last 21 fights. He had just completed the best training camp he’d ever experienced as a pro, had cracked the top 10, and took that wave of momentum into an EliteXC championship match with Jake Shields. Everything suggested he was in the prime of his career and would give Shields a run. But when the fight came, Thompson was overwhelmed, and tapped out to a guillotine choke in just 64 seconds.
In the aftermath of the loss, Thompson faced the reality of what happened.
Filed under: Fighting, NewsChris Wilson has been out of action for more than 18 months, ever since the UFC cut him after a rough 1-3 stretch. The welterweight returns to the cage Saturday – 5,000 miles from his home in Brazil.
Wilson (14-5) fights Kei…
Chris Wilson has been out of action for more than 18 months, ever since the UFC cut him after a rough 1-3 stretch. The welterweight returns to the cage Saturday – 5,000 miles from his home in Brazil.
Wilson (14-5) fights Keith Wisniewski (26-12-1) in the main event of a show for the Indiana-based Hoosier Fight Club, a regional promotion putting on just its seventh card – an event that also features UFC veterans Forrest Petz and John Kolosci.
But don’t think for a second Wilson got his UFC pink slip and sat on the couch for a year and a half in a funk. He’s been plenty busy.
After the UFC let him go, he took a couple of gigs teaching English in Brazil – which he said made training difficult. And even though he still wanted to fight, he had four fights fall through.
Lyoto Machida has suffered two straight losses in the Octagon and now faces yet another tough challenger in UFC veteran and legend Randy Couture. Machida faces expulsion from the UFC if he loses his third straight match to Couture, something that could…
Lyoto Machida has suffered two straight losses in the Octagon and now faces yet another tough challenger in UFC veteran and legend Randy Couture. Machida faces expulsion from the UFC if he loses his third straight match to Couture, something that could be a little weird for Machida, who has been part of the UFC […]
Lyoto Machida Speaks About Fighting Randy Couture at UFC 129
Filed under: Fighting, NewsSergio Salcido Luna was another fighter trying to earn his way into better opportunities through hard work. In addition to training, Luna, nicknamed “Suave” in his fight career, worked for a San Diego beverage company, and wa…
Sergio Salcido Luna was another fighter trying to earn his way into better opportunities through hard work. In addition to training, Luna, nicknamed “Suave” in his fight career, worked for a San Diego beverage company, and was apparently on his way to the job just prior to 3 am on Monday morning when a gunman at the San Ysidro border crossing near Tijuana, Mexico, opened fire, killing him along with passenger Kevin Joel Romero.
According to area news reports, Luna and Romero were riding in a late model Mazda B2500 pickup truck and waiting to cross the border into the U.S. when they were gunned down by an unknown assailant who shot them with a 9mm caliber gun.
Filed under: Fighting, MMA Media Watch, NewsTexas-based Shark Fights announced on Friday they have signed a deal with Fuel TV, a network which is a part of the FOX Sports Media Group.
According to a press release issued by Shark Fights, the promotion …
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Texas-based Shark Fights announced on Friday they have signed a deal with Fuel TV, a network which is a part of the FOX Sports Media Group.
According to a press release issued by Shark Fights, the promotion will be a part of “Fuel TV’s Friday Fight Night” beginning on April 15 at 10 p.m. ET.
The deal is to air two one-hour highlight shows from Shark Fights 13, which aired in September on pay-per-view. Part one will air on the 15th, while part two will air on April 22.
According to sources close to the situation, negotiations are ongoing between the promotion and the network to air future Shark Fights event, but no deal has been finalized at this time.