Fights are typically scratched or altered when a single fighter is injured; it’s a rare situation when two fighters scheduled to face each other suffer injuries at the same time. But that’s exactly what happened with UFC 168 opponents Shane Del Rosario and Guto Inocente. Both fighters were injured and have been removed from the […]
Fights are typically scratched or altered when a single fighter is injured; it’s a rare situation when two fighters scheduled to face each other suffer injuries at the same time. But that’s exactly what happened with UFC 168 opponents Shane Del Rosario and Guto Inocente. Both fighters were injured and have been removed from the […]
Ryan LaFlare seems to be making a big impression. Barely a month after his last fight and eight months after his UFC debut, LaFlare will now face Court McGee at UFC on FOX 9, replacing the injured Kelvin Gastelum. The news was first reported Tuesday night by MMAJunkie.com. The 30-year-old welterweight from Farmingdale, N.Y., has […]
Ryan LaFlare seems to be making a big impression. Barely a month after his last fight and eight months after his UFC debut, LaFlare will now face Court McGee at UFC on FOX 9, replacing the injured Kelvin Gastelum. The news was first reported Tuesday night by MMAJunkie.com. The 30-year-old welterweight from Farmingdale, N.Y., has […]
It’s happening. UFC on Fox 9, one of the most stacked fight cards in recent memory, is deteriorating at a rapid pace. First, the originally scheduled main event between lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and challenger Josh Thomson was scratched after Pettis suffered a knee injury in training. OK, that wasn’t cool, but the UFC quickly […]
It’s happening. UFC on Fox 9, one of the most stacked fight cards in recent memory, is deteriorating at a rapid pace. First, the originally scheduled main event between lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and challenger Josh Thomson was scratched after Pettis suffered a knee injury in training. OK, that wasn’t cool, but the UFC quickly […]
While most of us (ie. Chael Sonnen) were content to use Nogueira’s run of bad luck as the basis for several personal attacks on Twitter, Dana White recently revealed that the blame for what was quite possibly the shortest-lived fight in UFC history lies solely on his own shoulders, as Lil Nog never actually agreed to the fight in the first place. He tells MMAJunkie:
What happened was that night we decided to make the fight. Gustafsson said yes, and they couldn’t get hold of him, so I said, ‘F–k it,’ and just went with it and announced the fight, and of course, he’s hurt.
The fight isn’t for four months, and he’s already determined he’s hurt. I don’t understand that. The guy is always hurt. Every time you call him, he’s hurt.
While I typically draw the line when it comes to taking pot shots at a Nogueira, I do find it interesting that the younger, not-run-over-by-a-truck-as-a-child Nogueira has been battling more injury issues than the older, run-over-by-a-truck-as-a-child, arm-shattered-by-Frank-Mir Nogueira as of late. I’m not saying Sonnen’s onto something, but he kind of is, you guys.
Taking pot shots at Dana White, on the other hand….
While most of us (ie. Chael Sonnen) were content to use Nogueira’s run of bad luck as the basis for several personal attacks on Twitter, Dana White recently revealed that the blame for what was quite possibly the shortest-lived fight in UFC history lies solely on his own shoulders, as Lil Nog never actually agreed to the fight in the first place. He tells MMAJunkie:
What happened was that night we decided to make the fight. Gustafsson said yes, and they couldn’t get hold of him, so I said, ‘F–k it,’ and just went with it and announced the fight, and of course, he’s hurt.
The fight isn’t for four months, and he’s already determined he’s hurt. I don’t understand that. The guy is always hurt. Every time you call him, he’s hurt.
While I typically draw the line when it comes to taking pot shots at a Nogueira, I do find it interesting that the younger, not-run-over-by-a-truck-as-a-child Nogueira has been battling more injury issues than the older, run-over-by-a-truck-as-a-child, arm-shattered-by-Frank-Mir Nogueira as of late. I’m not saying Sonnen’s onto something, but he kind of is, you guys.
Taking pot shots at Dana White, on the other hand….well, I think BloodyElbow’s Brent Brookhouse best summed up how I feel about The Baldfather’s line of logic here:
I know I’ve been a bit gif-heavy as of late, but I gotta say, Brent…
That sure didn’t take long. Last week it was announced Antonio Rogerio Nogueira would face Alexander Gustafsson when the UFC returns to London on March 8. The fight would be “The Mauler’s” first bout since his epic clash with Jon Jones at UFC 165 back in September, but those plans have officially been scrapped. On […]
That sure didn’t take long. Last week it was announced Antonio Rogerio Nogueira would face Alexander Gustafsson when the UFC returns to London on March 8. The fight would be “The Mauler’s” first bout since his epic clash with Jon Jones at UFC 165 back in September, but those plans have officially been scrapped. On […]
It’s a fight that Anthony Pettis has wanted for the past two years, and now he’s finally getting his crack at the UFC lightweight title. News broke late Friday evening that current top LW contender T.J. Grant suffered an injury in training and was forced out of his upcoming bout at UFC 164 against champion […]
It’s a fight that Anthony Pettis has wanted for the past two years, and now he’s finally getting his crack at the UFC lightweight title. News broke late Friday evening that current top LW contender T.J. Grant suffered an injury in training and was forced out of his upcoming bout at UFC 164 against champion […]
