Opportunity Lost: Nogueira’s Latest Injury a Major Blow

Just a year ago, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Randy Couture in what was hailed as one of the best non-title UFC matches of 2009.
But a lot can change in 12 months and one of the sport’s most popular personalities is now out for at least fou…

Just a year ago, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Randy Couture in what was hailed as one of the best non-title UFC matches of 2009.
But a lot can change in 12 months and one of the sport’s most popular personalities is now out for at least four to six months due to hip and knee surgery, […]

UFC Betting

Opportunity Lost: Nogueira’s Latest Injury a Major Blow

CagePotato Ban: Blaming an Injury for a Lackluster Performance and Saying God Helped You Beat Someone in a Fight

(Talk of bruised ribs and doing god’s work in the cage don’t belong in a post-fight interview)
Watching Anderson Silva get dominated on the feet and the ground by Chael Sonnen for the better part of five rounds Saturday night at UFC 117, a large number…


(Talk of bruised ribs and doing god’s work in the cage don’t belong in a post-fight interview)

Watching Anderson Silva get dominated on the feet and the ground by Chael Sonnen for the better part of five rounds Saturday night at UFC 117, a large number of fans and pundits assumed out loud that the middleweight champion must be sick or injured. How else could he be outworked, outstruck and outgrappled by Sonnen for over 23 minutes of a championship bout?

It didn’t take long for Silva to nullify the praise Sonnen’s career defining performance was garnering him as he announced in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan that his own somewhat lethargic performance was a result of an injury, not Chael’s nearly perfectly executed game plan.

Besides the slick, yet last-ditch armbar-triangle combo he threw up and was able to catch Chael with in the dying seconds of the fifth round, Anderson really didn’t do a whole lot in the fight, but instead of praising Sonnen for contributing more than his half to their "Fight of the Night" awarded bout, he instead chalked it up to a rib injury he sustained in training more than a week prior to the fight.

read more

UFC Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Talks New Book and Shoulder Injury

It takes more than a bad shoulder to keep Forrest Griffin out of action.
The light heavyweight winner of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter may have had to pull out of his UFC 114 fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira due to a shoulder injury, but …

It takes more than a bad shoulder to keep Forrest Griffin out of action.
The light heavyweight winner of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter may have had to pull out of his UFC 114 fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira due to a shoulder injury, but Griffin is still keeping busy, with the release of […]

UFC Betting

UFC Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Talks New Book and Shoulder Injury