Filed under: UFC, NewsTORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Cen…
TORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Centre to watch two championship matches and the possible last fight of a legend.
Among the night’s biggest fights, everyone made weight. Champion Georges St. Pierre came in comfortably at 169.5 pounds, but his challenger Jake Shields came in even lighter, 169 for the welterweight title bout.
Filed under: UFCAll 24 fighters who will compete at UFC 129 will first step on the scale Friday for the UFC 129 weigh-ins, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and his …
All 24 fighters who will compete at UFC 129 will first step on the scale Friday for the UFC 129 weigh-ins, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and his opponent Jake Shields will have to make the 170-pound limit, while in the co-main event, featherweight champion Jose Aldo and his opponent Mark Hominick will have to make the 145-pound limit. There is no one-pound buffer for title fights.
The weigh-in starts at 4 PM ET and the video is below.
Filed under: UFC, NewsTORONTO — For Jake Shields, the interest in fighting Georges St. Pierre came many years ago, before he ever signed his name to a UFC contract, before many people who now classify themselves as MMA fans knew who he was. Shields wa…
TORONTO — For Jake Shields, the interest in fighting Georges St. Pierre came many years ago, before he ever signed his name to a UFC contract, before many people who now classify themselves as MMA fans knew who he was. Shields was already a veteran of the sport, and had quietly amassed a long win streak that resulted in an EliteXC welterweight championship. He won that fight in just 63 seconds, and moments afterward, voiced a hope of one day facing GSP, who was then already the UFC champ.
Wherever St. Pierre was that night, his sixth sense might have been tingling. The Canadian star had for a long time watched and admired Shields from afar, and considered the possibility that they might one day meet. By then they were both champs, but the day he truly realized Shields was elite was in the spring of 2006, when Shields beat both Yushin Okami and Carlos Condit on the same night.
Since even before that time, St. Pierre and Shields have been almost inarguably the best welterweights in the world. Dating back to the start of 2005, the champion has won 14 of 15 fights, and the lone loss, to Matt Serra, has been avenged. The challenger has one-upped him though, coming in with 15 consecutive wins. So as far as they are both concerned, UFC 129‘s main event is a fight that is a long time coming.
Filed under: MMA Media Watch, UFCOur weekly interview with The Ultimate Fighter cast member Ramsey Nijem includes not only a look at the fight that took place on this week’s show — Clay Harvison defeating Mick Bowman — but also the fight that everyon…
Our weekly interview with The Ultimate Fighter cast member Ramsey Nijem includes not only a look at the fight that took place on this week’s show — Clay Harvison defeating Mick Bowman — but also the fight that everyone in the MMA world is discussing this week, Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields at UFC 129.
Although he knows he’s in the minority, Nijem is picking Shields. That’s motivated in part by Nijem’s status as one of Shields’ training partners to help him get ready for the St. Pierre fight, but it’s not just talk: Nijem says he put down some money on Shields.
Nijem also comments on this week’s Ultimate Fighter episode. The full interview is below.
TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to Jake Shields about his UFC 129 title fight against Georges St-Pierre on Wednesday. Shields discussed fighting on the biggest show in UFC history, how he will look to defeat GSP and what this moment means for his career.
TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to Jake Shields about his UFC 129 title fight against Georges St-Pierre on Wednesday. Shields discussed fighting on the biggest show in UFC history, how he will look to defeat GSP and what this moment means for his career.
TORONTO — Watch below as Georges St-Pierre talks about his UFC 129 title fight against Jake Shields, why Shields is so dangerous, how he expects the fight to finish and whether this could be his last fight as a welterweight.
TORONTO — Watch below as Georges St-Pierre talks about his UFC 129 title fight against Jake Shields, why Shields is so dangerous, how he expects the fight to finish and whether this could be his last fight as a welterweight.