Tag: Manny Gamburyan

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: Aldo on Top, Mendes No. 2

Filed under: UFC, Bellator, Rankings, FeatherweightsJose Aldo has now made his UFC debut and won the UFC’s first featherweight title fight, an entertaining if not terribly competitive unanimous decision over Mark Hominick at UFC 129. So what does the U…

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Jose Aldo has now made his UFC debut and won the UFC’s first featherweight title fight, an entertaining if not terribly competitive unanimous decision over Mark Hominick at UFC 129. So what does the UFC do with Aldo from here?

The fight I think the UFC really wants to make for Aldo is against Kenny Florian, who has more name recognition than anyone else on the UFC’s featherweight roster. If Florian wins his featherweight debut against Diego Nunes at UFC 131, he’ll instantly step into title contention — and into the featherweight Top 10.

But for now, the No. 1 featherweight appears headed toward an August showdown with the undefeated Chad Mendes — and on my featherweight rankings, that’s the right call.

Tyson Griffin Moves to Featherweight, Will Fight Manny Gamburyan

Filed under: UFC, NewsMired in a three-fight losing streak, Tyson Griffin is in danger of losing his job in the UFC. But Griffin will get one more chance to try to turn things around, as the UFC has announced that he’ll move down to featherweight to ta…

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Mired in a three-fight losing streak, Tyson Griffin is in danger of losing his job in the UFC. But Griffin will get one more chance to try to turn things around, as the UFC has announced that he’ll move down to featherweight to take on Manny Gamburyan at UFC on Versus 4.

For Griffin, the move down to featherweight makes a lot of sense. He has had a great deal of success at 145 pounds in the past (he beat Urijah Faber to win the Gladiator Challenge featherweight title in 2005), and he probably would have stayed at 145 all along if the UFC had had a 145-pound division. In that sense, he’s a lot like Gamburyan, who left the UFC’s lightweight division for the WEC’s featherweight division in 2009.

Manny Gamburyan Pulls Out of UFC 128

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsSYDNEY — Manny Gamburyan has been forced to pull out of his UFC 128 fight against Raphael Assuncao due to a back injury, the organization confirmed with MMA Fighting on Friday.

The UFC is hoping to find a r…

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SYDNEY — Manny Gamburyan has been forced to pull out of his UFC 128 fight against Raphael Assuncao due to a back injury, the organization confirmed with MMA Fighting on Friday.

The UFC is hoping to find a replacement for Gamburyan, but no one has been signed just yet.

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: New Year, New Faces

Filed under: DREAM, UFC, Sengoku, Featherweights
An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical chang…

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An injury forced featherweight champion Jose Aldo to drop out of his scheduled fight at UFC 125, and while Aldo was on the sideline for New Year’s, the featherweight division underwent some radical changes.

The New Year’s cards for the UFC, Dream and Sengoku all had big featherweight fights that featured several surprise results, and now that the dust has settled, the featherweight division looks a whole lot different heading into 2011 than it did for most of 2010 — with the exception, of course, that Aldo is still the king.

Check out our rankings of the rest of the featherweight division below.

Wednesday Morning Link Club: The Dark Passenger

(Bryan Caraway and Miesha Tate as Dexter and some chick who’s about to get murdered. For more MMA fighter Halloween costume photos, hit up FiveOuncesofPain.)
– The Korean Zombie Vows Never To Fight ‘Zombie Style’ Again (MMA Convert)
– Mu…

Miesha Tate Bryan Caraway Dexter Halloween MMA costumes
(Bryan Caraway and Miesha Tate as Dexter and some chick who’s about to get murdered. For more MMA fighter Halloween costume photos, hit up FiveOuncesofPain.)

– The Korean Zombie Vows Never To Fight ‘Zombie Style’ Again (MMA Convert)

– Must-See: Front Kick to the Chin Knockout (MMA Scraps)

– Faber The Key To Bantamweight Success In The UFC (Heavy.com/MMA)

– Manny Gamburyan: ‘WEC Fighters Deserve To Be In The UFC’ (SBNation.com/MMA)

– Scott Coker: Melendez vs. Aoki 2 in Works for New Years Eve in Japan (LowKick)

– The Top Ten Audience Reactions in MMA, Vol. 2 (MiddleEasy)

– Mike Brown Campaigning for WEC 53 Fight (Versus MMA Beat)

– The Method to Our Madness: FIGHT! Rankings Explained (FightMagazine)

– Keith Jardine’s Next Fight Postponed by Tropical Storm Tomas (MMA Fighting)

WEC 51 Live Blog: Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan Updates

Filed under: WECThis is the WEC 51 live blog for Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan, a featherweight title bout and main event on tonight’s Versus card from the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colo.

The live blog is below.

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This is the WEC 51 live blog for Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan, a featherweight title bout and main event on tonight’s Versus card from the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colo.

The live blog is below.