Tonight the UFC middleweight title will be on the line as champion Anderson Silva takes on challenger Chael Sonnen in the main event of “UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen.” The co-main event has UFC welterweights Jon Fitch rematching Brazilian fighter Thiago Silva.
UFC 117 is going down at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. right […]
Tonight the UFC middleweight title will be on the line as champion Anderson Silva takes on challenger Chael Sonnen in the main event of “UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen.” The co-main event has UFC welterweights Jon Fitch rematching Brazilian fighter Thiago Silva.
UFC 117 is going down at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. right now with the preliminary portion of the event.
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Fans of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers can rejoice. The green Power Ranger, aka Jason David Frank, won his professional MMA debut at Texas Cage Fighting’s “Puro Combate” in Houston, TX. Not much more to say besides that. (Props to MiddleEasy)
Fans of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers can rejoice. The green Power Ranger, aka Jason David Frank, won his professional MMA debut at Texas Cage Fighting’s “Puro Combate” in Houston, TX. Not much more to say besides that. (Props to MiddleEasy)
UFC president Dana White talks to Canada’s Sportsnet.ca to talk about Saturday night’s UFC 117 event. White touches on Sonnen’s trash talk as well as his chances in the octagon. He say’s that if Silva, or any other fighter, acts like the champ did in Abu Dhabi they’ll be cut.
White say’s neither teammates […]
UFC president Dana White talks to Canada’s Sportsnet.ca to talk about Saturday night’s UFC 117 event. White touches on Sonnen’s trash talk as well as his chances in the octagon. He say’s that if Silva, or any other fighter, acts like the champ did in Abu Dhabi they’ll be cut.
White say’s neither teammates Josh Koscheck nor Jon Fitch have a choice of facing each other if one becomes the champ and the other becomes the top challenger.
Catch the rest of the video as White touches on other bouts on Saturday’s UFC 117 card as well as replying to boxer James Toney latest comments.
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It’s pretty big of former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin to donate all the proceeds from his book to charity. “Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse.” will hopefully provide help to various causes including Fisher House […]
It’s pretty big of former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin to donate all the proceeds from his book to charity. “Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse.” will hopefully provide help to various causes including Fisher House and Three Square as well as a couple of causes more personally closer to Griffin. Good on you Griffin.
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UFC welterweight Thiago Alves came in 1.5 lbs overweight and will be forced to give up 20 percent of his earnings to his opponent Jon Fitch. Seems like Alves has had considerable problems with weight, solidifying complaints that perhaps he should fight at a higher weight class, or walk around at a lower weight. […]
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UFC welterweight Thiago Alves came in 1.5 lbs overweight and will be forced to give up 20 percent of his earnings to his opponent Jon Fitch. Seems like Alves has had considerable problems with weight, solidifying complaints that perhaps he should fight at a higher weight class, or walk around at a lower weight.
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As always the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be streaming live for today’s “UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen” weigh-ins at UFC.com/live beginning at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST).
The weigh-ins are taking place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., the same venue for Saturday’s event.
UFC 117 features a main event middleweight title bout between champion Anderson Silva vs. top contender Chael Sonnen. The co-main event sees welterweights Thiago Alves facing Jon Fitch in a rematch, the winner will go on and get a shot at the welterweight title.
The full weigh-in results for “UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen” is as follows:
Main card
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (184.5) vs. Chael Sonnen (185)
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch (170.5) vs. Thiago Alves (171.5)*
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes (170.5) vs. Ricardo Almeida (170.5)
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson (263) vs. Junior dos Santos (240)
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida (156) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (156)
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett (169.5) vs. Rick Story (169.5)
Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis (205.5) vs. Rodney Wallace (206)
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Todd Brown (206)
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks (171) vs. Charlie Brenneman (171)
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Todd Brown (206)
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve (247) vs. Christian Morecraft (263)
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders (171) vs. Dennis Hallman (171)
Over the last five years UFC President Dana White has listened intently as fans spoke about the kind of web site they want. About how the site should look, and what it should do. Some of these conversations took place in restaurants and on sidewalks, others on the arena floor and at Q&As. Others through […]
Over the last five years UFC President Dana White has listened intently as fans spoke about the kind of web site they want. About how the site should look, and what it should do. Some of these conversations took place in restaurants and on sidewalks, others on the arena floor and at Q&As. Others through text, Twitter and email. But no matter where, or how, the message was communicated, he heard it and shared the concepts with the team at the UFC.
Today, after a year of work involving a project team of designers, programmers and technicians across three companies led by digital agency Odopod, White officially introduced to fans the brand new UFC.com.
“Today, we launched a new UFC site that is faster and easier with new features and more video content and programming, and this is just the start – we are gonna continue to build this thing into the best web site in sports,” said White.
Upon first click, fans will appreciate a sleeker look and smoother navigation that exemplifies the UFC brand. Next, fans will experience a powerful new search engine, one that delivers lightning fast results with more video packages, deeper fighter statistics such as Skill Breakdowns, Striking, Takedowns, Successful Attempts, as well as more personal details, revamped fight cards, and enhanced multimedia options.
Fans will now hear their own voice in UFC.com, as the site is fully integrated in the language of Social Media, which means the site will automatically cycle-in and cycle-out fan conversations about the UFC with other online portals such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In short, fans will be connected to the UFC in real-time across multiple platforms and devices, in their native language.
UFC.com now offers weekly programming, starting with “UFC® Ultimate Insider™,” a web show hosted by Octagon Girl™ Arianny Celeste. UFC Ultimate Insider runs Thursdays and announces UFC news as it happens, while also featuring exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, videos and other content exclusive to UFC cameras.
“UFC.com serves as the platform for a live global network that can reach fans no matter where they live, or what language they speak, so as we continue to bring the UFC all over the world with live events and programming, fans from all of these countries can use UFC.com,” said White.
Over the next year, UFC and Odopod will add pages and content in new languages to UFC.com and continue to reveal more and more features and programs, so UFC fans stay tuned!
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