One of the more exciting Canadian fighters not signed by one of the big promotions, Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford talks about making his return to the Maximum Fighting Championship after his upcoming The Fight Club welterweight title bout was canceled.
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One of the more exciting Canadian fighters not signed by one of the big promotions, Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford talks about making his return to the Maximum Fighting Championship after his upcoming The Fight Club welterweight title bout was canceled.
UFC light-heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) is healing better than expected and may make his return to the octagon “sooner than expected” according to the champ’s manager Eduardo Alonso.
Alonso spoke to Sherdog.com about “Shogun’s” knee surgery, which he had on June 10 in Los Angeles, and the fighter’s expected return.
“Off the top of my […]
UFC light-heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) is healing better than expected and may make his return to the octagon “sooner than expected” according to the champ’s manager Eduardo Alonso.
Alonso spoke to Sherdog.com about “Shogun’s” knee surgery, which he had on June 10 in Los Angeles, and the fighter’s expected return.
“Off the top of my head, I think of the Superbowl card in February, but this is something that could change depending on his recovery schedule and the UFC’s business schedule,” said Alonso. “But the way things are going right now, I can tell you that he’ll be ready sooner than expected.”
“…We had options to do the surgery in many different places, but opted with the UFC’s advice to do it in Los Angeles with Dr. Kitvme,” said Alonso. “Honestly, I think it’s the best decision we’ve ever made.”
“…Whatever happens, Shogun will have to defend his belt when he’s back sooner or later and if it’s against an interim champion or just a contender, it doesn’t change much,” he said. “The way we see it, unless a champion retires, the interim champion is just another contender.”
Top contender Rashad Evans has already stated he isn’t interested in fighting for an interim title and will wait for Rua to make his return. (MMAfighting.com)
“I’m really not in a rush to fight right now – I’m ready, but I just want to fight the best fighters,” Evans said. “I know he fought Machida when he was hurt, so I can wait to fight the best Shogun. I’m not like, ‘Ahhh – I need to fight! I need to fight!’ There’s a lot of things I can do with my time when I’m not fighting.”
UFC welterweight fighters Matt Serra (11-6) and Chris Lytle (29-17-5) will rematch one another at the upcoming UFC 119 in Indianapolis.
The fight was first reported by MMAjunkie.com who noted that both fighters have agreed to face one another but have yet to sign the bout agreements.
They first faced each other in the welterweight […]
UFC welterweight fighters Matt Serra (11-6) and Chris Lytle (29-17-5) will rematch one another at the upcoming UFC 119 in Indianapolis.
The fight was first reported by MMAjunkie.com who noted that both fighters have agreed to face one another but have yet to sign the bout agreements.
They first faced each other in the welterweight Finale of “The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback” in November of 2006. Serra earned a split decision from the judges to earn the win over Lytle.
Serra, who since then, has gone on to win the UFC welterweight title, earned a victory in his last fight after losing two straight. At UFC 109 he faced Frank Trigg knocking him out in the first round ending Trigg’s hopes of returning to the UFC. He fought once in 2009 and 2008, losing bouts to Matt Hughes and to Georges St-Pierre, who won his title back from Serra at UFC 83.
Lytle, meanwhile has gone on to win a few and lose a few since facing Serra, putting together a 7-3 record since the loss at the TUF 4 Finale. One thing he has done though is win numerous “Fight Night” honors, earning 7 bonuses including 4 “Fight of the Night” awards. Lytle has won his past three bouts having submitted Matt Brown at last weekends UFC 116 event, Brian Foster at UFC 110, and Kevin Burns at the “TUF 9″ Finale.
The yet to be officially announced UFC 119, is believed to take place at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sept. 25.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ and current #1 contender “Suga” Rashad Evans sits down with MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant for his first filmed interview after defeating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 113. Hear about the pre-fight smack talk, the decision victory and whether or not Rampage is actually crazy. Rashad also talks about the possibility […]
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ and current #1 contender “Suga” Rashad Evans sits down with MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant for his first filmed interview after defeating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 113. Hear about the pre-fight smack talk, the decision victory and whether or not Rampage is actually crazy. Rashad also talks about the possibility of fighting Lyoto Machida for the interim title as the current Champ, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, rehabs after knee surgery.
Former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi wanted to come out hard like former heavyweight boxing champ “Mike Tyson” in his DREAM.15 light-heavyweight Grand Prix tournament bout with Jake O’Brien. Mousasi took the bout easily submitting O’Brien in just 31 seconds of the first round via guillotine choke.
You can find more post-fight interviews with other […]
Former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi wanted to come out hard like former heavyweight boxing champ “Mike Tyson” in his DREAM.15 light-heavyweight Grand Prix tournament bout with Jake O’Brien. Mousasi took the bout easily submitting O’Brien in just 31 seconds of the first round via guillotine choke.
You can find more post-fight interviews with other DREAM.15 fighters on DREAM’s YouTube page. Most of the interviews are in Japanese, but interviews with Karl Amoussou and J.Z. Calvan are in English with Japanese subtitles.