UFC President Dana White is never at a loss for words, and you knew it wouldn’t be long before he commented again on the Fedor loss to Fabricio Werdum. As is often the case, Twitter was White’s communication method of choice:
@Rdays boo hoo, you are really taking the loss hard! Even setting him up […]
UFC President Dana White is never at a loss for words, and you knew it wouldn’t be long before he commented again on the Fedor loss to Fabricio Werdum. As is often the case, Twitter was White’s communication method of choice:
@Rdays boo hoo, you are really taking the loss hard! Even setting him up with easy fights doesn’t work anymore. its over move on, I did.
There are two distinct groups on this topic, with one truly believing that Werdum was supposed to be an easy fight for Fedor, and that Fedor would win that fight nine out of ten times, while the other group points out that a two time jiu-jitsu world champion is not an easy match ever. Whatever the case, White is certainly enjoying himself at the expense of Strikeforce and Fedor.
Mixed martial artist Michael Kirkham, nicknamed “The Tree” due to his 6′9″ frame, died from brain-related injuries after debuing for an event in South Carolina. The news was carried by several different sources, including the Huffington Post:
The Aiken County coroner said Monday that 30-year-old Michael Kirkham died from bleeding inside the brain. […]
Mixed martial artist Michael Kirkham, nicknamed “The Tree” due to his 6′9″ frame, died from brain-related injuries after debuing for an event in South Carolina. The news was carried by several different sources, including the Huffington Post:
The Aiken County coroner said Monday that 30-year-old Michael Kirkham died from bleeding inside the brain. Coroner Tim Carlton said Kirkham collapsed following Saturday night’s fight at the USC Aiken Convocation Center.
He added that Kirkham was taken to Aiken Regional Medical Center and never regained consciousness. Carlton said an autopsy will be done Tuesday.
The MMA News sends condolences and prayers for Kirkham’s family and friends. We’ll update this story as more information becomes available.
Current CFC Heavyweight Champion Karlos Vemola has some MMA fans frothing at the mouth to see how the Czech fighter will compete at the highest level of the sport inside the UFC’s Octagon. Vemola goes by the nickname “The Terminator” and has built a solid 7-0 record fighting mostly in England for CFC. […]
Current CFC Heavyweight Champion Karlos Vemola has some MMA fans frothing at the mouth to see how the Czech fighter will compete at the highest level of the sport inside the UFC’s Octagon. Vemola goes by the nickname “The Terminator” and has built a solid 7-0 record fighting mostly in England for CFC. Vemola takes on Jon Madsens at UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin as part of the undercard. It’ll be interesting to see if Vemola’s style of rushing in and trying for the quick win pays off or if the step up in competition will be too much for the 25 year old fighter to handle.
UFC welterweight Dan Hardy is looking to make his next fight in the Octagon in front of hometown fans at the O2 Arena in London England where he is tentatively scheduled to face Carlos Condit as part of UFC 120 in October, this according to MMAWeekly.
This will be the first match back for […]
UFC welterweight Dan Hardy is looking to make his next fight in the Octagon in front of hometown fans at the O2 Arena in London England where he is tentatively scheduled to face Carlos Condit as part of UFC 120 in October, this according to MMAWeekly.
This will be the first match back for Hardy since he badly lost a unanimous decision to Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, the current UFC welterweight champion. That loss was the only blemish on Hardy’s record since arriving in the UFC, as he was riding a four fight win streak prior to that match.
Carlos Condit is coming off a very hard fought decision win over up and coming fighter Rory Macdonald and the two garnered “Fight of the Night” honors at UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin. Condit is 1-1 since his debut having lost to Martin Kampmann at UFC Fight Night 18.
Expect this fight to be very exciting, but keep in mind it’s not announced officially yet. We’ll update this story as the word comes out.
CSAC(California State Athletic Commission) has released the fighter payouts for last Saturday’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum card and as expected Fedor was the top earner, collecting a solid $400,000 for his losing effort. Keep in mind the numbers above are base salary and don’t include things such as fight bonuses, unofficial payments, or sponsorships […]
CSAC(California State Athletic Commission) has released the fighter payouts for last Saturday’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum card and as expected Fedor was the top earner, collecting a solid $400,000 for his losing effort. Keep in mind the numbers above are base salary and don’t include things such as fight bonuses, unofficial payments, or sponsorships which can add up to far more than the amount listed below. However the numbers also don’t deduct for things such as taxes, insurance, licensing and other expenses.
Cristiane Santos: $35,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win, $5,000 champion bonus)
Jan Finney: $6,000
Josh Thomson: $60,000
Pat Healy: $8,000
Chris Cope: $3,000 ($2,000 to show, $1,000 to win)
Ron Keslar: $1,500
Bret Bergmark: $3,000 ($1,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Vagner Rocha: $2,500
Yancy Medeiros: $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Gareth Joseph: $2000
Bobby Stack: $2,800 ($1,300 to show, $1,500 to win)
Derrick Bernsed: $2,000
Base fighter payroll totalled $788,800 and the live gate for the event came to $1,066,739.
UFC light heavyweight fighter Stephan Bonnar’s quest to defeat southpaw fighter Krzysztof Soszynski continues this Saturday at UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin and Bonnar thinks the fight will be similar to the first time. Well not exactly similar, in that a accidental headbutt opened a cut that ended the bout for Bonnar at UFC […]
UFC light heavyweight fighter Stephan Bonnar’s quest to defeat southpaw fighter Krzysztof Soszynski continues this Saturday at UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin and Bonnar thinks the fight will be similar to the first time. Well not exactly similar, in that a accidental headbutt opened a cut that ended the bout for Bonnar at UFC 110, which then saw the judges awarding the bout to Soszynski. Bonner seems ready for the rematch as he spoke of how he thought things would go down, via UFC.com:
“I’ve watched the first fight a bunch of times, and I definitely see the rematch being something similar. I did pretty well the first couple of minutes, and felt I got off to a solid enough start. I think my hands and defence could have been a little better as the fight went on, though. I got a little sloppy in places, and allowed Krzysztof to get off with some shots. I need to move my head a bit more in the rematch and not be static so much and in range of punches. I’m aiming to not get hit quite so much by his power-punches this time around. Preparing to face an opponent I’ve already fought is definitely a positive, as I’m already familiar with Krzysztof’s style and know what he’s all about. I’ve already spent nearly three rounds in his company, so I have a good idea of what he can and can’t do by this stage. I’m not going in there blind.”
UFC 116 will feature a heavyweight title matchup between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin and will also feature Chris Leben taking over for injured Wanderlei Silva as he faces Sexyama.
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Preliminary card–Aired on Spike TV
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
