At UFC Fight Night 66, former UFC champion Frankie Edgar and former WEC champion Urijah Faber will meet in a highly anticipated bout that could determine the next featherweight title challenger. Since going the distance with 145-pound champion Jose Aldo in his featherweight debut, Edgar has won three in a row. Given the competitive nature […]
At UFC Fight Night 66, former UFC champion Frankie Edgar and former WEC champion Urijah Faber will meet in a highly anticipated bout that could determine the next featherweight title challenger. Since going the distance with 145-pound champion Jose Aldo in his featherweight debut, Edgar has won three in a row. Given the competitive nature […]
No details have emerged in regards to possible weight classes or coaches for the series, but one name that must be in the mix is none other than “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” himself, Mark Munoz. Coming off a big win over Demian Maia at UFC 131, Munoz has gone 6-1 since his drop to middleweight, with the lone loss coming to most recent title contender Yushin Okami. Pairing him with the winner of the Belfort-Le scrap could make for an interesting title picture at 185, and with Anderson Silva riding the pine until then, the division is in need of a few high profile fights to fill the void.
With the recent success of OneFC, there is no question of the potential talent that could become a part of this series; the likes of Eduard Folayang and Eric Kelly could present some intriguing match-ups at lightweight and featherweight, respectively, though the likelihood of the UFC doing two straight seasons of lighter weight-classes seems slim. Then again, the last heavyweight season of The Ultimate Fighter didn’t exactly leave us begging for more.
Filed under: UFC, NewsOne of Dana White’s favorite mantras is that the UFC is taking the sport of mixed martial arts global and that he believes it will be the biggest sport in the world.
On Tuesday, the UFC president said on a media call that he exp…
One of Dana White‘s favorite mantras is that the UFC is taking the sport of mixed martial arts global and that he believes it will be the biggest sport in the world.
On Tuesday, the UFC president said on a media call that he expects the promotion’s flagship program, Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter,” to soon have its first international version – perhaps even this year.
And White said the Philippines, in southeast Asia, could be the first country outside the United States to host a version of the reality competition.
“This year,” White said, “I’m pretty sure the first one’s going to be the Philippines.”
Mark Muñoz is still in the thick of of it, Ultimate Fighter finalist Philippe Nover became part of it and Brandon Vera showed flashes of brilliance before getting cut from UFC’s roster of fighters; but we Filipinos are still looking forward …
Mark Muñoz is still in the thick of of it, Ultimate Fighter finalist Philippe Nover became part of it and Brandon Vera showed flashes of brilliance before getting cut from UFC’s roster of fighters; but we Filipinos are still looking forward to the day when a homegrown compatriot, just like Manny Pacquiao, will break into […]
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