We’re just about 24 hours away from the return of Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko as he takes on Antonio Silva in the second quarterfinals of theStrikeforce Grand Prix Tournament, but on the UFC side of things, the Thia…
We’re just about 24 hours away from the return of Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko as he takes on Antonio Silva in the second quarterfinals of theStrikeforce Grand Prix Tournament, but on the UFC side of things, the Thiago Silva siuation has appeared to smooth itself out. MMA Junkie reports that the situation is as follows: The […]
It didn’t take long for Rashad Evans to find an opponent after his knee injury knocked him out of a title shot with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Now it seems the former light heavyweight champion will have a new test come UFC 130: Quinton &…
It didn’t take long for Rashad Evans to find an opponent after his knee injury knocked him out of a title shot with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Now it seems the former light heavyweight champion will have a new test come UFC 130: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Reports from MMAWeekly.com have it that Thiago Silva has been […]
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Tatame is reporting that Jon Jones was not the UFC’s first choice as Mauricio "Shogun" Rua’s replacement opponent for UFC 128. According to the UFC light heavyweight champion, Quinton "Rampage&qu…
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Tatame is reporting that Jon Jones was not the UFC’s first choice as Mauricio "Shogun" Rua’s replacement opponent for UFC 128. According to the UFC light heavyweight champion, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was offered the title shot in place Rashad Evans, who injured his knee training last week in Albuquerque, but the A-Team star declined the fight for undisclosed reasons.
“The UFC had another opponent in mind, but it didn’t work out. For some reason [Qinton Jackson] didn’t accept the title shot," Shogun explained. “I’ll have to change my training because [Jon Jones] is a lot different than Rashad. He’s much taller, which will present a great challenge. He’s been surprising everybody in the UFC — defeating everybody with ease, and it’ll be a tough fight for me."
"Smell it!"
Maybe Rampage is still waking up in cold sweats from the recurring nightmare of getting his head soccer-kicked into the fifth row by Shogun.
UFC president Dana White held a question and answer session prior to the “Fight for the Troops 2″ Event that was held on Saturday, January 22 at Fort Hood, Texas. One of the subjects that White covered was the highly competitive light heavy…
UFC president Dana White held a question and answer session prior to the “Fight for the Troops 2″ Event that was held on Saturday, January 22 at Fort Hood, Texas. One of the subjects that White covered was the highly competitive light heavyweight division. Current champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will face “Suga” Rashad Evans on […]
("Here Brandon, I’ll play you out of the UFC with a drum solo.")
When Thiago Silva decided to showboat a little by playing the bongos on Brandon Vera’s back during their UFC 125 bout, UFC light heavyweight contender Jon Jones took to Twitter …
("Here Brandon, I’ll play you out of the UFC with a drum solo.")
When Thiago Silva decided to showboat a little by playing the bongos on Brandon Vera’s back during their UFC 125 bout, UFC light heavyweight contender Jon Jones took to Twitter to voice his disapproval.
"Wow that slapping was so disrespectful.. id love to give him a slap in the face," Jones wrote.
During an interview with MMAFighting.com, "Bones" explained his reaction to Silva’s grandstanding.
"It kind of bugged me, only because we all fight, and just losing alone is humiliating enough. It’s embarrassing. … Think about all the people who watched those fights. All [the Brandon Vera] fans, all the members at his school, all the kids that look up to him. Man, it just kind of rubbed me the wrong way," he explained. "It’s not something I would ever want done to me and it’s not something I would ever do to someone else. … There’s ways of looking for an opening besides playing pattycake on a guy’s back."
In a recent Q&A with Tatame, Silva attempted to explain why he pulled the seemingly disrespectful stunt.
Former heavyweight boxing champion James Toney has ratcheted up his attacks on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as of late. His latest bombshell has him claiming to FightHype.com, “He got the Klu Klux Klan behind him.” To trace the Ton…
Former heavyweight boxing champion James Toney has ratcheted up his attacks on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as of late. His latest bombshell has him claiming to FightHype.com, “He got the Klu Klux Klan behind him.” To trace the Toney vs. Jackson spat, you have to go back to December of last year, when Jackson got wind […]