Tag: UFC 123

Matt Hughes ‘Surprised’ BJ Penn, UFC Wanted Trilogy Fight

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Matt Hughes at Thursday’s UFC 123 media workouts about why he decided to cancel his hunting plans to fight BJ Penn for a third time, why he was surprised he was offered this fight and whether he should be considered a top contender once again at 170.

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Matt Hughes at Thursday’s UFC 123 media workouts about why he decided to cancel his hunting plans to fight BJ Penn for a third time, why he was surprised he was offered this fight and whether he should be considered a top contender once again at 170.

‘Rampage’ Jackson Open to Pro Wrestling Career in Future

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Thursday about his UFC 123 fight against Lyoto Machida. Jackson talked about what went wrong in his last loss, his mindset going into this fight and why he would be interested in pursuing a WWE career in the future.

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Thursday about his UFC 123 fight against Lyoto Machida. Jackson talked about what went wrong in his last loss, his mindset going into this fight and why he would be interested in pursuing a WWE career in the future.

Phil Davis Believes Fans Should Curb Expectations of Him

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Phil Davis about UFC 123 fight against Tim Boetsch on Thursday. “Mr. Wonderful” talked about his recent visit to a Detroit Pistons game, why fans should curb their expectations of him and potentially going 4-0 in his rookie year in the UFC.

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to Phil Davis about UFC 123 fight against Tim Boetsch on Thursday. “Mr. Wonderful” talked about his recent visit to a Detroit Pistons game, why fans should curb their expectations of him and potentially going 4-0 in his rookie year in the UFC.

George Sotiropoulous Confused by Fight Gear Complaints

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to George Sotiropoulos at Thursday’s UFC 123 media workouts about Saturday’s fight against Joe Lauzon, dealing with life in the spotlight and all the talk about whether his leg gear is illegal.

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DETROIT — MMA Fighting spoke to George Sotiropoulos at Thursday’s UFC 123 media workouts about Saturday’s fight against Joe Lauzon, dealing with life in the spotlight and all the talk about whether his leg gear is illegal.

And Now They’re Fired: UFC 122 Edition Featuring Peter Sobotta and Goran Reljic

(Goodbye sweet princes. We hardly knew you.)
It looks like UFC 122 fighters Peter Sobotta and Goran Reljic are the latest casualties of the UFC’s new lose three fights in a row and you’re out policy.
Sources close to the situation revealed to CagePotat…


(Goodbye sweet princes. We hardly knew you.)

It looks like UFC 122 fighters Peter Sobotta and Goran Reljic are the latest casualties of the UFC’s new lose three fights in a row and you’re out policy.

Sources close to the situation revealed to CagePotato.com Thursday that Sobotta has joined Reljic (who fiveouncesofpain.com reported was fired by the Zuffa-owned promotion yesterday) on the unemployment line.

Both fighters lost their fights on Saturday night in Oberhausen, Germany, bringing their losing streaks to three apiece and prompting the UFC to release them.

Sabotta dropped unanimous decisions to Paul Taylor and TUF 9 winner James Wilks before losing in the same manner to TUF 7 winner, Amir Sadollah in his last bout in the Octagon.

Reljic’s UFC career was also spoiled by a trio of TUF vets including season 7 runner-up CB Dollaway and season 3 winner Kendall Grove. The loss to the latter prompted the Croation fighter to move back up to light heavyweight for his last fight with season 8 semi-finalist Krzysztof Soszynski, which he lost by unanimous decision on Saturday.

The 26-year-old won Fight of the Night honors in 2008 in his UFC debut in which he defeated Wilson Gouveia by TKO at UFC 84.

My First Fight: Dennis Hallman

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveThis Saturday at UFC 123 in Detroit, welterweight Dennis Hallman faces Karo Parisyan in a battle of two MMA veterans who have 25 years worth of experience between them. For the 34-year-old Hallman, it will be his 62n…

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This Saturday at UFC 123 in Detroit, welterweight Dennis Hallman faces Karo Parisyan in a battle of two MMA veterans who have 25 years worth of experience between them. For the 34-year-old Hallman, it will be his 62nd pro fight, at least according to one version of his record, though the true number is a little tougher to pin down, even for Hallman. Now, in the second installment of MMA Fighting’s new feature “My First Fight“), Hallman looks back at his initial foray into the sport that would one day become his career.

In the winter of 1995 Dennis Hallman got a strange phone call. He didn’t know what to make of it at first, though in retrospect it probably changed the course of his life.

“There was a kid named Bobby Jacobsen who was a couple years older than me, and he was sending videotapes into [MMA organization] Battlecade of himself sparring and fighting and stuff,” Hallman remembers. “He got my number from someone in our high school and he called me up and said, ‘I want to fight you on tape.’ I was like, what? You want to fight me? For what? I don’t even know you.”