Update: According to MMA Mania’s Mike Bohn, Chris Weidman suffered a dislocated shoulder while performing a double-leg takedown during his training camp in Arizona.I hit a double-leg and that’s it, my shoulder landed weird and I felt a pop. I can’t eve…
Update:According to MMA Mania’s Mike Bohn, Chris Weidman suffered a dislocated shoulder while performing a double-leg takedown during his training camp in Arizona.
I hit a double-leg and that’s it, my shoulder landed weird and I felt a pop. I can’t even move my arm.
Another UFC card, another injury.
Surging middleweight title contender Chris Weidman is reportedly out of UFC 155, according to Newsday Sports.
So far, the nature of the injury has not been disclosed by Weidman’s camp or the UFC, although this thankfully doesn’t leave Tim Boetsch without an opponent for his main event match on December 29th. Instead of Weidman, “The Barbarian” will now face Costa Philippou.
“It’s awful,” trainer Ray Longo said.
Instead, Boetsch will fight Costa Philippou, a teammate of Weidman’s with Longo and Matt Serra. Philippou was supposed to fight this past Saturday against Nick Ring at UFC 154 in Montreal, but the bout was canceled that morning when Ring fell ill.
Philippou is currently 4-1 in the UFC on a four-fight winning streak, after a long undefeated stretch in regional promotion Ring of Combat. Philippou has also gone to decision three times in that span, while Boetsch has done the same.
It’s not clear whether this fight will have title implications for either competitor due to the change in schedule. However, Boetsch is coming off a huge win against former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard, who debuted against Boetsch at UFC 149 in a highly anticipated match.
Boetsch vs. Philippou will should still retain their position on the main card at UFC 155 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Arena.
The UFC’s annual New Years card is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. In the main event, Junior dos Santos will put his heavyweight title on the line against a previous opponent, Cain Velasquez.In the co-main event, there’s a light heav…
The UFC’s annual New Years card is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. In the main event, Junior dos Santos will put his heavyweight title on the line against a previous opponent, Cain Velasquez.
In the co-main event, there’s a light heavyweight matchup between Forrest Griffin and Phil Davis. Also on the card is a No. 1 contender fight at middleweight between Tim Boetsch and Chris Weidman, an interesting lightweight matchup between Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller, and rounding out the main card is a middleweight rematch between Alan “The Talent” Belcher and Yushin Okami.
Belcher and Okami previously met in their UFC debuts. Okami took home a unanimous decision that night, so let’s see who’s got the edge this time.
(In a related story, Roy Nelson was recently diagnosed with advanced dickdo disease.)
Well, we saw this one coming a mile away. After suffering a “minor knee injury” back in September, Shane Carwin has now pulled out of his scheduled fight against Roy Nelson at the TUF 16 Finale on December 15th, due to a knee injury that may or may not be related to the last one. UFC president Dana White confirmed the bad news last night, and said that the promotion is looking for a new opponent for Nelson.
It’s a terrible setback for Carwin, who hasn’t competed snce June 2011 due to a series of neck and back surgeries, and was already forced to drop out of a fight with Nelson at UFC 125. Carwin hasn’t won a fight since his knockout of Frank Mir in March 2010, and at age 37, his competitive days are running out. There’s no word yet on the severity of Shane’s injury, or when he might return to action.
And by the way, this means that five of the last seven U.S. seasons of TUF — 10, 11, 13, 15, and now 16 — as well as one of the two international seasons (TUF Brazil), have ended with the coaches’ fight being canceled or delayed. Spooky. We’ll let you know when Roy Nelson picks up his replacement opponent. Our suggestion: How about Pat Barry, who’s already booked on the card against Shane Del Rosario?
And hey, speaking of UFC stars who have to pull out of fights next month due to knee injuries…
(In a related story, Roy Nelson was recently diagnosed with advanced dickdo disease.)
Well, we saw this one coming a mile away. After suffering a “minor knee injury” back in September, Shane Carwin has now pulled out of his scheduled fight against Roy Nelson at the TUF 16 Finale on December 15th, due to a knee injury that may or may not be related to the last one. UFC president Dana White confirmed the bad news last night, and said that the promotion is looking for a new opponent for Nelson.
It’s a terrible setback for Carwin, who hasn’t competed since June 2011 due to a series of neck and back surgeries, and was already forced to drop out of a fight with Nelson at UFC 125. Carwin hasn’t won a fight since his knockout of Frank Mir in March 2010, and at age 37, his competitive days are running out. There’s no word yet on the severity of Shane’s injury, or when he might return to action.
And by the way, this means that five of the last seven U.S. seasons of TUF — 10, 11, 13, 15, and now 16 — as well as one of the two international seasons (TUF Brazil), have ended with the coaches’ fight being canceled or delayed. Spooky. We’ll let you know when Roy Nelson picks up his replacement opponent. Our suggestion: How about Pat Barry, who’s already booked on the card against Shane Del Rosario?
And hey, speaking of UFC stars who have to pull out of fights next month due to knee injuries…
Injuries, injuries and more injuries.Shortly after announcing that UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin had blown out his knee, the promotion has now revealed that lightweight Gray Maynard is sidelined from his UFC 155 bout with Joe Lauzon.However, this fight …
Injuries, injuries and more injuries.
Shortly after announcing that UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin had blown out his knee, the promotion has now revealed that lightweight Gray Maynard is sidelined from his UFC 155 bout with Joe Lauzon.
However, this fight has a ready replacement.
Jim Miller will be stepping in for Maynard against Lauzon, although it’s uncertain if this bout will remain a title eliminator situation.
Maynard last competed this past June as one-half of the main event at UFC on FX 4, winning a split decision against Clay Guida. Notably, the match was critically panned by fans and pundits alike, as Guida opted to use frantic footwork in order to avoid Maynard’s heavy hands.
Prior to that, Maynard came up short in two bids to take Frankie Edgar’s lightweight title, with a split draw decision at UFC 125 and a fourth-round KO loss at UFC 136.
Miller has also fallen on hard times lately, losing in violent fashion against Nate Diaz by guillotine submission at UFC on Fox 3. Miller’s sitting at 1-2 in his last three matches, with his other loss coming at the hands of current UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson.
UFC 155 will be the promotion’s last event in 2012, taking place in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 29th.
It’s unknown what spot Miller vs. Lauzon will take on the card, which is planned to feature a heavyweight title fight between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez as the main event. Alistair Overeem was originally planned for the bout, but is serving suspension for elevated testosterone levels following a positive drug test.
Chris Weidman came as close to boiling over as the affable UFC middleweight could ever come to boiling over, after Kimura.se asked him about his potential championship fight against Anderson Silva—a fight that looks increasingly unlikely for the …
Chris Weidman came as close to boiling over as the affable UFC middleweight could ever come to boiling over, after Kimura.se asked him about his potential championship fight against Anderson Silva—a fight that looks increasingly unlikely for the foreseeable future.
Weidman believes that Brazilian fans are largely on his side and share his frustration that Silva is doing everything he can to avoid the 185-pound threat: especially after the champion recently said that he’s not going to fight again until the end of 2013.
“Not [just] a couple of them but a lot [of Brazilians want to see me beat Silva],” Weidman said. “A good majority of them, which is freaking weird, cos I’m figuring I’m coming here confident that I can beat Anderson, came out in the public thinking I can beat him, pretty much the ducking me thing, so I’m thinking like they’re going to be hating me, when actually it’s the opposite.”
Weidman has been a revelation as a middleweight, mounting an undefeated nine-fight winning streak culminating in back to back victories over Demian Maia and Mark Munoz—two men once considered No. 1 contenders in their own right.
His emphatic victory over Munoz in July, in particular, caught everyone’s attention, including promotion president Dana White, and the New York native was quickly being talked about regarding a title shot.
However, over the last six months, the 185 pounds division has become increasingly crowded, and Weidman has found himself contending with several men also making compelling cases to be given a chance at Silva’s crown.
But what Weidman has over the likes of Alan Belcher, Michael Bisping or Tim Boetsch, is the kind of wrestling that even schooled NCAA Division 1 champion Munoz. And wrestling, as we’ve seen in Silva’s fight against ChaelSonnen, is the Brazilian champ’s Achilles heel.
Weidman has all Sonnen’s technique and athleticism but with added power in his hands. It’s not surprising then that Silva isn’t in any hurry to fight him, particularly since he has so little to gain but so much to lose.
“I’m an Anderson Silva fan and I always love to watch the guy fight, but it was disappointing when i heard the news at first because I’m the number one contender in the weight class and he said he didn’t want to fight in 2013 when it was blatantly obvious that we should be fighting… and now he’s talking about going against GSP,” said a frustrated Weidman.
The fighter, who trains with Matt Serra out in Long Island believes that he took a lot of risks to get to where he is in the UFC, taking a series of short-notice fights in his career. But, he conceded, if anyone has earned the right to dictate what fights he takes, it’s Silva.
“The guy’s accomplished so much. So, I understand, it’s just tough for me to deal with because I want to be the guy to beat him and now he’s fighting one of these other guys, so we’ll see.”
Weidman is due to fight Tim Boetsch at UFC 155 at the end of the year on a main card headlined by a title fight between heavyweights Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez.
There he will join several other middleweights fighting for contention, including Belcher, YushinOkami and Chris Leben. The aftermath of that night will be very intriguing for the state of the division, but with Silva not wanting to fight again until the end of 2013, what any of these men will be fighting for is anybody’s guess.
“After that fight, if I’m able to beat Tim Boetsch, which is not going to be easy, it’ll be three top five guys in a row I’ve beaten. I think that sets a record for not getting the championship,” said Weidman. “By beating two top five, now beating three top five, and then if I was to beat Bisping, that’s four top fives, I might as well just forget about the belt at this point.”
A despondent Weidman concedes that his goal of being the first man to beat Silva, which seemed so real only four months ago, is now more distant than ever.
Weidman’s fight against Boetsch goes down on December 29 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
In 2012, the UFC planned to host 32 events that spanned five continents and broke into new markets all over the globe. It’s no wonder why we, as fight fans, are always looking ahead to the next card.Dana White’s mission statement includes an infinite d…
In 2012, the UFC planned to host 32 events that spanned five continents and broke into new markets all over the globe. It’s no wonder why we, as fight fans, are always looking ahead to the next card.
Dana White‘s mission statement includes an infinite desire to expand. In fact, the 2013 calendar has six events booked between January 19 and March 3.
Next month will be one of the most active that the sport has seen, as the UFC will be hosting four events, including two within a 24 hour period. The schedule is as follows:
December 8: UFC on FOX 5 December 14: UFC on FX 6 December 15: Ultimate Fighter Finale December 29: UFC 155
This is a look at the biggest fights from those events, including early betting odds and predictions for each.
Update: According to MMA Mania’s Mike Bohn, Chris Weidman suffered a dislocated shoulder while performing a double-leg takedown during his training camp in Arizona.