A second title fight has been added to UFC 201, as Demetrious Johnson defends his belt against Wilson Reis.
The bout was first reported on “UFC Tonight” Wednesday evening.
Johnson (24-2-1) has defended the belt eight times previously, including a…
A second title fight has been added to UFC 201, as Demetrious Johnson defends his belt against Wilson Reis.
The bout was first reported on “UFC Tonight” Wednesday evening.
Johnson (24-2-1) has defended the belt eight times previously, including a recent first round finish vs. Henry Cejudo. “Mighty Mouse” also holds wins over John Dodson, Kyoji Horiguchi and Joseph Benavidez during his run.
Reis (20-6) is coming off a decision victory over Dustin Ortiz, but was bested by Jussier Formiga prior to that. He is 3-1 over his last four and 8-2 over his last 10 fights.
UFC 201 takes place July 30 from the Philips Arena in Atlanta. Tyron Woodley challenges Robbie Lawler for the welterweight title in the main event.
While some have wondered if Chael Sonnen will return to fighting once his suspension is up, the former UFC title contender has gone ahead and taken on a different project.
Sonnen will hold the first “Submission Underground” event on July 17 as the p…
While some have wondered if Chael Sonnen will return to fighting once his suspension is up, the former UFC title contender has gone ahead and taken on a different project.
Sonnen will hold the first “Submission Underground” event on July 17 as the promoter, with the card airing from the Roseland Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. It will stream on FloCombat.com.
The card will feature a main event between Jake Shields and Benson Henderson, along with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. Vinny Magalhaes, Kenny Florian vs. Filipe Costa, Ricco Rodriguez vs. Fabiano Scherner and Jens Pulver vs. Nathan Orchard.
“When I left MMA, I started getting into grappling. I got to go wrestle at Metamoris. I had a great experience. I caught on pretty quick that the participants for grappling outdo MMA about 15 to 1. I go into the gym, we’ve got a couple hundred people there. I used to be at MMA gyms, we have six, seven, eight guys in the room. So I realized, ‘Geez, we’ve got all these participants. These guys need somewhere to compete’,” Sonnen said in an interview with MMAFighting.com. “Then I ended up in that spot. I started saying yes to every grappling opportunity I was given. I never said no. There just wasn’t very many out there. That was really the genesis of it: let’s just give the guys a place to compete, but we need the right partner. It’s like anything else. You’ve got to have the right partner.”
Current plans are for three events to take place and air on FloSports.
On Wednesday afternoon, UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN and addressed the situation surrounding the June UFC pay-per-view in Inglewood, California.
According to White, it will be Michael Bis…
Well, now we have our new UFC 199 main event.
On Wednesday afternoon, UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN and addressed the situation surrounding the June UFC pay-per-view in Inglewood, California.
According to White, it will be Michael Bisping who replaces the injured Chris Weidman in the title fight against Luke Rockhold in the new main event of UFC 199.
Rockhold and Bisping fought once before, a fight that Rockhold won via submission after dropping Bisping with a big shot.
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping II is scheduled for Saturday, June 4, 2016 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Make sure to join us here at MMANews.com on 6/4 for the best UFC 199 live results coverage on the web!
Former UFC fighter and Ultimate Fighter contestant Seth Petruzelli, who is probably best known to casual MMA fans as the man who knocked out Kimbo Slice with a jab in the now defunct EliteXC promotion, recently spoke with FOX Sports about his current job as the striking coach in WWE.
Regarding how he became the head striking coach at WWE’s Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, which is where aspiring developmental talents try and work their way into the main company, Petruzelli stated the following.
“One of my amateur fighters who used to train at my gym, Josh Woods, he was an amateur fighter, 5-0, and he always loved wrestling his whole life,” Petruzelli said. “He was a collegiate and high school wrestler. He went to a tryout for NXT and got accepted into their developmental program. So he’s wrestling for NXT right now, but one of his coaches came up to him and said ‘Look, we know you came from an MMA background and we’re really looking to get a coach to come in here to teach MMA, the jiu-jitsu, the striking, just to get some of our guys better technique and some more realistic moves.’”
Petruzelli also claimed that it was Triple H who actually hired him.
“Triple H really wanted them to get a real look at it,” he said. “MMA is so huge now and people know like, ‘Oh, he dropped his hands’ or ‘Oh, he got caught with a punch’, so they are catching on to the phony stuff. So they really wanted me to teach them the proper footwork, the way to turn your hand over (for a punch), the proper hand and foot combinations, the timing, speed, and about how to keep your hands up to block, how to slip, how to bob and weave. They really wanted the wrestlers to look like they knew what they were doing.”
Former UFC fighter and Ultimate Fighter contestant Seth Petruzelli, who is probably best known to casual MMA fans as the man who knocked out Kimbo Slice with a jab in the now defunct EliteXC promotion, recently spoke with FOX Sports about his current job as the striking coach in WWE.
Regarding how he became the head striking coach at WWE’s Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, which is where aspiring developmental talents try and work their way into the main company, Petruzelli stated the following.
“One of my amateur fighters who used to train at my gym, Josh Woods, he was an amateur fighter, 5-0, and he always loved wrestling his whole life,” Petruzelli said. “He was a collegiate and high school wrestler. He went to a tryout for NXT and got accepted into their developmental program. So he’s wrestling for NXT right now, but one of his coaches came up to him and said ‘Look, we know you came from an MMA background and we’re really looking to get a coach to come in here to teach MMA, the jiu-jitsu, the striking, just to get some of our guys better technique and some more realistic moves.’”
Petruzelli also claimed that it was Triple H who actually hired him.
“Triple H really wanted them to get a real look at it,” he said. “MMA is so huge now and people know like, ‘Oh, he dropped his hands’ or ‘Oh, he got caught with a punch’, so they are catching on to the phony stuff. So they really wanted me to teach them the proper footwork, the way to turn your hand over (for a punch), the proper hand and foot combinations, the timing, speed, and about how to keep your hands up to block, how to slip, how to bob and weave. They really wanted the wrestlers to look like they knew what they were doing.”
