Tag: UFC on Fox 3

TUF Champ John Dodson Moves to Flyweight, Faces Darren Uyenoyama at UFC on FOX 3

Filed under: UFC, NewsLast year’s Ultimate Fighter winner John Dodson won’t stick around at bantamweight.

With the arrival of a flyweight class in the UFC, the “Magician” will disappear from the 135-pound weight class to move down to the flyweight div…

Filed under: ,

Last year’s Ultimate Fighter winner John Dodson won’t stick around at bantamweight.

With the arrival of a flyweight class in the UFC, the “Magician” will disappear from the 135-pound weight class to move down to the flyweight division, where he will face Darren Uyenoyama at the upcoming UFC on FOX 3 event, the UFC confirmed late on Tuesday night.

Dodson (12-5) steamrolled his way through season 14 of TUF last year, knocking out TJ Dillashaw in the finals to capture his division. The Team Greg Jackson trained fighter is 27 years old.

Uyenoyama (7-3) will also be making his octagon flyweight division, though he has fought in the UFC once before, defeating Kid Yamamoto via decision at the first UFC on FOX show.

UFC on FOX 3 takes place on May 5 from the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The only other announced bout to date is a lightweight fight between highly ranked contenders Jim Miller and Nate Diaz.

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller Set for UFC on FOX 3 on May 5

Filed under: UFC, NewsA lightweight fight that could earn the winner a shot at the championship has been added to the May 5 UFC on FOX event in New Jersey.

UFC President Dana White announced that Nate Diaz will fight Jim Miller on that fight card, mak…

Filed under: ,

Nate DiazA lightweight fight that could earn the winner a shot at the championship has been added to the May 5 UFC on FOX event in New Jersey.

UFC President Dana White announced that Nate Diaz will fight Jim Miller on that fight card, making it the first fight announced for the main card to be shown on the FOX network.

Miller is coming off a very impressive first-round submission win over Melvin Guillard in the main event of Friday night’s UFC on FX show. The UFC was clearly eager to get Miller back inside the Octagon quickly after that. Diaz is on a two-fight winning streak, having beaten Takanori Gomi and Donald Cerrone in back-to-back fights since moving back down to lightweight after previously fighting at welterweight.

The winner of the Diaz-Miller fight will have a very good case to make that he deserves to be the No. 1 contender in the lightweight division. Diaz and Miller are two of the best 155-pounders who haven’t yet received a shot at the lightweight title.

UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar will face Ben Henderson in February at UFC 144, but beyond that the UFC lightweight title picture is murky. None of the top lightweight title contenders are riding winning streaks of longer than a couple of fights, so whoever wins between Diaz and Miller may be next in line.

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

5 UFC Fighters You Should Not Expect to See on FOX This Year

The UFC agreed a landmark deal with Fox on August 18th, 2011. They will get to show four events for free every year. The deal is looking to bring a lot of new fans to the UFC.As a kind of preview for the deal, the UFC put on UFC on Fox 1. The fight’s h…

The UFC agreed a landmark deal with Fox on August 18th, 2011. They will get to show four events for free every year. The deal is looking to bring a lot of new fans to the UFC.

As a kind of preview for the deal, the UFC put on UFC on Fox 1. The fight’s headline was Cain Velasquez facing Junior Dos Santos for the heavyweight title. The fight would only last just over a minute.

Just one week later, UFC 139 would take place and the main event—Shogun vs. Henderson—was viewed by many as the best fight ever! Many people asked Dana whether he regretted not putting this fight on Fox.

Dana stated that he was happy as it would have led to complaints, and that they needed to ease fans into UFC. This suggests Dana will keep certain fighters off the Fox channel for while. This slideshow will look at the fighters I don’t expect to see on Fox. 

Begin Slideshow