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UFC 135: 5 Possible Fights for Matt Hughes

With the recent news that Diego Sanchez, the Season 1 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, has bowed out of his matchup with former welterweight champion Matt Hughes, speculation has already run rampant as far as who the suitable replacement will …

With the recent news that Diego Sanchez, the Season 1 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, has bowed out of his matchup with former welterweight champion Matt Hughes, speculation has already run rampant as far as who the suitable replacement will be. 

“The Dream” was on a two-fight win streak over former contenders in Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann. In those two bouts, Sanchez netted the evenings “Fight of the Night” honors, which instantly propelled him back to the upper echelon of the 170-pound class.

Now that Sanchez has suffered a broken hand in preparation for the bout, Hughes is now left wanting. With no dance partner in the co-main event for UFC 135 later this month, who will step up to meet the legend?

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Rashad Evans Awaits Title Shot, Doesn’t Intend to Wait Any Longer

There have been a series of unfortunate mishaps en route to a title shot for Rashad Evans, but after his dominant victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 133, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone else more well-deserving than him.  While Evans finds hi…

There have been a series of unfortunate mishaps en route to a title shot for Rashad Evans, but after his dominant victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 133, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone else more well-deserving than him.  While Evans finds himself in title contention, he doesn’t want to waste another opportunity to […]

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Rashad Evans Awaits Title Shot, Doesn’t Intend to Wait Any Longer

Anderson Silva Reveals He Was Injured in Title Bout with Yushin Okami

Following his victory over Yushin Okami at UFC 134, UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva has now revealed he fought through a shoulder injury. The win gave Silva his ninth consecutive title defense, improving his professional record to 34-4 an…

Following his victory over Yushin Okami at UFC 134, UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva has now revealed he fought through a shoulder injury. 

The win gave Silva his ninth consecutive title defense, improving his professional record to 34-4 and his UFC record to 14-0. The recent news is quite surprising, considering how convincingly the Brazilian was able to dispatch his opponent. 

“A month before the fight I injured my shoulder while training with Junior dos Santos, and I was feeling a lot of pain in Rio. I’ve had to take some medicine and warn the athletic commission about it,” Silva told Veja, courtesy of TATAME.com.

“It’s a small injury, but I guess it’s on the cuff and bothers me. I’ll rest for a while and get healed.”

Despite suffering from pain in his shoulder, Silva said his injury was not as serious, and he was cleared to compete. 

This brings up a lot of credibility to his bout against Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 where Silva retained his title but confessed he had suffered a rib injury in the post-fight interview. It is expected he will defend his middleweight crown against either Chael Sonnen or Brian Stann, where he will be looking to successfully defend the title for a tenth consecutive time.

Silva’s antics and effortless performance proved why he is undoubtedly one of the best fighters in the world.

At 36 years old, however, this also might be a sign that Silva is gradually slowing down as a fighter. 

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Rashad Evans Awaits Title Shot, Doesn’t Intend to Wait Any Longer

There have been a series of unfortunate mishaps en route to a title shot for Rashad Evans, but after his dominant victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 133, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone else more well-deserving than him. While Evans finds him…

There have been a series of unfortunate mishaps en route to a title shot for Rashad Evans, but after his dominant victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 133, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone else more well-deserving than him. 

While Evans finds himself in title contention, he doesn’t want to waste another opportunity to reclaim it. It’s a decision that has left him out of the picture before and cost him a year of activity. 

“Rashad’s committed to fighting. If the title shot was a year away, I’m sure Rashad would take another fight. He’s not going to put his career on hold a year, but we don’t anticipate that being the case,” Evans manager, Glenn Robinson, told MMAWeeklyRadio.

“I hope that’s not the case. Rashad would like to fight for the title next.”

Evans’ determination and hard work as a fighter paid off when he returned from a 14 month layoff to defeat Ortiz. It was a testament to his claim as one the best 205lb fighters and a defining moment in his career. 

Now that he has firmly positioned himself for a title shot, Evans will be cage-side to witness the upcoming UFC light heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135. 

But should the fight be delayed at some point due to injury, Evans will not hesitate to fight and remain active in the light heavyweight division. Layoffs are something Evans has familiarized himself with and due to past experiences, he won’t want to pass up another opportunity.

“If some reason the fight is delayed to a point where he has to take another opponent, he’ll take another opponent,” Robinson said.

“The title shot is his first choice, it is his first desire, but more so than anything he wants to fight.”

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UFC 135: Diego Sanchez Out, Replacement Underway for Matt Hughes

UFC President Dana White is particularly reliant these days on the Internet sensation that’s sweeping the nation, the beloved Twitter.He’s broken undisclosed bouts, events and even the occasional, and otherwise unfortunate, news that would di…

UFC President Dana White is particularly reliant these days on the Internet sensation that’s sweeping the nation, the beloved Twitter.

He’s broken undisclosed bouts, events and even the occasional, and otherwise unfortunate, news that would displease most fans.

This happens to be one of those occasions.

The Ultimate Fighter season one winner Diego Sanchez, who has been riding high on the strength of two back-to-back “Fight of the Night” victories over the likes of Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann, finally got the step-up in competition that he’s due.

The Greg Jackson product was originally scheduled to face UFC Hall of Famer and two-time welterweight champion Matt Hughes, however that’s not going to be the case. The UFC head honcho recently took to twitter to reveal the bad news. 

@danawhite: Diego Sanchez broke his hand. Looking for a replacement for Hughes

Both Matt and Sanchez were penciled in as the co-main event for UFC 135, a pay-per-view event taking place in Denver, Colorado, headlined by a highly anticipated championship bout pitting the always colorful Quinton “Rampage” Jackson against titleholder Jon Jones. 

The event takes place on September 24, so the promotion will have to do some quick work in finding a suitable replacement for the MMA icon.

UPDATE: Former title challenger Josh Koscheck recently took to twitter himself, indicating that he could very well be the next man in line to take on Hughes, though no formal announcement has been made as of yet.

@JoshKoscheck 🙂 got a fight in 21 days (expletive)……..

Oh ya 19 days then or something like that!!!! Either way it looks like I am in to fight matt Hugh if he takes it???? [sic] 

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Demetrious Johnson – The Day Before UFC 130

UFC bantamweight contender Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson (10-1) is set to face champ Dominick Cruz in October in the main event of UFC on Versus 6, marking the first UFC bout on television since UFC 75 back in 2007.

One of Johnson’s big sponsors is XBox, who put together this video of the people who surrounded ‘Mighty Mouse’ the day before his his UFC 130 bout against Miguel Torres last May.

Check out some shots of ‘Mighty Mouse’ cutting weight after the jump

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UFC bantamweight contender Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson (10-1) is set to face champ Dominick Cruz in October in the main event of UFC on Versus 6, marking the first UFC bout on television since UFC 75 back in 2007.

One of Johnson’s big sponsors is XBox, who put together this video of the people who surrounded ‘Mighty Mouse’ the day before his his UFC 130 bout against Miguel Torres last May.

Check out some shots of ‘Mighty Mouse’ cutting weight after the jump

Click here to view the embedded video.