Tag: Wants

Vitor Belfort Wants to Fight Chris Weidman, but ‘The All-American’ Declines

Vitor Belfort has taken to Twitter to voice his interest in fighting the UFC’s newest rising star Chris Weidman. However, “The All-American”’s response via the same medium was an emphatic no. Belfort’s tweet: Guys I spoke …

Vitor Belfort has taken to Twitter to voice his interest in fighting the UFC’s newest rising star Chris Weidman. However, “The All-American”’s response via the same medium was an emphatic no. Belfort’s tweet: Guys I spoke to joe silva and ask to fight with the top contender #weidman here in brasil so I think this […]

Brendan Schaub Targets UFC 154 Return, Wants Lavar Johnson

Brendan Schaub has a pretty good idea of when he’ll be making a return to the Octagon, and knows who he wants to host his “Welcome Back” party. According to MMAJunkie, Schaub is targeting a return at UFC 154 and thinks Lavar Johnson s…

Brendan Schaub has a pretty good idea of when he’ll be making a return to the Octagon, and knows who he wants to host his “Welcome Back” party. According to MMAJunkie, Schaub is targeting a return at UFC 154 and thinks Lavar Johnson should be the guy facing him. “When I talked to Joe Silva […]

Wanderlei Silva Wants to Prove That He Can Still Fight, but I’m Skeptical

It’s hard to believe that Wanderlei Silva is just 35 years old. That doesn’t seem right. Silva, after all, has been around since 1996, when he scored his first professional win in his debut fight against Dilson Filho. He was one of the bigg…

It’s hard to believe that Wanderlei Silva is just 35 years old. That doesn’t seem right. Silva, after all, has been around since 1996, when he scored his first professional win in his debut fight against Dilson Filho. He was one of the biggest stars in the MMA world during his run in PRIDE’s heyday, […]

Junior Dos Santos Wants Alistair Overeem to Take a Blood Test

Junior dos Santos has been one of the more vocal critics of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport of mixed martial arts. And if dos Santos defends his title against Alistair Overeem when Overeem returns from his suspension later this year, the fight…

Junior dos Santos has been one of the more vocal critics of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport of mixed martial arts. And if dos Santos defends his title against Alistair Overeem when Overeem returns from his suspension later this year, the fight will come with a special request: The champ wants the challenger to take […]

Glover Teixeira Wants to Avoid Fighting Teammate Lyoto Machida

Glover Teixeira’s recent win over Kyle Kingsbury put the rest of the light heavyweight division on notice, and some fans already consider him to be a legitimate contender. The Brazilian, who has spent 10 years in the sport, made his UFC debut thi…

Glover Teixeira’s recent win over Kyle Kingsbury put the rest of the light heavyweight division on notice, and some fans already consider him to be a legitimate contender. The Brazilian, who has spent 10 years in the sport, made his UFC debut this past weekend at UFC 146. The win extended his professional record to […]

UFC 146, Daniel Cormier Wants Name Recognition Next, Wants Shane Carwin

Daniel Cormier‘s dominant victory over Josh Barnett has cemented the Olympic wrestler’s status as the hottest heavyweight prospect in the sport and has fans considering him as a legitimate challenger for the UFC heavyweight title. Cormier, …

Daniel Cormier‘s dominant victory over Josh Barnett has cemented the Olympic wrestler’s status as the hottest heavyweight prospect in the sport and has fans considering him as a legitimate challenger for the UFC heavyweight title. Cormier, who trains out of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, now has his sights set on entering the […]