Another knee injury takes out a fighter of the UFC roster. “It never ends” the UFC president Dana White
said on Twitter. Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is out of his fight against Roy Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC). They were expected to fight in the main event of the TUF 16 Finale on December 15 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
White said that Carwin blew out his knee and he has already begun searching a new fighter to face Nelson. Carwin and Nelson coached opposite teams on the current 16th season of “The Ultimate Fighter”.
The other main event remains Pat Barry (7-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) vs
Videos Georges St Pierre and Carlos Condit past fights
Before Georges St Pierre and Carlos Condit meet to determine the undisputed UFC welterweight champion at UFC 154, November 17, see several of the past fights that have helped define their careers.
We also have a pre-fight interview at Firas Zahabi’s Tristar Gym, where several fighters who will be competing on November 17 are working out, including GSP, Carmont, Cote, Bocek And Makdessi.
Dan Henderson vs Lyoto Machida video amateur trailer
After a year, Dan Henderson is ready to fight. He was expected to fight Jon Jones at UFC 151 in September, but a knee injury withdrew him from the match, and the entire bout was cancelled.
Now Henderson (29-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has announced that he’ll face Lyoto Machida (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) at UFC 156 on Super Bowl weekend, even if there is not an official announcement yet.
After UFC 151 was cancelled Jon ‘Bones’ Jones defeated Vitor Belfort at UFC 152, and then he and Chael Sonnen were named coaches for the 17th season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Jones and Sonnen then will face at a PPV event on April 27 in Newark, N.J.
So for Henderson this is a great opportunity to begin the road to the title, since UFC President Dana White has
On Friday, November 16, there will be the Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
In the main event, Rich ‘No Love’ Clementi (45-21-1) will face Marcin Held (14-2-0). Rich Clementi, who spent eight years in the military with the Navy Seabees, has a 3 wins streak (2 consecutive guillotine choke against Derek Campos and Robert Washington, and a split decision with Alexander Sarnavskiy in the quarterfinal. Marcin Held is a polish fighter and in his home country, he is defined “the prodigy of Polish MMA”. He comes from 4 wins in a row, including a devastating submission against Derrick Kennington.
In his last match he defeated Murad Machaev at Bellator 77.
The other semifinal will see Dave Jansen vs Ricardo Tirloni. Dave ‘The Fugitive’ Jansen (18-2-0) is a master of
Only four days to UFC 154. Now we have two Champions, but at the end of the day, only one will remain.
Who will be?
The Canadian phenomenon Georges St Pierre, undefeated for 5 years, or ‘The Natural Born Killer’ Carlos Condit, current UFC Interim Welterweight Champion and a former WEC Welterweight Champion? Let us know your choice!
Now it’s official: Ronda Rousey has signed with the UFC, becoming the first woman to step in the Octagon.
The Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion will begin fighting for the promotion in 2013, probably in the early months. The name for her first opponent is not confirmed yet, but there are rumors about Strikeforce competitor Liz Carmouche (last victory with Kaitlin Young at Invicta Fc 2). As you know, our hopes are for a Dream Fight against Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos.
On the other hand, losing the women’s division, the entire promotion of Strikeforce will end his glorious history following its show in January 2013. As consequence, many fighters then will
Dream is alive and will be combined with the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam kickboxing show that had been scheduled in early December.
The show’s name is: “DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 Tokyo – New Year’s Eve Special“. The fight card is expected soon.
“As a company, we want to create the most spectacular martial arts show Japan has ever seen,” GSI (Glory Sports International, which produces DREAM show) chairman Pierre Andurand said. “After taking over DREAM 18, it just made natural sense to look at the opportunity to revive the traditional New Year’s Eve date and create a mega-show. We looked at the pros and cons, and it was clear that a combined show is the way to go. We are extremely proud and excited to deliver this mega-show to the Japanese fans and to the world at large.”
The GLORY kickboxing event will see a one-night 16-man tournament of heavyweight kickboxers. The winner gets a $400,000 prize. Fighters expected to appear are Semmy Schilt, Daniel Ghita, Remy
This Saturday Georges St Pierre will make his return in the Octagon after almost a year and half (against Jake Shields at UCF 129).
It was a hard recovery from a bad knee injury (torn ACL), but now GSP is back to fight! Watch the second episode of UFC Primetime:St Pierre vs Condit!
The main event fo M-1 Challenge 35 on Thursday, November 15, 2012 from St.-Petersburg, Russia is Alexander Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson.
The younger brother of Fedor Emelianenko is a three-time Russian national Combat Sambo champion and three-time world Combat Sambo champion. He has an overall record of 21-5-0 and comes from 4 wins in a row: a submission against Tolegen Akylbekov, two TKO with Tadas Rimkevicius and Ibragim Magomedov and by unanimous decision with Konstantin Gluhov) Jeff Monson (age 41) is a 2 time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion. In the last of his 60 fights (46-13-1), he won by a fast north-south choke against Denis Komkin..
In addition to this match, the fans will see four M-1 Challenge title fights, one M-1 Selection final and
