Now is official: Pat Barry (7-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) and Shane del Rosario (11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will meet on the main card of the TUF 16 Finale on December 15 at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The main event will be a fight between veteran “TUF 16” coaches Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Roy Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC).
Pat Barry, one of the UFC’s most popular heavyweights is just 2-4 in his past six fights. However, he fought always with great opponents, including Mirko ‘Cro Crop’ Filipovic, Cheick Kongo (five star match for one of the most unpredictable endings ever!!!), Stefan Struve and Lavar Johnsony, so his bad record is understandable. His last victory was a great bout with Christian Morecraft on January 20, 2012 (Fight of the Night – look at that punch!).
Shane del Rosario, the first American to become the
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MMA News – UFC 155 fight card and trailer: Phil Davis replaces Chael Sonnen and will face Forrest Griffin
At UFC 155 on December 29 in Las Vegas Phil Davis will face former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.
Griffin was originally scheduled to face Chael Sonnen, but Sonnen was designed to become a coach on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter against Jon Jones. The two will also fight for Jones’ title in April of 2013.
Davis recently submitted Wagner Prado via an anaconda choke at UFC 153 (= Phil Davis vs Wagner Prado 2). Davis is 4-1 (with one no-contest) in his last six matches.
Griffin’s last fight was against Tito Ortiz at UFC 148 on
MMA News – Tyrone Spong’s mma debut at World Series of Fighting on November 3
November 3 is the day of World Series of Fighting. The new promotion will host several UFC and Strikeforce veterans, as well as the MMA debut of one of the most feared kick boxers in the world: Tyrone ‘King of the Ring’ Spong. He is the reigning WFCA Cruiserweight Muay Thai and the former It’s Showtime 95MAX World champion. For his MMA debut he has been training with the MMA team “Blackzilians” for over a year now with veteran fighters as K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem and former UFC light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort. The numbers speak for him: 68-6-2 in his kick boxer career, with only a lost in the last two years against ‘The Reem’.
In the main event former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei ‘The Pit Bull’ Arlovski takes on Strikeforce veteran Devin Cole.
In the co-main event former UFC competitor and now light heavyweight Anthony Johnson (look at this spectacular head kick in his last fight with Jake Rosholt) faces
MMA News – Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos signs with Legacy FC
Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos has signed with the Texas-based Legacy Fighting Championship and is scheduled for a February debut.
Santos, a former Strikeforce title challenger, hasn’t fought since September 2011, more than 13 months ago, and this was the principal reason that induced him to change scenary.
It wasn’t a good period for “Cyborg” family: he has lost 4 of the last 6 matches and comes from a TKO (elbows) loss against Jordan Mein and a submission (armbar) by Nick Diaz (= Nick Diaz vs Evangelista Cyborg Santos). His lately most important success was with
MMA News – UFC 154: St Pierre vs Condit Extended Preview Video
Less than 3 weeks to UFC 154 St Pierre vs Condit. We can’t wait for GSP return!
Watch the extended preview!
MMA week 43: best Mma Fights of the week
Selection of the best mma videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 43: (Mon-Sun) from October 22, 2012 to October 28, 2012. Mma Fight & KO of the Week: Marius Zaromskis vs Andrey Koreshkov Mma Submission of the Week: Daniel Straus vs Alvin Robinson
MMA News – Bellator 78 weigh-in results: welterweight semifinals
All four semifinalists for Bellator Fighting Championships’ 170-pound title made weight at the Wright Room at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn in Fairborn, Ohio.
Lyman Good (170.5) vs Michail Tsarev (171) is the main event. The Russian submission specialist comes from an 11-fight win streak and his wants to conquer a title shot to boost his career. His last match was during Bellator 74 against Tim Welch, and as usual the victory came by submission.
“For me, it would mean a lot,” ‘The Lonely Wolf’ said. “It would mean the next step in my career. I trained very hard, and I hope the best fighter will win tomorrow.”
On the other hand, former champ Good is on fire to regain the title he lost in 2010 to current champ Ben Askren. He started his road defeating LeVon Maynard in only 13 seconds and continued with a victory via decision against Jim Wallhead (= Lyman Good vs Jim Wallhead).
“I know that’s going to be one step closer to me getting what I really want,” Good said of a potential Bellator 78 win. “But I’m only focused on
MMA News – Cage Warriors 49 from Wales: full fight card and pre-fight interview
On Saturday October 27, at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Wales, it’s time for Cage Warriors 49.
The main event is Bruno Carvalho (14-5) vs Cathal Pendred (10-2-1).
Carvalho has won nine of his past 10 bouts over a stretch of three and a half years, with his lone loss coming against former DREAM champion and current Bellator fighter Marius Zaromskis in absolutely must see and brutal fight… four stars for one of the best mma KO of 2011: somersault kick (!!!), elbow and punches!
Pendred hopes to remain undefeated under the Cage Warriors banner and is 4-0-1 in his past five fights.
Cathal ‘The Punisher’ Pendred (overall 10-2-1) had the
MMA News – Rashad Evans dreams to face Anderson Silva!
Video interview Rashad Evans vs Anderson Silva
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans after his lost against reigning champion Jon ‘Bones’ Jones at UFC 145 in April, hoped to come back in the Octagon as soon as possible, but it’s not going to happen, at least not by the end of this year.
It’s not his fault, but because there aren’t many fighters left available for Evans before 2013: Jones is recovering from an injured elbow from his last fight with Vitor Belfort (= Jon Jones vs Vitor Belfort) and stepping into a coaching role on TUF 17, Dan Henderson is also in the midst of rehab, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is lined up to face Alexander Gustafsson, and Forrest Griffin is scheduled to fight with Phil Davis.
Evan’s desire, however, is an interesting name… Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva.
There are many pretenders to Silva’s title belt, and however ‘The Spider’ wants to face
