Fedor ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko has always been a thorn in the side of Dana White.
The UFC president has almost ever taken what he wanted to take. Almost.
It’s also no secret that Emelianenko retired without ever fighting for the UFC, in spite of the several attempts that Dana did to make him sign to fight in the Octagon.
During the years, White has been critical of Emelianenko’s regard as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, but now that the Russian has retired, he can be more honest about his value.
“Do I think that Fedor is one of the greatest heavyweights ever? Yes, he’s one of the greatest heavyweights ever. I’ll give you that,” White said.
But while White considers UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva as
LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Will Brooks vs Held 21/11
Manny Pacquiao vs Cotto 19/11
Juan Lopez vs Marquez 19/11
Petr Yan vs Faber 19/11
MMA News – Bellator 80 Fight Card: Fw and Hw Tournament Semifinals
Alexander Volkov highlights
Bellator 80 takes place on Friday, November 9, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. It hosts the remaining semifinals of Season 7: Featherweight Tournament Semifinal, Wagnney Fabiano vs Rad Martinez, and Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal, Vinicius Queiroz vs Alexander Volkov (see the other two semifinals Thiago Santos vs Richard Hale and Mike Richman vs Shahbulat Shamhalaev).
The featherweight tournament quarterfinals were contested at Bellator 76, with Martinez advancing by outpointing a game Nazareno Malegarie in a hard-fought three-round match (= Martinez vs Malegarie). On the other hand Fabiano submitted hard-hitting Russian
MMA News – Junior dos Santos is the “Baddest Man on the Planet”. Jon Jones is warned
Junior dos Santos highlights
Junior ‘Cigano’ dos Santos is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked as the number one heavyweight fighter in the world by numerous media outlets. He is undefeated in the UFC (MMA 15-1-0) and seven of the nine UFC victories came by way of knockout or TKO. In the two decisions he’s had, dos Santos has made a mess of his opponents, so the word “unanimous” leaves no doubts (against Roy Nelson at UFC 117 and Shane Carwin at UFC 131).
Despite his great accomplishments, dos Santos is rarely mentioned in the mythical “pound-for-pound” discussion.
But a man could change this, if they ever meet: Jon ‘Bones’ Jones.
The UFC light heavyweight champion has teased for months about potentially moving up to heavyweight, and said recently he might
MMA News – UFC 154: St Pierre vs Condit. Primetime and Fight Card
UFC 154 Primetime: St Pierre vs Condit – Episode 1
UFC 154 Primetime go inside the personal lives and training camps of welterweight champion Georges St Pierre and interim champion Carlos Condit in the weeks leading up to their title fight at UFC 154 scheduled on November 17, 2012, at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
(See also UFC 154: St Pierre vs Condit extended Preview)
UFC 154 fight card:
MAIN CARD
Georges St Pierre vs Carlos Condit (welterweight-title unification)
Martin Kampmann vs Johny Hendricks
MMA News – Stephan Bonnar officially retires from MMA
Stephan Bonnar confirmed his retirement via Facebook following UFC President Dana White’s announcement during a MetroPCS chat on Tuesday night.
‘The American Psycho’ (15-8 MMA, 8-7 UFC), 35 years old, recently was on a three-fight win streak, before facing the legend Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva: after an 11-month layoff, the light heavyweight Bonnar in fact returned to the cage this past month at UFC 153 in a late-notice opportunity in Brazil against dominant UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a 205-pound non-title fight.
The match had no story, he lost via first-round TKO and Silva seemed to mock him during some exchanges (= Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar)
“Huge thanks to every UFC fan out there!” Bonnar stated on Facebook. “All I ever wanted was to bring ya’ll some fun…hope u
MMA News – UFC 156 Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar: trailer and interview
UFC 156 Aldo vs Edgar video trailer
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (21-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will face former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar (14-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC) on Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas, on February 2, 2013.
The UFC had held a Las Vegas pay-per-view event on the eve of the NFL’s Super Bowl every year since 2004, usually at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Aldo and Edgar were expected to be the headliners of UFC 153, which took place earlier this month in Brazil, but Aldo had a motorcycle accident that forced him out, so Anderson Silva ended up facing Stephan Bonnar in the night’s main event.
Aldo has an impressive 14 victories in a row. His last loss happened in 2005 against Luciano Azevedo. He is a fighting machine and his last match confirmed this: ask Chad Mendes for
MMA week 44: best Mma Fights of the week
Selection of the best mma videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 44: (Mon-Sun) from October 29, 2012 to November 4, 2012. Mma Fight of the Week: Ryan Ford vs Kyle Baker Mma Knockout of the Week: Anthony Johnson vs DJ Linderman Mma Submission of the Week: Gesias Cavalcante vs TJ … Read more
K-1 MUAY THAI week 44: best K-1 and muay thai Fights of the week
Selection of the best k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 44: (Mon-Sun) from October 29, 2012 to November 4, 2012. K-1 Muay Thai Fight of the Week: Giorgio Petrosyan vs Robin van Roosmalen K-1 Muay Thai Knockout of the Week: Batu Khasikov vs Gago Drago
BOXING week 44: best Boxing Fights of the week
Selection of the best boxing videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 44: (Mon-Sun) from October 29, 2012 to November 4, 2012. Boxing Fight of the Week: Sebastien Gauthier vs Rodrigo Guerrero Boxing Knockout of the Week: Tomas Rojas vs Shinsuke Yamanaka
2012 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Robin van Roosmalen vs Giorgio Petrosyan – full fight Video GLORY 3 Rome FINAL
Review: 2012-11-03, good fight between Giorgio Petrosyan and Robin van Roosmalen: three stars. Giorgio Petrosyan (75-1-2) entered as the No.1 super welterweight in the world while Robin van Roosmalen (37-13-3) entered as the No.5. Petrosyan vs van Roosmalen is the Final of GLORY 3 Rome Final 8. Watch the video!
