MMA News – Dan Henderson wants Lyoto Machida at UFC 156

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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

MMA News – UFC on Fuel TV 6: Franklin vs Le. Complete fight card and teaser

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On Saturday, November 10, the UFC will mark its first ever trip to China as part of their final FUEL TV card of the year.
The main event will see former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (29-6, 1 NC) against former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (8-2).
Cung Le (age 40) is a former International Kickboxing Federation light heavyweight world champion, having a professional Sanshou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts (Le also held an undefeated kick-boxing record of 17-0). In his last match he got a victory against Patrick Cote at UFC 148, but is the match with Wanderlei Silva that made history: at UFC 139 Le had a good start with his kicks, and landed a spinning backfist that dropped Silva. During the second round, Silva bombed Le with huge punches and knees that completely broke Le’s nose. Le was stunned, bloody and fell to the ground, and the fight was stopped by the ref (= Wanderlei Silva vs Cung Le). In the same night there was a “Fight of the Year” and currently our most

MMA News – Overeem will be the opponent of UFC 155 winner Dos Santos vs Velasquez

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Waiting their “revenge” super match of UFC 155, which takes place December 29 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Satuday night Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez discovered their future.
Following the post-event news conference for UFC 153, UFC president Dana White announced: “The winner of that fight will fight Overeem (in March or April)”.
Heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (15-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC), after having defeated Cain Velasquez last year in only 64 seconds (= Junior dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez first fight), was scheduled to face Overeem this past May, but Overeem

2012 MMA fight – Glover Teixeira vs Fabio Maldonado – full fight Video UFC 153

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2012-10-13, very tough and exciting first round: good fight between Glover Teixeira and Fabio Maldonado, three stars. Glover Teixeira ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 18-2-0 while Fabio Maldonado had a record of 18-5-0. Teixeira vs Maldonado is on the undercard of Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar – UFC 153. Watch the video!

2012 MMA fight – Phil Davis vs Wagner Prado 2 – fight Video UFC 153

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2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2012-10-13, the second fight between Phil Davis and Wagner Pradohas has not been particularly spectacular, we suggest you to watch only the (good) finish of the fight, two stars. Phil Davis ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 9-1-0 while the undfeated Wagner Prado had a record of 8-0-0. Their first fight ended by no contest due to an accidental eye poke (August 4th, 2012), Davis vs Prado 2 is on the undercard of Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar – UFC 153. Watch the video!

2012 MMA fight – Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva vs John Dodson – fight Video UFC on FX 5

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2012-10-05, pretty boring fight but with a good finish: John Dodson vs Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva gets two stars. John Dodson (13-5-0) entered as the No.8 flyweight in the world while Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva (14-1-0) entered as the No.6. Dodson vs Jussier ‘Formiga’, UFC flyweight title eliminator, is on the undercard of Travis Browne vs Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (UFC on FX 5). Watch the video!

MMA News – Official trailer UFC 153 Silva vs Bonnar. And what’s Silva’s future?

Less than 15 days to UFC 153 (October 13, 2012 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), but the questions at a press conference for promoting the bout are all for Silva’s future. In particular the alleged fear of the “Spider” to face Chris Weidman, who is coming off dominant back-to-back wins over top-10 opponents.
“Everything has its time. He’ll have his opportunity to fight for the belt. Maybe I fight next before he gets the shot, I lose and he fights someone else. We don’t know. I can fight Bonnar, lose and say: ‘you know what, I don’t want it anymore’. Or maybe I win and way ‘I don’t want