The MMA injury bug continues to spread, but at least one fighter got the luck to enter the cage before being struck by it.
After the loss against Antonio Silva at UFC on FX 5 last Friday, Browne suffered a hamstring injury that will take him out 2 to 4 months approximately.
It isn’t clear which specific move lead to it, but during the fight Travis ‘Hapa’ Browne appeared to be unable to stand on his left leg and this handicap made all easy for ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, who landed a
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MMA News – UFC 153 Silva vs Bonnar video extended preview and Ufc 153 Fight Card
As already announced (UFC 153 previous post) Anderson “The Spider” Silva, middleweight champion and pound-for-pound king will take the risky move 20 pounds north to face former Ultimate Fighter finalist Stephan Bonnar, who has won three in a row. The bout is scheduled on Saturday in Brazil at UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar.
UFC 153 fight card:
MAIN CARD
(32-4) Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar (14-7)
(33-7-1) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Dave Herman (21-4)
MMA News – Shane Roller announces retirement after UFC on FX 5 defeat
The 33-year-old lightweight Shane Roller have announced his retirement three days after his loss to Jacob Volkmann at UFC on FX 5.
A three-time All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State University, Roller debuted with a second-round knockout against Thiago Tavares at UFC Live 3, but then suffered three defeats in a row (Melvin Guillard, TJ Grant and Michael Johnson).
Finally he accomplished an unanimous decision against John Alessio in July 8, his last success in MMA.
He leaves with
MMA News – Soa Palelei vs Sean McCorckle confirmed for AFC 4, December 7
On December 7 at Australian Fighting Championships (AFC) 4 in Melbourne, Australia, heavyweight Soa ‘The Hulk’ Palelei (17-3-0) will continue his climb towards another UFC contract when he faces former UFC fighter Sean “Big Sexy” McCorkle (16-3-0).
Palelei has had one previous UFC fight back in 2007, when he lost to Eddie Sanchez. Since the UFC loss, Palelei’s record sits at 9-1 with his only recent loss being to now Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion Daniel Cormier and has 7 victories in a row. His last match was against Palelei vs Bob Sapp and it lasted 12 seconds (it was very funny indeed…look at Palelei’s face after the victoy!)
His opponent, Sean McCorkle, was cut from the UFC roster in 2011 after
MMA News – Video UFC on FX 5 Browne vs Bigfoot weigh-in results and fight card
No incident at Thursday’s official weigh-In for the tonight UFC on FX 5 at Target Center in Minneapolis.
For the main event Travis Browne checked in at 246 pounds, and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva arrived at 266.
The 30-year-old Hawaiian is undefeated and comes from a victory at UFC 145 in April, when he submitted Chad Griggs with a first-round arm-triangle choke at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
Silva, after the bloody defeat against Cain Velasquez, knows that he is under a lot of pressure: “This fight for me is
MMA News – Walel Watson cut by UFC
Bantamweight fighter Walel ‘The Gazelle’ Watson has been released by the UFC.
After a negative record of 3 losses in a row president Dana White has decided that Watson can leave the federation.
His debut in UFC one year ago had been hopeful, with a first-round technical knockout over fellow UFC debutant Joseph Sandoval at UFC Live 6. But after that came two losses via decision (Yves Jabouin and TJ Dillashaw) and most recently, Watson was stopped by
MMA News – A ‘Bigfoot’ is ready to step in: UFC on FX 5 Browne vs Bigfoot Silva – Oct 5
His first appearance at UFC in May was a disaster. Ex-champ Cain Velasquez made his face a bloody mess at UFC 146. And almost a year earlier, his hope to win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament was wiped out by a big punch delivered by Daniel Cormier in the semifinals.
His memorable victory against the legend Fedor Emelianenko seems to be happened centuries ago.
Now Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (16-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) wants to forget the recent past and comeback to victory.
Friday at Target Center in Minneapolis in the main event of UFC on FX 5, he will face a rising giant, the 6-foot-7 undefeated Travis Browne (13-0-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC).
Silva (6-foot-4, anyway) said: “I’m coming into this fight with a lot of
MMA News – Ronda Rousey in the UFC? Rumors about a MegaBout with Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos
She is one of the most popular covers for this year’s ESPN the Body Issue.
She is the the current Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion and the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo at the Summer Olympics.
She is undefeated and won all the matches by an impressive armbar in the first round.
She is Ronda Rousey, and everyone wants her. One on the top of the list is UFC president Dana White.
They were together at the recent Sons of Anarchy premiere for FX and the photographers were all for her. He is a huge fan of Ronda and said: “I absolutely, positively would bring Ronda Rousey into the UFC.”
If so, Ronda would be the
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
