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(PhatzRadio / MMA) — The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight roster suggests multiple possibilities for a new challenger if Alistair Overeem drops out of a fight with titleholder Junior Dos Santos. Recent records dictate Frank Mir. Revenge points to Cain Velasquez or Fabricio Werdum. But style suggests Mark Hunt. UFC’s original plan to have Overeem fight [...]
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alistair Overeem failed a drug test in Nevada, putting plans for a scheduled UFC heavyweight championship matchup in jeopardy, a regulator said Wednesday. The Dutch kickboxing champion can take a second urine test, but will need Nevada Athletic Commission approval for a license to fight UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos [...]
(By Esther Lin, Strikeforce) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The rubber match between lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and ex-titleholder Josh Thomson will be the co-main event of Strikeforce’s May 19 show in San Jose. Melendez and Thomson will meet for the third time, Strikeforce officially announced Monday. They split their first two bouts, both for [...]
Fighter Jon Jones speaks during a press conference promoting UFC 145: Jones v Evans at Philips Arena on February 16, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (February 15, 2012 – Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / MMA) — It’s no doubt offensive to Bjorn Rebney to hear pundits and fans say mixed martial arts [...]
(PhatzRadio / MMA) — Tara LaRosa needed most of three rounds to get a dominant position, but she made it count. The top-rated female fighter at 125 pounds secured an armbar to submit Kelly Warren with one second left in their bout Resurrection Fighting Alliance’s mixed martial arts show Friday in Kearney, Neb. LaRosa, returning [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to fill out its events for the spring and early summer with fighters from smaller weight classes. UFC on Thursday announced several fights for May, June and July: • Tony Ferguson now has his third scheduled opponent for UFC on FOX 3, following the withdrawal [...]
(Phatzradio / MMA) — The top pick on this season of The Ultimate Fighter showed why with an impressive win. Mar 23, 2012 – Dominick Cruz made Justin Lawrence the first pick when the coaches selected their teams on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, and when Lawrence stepped into the Octagon with Cristiano Marcello [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Restraint has never been an issue for lightweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. He has few qualms about expressing himself in any context, whether inside the cage, behind a microphone, on his farm or in the gym. He’ll flash middle fingers at rivals who irritate him, lavish praise [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — A single knee strike carried lightweight James Vick into the next round of The Ultimate Fighter. He knocked out Daron Cruickshank with a knee to the head Friday in the first round of their exhibition bout in the second episode for The Ultimate Fighter’s Season 15. It’s the first year [...]
(PhatzRadio / MMA) — Maiquel Falcao expects his second American run to last much longer than the first one. “It’s the perfect chance to get back to the U.S.,” says Falcao, a Brazilian middleweight with Bellator Fighting Championships. “Bellator is a growing promotion. … I want to be Bellator’s face.” Sixteen months after his only [...]
