May 19, 2013

UFC / MMA: Chael Sonnen; Jon Jones could beat up Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali ‘in the same day’

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Jon Jones continues to get high praise from Chael Sonnen ahead of their UFC 159 fight.(Photo: Paul Abell, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Sonnen continues to heap praise on Jones ahead of their title fight this Saturday night Jones admitted to wanting to be mentioned along Tyson, Ali; Sonnen suggested he’s already there Sonnen: ‘Jon, [...]

UFC / MMA: Chael Sonnen doesn’t back down from Vitor Belfort

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UFC fighter Chael Sonnen in the ring prior to his fight against Anderson Silva (not pictured) during a middleweight bout in UFC 148 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Vitor Belfort called Chael Sonnen out at UFC on FX 7. Belfort said he wanted a rematch with [...]

UFC / MMA: Vitor Belfort rocks Michael Bisping at UFC on FX 7

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(Photo: Andre Penner, AP) Story Highlights Belfort caught Bisping with a violent head kick that set up a second-round TKO victory After the match, Belfort loudly campaigned for a rematch with light heavyweight champ Jon Jones Bisping had hoped that a win would have set up a fight with middleweight champ Anderson Silva (PhatzRadio / [...]

UFC / MMA: Velasquez’s knockout of dos Santos alters the heavyweight landscape

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — Three things that, in the wake of Cain Velasquez smashing Junior dos Santos on Saturday night to regain the UFC championship, might be true (but might not be) about the heavyweight division: 1. Cain will reign with his engine of high octane: The easiest conclusion we could reach upon watching Velasquez [...]

UFC / MMA: GSP would have big advantage at 170

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(Photo: Eric Bolte, US PRESSWIRE) Story Highlights Georges St-Pierre is the UFC’s welterweight titleholder Anderson Silva is the UFC’s champion at 185 pounds Silva’s coach believes a fight between the two should be at 176 pounds 1:31AM EST November 30. 2012 – If Anderson Silva meets fellow UFC champion Georges St-Pierre in a long-discussed superfight, [...]

UFC / MMA: Jon Jones – Chael Sonnen ‘doesn’t deserve to fight me’

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(Photo: Matthew Sherwood, AP) Story Highlights Sonnen often refers to the champ as “Little J.J.” and offers wisecracks related to Jones’ May arrest If Sonnen’s barbs didn’t bother Jones, then why take the fight? Jones says he’s excited about facing Sonnen in the pressure cooker that is ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ (PhatzRadio / USA Today / [...]

UFC / MMA: Can the UFC book superfight between Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre?

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(Photo: Tom Szczerbowski, US Presswire) Story Highlights Silva seems to have warmed up to the idea St-Pierre has gone back and forth on the possible dream matchup St-Pierre spoke of ‘vacation’ after UFC 154; UFC boss Dana White has said May is a possible date (PhatzRadio / MMA) — MONTREAL – You know those sitcoms [...]

UFC / MMA: St-Pierre unifies UFC welterweight title in return

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(PhatzRadio / MMA) — Welcome back, GSP. How about a five-round war? UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre returned on Saturday after 19 months away and won a bloody battle against interim titleholder Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 154. St-Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) got the win over Condit (28-6, 5-2 UFC) in [...]

UFC / MMA: Le shocks Franklin with one-punch KO at UFC in Macau

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(Photo: Kin Cheung, AP) Story Highlights Le notches arguably biggest win of his career with one-punch knockout of Franklin Le calls knockout, which came at the 2:17 mark, ‘lucky,’ and is at loss for words In co-main event, Silva comes back to defeat Nedkov, gets back in win column after long absence (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

UFC / MMA: Silva-St. Pierre stadium ‘superfight’ likely

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(Photo: Ryan Remiorz, ASSOCIATED PRESS) Story Highlights Dana White said Wednesday Anderson Silva and Georges St Pierre could meet in an in-cage faceoff. White said the match was likely if St. Pierre beats Carlos Conduit at UFC 154. Cowboys Stadium in Dallas and Rogers Centre in Toronto are among the sites in play for the [...]