Posted by Rob Tatum on December 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A longstanding tradition of the MMA world continues on New Year’s Eve as Japanese promotion Dream holds it’s fourth and final event of the year. Although the promotion has held the fewest number of events in a year in its existence, the annual end-of-year extravaganza will feature a number of big names and important fights. [...]
Posted by Rob Tatum on December 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
UFC 140 took place from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The event featured a light heavyweight title bout between champion Jon Jones and former champ Lyoto Machida. The main card aired on pay-per-view, while the preliminary card was shown on ION television and Facebook. Jones leaves Machida unconscious to retain belt Light heavyweight champion [...]
Posted by Rob Tatum on November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
UFC 139 took place from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The event featured a battle of two of the most dangerous light heavyweight fighters in the sport, as former UFC and Pride champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua met former Pride and Strikeforce champ Dan Henderson. Henderson takes decision over Rua in legendary battle In [...]
Posted by Rob Tatum on October 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
UFC 137 took place from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 29. The card, originally slated to feature a welterweight title bout, was headlined by Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn after champion Georges St-Pierre was forced out with an injury. Diaz pushes Penn toward retirement Former Strikeforce title-holder Nick Diaz used [...]
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Posted by Rob Tatum on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The UFC returned to Houston for UFC 136. The event took place from the Toyota Center and featured a lightweight title bout between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard, as well as a featherweight title tilt between champion Jose Aldo and challenger Kenny Florian. Edgars survives another onslaught; finishes Maynard to retain belt In [...]
Posted by Rob Tatum on September 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The semifinals of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix took place from the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The event featured Josh Barnett battling Sergei Kharitonov in the main event, Daniel Cormier vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the other tournament bout, and a middleweight title fight between champ Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and challenger Luke Rockhold. Barnett Destroys [...]
