The boys at MMA Fighting broke the news yesterday that icon in the sport Kenny Florian may be forced to retire due to a spinal injury. “It’s possible, unfortunately,” Florian said. “I’ve kind of been going back-and-forth with some of the doctors, so it’s possible. I’m going to see. As of right now, obviously I [...]
At UFC 141′s press conference yesterday, MMAHEAT.com reporter, Karyn Bryant confronted UFC President Dana White about previous comments he had made about Former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Alistair Overeem. Karyn questioned the validity of claims that White wanting to “embarrass” Overeem and throw him to the wolves, by welcoming him with former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock [...]
This Friday, the UFC will close out the year with a clash of their biggest and baddest as Alistair Overeem fights against Brock Lesnar for the number one contender spot in the heavyweight division. And with a big event comes a chance to win big money by callously tearing down the hard work of others. [...]
“Big guys. Small gloves. Someone will fall.” That is the slogan on the back of the “UFC: Ultimate Heavyweights” DVD, and that accurately describes the promotion’s HW division. From the old school legends like Mark Coleman, Don Frye, and Tank Abbott, to the champions of modern times like Shane Carwin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brock Lesnar, [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); “I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but when your product is human beings, you are going to have problems. Injuries, personal problems, it’s a laundry list of problems you have when dealing with athletes.” – Dana White Back at the UFC on Fox 2 Press Conference in Chicago last Wednesday, Fight Nerd correspondent Hiroko [...]
Round 5 President Damon Lau, announces the release of the “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 featuring updated versions of some of the UFC’s most popular fighters as well as all new characters hitting retail shelves this Christmas. The “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 is anchored by a Championship Edition Jon “Bones” Jones commemorating his historic victory over [...]
British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion boxer Tyson Fury has issued a challenge to Brock Lesnar, and a very odd one at that. “I want to do something crazy like be involved in a mad match-up in boxing or MMA! Fury v Lesnar!” the undefeated 16-0 boxer wrote on his Twitter account, throwing down the proverbial [...]
Over on Round 5 MMA’s Facebook page, the company has revealed details for their eighth wave of the “Ultimate Collector Series”. The figures in this line-up will be Jose Aldo, Roy Nelson (pictured above), Brock Lesnar (New Sculpt), Jon Jones Championship Edition (New Sculpt), and George St. Pierre Championship Edition with a sculpted gi. Limited [...]
While promoting the newest WWE Studios film ‘Inside Out’ with AOL Moviefone, WWE Chief Operating Officer and multiple-time heavyweight champion Triple H, was asked how he thinks the UFC needs to learn from WWE, and as well as Brock Lesnar’s controversial exit from WWE. “I don’t think we have to evolve. It’s two totally different [...]
The unthinkable has happened (I feel like I have said that way too many times this year already). Here we were thinking that Zuffa was done dealing with the fighters from Golden Glory, when all of a sudden yesterday afternoon they announce that the UFC has signed former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem to a [...]
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