UFC Releases Heavyweight Prospect Todd Duffee Heavyweight prospect Todd Duffee has been released after going 1-1 in the UFC, including scoring a UFC-record 7-second knockout of Tim Hague in his Octagon debut last August. He was then booked to face Jon Madsen at UFC 121, but was forced to withdraw with a knee injury and has now been suddenly dropped by the promotion. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:58:34 +0000
Grove-Oleinik Heavyweight Semi at Bellator 29, Baker-Horn Set for Bellator 30 A heavyweight tournament semifinal between Neil Grove and Alexey Oleinik will be featured on the Bellator 29 fight card on September 16 in Milwaukee. WEC vet and season two middleweight tourney runner-up Bryan Baker will face veteran Jeremy Horn on the Bellator 30 fight card on September 23 in Louisville. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:55:35 +0000
Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus Added to WEC 52 on Nov. 11 Lightweight contenders Bart Palaszewski and Kamal Shalorus are expected to clash at "WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki" on the Versus-televised main card of the Nov. 11 event in Las Vegas. The WEC 52 fight card is headlined by Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki and also includes Brian Bowles vs. Wagnney Fabiano. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:09:44 +0000
WEC 51 Fight Card Complete for “Aldo vs. Gamburyan” on Sept. 30 Headlined by featherweight champ Jose Aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan, the WEC 51 fight card is now officially complete for the September 30 event in Broomfield, Colorado. WEC 51 also features a rematch between lightweight contenders Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone as well as Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:56 +0000
TapouT, Silver Star MMA Clothing Companies Sold to Authentic Brands Two of MMA's top clothing brands are now on the same team and under new ownership, as TapouT and Silver Star have been acquired by Authentic Brands Group in a push for more-rapid expansion. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:30:08 +0000
Shine Fights Forced to Move Friday Lightweight Tournament to Oklahoma Shine Fights has been forced to move its Friday event featuring an eight-main lightweight tournament to the First Council Casino in Oklahoma after Virginia denied the promotion a license. The opening round includes Carlo Prater vs. Rich Crunkilton, Kyle Baker vs. James Warfield, Marcus Aurelio vs. Dennis Bermudez, and Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett vs. Drew Fickett. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:37:30 +0000
Chuck Liddell to Decide UFC Fighting Future in Next Month Despite being retired again by Dana White after suffering his fifth loss in six fights at the hands of Rich Franklin in June, UFC hall of famer and former light heavyweight champ Chuck Liddell is still pondering his future and expects to make a decision on whether he'll fight again in the coming month. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:00:20 +0000
Shinya Aoki-Marcus Aurelio, Hellboy-Tokoro Among Additions to DREAM 16 DREAM announced on Sunday that Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio, Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen vs. Hideo Tokoro, and "Lion" Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata will be featured on the DREAM 16 fight card on September 25 in Nagoya, Japan. Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:17:11 +0000
Shark Fights 13 Fight Card Complete for Sept. 11 in Texas The fight card for Saturday's Shark Fights 13 event in Amarillo, Texas is now complete after late replacements were tapped for injured Drew McFedries and Marcus Hicks. Shark Fights 13 is co-headlined by Keith Jardine vs. Trevor Prangley and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Houston Alexander. Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:00:53 +0000
