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UFC on FX 2: Thiago Alves stands tall in a crowded division

by on February 28, 2012 3:00:53 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

UFC welterweight Thiago Alves. (Photo courtesy of fiveouncesofpain)

Thiago “The Pitbull” Alves (Twitter: @ThiagoAlvesATT) is taking apart the welterweight division one fighter at a time.

The Fortaleza, Brazil native’s next challenge is at UFC on FX 2, where he’ll face Denmark’s 18-5 Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann in Sydney, Australia on Saturday. Speaking with MMADiehards’ MMA Beatdown last week, the 19-8 fighter said he’s looking to stay strong in one of the UFC’s most competitive weight classes.

“I’m not looking past Kampmann at all,” Alves said last Tuesday. “Our focus in camp right now is to get past him and we’ll focus on other things after that. All the same, I’ve been very excited lately to see everything going on in the welterweight division and see all the matchups. I love all the fighters up there.”

Alves said he’s staking a claim at top contender status following recent shakeups in the welterweight world. Division champion Georges St-Pierre, widely considered one of the UFC’s best fighters, is out with a major knee injury and Carlos Condit won a close interim title match against Nick Diaz at UFC 143 earlier this month. With so much going on, Alves said he sees an opportunity to rise in the welterweight ranks.

“After I get through Kampmann I’d say I’m one fight to get to the welterweight title, maybe two,” Alves said. “I feel very confident that it’s in my reach to be a champion. It’s something you definitely want on your resume getting to fight for a title. If I’m fighting for the belt, I’d rather fight against Condit and then defend against GSP.”

For now, “The Pitbull” has a tough fight placed in front of him. Kampmann is renowned for his precise striking and his dangerous submissions. It’s an interesting style clash for Alves, who favors aggressive Muay Thai assaults in the Octagon.

“Fighting a fighter like Martin Kampmann is a great opportunity,” Alves conceded. “I’m cleaning up my body and I’m ready for battle. It doesn’t even make a difference to me that it’s three rounds as I plan on finishing him early. I’m just enjoying the ride and getting ready to unleash ‘The Pitbull.’”

Alves said he’s keeping his eyes on the prize by practicing a strict diet and training intensely for his bout with Kampmann. A key part of his regimen, he said, is preparing to go the distance in any match.

“When we get ready for a fight we always envision it as a title fight,” Alves said of his training camp. “I’m excited to be back and I’m ready to do this. I’m healthy and I feel the best in my life.”

The icing on the cake, Alves added, is that his contest with Kampmann is UFC on FX 2′s main event. Though he always seeks a good scrap, “The Pitbull” said it’s even better when his matches get top dog status. Should he defeat Kampmann come Saturday, it’s something he’ll be seeing a lot more of.

“It’s a lot more pleasurable and I enjoy it that much more,” Alves said of headlining a fight card. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a lot of fun. Being part of the UFC is such an amazing experience.”

Oddsmakers give GSP 3-1 edge over Carlos Condit

by on February 7, 2012 11:59:12 AM in News   |   No Comments »

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In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on February 5, 2012 4:00:51 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

 

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. (Photo courtesy of UFC.com)

“I am very nervous that Carlos Condit will win on Saturday night, and that I won’t be able to fight Nick Diaz this summer. I feel bad, it is weird that I want him to lose, but I have never wanted to fight anyone as much as I want to fight Diaz. I don’t truly hate him as a person. I don’t know that he is a bad guy, but I hate what he brings to the sport with the disrespect and the unprofessional things he says and does. It is sort of a professional hatred. He has been nothing but disrespectful and arrogant towards me. During UFC 137 (week) I felt like I had to walk around Las Vegas with my fists ready (to punch Diaz) because every time I came across him he wanted to fight there and then. Every time the elevator opened (in the hotel) I needed to be ready to fight in case he stepped in. I was on edge all week. This guy is crazy. I am used to hearing (smack) talk from opponents, Matt Serra did it, Dan Hardy did it, and Josh Koscheck did it, but with Diaz he has taken it to another level. He and his coach (Cesar Gracie) have called me a coward and tried to disrespect my accomplishments. All that has done though is make me determined to beat him up. He will bring out the best in me, I will be 100% focused, like a bomb-expert defusing a time bomb. When my back is against the wall and I have no choice but to win, when I cannot lose to this person under any cost, that is when I am most dangerous.”
- Georges St-Pierre told Fcfighter.com   that he hoped for Nick Diaz to defeat Carlos Condit at UFC.143.

“I feel the same about both of them; I think they’re great fighters. I think one’s a more respectable athlete, one’s a more respectable martial artist, stand-up fighter, I guess, if you will. Carlos versus Georges. I think Georges is a strength athlete that really stands out here. Especially against all the wrestlers he’s been fighting, he’s stronger than all of them. They’re having a strong guy competition and he’s the strongest one. I don’t fight like that and neither does Carlos and I don’t think these guys enjoy fighting that style of fighter.”
- Diaz explained the difference, in his opinion, between Condit and St-Pierre to mmafighting.com

“I’m interested in the outcome of the Diaz vs. Condit fight on Saturday night. Should be a good fight. Hopefully Georges is out for more than 10 months and they can make that Interim titleholder fight twice. Hopefully he never comes back. ACL surgeries can take a lot out of you. They say you truly don’t recover after those. I’ve had friends who have had those and they say they’re not the same so hopefully it equals out the playing field and we can get another crack at Georges.”
- Josh Koscheck talked to mmafighting.com about Condit vs. Diaz, and the return of St-Pierre.

“I started a campaign on Twitter and Facebook. I always ran after my dreams. I always went after everything I wanted. I always set my goals in my mind, and went to achieve them. I set the goal to fight again in the UFC. Because my motivation is to fight the best fighters. And I succeeded through my efforts, my training. My friends and my team helping me. Werdum Combat Team, Kings MMA. Everybody helped me a lot. Seven thousand people tweeted Dana White asking him to bring me back to the UFC. The fans want to see me back in there.”
- Fabricio Werdum admitted on UFC.com that his played a big role in reinstating The Brazilian’s UFC employment.

“Between Jacare, Luke and myself, I think that we could take on seven out of the top 10 guys in the UFC in our respective weight class, but almost all of the media and the fans disagree with us.  I’ve said it my entire career that I just want to fight the best guys. Now I add the caveat that now I want to fight the guys that everyone else thinks are the best fighters.”
- Tim Kennedy expressed to Sports Illustrated the rank of combatants he desires to compete against.

“I train harder when I’m fighting a striker, I really like training Muay Thai, Boxing. I guess I can do a good fight. I’m a good fighter in the end of the fights, I can hold my impulse and do better later, I was born a counter attacker and that’s how I have greater chances to get the knockout. Tito Ortiz came to strike against me, and I got the knockout. Cane tried to stand-up and I got to knock him out. I can do a good fight against striker. It’s not because I don’t know wrestling. Yes, I’m actually a lot better defending the takedowns, after I left Pride I had to adjust because the rules and the cage are different. I guess I can fight anywhere, but I rather stand-up because fans dig the knockouts and I’m a fighter who likes giving the KO to the fans. I’ll go for the knockout until the end, absolutely. I’m moving forward. I’ll try to do a good fight to be in a good spot on this ranking. I’ll go for the knockout and I’ll stay among the top three of the division.”
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira told Tatame his intentions are to finish Alexander Gustafsson and UFC on Fuel 2 in Sweden. 

. “To err is human and it is no shame to admit that you made a mistake and change your opinion. I think it is great for the referees (the new rule) and give us an opportunity the take a better look in what happened and finally make our decision. The athletes work so hard to fight at the UFC that they deserve it. [Silva] showed class and maturity. He could have made it a circus with the interview after the fight, but understood the situation and behaved like a real gentleman. He is a great kid. [Joe Rogan] was doing his job and it was my mistake of staying there in the middle. I should had left before that.”
- Mario Yamasaki explained the mistake he made at UFC 142 to Radio PVT that cost Erick Silva a victory over Carlo Prater, and the sequence of events following the bout involving Joe Rogan.

“Fedor Emelianenko, my favorite of all time…He’s always been the underdog, he’s always the smallest guy and he always comes out victorious. He just stayed around too long in the age of high performance [-enhancing] drugs, bigger athletes. I’ve just never seen an athlete like him, as far as a fighting athlete, that beat the odds so many times. From a guy that just loves him from a human perspective, I don’t want to see him get hurt anymore, you know? He didn’t get hurt, but those guys could have hurt him, the big guy that was hitting him, “Bigfoot” (Antonio Silva). I don’t like to see that. A guy that’s been in there so long and he’s not the same as he used to be and you see him getting beat up, oh man that’s a bad feeling.”
- Mike Tyson was recently a guest on Inside MMA and the former WBC champ talked about his favorite mixed martial artist of all time.

“This Overeem thing is a weird thing. For me to speak on it, I don’t really know enough about it. I guess he went to XS, a club here in Las Vegas, and he had to use the restroom. This is my knowledge of what happened: He went to go use the restroom, security was going to take him, he said he didn’t need security, and sure enough, he goes over there — and this is his side of the story — some lady started yelling and swinging at him and everything else. I don’t think he’s in that much trouble. This isn’t a situation where he beat someone up or did anything crazy. I don’t think that’s the case. I’m planning on Alistair Overeem fighting [Junior dos Santos].”
- Dana White commented during the UFC pre-fight press conference on Alistair Overeem’s legal troubles stemming from an incident in a Las Vegas nightclub.

“Mike Pierce, I knew he was a tough kid coming into the fight, but to be honest, I really didn’t have the urge to fight him because he is down there on the ladder. It was a lose-lose for me you know, but I am down for challenges and I found a way to win. It’s not the prettiest thing but you can’t have knock out every time. To the crowd out there and everybody who hates me, ***k yourselves. I’m sick of being nice you know, I’m sick of it. You know, I go out of my way to be nice to fans, I go out of my way to let them get to know me, but, you want to keep booing? I’ll keep being a dick. You want to come at me, I’ll come at you. Don’t come up to me and get an autograph from me then. Stay away, don’t come up to me. You know, I know I got fans out there, but all these pricks out there at the Mandalay Bay tonight, I’ll walk down the street and they will all be like, “Oh Koscheck!” F*** you! I’m definitely ready to take on the winner of tonight’s fight. I think it will be a different matchup than tonight with Pierce. I think I’ll be able to let my hands go and use a lot of wrestling and just go at it you know. I think the winner is going to fight again, so why not let Josh Koscheck have that fight?”
- Koscheck talked to UFC.com about defeating Mike Pierce and his future tendencies.

“I’m not going to accept the fact that this was a loss. I’ve lost fights before, where, uh, ya know, like, I’m not going to accept that either. That ain’t right. I pushed him back the whole fight. I walked him down. I got the take down. I’m the guy who went out on top. Had I thought I wasn’t ahead, I’d have chinned in and finished that arm lock. Hey Carlos is a great guy, I’m happy for him and his family. I think I’m done with this MMA. It’s been great out here. I’ve had a good career. You guys pay me way too much. But I don’t think I’m going to get enough to keep going in this. It’s been a good time. You know Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Good job Carlos; you’re the man, bro.”
- Diaz commended Condit, and announced his retirement from the sport in a UFC 143 post-fight interview after the UFC 143 main event.

“Nick one hundred percent believes he won the fight. I think once he goes home, relaxes and calms down … Nick Diaz is a fighter, I don’t see Nick Diaz retiring. But, who knows? It’s one of those things, too, this isn’t one of those sports where you want to be half in and half out. ‘I don’t know what I wanna do’ — if that’s the way you feel, you probably should retire.”
- White said at the UFC 143 post-fight press conference that he is not sure what to think about Diaz claiming retirement.

“This is just another step toward my ultimate goal of being among the best mixed martial artists in the world. [Nick Diaz] was talking, I was landing punches, you know? I think I was winning. No matter how much he talked, I was hitting him hard, I was hitting him solid. That’s what I came here to do: I didn’t come here to talk. From the very beginning, I broke that leg down. I chopped his leg, chopped his leg, chopped his leg, so even if he had the cardio, he didn’t have the wheels. I’ve got a lot of work to do, and a lot more improvements to be made. Georges St. Pierre is a true champion, he’s the best in the world. It’s huge.”
- Condit talked about winning the UFC interim welterweight belt on UFC.com.

Georges St-Pierre Undergoes Surgery to Repair Injured Knee

by on December 14, 2011 3:18:14 PM in News   |   No Comments »

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In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on December 11, 2011 4:00:26 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Dana White is really excited about the future. (photo: Hector Castro/MMADieHards.com)

“It wasn’t that I thought this was offensive. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous and offensive. And yeah, I’m sure, offensive to many people. There’s been cases here where things have happened where some people have been offended by things that the fighters have said. You know, we have the Forrest Griffin incident; we’ve got the Rashad Evans incident and now the Miguel Torres incident. Now, the way that I handle these things with guys is, you know, we’re all gonna make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. And, you know, a lot of the way that the public looks at these things is when a guy makes a mistake, you put him up on this pedestal, he makes a mistake and you want to burn him down. They burn him down, they beat him down. And that’s not the way that I operate. We don’t come out at the UFC with these canned statements that are written by our lawyers, we handle everything on a case by case basis, with the idea that people are going to make mistakes. And it’s how you handle yourself after you make that mistake.”
- Dana White spoke to mmafighting.com about cutting Miguel Torres from the UFC for insensitive comments made on Twitter.

“I have a lot to be thankful for in my life, I have my beautiful wife and daughter, my family, my health, my gym, and in terms of my career, I succeeded to the biggest stage in the sport of mixed martial arts, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. I am very sorry for upsetting my bosses at the UFC, and also to my fans and everyone else who was upset by the language in my tweets. I understand it was wrong, and I meant no harm or disrespect. Given the chance, I will do whatever it takes to make things right. I am going to learn from this. I think life throws you opportunities that can make you a better person, and so that’s what I’m going to do here. That is how I am going to react. I am going to use this to improve myself, and I hope that my fans will continue to support me.”
- Torres reacts to UFC release via migueltorresmma.com.

“Just sit and wait and watch what I do. Trust me: it’s going to be just fine. Like I said last time when I talked to you guys about this, I’m getting into this and I’m going to handle it. Watch and see.”
- White promised Strikeforce will continue at the UFC pre-event press conference.

“I don’t believe Anderson’s hurt. I know he says he’s hurt and then he was in training camp with Wanderlei that got caught on tape. He just got done working with Machida that got caught on tape. I really don’t care about Anderson Silva. I truly don’t. How hard is it gonna be to become world champion beating up math teachers? I don’t understand it. Give Anderson Silva my schedule and see how well he does. Yeah, I think he’s ducking me. I think he’s ducking Dan Henderson. I don’t know if he’d be eager to fight Bisping, you’ll have to Dan about that comment but no, I don’t think he’s hurt.”
- Chael Sonnen spoke about Anderson Silva at the UFC on Fox press conference.

“I did roll with him one time and number one, it was really gross because the dude sweats like a ridiculous amount so I was just covered in Brock Lesnar sweat, like just dripping in his own sweat but then he was kinda messing around and I jumped on a guillotine and I wound up eventually tapping him out and then he actually got kinda angry and the next time that we started, he just picked me up above his head WWE-style and like threw me across the room so that was the end of my training with Brock. I got him one time. I jumped on the guillotine because he wasn’t ready for it and I choked him out and then after that I got thrown across the room.”
- Nik Lentz explained his time with Brock Lesnar to MMA Mania.

“I’m very, very thankful for Dana and Lorenzo. I don’t want to sound like a broken record but they’ve given so much to my family and to me as a fighter. I’ve given so much to make this happen. I’ve been with the UFC since day one. I fought with the UFC as an amateur, back in 1997, May 30. UFC 13. And I’ve only competed in the UFC, I’ve never competed anywhere else my whole career. I made my brand by the UFC. Thanks to Lorenzo and Dana for making that happen for me. And it’s just one of those things, man. Me and Dana, we’re two alpha males in the same room and it’s hard to have that happen. We believe in what we believe in and we battle for that and we’re kind of bullheaded. Me and Dana were best friends at a time and I kind of broke their trust, I guess. And so I have to rebuild that relationship and I will. Time cures everything and I just have to show my respect and my loyalty to them as I always have. There was a couple times where I got a little out of hand by people who were around me that were kind of making me believe things I probably shouldn’t be believin’. I should have stuck to my own thoughts but it’s just one of those things. I was a kid who came from the streets and I never really had any family to trust. I grew up with no trust. There was no trust in my family, in my life. I thought that I could trust someone and it was never there. I made a mistake, I’m human and I made a mistake.”
- Tito Ortiz explained how his relationship with the UFC was mended on the Jim Rome show.

“I believe that there is only one person to blame for what happened and it’s myself. I’m the kind of guy where sometimes I endure pain and go through it and that’s what I do all the time. I learned a big lesson in my life and it’s only gonna make me stronger, smarter and more clever. It’s nobody else to blame, it’s myself. It’s a freak accident that happened in training. This injury I have, it’s called a ‘compensation injury’ because I compensate because one of my legs was almost 100 percent healed but I was compensating a little bit more with the other and I think that’s what happened. It’s all about compensation and I learned the hard way.”
- Georges St-Pierre detailed his injury on a conference call to the media that forced him out of UFC 143.

“It’s unfortunate that Rashad got hurt, but you know, it’s happened twice now. He’s had people step in. … All I know is, if I have to, I’ll pull out the age card and just say I should have seniority here. I’m getting older. Rashad’s got a little more time than I do.”
- Dan Henderson spoke to Sherdog about getting a title shot by any means necessary.

“That’s definitely something that’s gotten made up by media, that I can’t take a punch.  I just felt as if it was something to address, just to kind of quiet more critics. …I knew I could take a punch, and I’m glad that I got to prove it.”
- Jon Jones talked about Lyoto Machida’s offense following UFC 140.

Rear Naked Choke Radio: Bruce Hoyer’s amazing travels to the TUF 15 tryouts, Jason Kelly of MMADH talks GSP, UFC 140

by on December 7, 2011 5:45:31 PM in Radio   |   No Comments »

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Rear Naked Choke Radio comes at you live from LA Boxing in Paramus, N.J. as Joe Rizzo (Twitter: @RearNakedChoke) and Matt Leung (@LeungMMADH) get you up to date on the latest and greatest in MMA.

Bruce Hoyer (@NextEdgeAcademy) reveals the harrowing behind-the-scenes details of his trip with three hopefuls for the 15th season of The Ultimate Fighter.  His story is a must-hear for TUF fans and for anyone who has struggled in an effort to fulfill their dreams.  His fighters that competed in the tryouts are Jordan Larson, Kuchlong Kuchlong and David Michaud.

Bruce, a former no gi grappling world champ, is the co-host emeritus of Not A Women’s MMA Show With Shanyna Baszler, and BJJ Connect.

Jason Kelly (@JayKayMMA) of MMADieHards.com breaks down the impact of the severe injury that will keep UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre out of action for at least nine months and takes a look at UFC 140, which takes place Saturday in his backyard in Toronto.

Jason also joins Joe and Matt for the UFC 140 picks against the odds.  He did not pick every Canadian, either.

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UFC 143: Georges St-Pierre out for 10 months, Condit meets Diaz for interim belt

by on December 7, 2011 3:10:49 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre blew out his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee and is forced to pull out of his championship bout against Nick Diaz at UFC 143 on Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas.

UFC president Dana White tweeted today, “GSP blown acl will be out for 10 mos. Now (Carlos) Condit vs Diaz for the interim welterweight title on Feb 4th in Las Vegas!!”

St-Pierre is expected to be out of action for approximately 10 months.  This follows the champ pulling out of his UFC 137 bout against Condit in October when he sprained his medial collateral ligament (MCL).

Josh Koscheck was scheduled to meet Condit at UFC 143, but no replacement has been announced for the American Kickboxing Academy fighter as of yet.

The drama surrounding Diaz vs. St-Pierre has been ongoing since July when the Stockton, California native missed a press conference and Condit was brought in to face the Canadian.  Comments were made from Cesar Gracie, Diaz’s coach, prior to UFC 137 that GSP appeared to be fine after claiming an injured MCL.

Incited St-Pierre drops Condit for Diaz on Super Bowl Saturday title fight

by on October 30, 2011 2:34:11 AM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

GSP-Diaz is back on (MMA.TV photo)

All it took for Nick Diaz to regain his title shot against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre was a win over B.J. Penn and an Octagon callout.

After Diaz scored a unanimous decision victory over Penn on Saturday in the headlining match of UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, he addressed St-Pierre.

“I don’t think Georges is hurt,” Diaz said.  ”I think he’s scared to fight me right now.”

While cameras caught St-Pierre laughing it off, UFC president Dana White revealed that it had quite the opposite effect behind closed doors.  White said St-Pierre was so incensed by the remarks that the champion asked to fight Diaz when his injury is healed, and not Carlos Condit.  White said Condit agreed to step aside.  Condit’s manager, Malki Kawa, said via Twitter that Condit did not just step aside, but instead that St-Pierre chose to fight Diaz.  Kawa also intimated that Condit would be compensated for the switch.

It continues the merry-go-round that surrounded UFC 137, which originally was slated to be St-Pierre against Diaz, who relinquished his Strikeforce welterweight title to move back to the UFC.  When Diaz was nowhere to be found for a pair of press conference well before the event, White pulled him from the card and elevated Condit from a fight with Penn and into the title match.  Diaz turned up later that same day and was demoted to fight Penn, who he beat with an overwhelming rally through the final two rounds of the three-round match.

Now Diaz gets his shot at St-Pierre in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 4, which is unofficially known each year as the Super Bowl card because it takes place the night before the NFL determines its champion.  Condit is slated to be on the card as well, but it will be a long layoff if he does not fight in the mean time.  He has fought once in the last year, beating Dong Hyun Kim in July.

White did not speculate upon potential opponents for Condit, but Josh Koscheck, Anthony Johnson and Jake Ellenberger figure to be among the top group at welterweight.  Koscheck stepped in on 19 days’ notice to beat Matt Hughes last month in his return from an injury after losing to St-Pierre.  Johnson has won five of his last six fights, with the only loss coming to Koscheck.  In his UFC debut, Ellenberger dropped a split decision to Condit and has since run off  five straight wins.

UFC 137 runaround continues: Injury fells St-Pierre, Penn-Diaz new main event

by on October 18, 2011 6:26:07 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Nick Diaz (Esther Lin/Strikeforce)

After all that, Nick Diaz is back in the main event fight at UFC 137.

A knee injury will keep welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre from defending his title on Oct. 29 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White said Tuesday via Twitter.  White said opponent Carlos Condit will remain on the sidelines waiting for the fight and that Diaz will fight B.J. Penn in the main event in a three-round bout.

Originally, this card was supposed to have St-Pierre defend his belt against Diaz, who vacated the Strikeforce championship to get the title matchup in high demand from fans.  Condit originally was slated to face Penn but was elevated by White to the main event when Diaz flaked on a pair of UFC press conferences.   Very shortly thereafter, the previously AWOL Diaz resurfaced and White plugged him in against Penn.

The severity of St-Pierre’s injury, according to White, is yet to be determined, although he said early indications show that the champion could be ready in a couple of months.  The promotion has two December events scheduled, with Jon Jones taking on Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec. 10, and Alistair Overeem meeting Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 on Dec. 30.

The 2012 schedule remains in the works, save for Feb. 26, when the UFC will run concurrent events at Saitama, Japan and Las Vegas.

Back to UFC 137, there should be some shuffling coming in the other bouts, as the pay-per-view now appears to have  just four matches.  In a pair of heavyweight tilts, Cheick Kongo faces Matt Mitrione, and Roy Nelson meets Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.  Hatsu Hioki takes on George Roop in a featherweight match.

The current undercard will be aired on Spike TV, with Dennis Siver taking on Donald Cerrone at lightweight, and Bart Palaszewski meeting Tyson Griffin at featherweight. One of those bouts figures to get promoted.

On the Facebook portion of the undercard are middleweights Brad Tavares and Dustin Jacoby, bantamweights Scott Jorgensen and Jeff Curran, light heavyweights Brandon Vera and Eliot Marshall, lightweights Ramsey Nijem and Danny Downes, and middleweights Chris Camozzi and Francis Carmont.

Georges St-Pierre out of UFC 137, injured

by on October 18, 2011 5:20:41 PM in News   |   No Comments »

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