Barry slams Lesnar doubters after UFC 131 withdrawal

 

Pat Barry has launched an aggressive defence of Brock Lesnar, after a section of MMA fans questioned the sincerity of his reasons for pulling out of a fight with Junior dos Santos.

Lesnar was forced to withdraw from the UFC 131 card on Thursday, after he confirmed he had suffered a recurrence of the diverticulitis infection that threatened his life a year ago. As a result Shane Carwin steps in. Read More

The 54th Impact Takes Shape! Former Champions Return

A big part of the June 24th DEEP 54 Impact card was announced a little while ago.

2010 DEEP Light Heavyweight GP champion Yoshiyuki Nakanishi will return back up to Light Heavyweight after a failed attempt at Middleweight to battle Bernard Ackah for the DEEP Light Heavyweight title.

Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura will be one half in a DEEP Bantamweight title fight. The other half will be decided depending on the results of the DREAM Bantamweight Japan Tournament at the end of this month.

Former DEEP Lightweight champion and SENGOKU veteran Kazunori Yokota returns to DEEP fighting as a Featherweight for the first time when he takes on the hard-hitting Shoji (Maruyama).

Seigo and Georgian Levan Razmadze will face off in the final of the 4-man DEEP Megaton Tournament to decide the next DEEP Megaton title challenger.

Former DEEP Welterweight champion Ryo Chonan returns to take long-time veteran Shigetoshi Iwase.

The legendary Hiromitsu Kanehara will face Hideto Tatsumi, LUIZ and Yasuhiro Kawasaki will clash, and Hirohide Fujinuma will fight Kentaro Onishi. Read More

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Roy Nelson wants a title shot

Fighting Frank Mir is somewhat of a concession for Roy Nelson.

But it's probably the best concession he would have gotten considering that Brock Lesnar was numero uno on his list, and he can earn a living without worrying about a court injunction.

Oh, and the winner of fight will get a title shot, or so Nelson believes. If Mir is the best route to the belt, it's not too bad of an alternative. Read More

UFC 134 official with Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami

It's official. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will look to successfully defend his title for the ninth time when he faces the last man to beat him, number one contender Yushin Okami, at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 27th. Read More

Drunk driver puts del Rosario’s fighting future in jeopardy

Up-and-coming heavyweight Shane del Rosario was on track to fight Daniel Cormier on the same Strikeforce card as the Alistair Overeem/Fabricio Werdum bout in June. That was until his car was hit by a drunk driver early Thursday evening. Now, his bout with Cormier is off, and his fighting future is up in the air.

"He's having some serious physical difficulties," Oyama (del Rosario's trainier) told MMAjunkie.com. "He's planning on [fighting again], but the injuries are serious enough to where it's kind of in question whether he can or not. We're hoping that he can. We'll know more in six months."

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Takeshi Inoue vs. Koichiro Matsumoto Added to Dream

A new featherweight bout has been added to the upcoming Dream ‘Fight for Japan’ show in May as Takeshi Inoue will face current DEEP FW champ Koichiro Matsumoto. For more plus videos Continue Reading