Thursday, June 9, 2011

All Main Events to be 5 RND (Non-title) Fights & UFC Adds Flyweight Division!

"We're going to add the 125-pound weight division very soon," UFC president Dana White told reporters Thursday. "Like really soon."

He did not specify exactly when but said it would be before the end of the year.

All UFC Non-Title Main Events Will Be Five Round Fights Going Forward


UFC president Dana White made the official announcement on Thursday that any fight signed from this day forward as a main event would be a five-round fight, regardless of whether or not it’s for a title. Read more on both topics here

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

UFC's Kenny Florian Works with Cosmo Alexandre for 131



CosmoThis weekend former UFC Lightweight contender Kenny Florian will officially make the move to Featherweight. Florian’s move to Featherweight is the first of its kind since WEC’s Featherweight division was folded into the UFC, Jose Aldo being crowned as the first UFC Featherweight Champion. For fans, Florian almost immediately becomes a top contender for the Featherweight title, with Diego Nunes his first opponent. Continue reading here

Seo Hee Ham & V.V Mei Clash, Roxy vs Hitomi will finally happen!



Three fights were announced for the July 9th “Jewels 15th Ring” event today.

Our favorite Korean female fighter Seo Hee Ham will fight V.V Mei. Both of them have done good lately so this is definitely a top fight.

Hitomi Akano and Roxanne Modafferi were supposed to fight at the Sengoku Soul of Fight event on December 30th of 2010. However, the ring doctor entered the ring before the start of the fight and called it off since Modafferi had suffered some illness. Well, the fight will happen as it is signed and set for July 9th.

HIROKO will also fight at the event.

Legend FC 5! Wolverine’s Title Shot


Legend FC have announced several fights for their upcoming event on July 16th in Macau and as usual it looks great with a fun mix of nationalities and fighting styles.

Legend Welterweight champion Rod MacSwain will have his first title defense against Korean Myung Ho Bae. The two were supposed to have faced each other for the title at Legend FC 4 but Bae pulled out due to an injury and MacSwain defeated the replacing Hoon Kim to capture the title. I have always talked highly of Bae and think he has the potential to fight at a high level. I expect him to win this one.

Another Korean who I have written about for a while is 20 year old Nam Jin Jo. He will face Chinese Honggang Yao in the Legend Bantamweight tournament final. The winner of the fight will be crowned the first Legend Bantamweight champion. Yao defeated Michael Mortimer in the semifinal of the tournament, not a bad win for your first fight. Very interesting fight. Click here for more on LFC 5

HEAT 18 SPOILERS


MMA/Kick cage promotion HEAT held their 18th event yesterday in Osaka and the event featured a few very solid/interesting fights. Continue reading for results

Carano fails to receive medical clearance

Gina Carano's (7-1 MMA, 1-1 SF) return to action will have to wait.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker today announced that Carano's "medical clearance was revoked," leaving her ineligible to compete in a previously announced June 18 contest with Sarah D'Alelio (4-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) at "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum."

With the contest scrapped, a lightweight bout between K.J. Noons and Jorge Masvidal has been promoted to the evening's Showtime-broadcast main card. Read More