MMA Rumours
Joe Silva: We Never Even Offered Mousasi a Deal
From the Rumour Buster department:
This is a second hand quote thanks to CindyO from the UG. Cindy, who is in the know for most things UFC, spoke to Joe Silva and quoted him on the forum as follows:
“I just touched base with Joe Silva and he explained this is basically what happened regarding Mousasi:”
“Mousasi called [...]
Hansen v/s Aoki For The Lightweight Title At DREAM 11
He’s back! Joachim Hansen will finally defend his DREAm lightweight championship against Shinya Aoki at DREAM 11. Hansen suffered an injury before his fight on New Years Eve last year, and this will be his first fight in over a year. Another rumour for DREAM 11 is the featured matchup between Paolo Filho and Jason [...]
STRIKEFORCE/ DREAM to Enter Partnership; Exchange Fighters.
STRIKEFORCE and the japanese based DREAM promotions have agreed to enter a partnership that will facilitate the exchange of fighters between the two organizations. The official statement is expected to be released today.
“We’ve talked about [the partnership] for a long time,” Coker said on the Carmichael Dave Show. “It’s finally going to happen now so [...]
James Irvin out of Gouveia fight at UFC 102
James “The Sandman” Irvin has had to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Wilson Gouveia at UFC 102 due to a “massive” knee injury. The injury is the second time in a row that Irvin has had to withdraw from a fight following his loss to Middleweight champ Anderson Silva. Irvin was suspended after the [...]
Fedor Signs with STRIKEFORCE! Official News!!
Fedor Emelianenko has officially signed with STRIKEFORCE! The blockbuster announcement has been released via M1Global and Fedor’s management. The entire announcement is available below:
World’s No. 1 MMA Heavyweight To Fight In STRIKEFORCE / M-1 Global Co-Promoted Events
First Fight To Air This Fall, Live on SHOWTIME®
NEW YORK (August 3, 2009)–After a week of intense negotiations and [...]
Affliction Fighters: Where They Are Now!
Former Affliction fighters and where they are going to be now -
UFC
Vitor Belfort
Paul Daley
Chase Gormley
Ben Rothwell
Dan Lauzon
Oliviera
WEC
Javier Vasquez
LC Davis
Mark Hominick
STRIKEFORCE
Gegard Mousasi
Jay Hieron
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Dana White Conference Call: Tito, Vitor Signed; Fedor Not
Dana White talks about the Fedor deal not going through so far, the Affliction fighters UFC has now signed, the new UFC 103 main event – Vitor Belfort v/s Rich Franklin and of course, the re-signing of Tito Ortiz.
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UFC Absorbs 20 Affliction Contracts; Rothwell – Gormley at UFC 104
The UFC has taken control of close to twenty Affliction fighter contracts and the rumour is that this includes some really big names. The first of the new UFC fighters to fight will be Big Ben Rothwell who will take on Chase Gormley as scheduled for Affliction: Trilogy. The fight will take place on the [...]
Hieron headed to STRIKEFORCE; Possibly Facing Diaz
The pieces are falling ladies and gentlemen! Jay Hieron follows in the footsteps of fellow Affliction victim Gegard Mousasi and has signed with STRIKEFORCE. This strengthens Strikeforce’s welterweight division a little more since having an absolute stud like “The Thoroughbred” is a real nice addition to a weak division depth wise.
Hieron who is coming off [...]
Babalu versus Mousasi for Strikeforce LHW Belt on August 15th
It had to happen and it did. Gegard Mousasi now has the chance to announce his arrival on the US scene in grander style when he takes on veteran Renato Sobral for his Strikeforce Light heavyweight title on August 15th. The fight will be telecast during the SHOWTIME portion of the Carano vs Cyborg card.
“STRIKEFORCE [...]