Rumours
Ricardo Arona to the UFC?
While speaking to tatame.com.br, Ricardo Arona said that he is really close to a deal with the UFC to return sometime near the end of the year.
Arona, who was considered near the top of the light heavyweight division in PRIDE, has been out in the wild ever since the promotion shut shop. Arona, who holds [...]
Nate Diaz to move to Welterweight?
Nate Diaz, following his loss to Gray Maynard on UFN 20 had this to say via graciefighter.com:
I fought like garbage and I’m sorry to my fans for my performance. I was hesitant about throwing hard punches because I kept thinking he was going to go for a takedown. It looked like I was knocked down [...]
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 [...]
Vitor Belfort to the UFC!
The rumours are strong and the rumours are good! The latest rumour coming out of the demise of Affliction is that Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort is finally making his return to the UFC.
Belfort was scheduled to fight Jorge Santiago on Affliction’s now defunct MMA event on August 1st. With Dana White’s previous comments about wanting [...]
Strikeforce in Talks with Fedor for Long Term Deal
Strikeforce is now in talks with Fedor’s management at M-1 Global for a long term contract with the Last Emperor. This news comes amidst talks of Dana White’s comments about ground breaking news to be announced on 31st July and all the rumours circulating around it.
Well, I guess its wait and watch again as far [...]
Rumour: Werdum to replace Barnett at Trilogy?
The Rumour Mill is working overtime! The latest rumour to hit the MMA scene is that Strikeforce Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum is all set to replace Josh Barnett at Affliction: Trilogy against Fedor.
Werdum, who is thought of by some as the best heavyweight Jiu Jitsu fighter outside of Minotauro Noguiera, is a dangerous fighter who has [...]
Anderson Silva To Retire Next Year?
Sensei SporTV, a show on the Brazilian cable channel SporTV interviewed UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva recently. The feature will air on September 27th, but the editors released an incredible excerpt from the interview.
“I’ll retire next year, I already gave my all and don’t need to prove anything to anyone. Within a year, I will [...]
Bisping/ Hendo: TUF 9 coaches?
As soon as Mike Goldberg mentioned during the Ultimate Fight Night broadcast that season 9 of the Ultimate Fighter reality series will be a Team USA vs Team UK, speculation was on as to who the coaches would be.
One of the clearer choices is of course, Michael Bisping for the coach of Team [...]
Diaz – Alvarez for EliteXC Lightweight Title?
From fiveouncesofpain.com
Nick Diaz and Eddie Alvarez might be the two fighters chosen to fight for the now vacant EliteXC Lightweight title come November 8th. The title that is vacant after EliteXC stripped their champion KJ Noons for not defending the title against Nick Diaz, is now up for grabs and the fighters chosen to [...]
UFC To Return To Japan?
Old school fans might remember the picture above as Ultimate Japan. But what is it doing on a website after so many years?
The rumour of the day is that UFC is planning to restart its operations in Japan!! The date is not yet decided but possibilities of it being as soon as next year around [...]