A monster challenge faced Frank Mir in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title fight Saturday. Mir was a big underdog to Brock Lesnar, and the betting line turned out to be right.
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This really does make perfect sense, that the new, big (really big) thing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship is our very own version of Ivan Drago.
Brock Lesnar solidified himself as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight champion Saturday night.
Do you remember the part about a land which should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, about a place with opportunity for all according to ability and accomplishment?
When it comes to hyping tonight’s Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title fight, Brock Lesnar just wants to let his fists do the talking. He’s not interested in speaking to the media or the fans.
One by one, Georges St. Pierre has knocked off each goal he has set for himself in his mixed martial arts career.
If Frank Mir has proven one thing, it’s the bigger man is not always better in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. But now Mir has to prove it a second time.
On Saturday night, Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar face each other in a rematch UFC fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. But it was just a month ago when Mir’s wife gave birth to a son — and one day later, Lesnar’s wife gave birth to their son.
The dream of many young athletes is to get so successful at their chosen sport that they don’t have to work a real job when they grow up.
There is the profound way of looking at it: The Ultimate Fighting Championship holds its 100th show Saturday night and perhaps the most symbolic matchup of such a historic moment will not be either of two title bouts, but rather when veteran Dan Henderson stares across at a younger and promising Michael Bisping.
Fans of mixed martial arts can get their fill during the Ultimate Fighting Championship Fan Expo at Mandalay Bay on Friday and Saturday.
Brock Lesnar thinks he has come a long way as a fighter since suffering the only defeat of his brief professional mixed martial arts career to Frank Mir in February 2008. … He will have his chance to prove it Saturday night when the two meet for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 100 at Mandalay Bay.
A few weeks ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator Joe Rogan was doing standup comedy in San Jose, Calif., when two groups of acquaintances showed up and hung out together: friends who never fight; and a group of guys from the American Kickboxing Academy, including Jon Fitch and Mike Swick — “two of the toughest guys in the world.”
Brandon Beals looks like every other Ultimate Fighting Championship fan walking around Mandalay Bay three days before the mixed martial arts outfit’s historic Saturday night card.
One wears a coat and tie, and the other swears he’ll never be a suit. At first glance, there might appear to be few similarities between Roger Goodell and Dana White.
