Fedor Emelianenko and his manager shunned what was probably a much more lucrative deal from the Ultimate Fighting Championship to sign with Strikeforce. Perhaps the best heavyweight mixed martial artist in the world, Emelianenko will debut with the upstart organization in the fall.
The Last Emperor.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship hosted a conference call Friday morning to announce several items of note, including the signing of a major free-agent mixed martial artist.
Hours after Affliction canceled its Aug. 1 card in Anaheim, Calif., because it was unable to find a suitable replacement for heavyweight Josh Barnett, the mixed martial arts organization on Friday stepped out of the fight promotion business.
Josh Barnett’s loss could be Vitor Belfort’s gain.
Dan Henderson’s victory over Rich Franklin in January was anything but decisive.
Randy Couture was just as stunned by Brock Lesnar’s actions Saturday night as most people watching UFC 100 on television.
Frank Mir says Brock Lesnar embarrassed his sport — and embarrassed Mir’s children — by going on a tirade of spit and trash-talking after beating Mir at Saturday’s UFC 100.
Brock Lesnar was every bit the company man late Saturday when he arrived at the UFC 100 news conference about an hour after his main-event victory over Frank Mir. … The change in behavior apparently was the result of a lecture delivered by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White in the bathroom of Lesnar’s locker room.
A Michael Jackson benefit concert is being held Aug. 29 at the Palms, on what would have been Jackson’s 51st birthday.
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.
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?
