By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer With plans to close up the Strikeforce heavyweight division this year and combine the Strikeforce roster with the UFC's, Scott Coker took a look at future plans for the promotion and their relationship with Showtime in an interview with 5thround.com this week: “The heavyweight …
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UFC 147 Location Officially Announced
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer The UFC has announced that UFC 147 will take place at “Mineirinho” (Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The venue can accommodate approximately 25,000 fans. UFC Managing Director of International Development Marshall Zelaznik had the following to say about the …
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By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer WIth the list of big name challengers for Jose Aldo to face in the UFC's featherweight division, it should come as no surprise that he opened up as a huge favorite at some sports books this week for his July title defense against Erik …
Read More »Dustin Poirier Open To Title Talks With Win Over Chan-Sung Jung
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Dustin Poirier is rising up the UFC featherweight ranks and could see himself in title contention with a win next week over Chan-Sung Jung when the two meet at UFC on FUEL TV 3 Tuesday night and spoke about taking advantage of situations this …
Read More »Nick Diaz No-Shows His iPPV BJJ Match With Braulio Estima
By MATT BOONE MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer It happened again. Nick Diaz no-showed his internet pay-per-view main event BJJ match against Braulio Estima at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo tonight in California. There had been rumors throughout the evening that Diaz was not in the building, however it wasn't until just before …
Read More »Dan Henderson Talks Jon Jones Title Fight At UFC 151
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Dan Henderson will face Jon Jones in what could be his last chance to secure gold before his career winds down for one last time and spoke about his thoughts on the fight and also gave his opinion on Jon Jones performance against Rashad …
Read More »Chael Sonnen Being Trained By Stone Cold Steve Austin
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Chael Sonnen returned to TSN's Off The Record this week and spoke to host Michael Landsberg about his training relationship with former pro-wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin: “Part of my arrangement with Mr. Austin is that I don't get too into it. So you're …
Read More »Frank Mir Discusses Game Plan For Junior dos Santos
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Frank Mir steps into the Octagon with UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos later this month and discussed the fight and how he sees things playing out while speaking to The OC Register this week. “I
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