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A Day In The Life Of Ed Soares (Video)
Ed Soares, longtime manager of Anderson Silva is now the head promoter for RFA, and leading up to RFA 15 where the promotion crowned its first middleweight champion. Check out the behind the scenes video below.
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Soares Talks About Fighter Collapsing During RFA 14
By Evan Stoumbelis Ed Soares, president of Resurrection Fighting Alliance spoke to Bloodyelbow.com’s John Nash on an incident that occurred this past weekend in which a fighter collapsed unconscious off his stool in his corner and was allowed to continue fighting in the upcoming round. Soares had the following to say about the incident: I […]
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Ed Soares Says ‘Super Fights’ are Still in Anderson Silva’s Future
After former middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s (33-5) first UFC loss to Chris Weidman (10-0) put a momentary halt to superfights featuring Silva, some speculated that these talks would only resume if Silva were to defeat Weidman in a rematch, which has been scheduled for UFC 168, the last show of the year. Pending the rematch, […]
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Manager: Anderson Silva Plans On Finishing 10 Fight Contract
“Anderson Silva will fight out the nine fights on his contract. But his next fight will be against Chris Weidman.” Anderson Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, recently sat down with AXS TV’s Inside MMA and told the panel there that his client plans on finishing out his 10-fight UFC deal. At 38-years old can he do […]
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Ed Soares: Prepared & focused Silva is unbeatable
Long-time UFC middleweight champion, Anderson “The Spider” Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC), has gone a perfect 16-0 thus far in his UFC career and has looked almost unbeatable while fighting inside the octagon. The 38 year-old, Silva, is currently preparing to face one of his biggest challenges to date in #1 contender Chris Weidman (9-0 […]
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Ed Soares: Chris Weidman Is Driving Me Crazy Over Title Shot Against Anderson | UFC NEWS
“Chris Weidman, I saw him in Chicago last Saturday and he was driving me crazy! He kept asking me, ‘Hey, let’s make that fight happen!’ He’s very confident and he’s a good fighter and we’ll see what happens. At the end of the day, we don’t pick our opponents. A lot of times people want […]
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Ed Soares: Silva vs. Weidman Should Take Place In Brazil | UFC NEWS
“Anderson has never refused a fight. If you ask him to face the devil, he will take it. Why did he refuse Weidman? He simply thinks he is still not someone to fight for the belt. “I have nothing against Chris; I think he’s a great person. But if you ask people, no one knows […]
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VIDEO | Ed Soares “Anderson closer to St-Pierre in size; 178 a fair catch-weight” | UFC NEWS
Ed Soares, manager of Anderson Silva, tells Fight Hub TV that a fight against GSP makes more sense than a fight against Jon Jones due to the size difference between all three champions.
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Silva Manager Ed Soares Seeks GSP Super Fight At 178 Pounds | UFC NEWS
“Maybe a catchweight would be the right thing. I think a catchweight is fair. 178 [would be a fair catchweight]. Anderson told me he can make 170, whether he can or not I don’t know, that’s a lot of weight. ” “Jon Jones is a tough fight, but Georges St. Pierre is a tough fight […]
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Machida Wanted More Time To Prep For Jones, Blackhouse MMA Releases Statement | UFC NEWS
After the UFC 151 fallout, UFC president Dana White announced that Lyoto Machida would replace Dan Henderson against Jones and the two light-heavyweight fighters would headline the upcoming UFC 152 fight card. Once Machida had time to process the title shot offer with his advisors he turned it down. His manager Ed Soares explains the […]