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Velasquez Devastated By Knee Injury
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who was supposed to fight Fabricio Werdum on this Saturday’s UFC 180 card, was forced out of the bout with a ruptured MCL and torn meniscus. With Velasquez’ absence, Mark Hunt stepped up to fight Werdum for the interim heavyweight championship on short notice. Velasquez joined Ariel Helwani on The […]
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Paulo Filho To Undergo Second Surgery After Being Shot
Paulo Filho was shot in Brazil last week, and was forced to undergo surgery on October 29th, five days after the incident occurred. Filho spoke to MMAFighting to discuss the details about the incident that saw him get shot in the leg, and the surgery he will be undergoing on Thursday. “They will insert a […]
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Cris Cyborg Injures Ankle, Out Of Bantamweight Debut At Invicta 10
Cris Cyborg has been training for her highly anticipated bantamweight debut at Invicta 10 in December, however after a serious ankle injury in training, Cyborg will likely have to undergo surgery, further postponing her bantamweight debut. Stepping in for Cyborg in the main event against bantamweight champion Michelle Waterson will be Herica Tiburcio. Cyborg’s injury […]
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Dana White: Ben Rothwell Knocked Alistair Overeem Out with a Broken Arm
Ben Rothwell shocked the world when he defeated Alistair Overeem at “UFC Fight Night 50” despite being a four-to-one underdog. According to UFC President Dana White, Rothwell may have knocked Overeem out with a broken arm! It was announced as soon as the post-fight press conference started that Ben Rothwell was on his way to […]
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Ronda Rousey Rehabbing Injured Knee
UFC women’s bantamweight champion had to undergo some maintenance on her knee after her dominant 16-second win over Alexis Davis at UFC 175 last month. This weekend Layziethesavage brought fans an inside look at the champ’s recovery process via his Instagram. Check it out: @RondaRousey’s #roadtorecovery as she works through physical therapy with @sports_rehab_doc
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Ronda Rousey: Injuries Were Preexisting, Knee Surgery for Maintenance
Ronda Rousey may have defeated challenger Alexis Davis in less than twenty seconds, but she will still have to sit on the sidelines for some nagging injuries she suffered in the past. During the fight, Ronda Rousey landed an overhand right that tore open an existing cut on her knuckle. She went into the details […]
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Erick Silva Receives Clear Bill of Health after Brutal Beating from Matt Brown
Erick Silva was carried out of the octagon on a gurney and there was some concern from Dana White that he had suffered a concussion along with a broken jaw. Luckily, that is not the case. Dana White released a tweet earlier this morning that Erick Silva received a clear bill of health and he […]
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Eddie Alvarez Suffers Concussion, Out of Bellator PPV Main-Event
Are Bellator pay-per-views cursed? It is going to be a bit longer until we get to see the rubber match between Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez has been forced to pull out of the championship bout after suffering a concussion two weeks ago. Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is clearly upset about […]
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Dana White on #1 Contender Cat Zingano: She’s Out For a While…
Sara Kaufman expressed interest in fighting #1 ranked Cat Zingano after her decision victory against Leslie Smith. Cat Zingano has been sitting on the sidelines for quite some time now after a tragic year. Zingano was forced out of her coaching role on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ last year after she suffered a knee injury. Miesha […]
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‘TUF 18’ winner Julianna Pena Suffers Severe Injury, Pulled from UFC 171 Bout
Julianna Pena has been forced out of her bout against Jessica Andrade after suffering a knee injury. Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie is reporting that the injury was a ‘very severe knee injury’. Julianna Pena suffered the injury close to two days ago and she is on her way to Los Angeles, California to undergo surgery. […]
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Dominick Cruz Injured and Stripped of Title, Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao Official for UFC 169
Details have emerged that Dominick Cruz suffered a groin injury and has been forced out of the UFC 169 main event. As a result of suffering another injury and having to sit on the sidelines for an undisclosed amount of time, the Ultimate Fighting Championship officials have stripped him of his title. He was originally […]
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Akira Corassani’s Nose Broken In Five Places Due to Illegal Knee
Akira Corassani and Maximo Blanco wrapped up last night’s preliminary bouts in controversial fashion. We saw action from the get-go as Blanco quickly took to the middle of the octagon and backed his opponent up against the fence. Blanco took Corassani down and started unloading heavy blows, trying to end the fight quick. Corassani was […]
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Fight Night 32 Loser, Rony Jason Transported to Hospital After Punching Hole Through Wall
Rony Jason and Jeremy Stephens opened up the main-card on Fox Sports 1 with a fight that ended in a highlight-reel knockout. Unfortunatly for Jason, he was the one getting knocked out. To make things worse, it was in front of his hometown crowd. Rumors were flying around during the event that Rony Jason had […]
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World Series of Fighting 4 Injuries and Medical Suspensions
The California State Athletic Commission has released the list of fighters who will be suffering medical suspensions after competing on WSOF 4 “Spong vs. DeAnda”. The card took place this past Saturday on August 10th and saw several fighters take a decent beating. As a result of all the punishment, six fighters have been suspended […]
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PHOTO: Gustafsson Releases Image of Damaged Eye
Alexander Gustafsson has released images of his damaged eye that will prevent him from competing in this weekend’s main event against Gegard Mousasi at UFC on FUEL TV 9. The cut reportedly required three-stitches.
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Following Second Cancellation Team Larkin Says It’s Obvious Rockhold Doesn’t Want The Fight | MMA NEWS
“If you receive a bout agreement and can’t fight you should say something right away. He’s putting a lot of pressure on matchmakers because they’re trying to put on this final card. What are you doing to Zuffa when you’re pulling out and they’re spending weeks on promoting the fight? Now they have to find […]
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Siyar Bahadurzada Injured, Matt Riddle In vs. Chris Clements at UFC 149 | UFC NEWS
By Jonathan Kirschner The injury bug has struck again. Michael Bisping, Thiago Alves, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Thiago Silva, Jose Aldo and George Roop were all expected to fight at the UFC 149 card in Calgary, Alberta but were all forced off the card due to injuries. Now, you can add Siyar Bahadurzada to that list. UFC […]
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Vitor Belfort Suffers Broken Hand, Pulled From UFC 147 | UFC NEWS
By Jonathan Kirschner UFC President Dana White confirmed at the UFC 146 post fight press conference that Vitor Belfort has suffered a broken hand and is out of the UFC 147 main event. Originally scheduled to fight Wanderlei Silva, it is unknown exactly how Belfort broke his hand and there is no timetable for a […]