Tag: WEC

  • Chad George Campaigning For UFC Shot

    Chad George Campaigning For UFC Shot

    Chad George, Los Angeles MMA star, and the focus of the documentary Occupation: Fighter, has been incredibly busy lately. From the launch of his new gym, California Mixed Martial Arts, to campaigning for a shot in the UFC on Twitter, ‘Savage’ has been a busy man. Upon launching his new gym, Chad brought on longtime […]

  • Paulo Filho Denies Having Seizure

    Paulo Filho Denies Having Seizure

    Last month, Paulo Filho was pulled at the last minute from his bout at Fatality Arena 7 after reportedly having a seizure. Now Filho is speaking out about the incident, insisting that he didn’t have a seizure, but instead decided to respect himself by not fighting due to emotional issues. Filho, who has had a […]

  • Miguel Torres Set To Fight On Legacy FC’s Debut Kickboxing Event

    Miguel Torres Set To Fight On Legacy FC’s Debut Kickboxing Event

    Legacy FC’s innaugural kickboxing event on January 16th is shaping up, and has picked up another former UFC fighter. Miguel Torres, former WEC champion has signed on to compete at the event against 6-3 Angel Huerta. Torres was originally scheduled to compete for GLORY WS in May, but pulled out of the bout. MMAJunkie confirmed […]

  • Paulo Filho Hospitalized After Having Pre-Fight Seizure

    Paulo Filho Hospitalized After Having Pre-Fight Seizure

    The once dominant PRIDE FC fighter Paulo Filho has been hospitalized in Brazil after suffering a seizure before he was slated to fight Amilcar Alvez at Fatality Arena 7 last night. MMAFighting’s Guilherme Cruz broke the story. Filho started his career going 16-0, even winning the WEC championship. Filho picked up wins over elite level […]

  • Urijah Faber understands why he is on the UFC 175 prelims

    Urijah Faber understands why he is on the UFC 175 prelims

    Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber says he understands the UFC’s choice to showcase him on the prelims for this weekends UFC 175 event in Las Vegas. “You know, for me it actually makes a little more sense,” Faber told Submission Radio. “It’s the main event on the free card, the Fox Sports 1 card, so […]

  • STATIC Episode 4: Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber

    STATIC Episode 4: Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber

    Several weeks ago it was announced that Jay-Z and Anderson Silva were bringing you a web series called Static that took an in depth look at the biggest rivalries in MMA. First was Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva, next was Jason Miller vs. Nick Diaz, then was Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey, and now is […]

  • Dan Henderson Has 2nd Most Wins In UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC History with 23 Victories

    Dan Henderson Has 2nd Most Wins In UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC History with 23 Victories

    Dan Henderson and Shogun Rua put on another ‘Fight of the Night’ performance on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 38. Rua was doing a fantastic job at avoiding Henderson’s power and even knocked him down twice, but it was Henderson and his ‘H-Bomb’ that would pick up the win when it was all said and […]

  • Scott Jorgensen drops to flyweight, faces Ian McCall at UFC on FOX 9

    Former UFC/WEC bantamweight title challenger, Scott “Young Guns” Jorgensen (14-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC), has decided to make the drop to Flyweight and will be welcomed to the division by Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall (12-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) this December at the UFC on FOX 9 event in Sacramento, California. UFC officials announced the match-up on […]

  • Carlos Condit Admits to Buying Into His Own Hype Prior to First Bout with Kampmann

    Carlos Condit Admits to Buying Into His Own Hype Prior to First Bout with Kampmann

    Carlos Condit came in to the UFC hot off of his WEC welterweight title reign that spanned three title defenses. Upon his arrival in to the UFC, Condit was matched with a tenacious UFC veteran who promised not to be a stepping stone for Condit to make his way to the title. That man was […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | Chad George talks return to MMA

    EXCLUSIVE | Chad George talks return to MMA

    By Evan Stoumbelis – @MMAEvan WEC veteran Chad George made a big announcement on BJPENN.com radio on Wednesday regarding his return to MMA after having a disk in his back replaced. After his announcement I was fortunate enough to interview Chad 1 on 1. Special thanks to Jason House (@JayFSE) for setting this up. As […]

  • George Roop vs. Francisco Rivera set for UFC 166 in Houston

    Over the weekend, UFC officials announced that a bantamweight bout between George Roop (14-9-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC) and Francisco Rivera (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is the latest addition to an already stacked UFC 166 card. George Roop will be looking to continue his momentum and make it three wins in a row when he faces Rivera this October. […]

  • “THE” Brian Stann: An Editorial on A Fighter, A Father, A Hero

    In January of 2006, less than a year after Operation Matador pitted 42 marines in a 360-degree firefight, a 25-year old Marine Captain stepped in to his first professional MMA match. Three-minutes and fourteen-seconds, later, that Marine had his first MMA victory. The next five fights held the same result. 6-0 in his first six, […]

  • Josh Thomson: Give me Anthony Pettis, then a title shot

    Josh Thomson: Give me Anthony Pettis, then a title shot

    UFC lightweight contender Josh Thomson (20-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is coming off a huge TKO win over former #1 contender Nate Diaz back at UFC on FOX 7 in April. Now, the former Strikeforce lightweight champion has his eyes set on one man and one goal as he told mmajunkie.com in a recent interview: “I’m […]

  • Cub Swanson: I’m the biggest threat to Aldo

    Cub Swanson: I’m the biggest threat to Aldo

    Cub Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is set to square off with Dennis Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) live this Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A victory over Siver at UFC 162 would make it 5 straight wins for Swanson and would  inch him closer to a possible rematch with current […]

  • Kid Yamamoto vs. Ivan Menjivar slated for UFC 165 in Toronto

    Late last night, Montreal’s Nancy Audet reported that a bantamweight bout between Ivan Menjivar (25-10 MMA, 4-3 UFC) and Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (18-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) is being targeted for September’s UFC 165 event. UFC officials have yet to confirm the booking. The Tristar Gym product, Menjivar, will be looking to bounce back in to […]

  • Anthony Pettis details UFC 163 fight-canceling injury, says Ben Henderson ‘all against rematch’

    Anthony Pettis details UFC 163 fight-canceling injury, says Ben Henderson ‘all against rematch’

    UFC lightweight and featherweight contender Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), has not had the best luck when it comes to UFC title shots. When “Showtime” first entered the promotion, he did so as the final lightweight champion in World Extreme Cagefighting history, a title Anthony earned by defeating current UFC lightweight champion Benson […]

  • Dana White not giving Pettis UFC 164 slot

    Dana White not giving Pettis UFC 164 slot

    Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), recently dropped from the UFC’s lightweight ranks to the featherweight division for a shot at 145-pound champion Jose Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC). Unfortunately for “Showtime” fans, Pettis suffered a knee injury in training and was forced to withdraw from the UFC 163 event. This past week, Pettis […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | Korean Zombie talks upcoming UFC 162 bout, Pettis vs Aldo and much more

    EXCLUSIVE | Korean Zombie talks upcoming UFC 162 bout, Pettis vs Aldo and much more

    Dubbed the ‘Korean Zombie’, Chan Sung Jung (13-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is one of the fastest rising stars in the UFC. His popularity can be attributed to his fight style, which involves Chan constantly moving forward and always looking to finish the fight. Jung has won “fight of the year” and “submission of the year” […]

  • Chael Sonnen’s UFC Legacy

    By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan) Sonnen has been called “The most legendary talker in UFC history” with a quick tongue and the ability to hype a fight that hasn’t been seen since the likes of Muhammad Ali, lets face it, Chael Sonnen is the best promoter in the world. When you hear the name Chael Sonnen […]

  • EXCLUSIVE (Part 3) | Anthony Pettis Dives Deep On The Passing Of His Father, Being A Father & More | UFC NEWS

      To read part one of our interview with Anthony Pettis click here: To read part two of our interview with Anthony Pettis click here: MMA fans got to know a completely different side of Anthony Pettis and fighters in general when he appeared on the MTV series, “World of Jenks,” back in 2010. Camera […]