FightMetric announced today that it became the official statistic and analysis provider for the UFC. The Washington D.C. company will provide live fight statistics for UFC events. Compustrike provides live statistics for Strikeforce and HD Net Fights. According to FightMetric’s news release: “We are very proud to be the official statistics provider of the UFC, […]
Questions, Debt Remain from Shine Fights’ “Worlds Collide” event
As Shine Fights prepares for its first event since its cancelled show on May 15th, there remain unanswered questions, unfinished business and owed money from the failed “Worlds Collide” event in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Officially, Shine Fights’ May 15th event would have featured a boxer versus MMA fighter as Ricardo Mayorga was set to fight […]
UFC 124: GSP v. Koscheck to take place in Montreal
MMA Junkie reports a venue change for UFC 124 as Georges St. Pierre will have a chance to fight in his hometown of Montreal against Josh Koscheck. Original reports had UFC 124 taking place in Las Vegas. Via MMA Junkie: As it turns out, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will rematch first-time contender Josh Koscheck […]
Arianny Celeste in November issue of Playboy
Dana White confirmed speculation that UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste will be appearing in Playboy. In an interview with MMA Fighting on Wednesday, White was asked about about a picture Celeste put on her twitter page which appeared to be a picture of the Playboy offices. White acknowledged that Celeste would appear in the November […]
Dana White talks Shane Carwin
MMA Fighting had the opportunity to speak with Dana White after Wednesday’s pre-fight press conference for UFC 118. White was asked about the Shane Carwin story. White on Shane Carwin: I don’t know enough about it to go into it in depth…But, I know he came up on like a BALCO-type list. On a list of […]