MMA Junkie reports that Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night in Austin, Texas drew 7,724 fans and a gate of $595,900. The figures are a slight increase from UFC 21 held in March. The event in North Carolina drew an attendance of 7,700 and a gate of $595,685. From MMA Junkie: The Texas Department of Licensing and […]
WEC lassos Cowboy; issues statement condemning remarks
The WEC issued a statement publicly condemning Cowboy Donald Cerrone for statements made in an interview for his upcoming fight with Jamie Varner. In the interview, Cerrone hoped that he would kill Varner. He also used homosexual/sexist slurs in referring to Varner. Bloody Elbow has the offending portion of Cerrone’s interview: INTERVIEWER: “And do you feel that maybe […]
Viral video shows GSP not impressed with your performance
Georges St. Pierre stars in a short viral video (via MMA Mania) that is making its round through the blogs. The release of the video comes a day before the season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter on Wednesday. The video shows the lighter side of GSP and readies the viewer for what we may expect from GSP during […]
UFC to open second gym in Los Angeles area
The UFC announced in a press release sent out Monday that it would be opening doors to its second UFC GYM this Saturday, Sept. 18th in Rosemead, CA. Many UFC stars will be on hand for the grand opening Saturday including Chuck Liddell, B.J. Penn, Chael Sonnen, Jon Jones and UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste. […]
Hughes v. Penn III set for UFC 123 in November
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reports that Matt Hughes will face BJ Penn at UFC 123 in Detroit, Michigan. Penn will move up to welterweight to fight Hughes. Penn’s last fight at 170lbs was a loss to Georges St. Pierre on January 31, 2009. From MMA Fighting: Hughes and Penn first fought at UFC 46 in […]