Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports Cagewriter has confirmed with Dana White that UFC 113 has been moved back one week from May 1st to May 8th in order to avoid a head-to-head PPV battle with Floyd Mayweather Jr. This afternoon, a UFC source told Cagewriter that UFC 113 was headed for May 8. This evening […]
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Lesnar to Return, Face Winner of Carwin-Mir
Brock Lesnar and Dana White appeared on ESPN today to discuss Lesnar’s injury situation and announce that Lesnar will return to the Octagon this summer to face the winner of Carwin-Mir (a bout set for March 27th at UFC 111). Payout Perspective: The announcement pretty much went as expected. Again, this was a pretty smart […]
Bellator CEO Rebney Talks MMA vs. Boxing
Jonathon Snowden of Heavy.com has done a piece with Bjorn Rebney that looks at some of the differences between MMA and boxing in terms of business, demographic, and the overall nature of both sports: Like Gary Shaw and others around the country, Rebney is a boxing guy newly converted to MMA. There is an important […]
UFN 21 Adds Names, Potential
The UFC has confirmed three more bouts for UFN 21 – the UFC’s debut on cable television network Versus – and what now looks to be the best card ever assembled for an Ultimate Fight Night event. Confirmed Brandon Vera vs. Jon Jones Junior dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga Anthony Johnson vs. John Howard Vladimir […]
Couture: GSP Moving to Wrestling Overblown
The Las Vegas Sun has a great short clip featuring Randy Couture where he shares part of the recent conversation he had with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre regarding his rumored move to Olympic Wrestling. Payout Perspective: In recent days the GSP-wrestling talk has really been heating up in Canada. The feeling is that GSP […]