MMA Junkie reports, via USA Today, that Anderson Silva has stepped into the UFC 153 main event and will face Stephan Bonnar. The fight will take place at 205 pounds and will be a three round main event. Silva had indicated that he would fight at UFC 151 and now gets the call to replace […]
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Mir faces Cormier in Strikeforce
USA Today reports that Frank Mir will be facing Daniel Cormier at a Strikeforce event this fall. It will be the first time that an existing fighter on the UFC roster will fight on a Strikeforce card. After their encounter, Mir and Cormier will fight in the UFC Heavyweight division. As usual, the fight will […]
Injury causes new main event at UFC on Fox 4
The injury bug continues in the UFC as Brian Stann is out with an injury for UFC on Fox 4. Replacing Stann and UFC newcomer Hector Lombard is Mauricio “Shogun” Rua versus Brandon Vera. In addition, Pablo Garza pulled out of his fight with Josh Grispi and Yani Yahya is replacing Garza. On an unrelated […]
Franklin replaces Belfort at UFC 147
The UFC announced yesterday that Rich Franklin will replace Vitor Belfort at UFC 147. He will now headline the Brazilian card against Wanderlei Silva. The fight will take place at a catchweight of 190 pounds. It will be Franklin’s first fight in over a year. Payout Perspective: Franklin will bring some interest to a non-descript […]
Edgar gets rematch versus Henderson
Frankie Edgar announced via twitter last week that he will receive his rematch against Ben Henderson. Dana White has tentatively scheduled the fight for this summer. Via Edgar’s twitter: Rematch anyone??…….it’s on!! Thanks to @danawhite @lorenzofertitta. Me and Henderson 2. Here we go!! — Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) March 6, 2012 Payout Perspective: Once again Anthony […]