Maggie Hendricks of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Zuffa will be banning Hoelzer Reich from the Octagon in both the UFC and WEC. World Extreme Cagefighting general manager Reed Harris told Cagewriter that Zuffa fighters will no longer be allowed to wear Hoelzer Reich clothing in their fights. (Zuffa owns both the UFC and WEC.) Payout […]
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UFC 107: More than 10,000 Tickets Sold
Scott Cacciola of The Commercial Appeal writes that the UFC has sold over 10,000 tickets for Saturday’s UFC 107 to be held at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The UFC is regarded as the top professional organization in MMA, a fast-growing sport that combines multiple fighting disciplines, including wrestling, boxing and martial arts. And it has […]
UFC 2009 Sees Price Drop Ahead of Holiday Season
MMA fans may have noticed a slew of new UFC video game advertisements (and mat logo placements) recently, but they are not for the newest edition of UFC Undisputed. Rather, THQ and the UFC have decided to drop the price of last year’s game. Undisputed 2009 has been out on store shelves for the better part of six months, and […]
The Return of Rampage
Rampage Jackson has publicly admitted he will be returning to the Octagon in order to finish his contract with the UFC. Bloodyelbow has the latest straight from Rampage’s blog: Now, I wanted to let my fans know that I’m going to come back to the UFC & finish my contract. Not because the haters are talking […]
First UFC Gym Opens Doors in Concord, CA
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Take one step inside the brand-new, 38,000-square-foot UFC® GYM™ in Concord, Calif. and you’ll quickly learn that this is no ordinary fitness facility. As music pumps through the gym, an enthusiastic teenager swings heavy ropes, visions of Randy Couture dancing in his head. In another corner of the sprawling exercise […]