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The official weigh-in event for UFC 104: “Machida vs. Shogun” took place today (Oct. 23) LIVE at the LA Live Event Deck in Los Angeles, California.
UFC 104: “Machida vs. Shogun” features the first title defense for undefeated light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida against fellow Brazilian Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of the evening.
In [...]
Jeff Curran to debut for Strikeforce opposite Sam Thao at ‘Fedor vs Rogers’ on Nov. 7
By: James IannottiFormer WEC featherweight number one contender Jeff Curran has been invited to compete at the Strikeforce: “Fedor vs. Rogers” event opposite Sam Thao from the Sears Centre on November 7, according to Five Ounces of Pain.
Curran (29-12-1) recently announced his Dec. 5 participation as the main attraction under the Xtreme Fighting Organization (XFO) banner — [...]
Wagnney Fabiano: Injury helped faciliate WEC 43 submission loss to Mackens Semerzier
By: James IannottiProps: Tatame.com (via Bloody Elbow)
Quoteworthy:
“My mistake was to fight. I was passing by problems, I didn’t want to say, to don’t keep giving excuses, my mistake. He got me on the triangle and I don’t know when was the last time that someone got me on that position in Jiu-Jitsu and Sumission’s career, even in [...]
Former WEC featherweight number one contender Jeff Curran’s next fight is all set to take place in Lakemoore, Ill., on December 5 against Japanese veteran Tomohiko Hori (10-7-5), according to The Fight Network.
The interesting news is that it won’t be on a WEC card.
Instead, Curran (29-12-1) will headline an event of his own, under the [...]
With WEC 44: “Brown vs. Aldo” exactly one calender month away, the promotion is hard at work trying to piece together it’s next event, which we now know will take place on December 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While a venue has yet to be locked down for the event, a return to the promotion’s most [...]
If you didn’t get a chance to watch WEC 43 last weekend for whatever reason, and you had to check the updates on MMAmania.com instead, there’s a good chance you probably looked at the outcome of the Mackens Semerzier and Wagnney Fabiano fight and thought you were staring at a typo.
There’s no way some kid [...]
A middleweight battle between submission master Demian Maia (11-1) and hard-nosed Dan Miller (11-2) has been tentatively added to the UFC 110 card set for Superbowl weekend (Feb. 6, 2010) at a yet to be determined venue, which will likely be somewhere in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to MMAWeekly.com.
Both fighters are coming off their first [...]
WEC Quick Quote: Danny Castillo wants the WEC title — not revenge on ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone
By: James Iannotti“Definitely, (a rematch with Donald Cerrone) would be a huge fight for me. There’s that saying — that revenge is a dish best served cold and that’s definitely a fight I would love to have back. But I want a title shot. I’m not worried about the “Cowboy.” I want to continue in the lightweight [...]
During last Saturday night’s five-round, back-and-forth WEC 43 main event between Ben “Smooth” Henderson and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for the promotion’s interim lightweight title, both fighters left absolutely everything they had inside the cage.
It was an epic battle for the ages and a surefire candidate for “Fight of the Year” honors.
For Henderson the win meant [...]
WEC 44: ‘Brown vs Aldo’ fight card and line up finalized for Nov. 18 in Las Vegas
By: James IannottiWorld Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) today finalized it’s card for WEC 44: “Brown vs. Aldo,” which is set to go down on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 9 p.m. ET on the Versus Network from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.
The title of the event speaks for itself as WEC 44 will [...]


















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