MMA news

• UFC 193 Media Call: Ronda Rousey & Holly Holm Talk with Press

  29-10-2015 22:30 via sherdog.com
  
  Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm will meet with the press at 5 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• Rousimar Palhares reacts to two-year suspension: ‘I don’t agree with the punishment’

  29-10-2015 22:29
  
  The Nevada Athletic Commission has suspended former World Series of Fighting welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares for two years due to unsportsmanlike conduct in his latest title defense against Jake Shields at WSOF 22.
  "Toquinho", who was also fined $40,000, won’t be able to return to action before Aug. 1, 2017, and is unhappy with the punishment given by the commission, as he wrote in a statement issued to MMAFighting.com following the hearing:"I appeared in front of the commission to
  
  Read more

• Rashad Evans Wants Next Fight To Be Against Alexander Gustafsson

  29-10-2015 21:07
  
  It looks like Rashad Evans has a very specific idea about who he should fight next.MMA journalist Ariel Helwani noted during this week's edition of UFC Tonight on FOX Sports 1 that "Suga" Rashad is eyeing a scrap against multiple time title contender Alexander Gustafsson."I spoke with Rashad and he'd like to fight Alexander Gustafsson next, he thinks that fight makes sense," Ariel Helwani told UFC Tonight. "They both lost their last fights. I spoke to Gustafsson's management and they said they'd
  
  Read more

• Michael Bisping: “I’ve Been Left Permanently Disfigured From My Fight With Vitor Belfort”

  29-10-2015 21:01
  
  English MMA superstar Michael Bisping recently spoke with the folks at the Three Amigos Podcast and had some very candid comments to make about the aftermath of his fight with Vitor Belfort."We all know the dangers of this sport. I mean, we're trying to knock each other out. I've been left permanently disfigured, if you will, from my fight with Vitor Belfort," said Bisping. "Vitor Belfort head kicked me and that's what caused my detached retina. Since then, I've had five surgeries, and my eye is
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Rousimar Palhares suspended two years for controversial actions against Jake Shields at WSOF 22

  29-10-2015 20:58
  
  The Nevada Athletic Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to suspend former World Series of Fighting welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares for two years due to unsportsmanlike conduct in his WSOF 22 victory over Jake Shields.
  Palhares was also fined $40,000 of his fight purse, plus court fees. The suspension is retroactive to Aug. 1.
  Palhares, 35, defeated Shields via third-round submission in a foul laden contest that saw the Brazilian gouge Shields' eyes several times, then crank his figh
  
  Read more

• Rousimar Palhares Suspended 2 Years, Fined $40,000 for Holding Submission at WSOF 22

  29-10-2015 20:56 via sherdog.com
  
  All things considered, Rousimar Palhares got off with a relatively lenient punishment for his actions at World Series of Fighting 22.
  
  Read more

• UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm conference call

  29-10-2015 20:00
  
  At the UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm conference call, UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and Valerie Letourneau will answer questions from the media. The video is expected to begin above at 5 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• Caio Magalhaes Suspended 6 Months for Spitting Blood at Josh Samman After July 12 Bout

  29-10-2015 19:15 via sherdog.com
  
  Caio Magalhaes was suspended six months by the Nevada Athletic Commission for splitting blood at Josh Samman after their bout at "The Ultimate Fighter 21" finale finale.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Caio Magalhaes given six-month suspension, community service for spitting incident

  29-10-2015 19:01
  
  UFC middleweight Caio Magalhaes was given a six-month suspension and 40 hours of community service for unsportsmanlike conduct at a Thursday meeting of the Nevada Athletic Commission in Las Vegas, NV. The commission unanimously approved the sentence.
  Magalhaes, 27, spit blood on opponent Josh Samman and referee John McCarthy following a first-round submission loss on July 12 at The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale.
  Magalhaes repeatedly apologized to McCarthy and the commission for his "absurd" actions
  
  Read more

• Conor McGregor reveals new details about extent of knee injury prior to UFC 189

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  After winning the UFC interim featherweight title at UFC 189 by defeating late-replacement Chad Mendes, Conor McGregor revealed he had suffered a knee injury during his training camp. Until this point, McGregor never fully revealed any details regarding the injury. That is, until now.
  "Fourteen weeks before the fight I tore 80 percent of my ACL," said McGregor during a fan Q&A in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. "I could barely walk, I could barely kick."
  "I had a lot of experience comi
  
  Read more

• Ilir Latifi to meet Sean O'Connell in Boston

  29-10-2015 18:30
  
  Cult favorite Ilir Latifi is back.
  The Swedish light heavyweight will take on Sean O'Connell at UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz on Jan. 17 in Boston, UFC Europe reported Thursday on Twitter.
  Latifi (10-4, 1 NC) is coming off a 56-second knockout of Hans Stringer in July. Overall, he has won three of four after a UFC debut loss to Gegard Mousasi in April 2013. This will be the 32-year-old's first UFC fight in the United States.
  O'Connell (17-6) is also, coincidentally, coming off a 56-second
  
  Read more

• Nevada Athletic Commission Postpones Wanderlei Silva’s Rehearing

  29-10-2015 18:26 via sherdog.com
  
  Wanderlei Silva will have to face the Nevada Athletic Commission another day.
  
  Read more

• Wanderlei Silva's re-hearing with the Nevada Athletic Commission postponed

  29-10-2015 17:45
  
  Wanderlei Silva will get a second chance to plead his case in front of the Nevada Athletic Commission, it just won't happen this month. Silva's re-hearing was postponed Thursday at a commission meeting in Las Vegas, NV, as a clerical error led to Silva's lawyer Ross Goodman not receiving the necessary paperwork until the day prior.
  Goodman also wished to cross-examine UFC executive Kirk Hendrick, who was not present at the meeting. Silva was not present, as well.
  Silva, 39, fled from a random dr
  
  Read more

• ‘Do Bronx’ Dreams of Facing Conor McGregor, But Focused on Dec. 19 Clash with Myles Jury

  29-10-2015 17:34 via sherdog.com
  
  Charles Oliveira has recovered from the torn esophagus he suffered in an August defeat to Max Holloway and has begun to train for his return to the Octagon.
  
  Read more

• Charles Oliveira Dreams of Facing Conor McGregor, But Focused on Dec. 19 Clash with Myles Jury

  29-10-2015 17:34 via sherdog.com
  
  Charles Oliveira has recovered from the torn esophagus he suffered in an August defeat to Max Holloway and has begun to train for his return to the Octagon.
  
  Read more

• Weidman Says He’s Got Two Fights Left At 185, Then Eyeing Jon Jones Super Fight

  29-10-2015 16:35
  
  It looks like UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman is starting to make serious plans about a potential super fight with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.Weidman spoke about a potential super fight with "Bones" during a recent impromptu Periscope session."I've got to focus on Luke, and the winner of 'Jacare' [vs.] Romero. And then after that, we'll start talking about Jon Jones, and 205, and anyone who is good, up there, said Weidman.Weidman elaborated, explaining that his futur
  
  Read more

• Ben Rothwell looking at fights against Frank Mir, Josh Barnett after 'raw deal' in Dublin

  29-10-2015 16:00
  
  It would be an understatement to say the month of October has been rough on Ben Rothwell. Not only did "Big Ben" lose his UFC Fight Night 76 co-main event slot after opponent Stipe Miocic withdrew due to injury, but the real punch to the gut came during fight week, when the UFC awarded Miocic the exact same opportunity Rothwell was campaigning so hard to get: a Jan. 2 top contender bout against Andrei Arlovski at UFC 195.
  "Really, I was sick for like the whole day that I found out," Rothwell adm
  
  Read more

• UFC Fight Night ‘Dillashaw vs. Cruz’ Adds Ilir Latifi-Sean O’Connell 205-Pound Showdown

  29-10-2015 15:53 via sherdog.com
  
  Jan. 17’s UFC Fight Night “Dillashaw vs. Cruz” bill continues to fill out.
  
  Read more

• UFC rewind: Chuck Liddell knocks out Tito Ortiz in action-figure reenactment

  29-10-2015 15:30
  
  Playing with action figures never looked so cool.
  Instagram user Azxd of SportsClaymation.com recently jumped into the MMA reenactment game, using plastic toys, some nifty editing and an incredible attention to detail to recreate Chuck Liddell's historic knockout victory over Tito Ortiz from UFC 47.
  The result is pretty awesome.
  See for yourself here:THE ICEMAN
  A video posted by (@azxd) on Oct 28, 2015 at 9:05pm PDT
  
  Read more

• Ross Pearson to face Francisco Trinaldo at Jan. 17 UFC Fight Night event

  29-10-2015 14:37
  
  Ross Pearson returns to the UFC Octagon to face Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night 81.BREAKING! @RossTheRealDeal will face Francisco Trinaldo in a lightweight battle on Jan 17! https://t.co/ytRyv1Mftv pic.twitter.com/b9RTj5JU42
  — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) October 29, 2015That event, which is headlined by a bantamweight title scrap between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz, takes place Jan. 17 at Boston's TD Garden Arena.
  Pearson (18-9, 1 no-contest) enters the bout fresh off a razor-thin spl
  
  Read more

• Ross Pearson-Francisco Trinaldo Lightweight Tussle Added to UFC Fight Night Boston Card

  29-10-2015 14:09 via sherdog.com
  
  Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Ross Pearson will face the red-hot Francisco Trinaldo Jan. 17 at Boston’s TD Garden as part of the UFC Fight Night “Dillashaw vs. Cruz” card.
  
  Read more

• UFC 193 Media Call: Ronda Rousey & Holly Holm Talk with Press (5 p.m. ET)

  29-10-2015 13:30 via sherdog.com
  
  Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm will meet with the press at 5 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• Morning Report: Chris Weidman 'can't wait to see the look on Luke Rockhold's face' when he breaks

  29-10-2015 13:00
  
  Apparently, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman didn't appreciate Luke Rockhold's recent critiques.Love this. Just wanted to make sure some more people see this and remember this on December 12th. https://t.co/Wp2I7DFPvs
  — Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) October 26, 2015Rockhold spoke to our friends at Submission Radio earlier this week, saying he'd expose Weidman and finish the champ in the second round of their title clash at UFC 194.
  "I think Chris is going to be tough ... for
  
  Read more

• UFC 193 main eventers preview historic night

  29-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  There is a revolution happening in the sporting world right now and it has been televised.Over the last few years, female athletes and women’s sports in general have gained greater attention and more acclaim than in the past. Where the majority of the mainstream attention that used to land on female athletes focused primarily on physical attractiveness instead of actual achievement, athletes such as tennis superstar Serena Williams, WNBA standouts Elena Della Donne and Maya Moore, San Anto
  
  Read more

• TUF LATAM 2 - Episode 10 Recap

  29-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  It was teammate versus teammate on the latest installment of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America, as Team Escudero got put directly in the crosshairs with the semifinal round matchup between Horacio Gutierrez and Marco Polo Reyes, where only one of them would move on to the finals in Mexico. Gutierrez and Reyes put on great fights earlier this season, but the real hardship going into their bout this week was the fact that they were roommates in the house as well. For the past weeks living i
  
  Read more

• Smolka looks back on wild Dublin victory

  29-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  Just as Louis Smolka was set to charge across the Octagon to collide with Dublin’s hero Paddy Holohan in the main event of Fight Night Dublin, he stopped for a moment.Something wasn’t right.“You know how right when you go into the Octagon a lot of times your corner is trying to give you final instructions? Just stuff like, ‘Circle right,’ or do this or do that – I couldn’t hear my corner and they were right behind me,” Smolka told UFC.com in an int
  
  Read more

• Miocic Hopes UFC 195 Bout Gets Him Closer to Gold

  29-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Stipe Miocic. The heavyweight contender from Independence, Ohio is not exactly what you would call a Dickensian character, but he did run through the gamut of emotions from the time he was forced out of his Fight Night Dublin co-main event against Ben Rothwell last weekend to getting a new fight on January 2 against Andrei Arlovski days later.“I was devastated I had to pull out of that fight,” Miocic said. “I don’t l
  
  Read more

• Condit out to prove he's division's nightmare

  29-10-2015 06:00 via ufc.com
  
  Carlos Condit is widely considered one of the most dangerous, well-round strikers in mixed martial arts.“Carlos Condit is a nightmare,” Georges St-Pierre recently told Groundandpound-TV. “Of all the guys that I would not want to fight again it would be Carlos Condit. He’s very well-rounded and things can come out of every angle and from anywhere.” //
  Not a bad compliment to receive from one of the pound-for-pound greats. Condit was humbled by GSP’s p
  
  Read more

• Tim Kennedy hoping for winner of Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson 3

  29-10-2015 03:00
  
  Tim Kennedy will eventually return to the Octagon. It's just a matter of who it will be against.
  Kennedy told UFC Tonight's Ariel Helwani that he asked for Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas, but Machida was not ready. Now, the former Army Green Beret is targeting the winner of next month's fight between Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson.
  Kennedy (18-5) has not fought since a controversial third-round TKO loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 178 in September 2014
  
  Read more

• Lyman Good Injured; Sergio Moraes Faces Omari Akhmedov at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 10

  29-10-2015 02:46 via sherdog.com
  
  Lyman Good has suffered an undisclosed injury and has pulled out of a proposed welterweight bout with Omari Akhmedov at UFC Fight Night “VanZant vs. Namajunas.”
  
  Read more

• Lyman Good out, Sergio Moraes in against Omari Akhmedov at UFC Fight Night 80

  29-10-2015 02:26
  
  Lyman Good is going to have to wait a little longer to see if he can extend his six-fight unbeaten streak.
  The UFC announced on Wednesday evening that the 30-year old veteran of the Bellator cage was out of his fight with Omari Akhmedov, which was slated to take place at UFC Fight Night 80 in Las Vegas on Dec. 10. The promotion announced that Sergio Moraes (9-2) will step in to face Akhmedov on a little over six week's notice.
  Good made his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 71 in July, scoring a knoc
  
  Read more

• Rashad Evans interested in fight with Alexander Gustafsson next

  29-10-2015 02:00
  
  Rashad Evans has absolutely no designs on a drop in competition for his next fight.
  The former UFC light heavyweight champion is interested in a crack at Alexander Gustafsson, Ariel Helwani reported Wednesday on UFC Tonight.
  "We both lost our fights," Evans told Helwani. "We both are struggling to stay at the top of the weight class and both are desperate for a win. We might as well fight each other."
  Evans and Gustafsson were supposed to fight back in January before Evans reinjured his knee. Bo
  
  Read more

• Dustin Poirier vs. Joseph Duffy Rebooked for UFC 195 on Jan. 2

  29-10-2015 01:59 via sherdog.com
  
  It turns out Dustin Poirier was right to turn down a short-notice bout with Norman Parke at UFC Fight Night in Dublin last weekend.
  
  Read more

• Justin Lawrence Followed Michael Chandler’s Lead in Switching Camps Ahead of Bellator 145

  29-10-2015 01:42 via sherdog.com
  
  If things go the way Justin Lawrence would like them to, both he and Michael Chandler will be challenging for Bellator gold in the very near future -- possibly on the same night.
  
  Read more

• Dustin Poirier vs. Joseph Duffy rescheduled for UFC 195 in January

  29-10-2015 01:29
  
  Dustin Poirier made a wise choice.
  The UFC lightweight was without an opponent last week when Joseph Duffy was forced to pull out of their main event fight with a concussion just three days out. Poirier was offered a bout with Norman Parke at UFC Fight Night 76 in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, but turned it down.
  Now, Poirier will get the bout he was supposed to have over the weekend. Poirier vs. Duffy has been rebooked for UFC 195 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas, it was announced Wednesday on UFC Tonight
  
  Read more

• Boxing: Thomas Williams vs. Umberto Savigne Added to PBC on Spike Card

  29-10-2015 00:11 via sherdog.com
  
  Premier Boxing Champions will stage a “PBC on Spike” card overflowing with light heavyweights Nov. 13 at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Miss.
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsMMAUSA on Twitter!