In a year during which the featherweight division has played a pivotal role, perhaps it is fitting that the division's hottest prospect will close out 2009 as its top-ranked competitor.
At WEC 44, Jose Aldo took his game to yet another level in his fourth fight of the year. The native of Manaus ... Read More
UFC President Dana White and Cain Velasquez met with UFC Fight Club members Friday in Las Vegas and discussed a variety of topics. White said the following: ... Read More
On Sending Out Wedding Invites: “The thing you find with weddings is it’s kind of like a landslide. Once you invite one person from one clique, you really have to invite the whole clique. So it’s hard. We tried to have a wedding with about 30 people (in Savannah, Ga.). It ended up being about 50 when it was all said and done. (We invited) a bunch of guys from Hardcore (Gym) and what not. It's in their neck of the woods. I invited a lot of my friends from Vegas in hopes they wouldn't make the trek all the way back East.”
On His Honeymoon Cut Short: “We did the honeymoon. We were actually up in King's Canyon and as we were coming down the mountain -- we can't get any signal up there -- my phone starts dinging like a machine gun and it's Dana texting, 'Call me. Call me. Call me. Call me.' Did I do something wrong? And it was just the Tito fight and I was like, 'Oh that's all? Nevermind.'” ... Read More
A month full of MMA is already stirring movement in Sherdog’s rankings. Check out the latest update as we move into the second half of a very busy November. ... Read More
During a recent four-fight heavyweight run, Randy Couture was outweighed by as much as 50 pounds on fight night. While it might seem wise to eliminate that excess and return to the light heavyweight arena, there’s always a price to be paid: in this case, he’ll be facing some considerably faster opponents who might be able to put punches together in the same time Tim Sylvia got off one.
Will Vera be intimidated by the Couture name?
Brandon Vera has made repeated mention of athletes like Chuck Liddell and Couture being role models for what can be accomplished in the sport; that kind of hero worship cost Georges St. Pierre his first fight against Matt Hughes. While Couture isn’t running as rampant as Hughes was at the time, he may still exist in Vera’s head as something other than a man. An idol is a hard thing to damage. ... Read More
In late 2007, Georges St. Pierre was preparing for the Olympic trials in hopes of making the Canadian wrestling team when he got a call from the UFC asking him to take an injured Matt Serra’s place against Matt Hughes. ... Read More
Yet again in 2009, the judges’ call in a five-round main event led to some hot-tempered backlash. Outrage aside, Mauricio Rua’s performance against light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 104 on Oct.24 proved revelatory ... Read More
While UFC 104 was marked by main event controversy, up-and-comer Cain Velasquez left little doubt about his status as an elite heavyweight prospect. ... Read More
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