Griffin is coming off a big win over Tito Ortiz at UFC 106 breaking his two fight losing streak. With the win over Ortiz Griffin avenged his first UFC loss. Griffin lost a split decision to Ortiz at UFC 59. A win over Noguiera would be pretty big for Griffin who is desperately trying to get back into the thick of things in the division.
Noguiera is on a six fight win streak and a win over Griffin would put him in a great position in the division. Little Nog is coming off a big TKO win at UFC 106 over Luiz Cane. Noguiera joined the UFC last year after Affliction folded and the UFC brought in a lot of their fighters.
Dana White told that MMAJunkie.com that the UFC is looking to have international editions of The Ultimate Fighter. And it’s possible the first place they would go would be is the Middle East.
White has said that MMA will be the biggest sport in several years but the UFC will have to figure out TV distribution to make it work.
“How do we plug this whole thing in with television and how to watch it everywhere?” White said. “We’re trying to figure that whole thing out and build that now. But the groundwork for this thing is ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ and we’ve been working it very hard, and we’re making it happen. ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ is going to be all over the world. That’s the goal.”
Would the Spike TV show the international editions of TUF? That’s something we’ll have to wait and find out. Read the rest of this entry »
Chael Sonnen shook up the middleweight rankings Saturday night. Sonnen wasn’t even considered to be a Top Ten 185er and now with a win over Nate Marquardt he will now receive the next shot at the belt.
Sonnen is an interesting character. He speaks his mind. The stuff he says about screaming “Yes” and Anthony Robbins is a dig at Diego Sanchez. Now he is publicly stating he would rather fight Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort/ But according to Sonnen there is a new bully in the dressing room and he likes country music.
Chuck Liddell is in New Mexico filming for the movie “Passion Play” with Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox according to a Tweet by “The Iceman”.
Liddell only has a minor part in the movie. The movie is about an angel (Fox) who is rescued by a down on his luck trumpet player (Rourke) from a gangster. From the picture Liddell tweeted he may be playing the part of a gangster. The film will be released in June.
It’s interesting Liddell is filming the movie right now while he should be coaching The Ultimate Fighter which is being shot in Las Vegas. Maybe Liddell had this already planned and Dana White agreed to let him shoot the part for the movie.
Tito Ortiz picked the wrong time to talk smack to Mark Coleman. Coleman seemed pretty upset after losing to Randy Couture then Tito Ortiz added the icing on the cake when he started running his mouth.
On May 7th 2010 Polish fans once again will get the chance to see world class MMA action. For the first time in history Martial Arts Confrontation show will take place in Spodek in Katowice, Silesia, a venue, which hosted the biggest and most prestigious sports and entertainment events in Poland. – Warsaw’s Torwar hall was bursting at seams during our last event, many fans couldn’t buy the tickets because they were completely sold out. We decided to make next KSW available for wider audience, that’s why we chose Katowice – KSW Federation owners Maciej Kawulski and Martin Lewandowski say.
The promoters, in order to provide MMA fans with the maximum dose of adrenaline, prepared two co-main attractions. The first one will feature the best Polish and European middleweight fighter and hopefully Sengoku champion Mamed Khalidov. Chechen born warrior will perform in front of the Polish crowd for the first time since May 2009. KSW Team member will defend his 95 kilograms World Title, which he won knocking out Daniel Acacio last year. Read the rest of this entry »
We’ll see at UFC 110 if Michael Bisping can make it two in a row and start making his way back to being a contender in the division. He will have to get through Wanderlei Silva but there is no one better to train with to prepare for Silva than Rampage Jackson, a man who has faces “The Axe Murderer” on three occasions.
Justin “The Punisher” Pennington is on a roll. Pennington knocked out previously undefeated David James in the first round to win the Tennessee ISKA flyweight title last night in Murfreesboro, TN.
James (6-1) had been talking some trash about how he was going to knock Pennington out at the weigh-ins on Friday but “The Punisher” did his talking in the cage. With about a minute to go in the fight Pennington rocked James with a big right and rained down punches until the ref stopped the fight.
Pennington (8-2) trains at Integrated Martial Arts in Lebanon, TN. “The Punisher” will probably defend his title later this year before turning pro.
ATO caught up with Ken Shamrock last night and he confirmed that he will be appearing in the new EA Sports MMA video game that will be out later this year.
Shamrock has been taking some time off due to a suspension after testing positive for steroids but will return March 6th to face Seth Petruzelli at International Unlimited Fighting: The Return of Buluc. Petruzelli took Shamrock’s place at the last EliteXC show when Shamrock cut his head and was unable to face Kimbo Slice live on CBS. Petruzelli took the fight and made history.
Other notable fighters scheduled to be in EA Sports MMa are, Fedor Emelianenko, Randy Couture, Brett Rogers, Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, Frank Trigg, and many more.
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