Well, after months of speculation and waiting for the inevitable, the UFC officially announced today that they have signed Wanderlei Silva to a contract.
“Many fighters have a dream of fighting for the UFC, and as a champion for six years in Japan, my dream has always been to have the UFC belt,†said Silva. [...]
Kevin Iole has burst onto the MMA scene in 2007 as the UFC appointed “mass media” MMA guru. Iole nowadays makes appearances on pretty much every UFC Pay-Per-View hype show on SpikeTV and on their UFC: All Access shows.
In the past I’ve kept quiet on my personal opinions on the articles Iole writes. [...]
Brandon Vera was a guest on Fight Network Radio earlier today discussing his upcoming plans. Here is the audio interview and below I have posted a few of the “highlights”
Vera signed a new 6 fight deal with the UFC
Vera contract situation still isn’t completely resolved as they are still in the courts over the [...]
EliteXC has officially announced their partnership with ICON Sport and the Rumble on the Rock promotions based out of Hawaii.
EliteXC President Gary Shaw, along with ICON’s T. Jay Thompson and ROTR’s J.D. Penn announced the partnership today at the Blasidell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first joint show will be this September 15 at [...]
The UFC held the UFC 74 event media conference call earlier today. According to Sam Caplan, Tim Sylvia will most likely be Brandon Vera’s opponent when he returns to the octagon:
Dana stated on the record that Brandon Vera has a new deal with the UFC. During a followup question he was asked about a [...]
Reports are surfacing today that former PrideFC fighter Denis Kang has signed a contract with K-1 Heros and will be fighting Kazushi Sakuraba on September 17th in Japan.
MMANews.com has a rough translation of a report in Portal do Vale Tudo:
After counting a little of its work as to manager in interview to the Vestibule of [...]
The UFC officially announced today that Brandon Vera will, in fact, return to the octagon and fight again in the UFC. Dana White announced that Vera will probably make his return by this October.
Brandon Vera is a young, well-rounded, exciting heavyweight who finishes fights in exciting fashion, said Dana White, UFC President. I think [...]