Month: May 2012

UFC 146 is rapidly approaching, and today the pre-fight press conference took place to fuel the hype. The all-Heavyweight main card features some colorful and entertaining personalities on hand to answer various questions.Roy Nelson touched on the pressure on him to win after a recent slide. Cain Velasquez discussed not dwelling on the past, learning from his mistakes, and moving on to put on exciting fights for the fans. Junior dos Santos clarified that he is not out for revenge against Frank Mir for

Rising young Heavyweight contender Stipe Miocic is prepared for his UFC 146 bout with returning opponent Shane del Rosario. Since coming to the UFC in 2011, Miocic is 2-0 after knocking out Phi Defries at the very first UFC on Fuel TV. He recently had some commenes about his short tenure with the organization, via UFC.com:
“It’s awesome. I really can’t say much. It’s fantastic. I’m excited. It’s been great, and keeps getting better. Keep winning, that’s the name of

Heavyweight contender, Frank Mir (17-5) was on hand for today’s UFC 146 Open Workout. Although he took his time warming up, he went through a rigorous sparring session, followed by grappling with Ricky Lundell. The ever affable Mir stated in an interview with Karyn Bryant of MMA Heat: “I’ve got three small kids at home and two championship belts, so I need a third one now.”When asked about facing Champion Junior Dos Santos: “All he can do is still stay above water, he defends the belt and he’s still the

Durring an open workout, UFC Heavyweight Champion, Junior Dos Santos (14-1) spoke to the media today about Frank Mir, his opponent for Saturday’s UFC 146. His strategy is a simple one, as he said to reporters: “I am going to go in there and knock him out.”A simple strategy for a man who has earned 10 of his 14 wins by Knockout; but it does not mean that Dos Santos is underestimating the former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champ. Dos Santos was quoted as saying: “He’s got pretty good skills in stand-up and you

Junior Dos Santos and Frank Mir will take to the cage to decide the UFC heavyweight championship Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden arena. How they got to this position though, is a bit of a head-scratcher.

Frank Mir is no stranger to high-profile UFC Heavyweight title bouts, with this Saturday’s UFC 146 marking Mir’s chance at a third title run. Throughout the buildup to his title fight with current champion Junior dos Santos, Mir has spoken about the vaunted standup of dos Santos as if it were not a problem in his eyes. Mir has even gone as far as to remark that he hits harder than his opponent. He obviously thinks that if the fight touches the ground, he will gain one of his patented submissions with

Undefeated Heavyweight prospect Shane del Rosario sits at 11-0 with a ton of potential. While this is a spot that most MMA fighters would love to find themselves in, del Rosario is in fact coming off the roughest stretch of his young career. After defeating Lavar Johnson in Strikeforce in early 2011, del Rosario was in a debilitating car accident, suffering serious back injuries that took longer to heal than expected. This Saturday, he will make his way back to fighting on one of the biggest cards ever

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is in Las Vegas to meet with UFC president Dana White. The issue on the table is Jones’ weekend arrest after crashing his Bentley into a telephone pole early Saturday morning and its implications for the 24 year-old fighter.Most importantly, Dana White needs to determine if this was a one-time error, or is it the first sign in what could be a pattern of bad behavior on the part of Jones. White has a lot invested in Jones as the UFC sponsored his last fight with

We’ve sung the praises of Hughes’ signature slam before, but never was it more effective than when he used it…