UFC 152 Results Recap: First Flyweight champion, Bisping wins impressively

UFC 152 is in the books and Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has successfully defended his belt once again with an impressive submission ofVitor Belfort. The champ used a great mix of his wrestling and striking to thoroughly out-class Belfort throughout the entire fight. This comes as no surprise to most, although Belfort appeared to have Jones in some danger of being submitted early on with a tight armbar. Jones said afterward that he was waiting for the arm to break, but that he would not tap

Dana White: Jon Jones needs to take this more seriously

Light Heavyweight champion has dominated the news recently. He came out and said that he was unaware that UFC 151 would be cancelled were he to turn down the proposed fight with Chael Sonnen when Dan henderson was injured. Today, however, UFC President Dana White spoke up at the UFC 152 weigh-ins to disparage this statement. White, always strong in his convictions, had the following to say via MMAFighting.com:
“I’m actually glad that he did say that. I don’t think he would have said that if I was there. So

Rashad Evans would not fight Belfort if he wins, drop to 185 unlikely right now

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has had a lot to say about tomorrow’s title fight between Jon Jones and Vitor Belfort, and with good reason. For one, Jones is his former training partner and student who eventually rose to a level high enough to defeat Evans at UFC 145. On the other hand, Evans has been enlisted by Belfort to be his head coach heading into tomorrow’s main event. Should Belfort win, Evans may find himself in a compromising position were he to choose to continue chasing the

Bisping kicks fan out of sparring session, trashes Joseph Benavidez

In preparation for his fight against Brian Stann at UFC 152, Michael Bisping held an open sparring session with his boxing cox yesterday. It appeared that a random fan had become unruly, angering Bisping’s coach and prompting the Middleweight contender to toss the man out of the event. From there on, he met with Ariel Helwani to talk a multiude of trash on a multitude of topics courtesy of MMAFighting.com. Bisping obviously spoke out against Joseph Benavidez, saying he thought he ws just a young

Georges St. Pierre talks training, fighting and his role in Sleeping Dogs

In an article by Seth Kelly with photography by Jim Wright, UFC Magazine’s October/November issue goes inside the training and recovery of UFC’s Georges St. Pierre and fills the fans in on other projects that GSP was working while he was recuperating.Following his April 2007 title loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, St. Pierre asked former Muay Thai and MMA amateur champion, Firas Zahabi to become his full-time coach. According to Zahabi: “A lot of guys said he was done. I had a lot of people say,

Fabricio Werdum is willing to fight Daniel Cormier in Strikeforce

With the unfortunate news that Frank Mir was forced to withdraw from his November 3rd bout with Daniel Cormier in Strikeforce, a search for a new opponent ensues. An accomplished Heavyweight without a fight currently scheduled has stepped and said he would like the fight. That man is none other than Fabricio Werdum, the fighter who put an end to the legendary win streak of Fedor Emelianenko and has most recently been seen in the UFC destroying Roy Nelson and Mike Russow. Werdum was interviewed by

Chris Weidman ‘shocked and confused’ at Anderson Silva’s decision to fight Bonnar instead of him

Surging UFC Middleweight contender Chris Weidman appeared last night on the latest episode of Fuel TV’s “UFC Tonight” to speak up abput his confusion and disappointment at champion Anderson Silva’s choice to turn down a fight with him for a bout with Stephan Bonnar. Weidman is considered the legitimate number-one contender by some, who view his mix of powerful wrestling and submissions as the only true threat to the long-standing king. Still, Silva’s camp has denied that fight, citing a lack of drawing