Ricky Burns retained his WBO super-featherweight title with a bizarre first-round stoppage victory against Nicky Cook.
Ricky Burns retained his WBO super-featherweight title with a bizarre first-round stoppage victory over Nicky Cook
Posted: August 22, 2011 in Uncategorized0
Stephen Vaughan promoted fightnight at Greenbank Leisure Centre Liverpool.
Stephen Vaughan promoted fightnight at Greenbank Leisure Centre Liverpool.
Stephen Vaughan promoted fightnight at Greenbank Leisure Centre Liverpool.The MMA Tournament Pick ’em bracket challenge is back! Join the tournament to see if you can pick winners better than your friends and the experts. Residents of Canada (outside Quebec) are eligible to win some great prizes from our partners at Sportsnet if they best the field of players. For those of us outside Canada who want to gain some extra bragging rights, FightMetric has created a private pool. Can you match wits against us and win?
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MMA prospect Charles Oliveira’s job appears to be safe in the UFC.
Sources close to the promotion informed MMAJunkie that the 21-year-old lightweight has signed a new four-fight deal.
The deal has already been verbally agreed upon, and the finer points are expected to be ironed out by next week.
Oliveira was thought to be on the chopping block after his first round TKO loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC on Versus 5.
Despite showing tremendous potential as a future star in the 155-pound division, “Do Bronx” is coming off a string of disappointing bouts. Before losing to Cerrone, Jim Miller at UFC 124 submitted him and an illegal knee caused his UFC on Versus 4 win over Nik Lentz to be overturned to a no contest.
Even with the minor setbacks, there is still a myriad of hype surrounding Oliveira.
His camp has talked about dropping to the featherweight division, but at such a young age, it could be difficult for a growing Oliveira to make weight.
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FOX deal with the UFC announced tomorrow? Report says GSP, Evans and Edgar all headed to L.A.
Posted: August 20, 2011 in Uncategorized
All signs point to something big going down in Los Angeles tomorrow. FOX has announced a major press conference set for 1 p.m. PT in Los Angeles. Is FOX revealing a new deal with the UFC?
Sports Business Journal broke a story on Tuesday stating FOX won the sweepstakes to lock up the UFC for the next 7-8 years.
UFC president Dana White is already in Los Angeles and MMAWeekly reports that some of the promotion’s biggest stars are heading to the Golden State as well:
[…] names including UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and current top light heavyweight contender Rashad Evans.
If you’re a longtime fan of mixed martial arts, the potential deal that would place the UFC on several FOX-owned channels, has to get the juices flowing. The sport has come a long way.
Bloody Elbow is covering the potential deal from every angle.-
– Will the UFC’s decision-making be altered?
Stephen Vaughan promoted fightnight at Greenbank Leisure Centre Liverpool.
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