Gilbert Yvel talks about his UFC debut over at MMA Weekly:
Gilbert Yvel has finalized a seven-fight deal with the UFC that kicks off with a main card showdown with Junior Dos Santos at UFC 108.
Santos was originally scheduled to face former contender Gabriel Gonzaga on the Jan. 2 card, but was forced to withdraw [...]
Though they’re kind of late to the party, Sherdog has a good article on the Hoelzer Reich situation that elucidates several of the points that we made in our coverage:
In September, a producer from HBO’s “Real Sports” contacted me about the show doing a piece on MMA and skinheads.
Specifically, it was to be a [...]
Two UFC 107 ‘trending topics’ on Twitter immediately after the event:
UFC 107 trending well on Google with 10 related keywords in the top 40:
The top term is kinda funny–it was a big topic after UFC 100 and its a big topic now: Alan Belcher’s Johnny Cash tattoo which is the highest ranked UFC 107 related search term:
We gave considerable coverage to the Alan Belcher [...]
Carlos Condit’s injury is something of a freak occurrence–he sliced his hand on a piece of sheet metal while cleaning his garage. Hopefully he’s learned a valuable lesson about doing household chores.
SavSci favorite Tim Credeur has withdrawn from his ‘Ultimate Fight Night’ matchup against Mike Massenzio on January 11th. He’ll be replaced by Gerald Harris.
Here’s the UFC 107 weigh ins:
All fighters make weight for Saturday’s UFC 107 event, though five had to weigh in more than once:
1. BJ Penn (155) vs. Diego Sanchez (154.5)
2. Cheick Kongo (239) vs. Frank Mir (264.5)
3. Kenny Florian (156) vs. Clay Guida (156)
4. Paul Buentello (255) vs. Stefan Struve (247)
5. Jon Fitch (171) vs. Mike Pierce (171)
6. Alan Belcher [...]
Here’s the latest Affliction video interview, this one with Paul ‘The Headhunter’ Buentello:
A couple of reports out today indicate that Brock Lesnar is recovering from his bout with diverticulitis and could be back in action as soon as July 2010. Here’s what Bloody Elbow says about the whole thing, quoting a couple of other sources:
MMA Weekly talks to Greg Nelson, Lesnar’s head coach:
Greg Nelson, a two-time [...]
