February 2009

Josh Koscheck to face Chris Wilson at UFC 98

Published on: 28th February, 2009

When re-signing with the UFC not too long ago, Josh Koscheck made it clear that he wants to fight as much as five to six times this year alone for the promotion and is already slated to make a return to the Octagon at UFC 98 following a disappointing loss to newcomer Paulo Thiago last [...]

WEC 39 Weigh-in Results: Brown and Garcia make weight

Published on: 28th February, 2009

Earlier today from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas all of the 22 participants competing at tomorrow night’s WEC 39 event have tipped the scales and all 22 fighters have made weight including WEC Featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Leonard Garcia who both made the Featherweight limit at 145 to 146 pounds. [...]

URDirt E “Quick Fix”: War Machine wins at XMMA 7 card

Published on: 28th February, 2009

Last night from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada former Ultimate Fighter season 6 contestant and Myspace blog contibutor Jon Koppenhaver now known as War Machine fought at the XMMA 7 “Inferno” card as a replacement for Phil Baroni gave his opponent Guillaume Di Lorenzi his first career MMA loss when he applied a rear [...]

Mike Swick vs Ben Saunders set for UFC 99

Published on: 28th February, 2009

It was reported earlier this week that the UFC was looking to add Welterweight fighter Mike “Quick” Swick to the UFC 99 card from Cologne, Germany for the month of June and now it appears that the organization has found Swick an opponent in Ben Saunders who was recently recovering from a toe injury.

Dana White says no meeting planned with Fedor

Published on: 28th February, 2009

A few weeks ago we posted some quotes from an interview with Fedor Emelianenko and Dreamfighters.com. In that interview Fedor said that he would wait for his third fight with Affliction and then would negotiate with the UFC and Dana White on a deal in June. White says that he has no knowledge of the [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale possible for June 20

Published on: 28th February, 2009

With the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter to begin airing on Spike TV for April 1 it has been reported that the finale for the show will be broadcasted on Spike for June 20 with the most likely destination to be in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cheick Kongo added to UFC 2009: Undisputed

Published on: 28th February, 2009

Last week it was revealed that Nate Marquardt, Josh Koscheck and Marcus Davis were now added to the UFC 2009 “Undisputed video game. Now you can also add UFC Heavyweight fighter Cheick Kongo to the list as there is a video of his intro below. Check it out!

“I think he is a very good fight for me.”: Wanderlei Silva on UFC 99 bout with Rich Franklin

Published on: 28th February, 2009

Although the fight has not yet been confirmed for the UFC 99 card for Cologne, Germany in the month of June, there have been talks of a Wanderlei Silva vs Rich Franklin main event which will be at a catch weight bout of 195 pounds as “The Axe Murderer” is in transition to make the [...]

URDirt E “Quick Fix”: WEC teams up with Fox Sports En Espanol

Published on: 28th February, 2009

Late Friday night the WEC and Fox Sports en Espanol announced their partnership in which they will be hosting a show called WEC “Alboroto” where during the program they will be airing some of their best matchups to date which will premiere on March 20. The show will be a one hour program and will [...]

Thales Leites talks UFC 97 title bout vs Anderson Silva

Published on: 27th February, 2009

In a recent video interview last weekend before UFC 95 current Middleweight number one contender Thales Leites talks about his upcoming title bout with Anderson Silva at UFC 97 from Montreal, Canada in April and also talks about being open to a rematch with fellow Middleweight contender Nate Marquardt should the UFC put the match [...]

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