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UFC 113 Quick Pic: Mauricio Shogun Rua drawn by Evan Shoman

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Evan Shoman always has some hot artwork to display and his latest is of the number one light heavyweight contender Mauricio Shogun Russian.
Check out the rest of Evan’s work here at Shomanart.com.

Rich Franklin looking to make a title run, bout with Randy Couture not signed yet

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Dana White revealed on Twitter last week that a fight was in the works between former championship Rich Franklin and Randy Couture, killing off rumors Liddell would fight the former middleweight champion.
But according to new interview Rich Franklin did with the Boston Herald, the bout against Couture has not been signed or finalized yet.
“It’s [...]

Jamie Varner challenges CB Dollaway to a fight calls him a bitch

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Looks like there is more fallout from the split of Arizona combat sports has spilled over on to Twitter as former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner has challenged CB Dollaway via text message to meet him at the gym tomorrow to settle their differences.
Varner posted a picture on his Twitter account of his iPhone with [...]

Shinya Aoki says Melendez title bout “Nothing special”, vows to bring title back to Japan.

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Quotable

“This. fight is nothing special. I will fight. as usual. I feel I’m representing DREAM and also Japan.”“He’s a very aggressive fighter. He’s a good fighter representing the United States. It’s going to be a very quick fight, a quick submission or a quick knockout, but either way it’s going to be a personal fight“He’s [...]

Dan Henderson looking to finish Jake Shields, not taking him lightly in title bout

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Former PRIDE dual champion and UFC tournament winner Dan Henderson has had success follow him in every promotion he has fought for, on April 24, he intends to ensure his success will follow him to StrikeForce. His first order of business is to attempt to capture the promotion’s middleweight title when he locks horns [...]

BJ Penn says a potential move to welterweight would be permanent

Published on: 16th March, 2010

UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn has held the welterweight title in the past, but failed in his efforts to hold both title at the same time. At UFC 94 Penn lost to champion Georges St.Pierre in his efforts to become the promotion’s first ever dual champion, but has now won five straight in the lightweight [...]

Paul Buentello on Cheick Kongo: “He’s not going to want to stand”

Published on: 16th March, 2010

Quotable

“It depends on which Kongo comes out. It totally depends if he’s going for the takedowns and trying to hold people down, or if it’s the Kongo that wants to stand and strike. It all depends on which Kongo shows up. No matter what fight I get into, everybody knows which Paul Buentello is [...]

James Toney wants to fight Brock Lesnar

Published on: 12th March, 2010

James Toney still has not found a first opponent as a fighter for the UFC despite rumors he would fight Kimbo Slice at a April event, but that has not stopped him from lobbying for the toughest possible opponents.
Toney is a guest on this week’s edition “Inside MMA” and 5thRound.com quoted Toney who called [...]

UFC 110 does poor PPV sales, should international shows air on spike for free?

Published on: 11th March, 2010

It looks like another overseas show for the UFC has resulted in poor pay-per-view sales. UFC 110 which was not tape delayed in the U.S and aired on premium television at the normal 10:00 pm eastern/ 7:00 Pacific time is reported to have only sold 240,000 buys.
FightOpinion.com got the scoop from Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com’s [...]

Charles Manson’s Grandson is a Fighter

Published on: 10th March, 2010

I had no clue about this next little piece of information, but it looks like the grandson of Charles Manson has been a professional MMA fighter since 2006.
According to Jordan Breen of Sherdog.com, Jay “Charles Manson III” Freeman is the biological grandson of hippie serial killer Charles Manson.
Freeman is (5-4) and recently fought and lost [...]

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