Alistair Overeem beat Brock Lesnar by first-round TKO in their UFC 141 fight in Las Vegas Friday night, leading to Brock’s announcement that he was retiring. The fight went about the way I expected, and it ended exactly how Overeem predicted: with a hard leg kick to the liver. Lesnar was hesitant to shoot on…Read More
Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone refused to touch gloves prior to their UFC 141 fight in Las Vegas, and the hate between the two continued well after the bout began. Prior to the start of the third round, Diaz flipped Cerrone the double bird. We told you it was on when Diaz knocked Cerrone’s cowboy…Read More
Nate Diaz, the less talented, more high-strung Diaz brother, is fighting Donald Cerrone at UFC 141 Friday. Nate has quite the reputation as a feather ruffler, what with his brawl at Strikeforce: Nashville last April and all. So it was no surprise to see him get in Donald Cerrone’s face during their stare down and…Read More
Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem will meet Friday night in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Overeem is a decorated fighter; he’s been a heavyweight MMA champion in Strikeforce and Dream, and he’s a K-1 kickboxing champ. He also hasn’t lost in his last 11 MMA fights dating back to 2007. Even…Read More
UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber shaved his trademark long hair last week in support of his sister who was badly hurt in a car crash after Thanksgiving. Faber’s sister, Michaella Tastad, was involved in a major car collision the day after Thankgsiving. Tastad had life-threatening head injuries and was put into a medically-induced coma. She had…Read More
Although Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos was as exciting a fight as a one-minute fight can be, there are many critics who thought the UFC’s premiere event on Fox left a lot to be desired. The same cannot be said of the next UFC on Fox card, which will take place on Jan. 28…Read More
UFC fighter Chael Sonnen easily has one of the wackiest personalities in MMA. He doesn’t hold back when challenging opposing fighters, and he gets completely goofy in interviews like this one with TSN Canada. It’s that type of behavior that helped him become the host of the World MMA Awards that will air Wednesday. In…Read More
Lithuanian welterweight Marius Zaromskis has won 16 of his 23 professional fights, 12 coming by knock out. He’s fought in Cage Rage, Dream, and Strikeforce. On Saturday, he faced Bruno Carvalho in Rumble of the Kings in Sweden. Zaromskis is no stranger to damaging his opponents during fights in unconventional ways. He’ll even employ a…Read More
