Thursday, November 1, 2012
Live Chat: TUF 17 and Sonnen vs. Jones update, GSP's return, MMA weekend discussion
After a few quiet weeks, things are finally beginning to heat up. When it rains, it pours.
This week we learned Dan Henderson was never even asked whether he would like to coach opposite Jon Jones for season 17 of 'The Ultimate Fighter'. That, ladies and gentleman, is how you clean out a division without even fighting all of the other contenders in it. It's believed the ticket sales for UFC 151 weren't great and Henderson confirming he wasn't asked to coach opposite Jones is reasonably good evidence UFC brass are simply not confident a Jones vs. Henderson show and eventua...
Stephan Bonnar's retirement brings back memories of 'the fight'
Stephan Bonnar, perhaps the most famous journeyman fighter in UFC history, confirmed Tuesday night what he had hinted about for months: at 35, his career inside the cage was over.
Being left momentarily paralyzed by a knee to the solar plexus, and quickly finished by the greatest fighter of his time in Anderson Silva, may not have been the storybook ending he was hoping for. But that's why it's called storybook, because it rarely happens.
Bonnar was never a top championship contender. He also never beat a top championship contender, although he did come very close to beating one future champion. In his 15 UFC fights over a little more than seven years on the roster, he only had two main events, one a few weeks ago as a late su...
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lyman Good Bellator welterweight tourney final set for Nov. 30
Andrey Koreshkov joined the Bellator ranks with an undefeated record and the reputation of a fearsome finisher. Four fights later, he's still unbeaten and coming off his most impressive win, a crushing knockout of the DREAM champion Marius Zaromskis.
And he's also one win away from fighting for the Bellator welterweight championship.
To do that, he'll have to go through the promotion's first-ever divisional champ, Lyman Good. The two now have a date for their tournament finals matchup, as the promotion c...
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