New TUF 13 radio correspondents Lew Polley and Zach Davis debut on Thursday’s edition of the big show, along with Jackson’s MMA headliner Julie Kedzie Read More >>
March 31, 2011
Nick Diaz Won’t Fight His Brothers; Says Jones & Evans Not True Teammates
Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz doesn’t believe Jon Jones and Rashad Evans were ever really teammates to begin with, but the thought of fighting his teammates? Diaz says it’s ‘disgusting.’ Read More >>
UFC makes last-minute push for DeMarco Murray to score NCAA Football 12 cover slot
Follow UFC president Dana White on Twitter, and you’ve undoubtedly seen his frequent request: Vote for DeMarco Murray!
However, if you’re the type of hardcore fan that rarely steps outside of the
MMA bubble, you might be at a loss to figure out exactly what office
Murray is seeking.
With the UFC’s full backing, Murray is campaigning for a slot on the
cover of EA Sports’ forthcoming NCAA Football 12 video game. And if he
wins, the Las Vegas native has promised to prominently sport a UFC logo
at April’s NFL draft.
Nick Diaz Won’t Fight His Brothers; Says Jones & Evans Aren’t True Teammates
Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz doesn’t believe Jon Jones and Rashad Evans were ever really teammates to begin with, but the thought of fighting his teammates? Diaz says it’s ‘disgusting.’ Read More >>
TUF 13 Premier TV Ratings In Line With Ultimate Fighter Season 12
The TV ratings for TUF 13’s season premier – featuring Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos as coaches – were right in line with Season 12’s premier. Read More >>
Daley says he battled burnout but now fully prepped for Strikeforce title shot
You may have guessed this already, but Paul Daley
doesn’t sugarcoat things. He admits he’s wrestled with burnout after
back-to-back camps for championship-length fights.
However, the British welterweight said he’s pulled out of a temporary
rut he hit in the middle of camp for his fight next Saturday with
Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz, and he’s
fit and ready to go.
Fit, in this case, means in striking distance of 170 pounds, the limit
he needs to make to vie for Diaz’s belt per athletic commission
guidelines.
Meet “The Ultimate Fighter 13″ cast: Nordin Asrih, Germany’s first “TUF” entrant
For some fighters, the pressure of representing an entire nation might prove a little much to carry into the cage.
Not so for “The Ultimate Fighter 13″ cast member Nordin Asrih.
Selected as the first German fighter to ever take part in the Spike
TV-broadcast reality competition series, Asrih welcomes the idea of
carrying the hopes of his native land.
“The Ultimate Fighter 13″ ratings boast 1.5 million viewers for season debut
The season debut of “The Ultimate Fighter 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos
Santos” scored a 1.0 household rating and 1.5 million viewers.
Spike TV officials today emailed the ratings information to MMAjunkie.com.
The March 30 broadcast was the highest-rated cable program in its
timeslot among men 18-34 and men 18-49, but the ratings fell just short
of the “TUF 12″ debut, which scored 1.6 million viewers in late 2010.
Fight Path: For Douglas brothers, Bruce Lee to Cesar Gracie a natural progression
By the time the fraternal Douglas twins were born four minutes apart on
Aug. 16, 1982, their father was a mixed martial artist, in a way.
The Douglas’ father was living in Seattle around the time that Bruce Lee
erupted in popularity. He became very interested in martial arts and
learned all styles. Then, he showed his two boys.
“My dad taught us from day one,” David Douglas told MMAjunkie.com. “We don’t have a base style
because of the way our dad taught us. He took the best from all styles
he learned, without all the bullcrap in between.”
Broken hand takes Kyle out of fight with Mousasi at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley”
A very recent broken hand has forced light-heavyweight Mike Kyle to withdraw from a fight next Saturday with former champ
Gegard Mousasi at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley.”
Strikeforce official Mike Afromowitz today confirmed the news to
MMAjunkie.com after an initial report from
MMAFighting.
Afromowitz said the search for a replacement opponent is underway.