Brock Lesnar?s diverticulitis forces him out UFC 131, replaced by Shane Carwin

The UFC continued to steal headlines this week with another major announcement on the heels of having already expanded fighter insurance to cover injuries sustained outside of the cage. Minutes ago, in a conference call with media, UFC President Dana White dropped a bomb in explaining former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar‘s diverticulitis had returned [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/05/12/brock-lesnars-diverticulitis-returns-replaced-at-ufc-131-with-shane-carwin/

Ed Herman Heath Herring Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott

Randy Couture On Lyoto Machida, Retiring From the UFC The Expendables 2 - UFC 129

*** Watch Complete 1/2hr HD Episodes on http://www.MMAheat.com ***MMA H.E.A.T.'s Karyn Bryant spends a few minutes with UFC legend Randy "The Natural" Couture after the UFC 129 Press Conference in Toronto. Randy gives his thoughts on what's likely his last fight in the Octagon, and tells us what he had to change in his training camp to prepare to face Lyoto Machida. Randy also fills us in on his Hollywood plans, which includes the sequel "The Expendables 2.Be sure to visit http://www.MMAheat.com for more interviews and archived episodes of our 1/2 hour TV show. Nós falamos Português! * We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MMAheat * Follow MMAheat on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MMAheat * Follow Karyn on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KarynBryant

Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc-129/randy-couture-on-lyoto-machida-retiring-from-the-ufc-the-expendables-2-video_eea474b74.html

Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch Kenny Florian Jesse Forbes

Diaz video: Tired of fighting chumps, wants GSP

A German website caught up with the enigmatic Nick Diaz after UFC 129. Mark Bergmann did a good job trying to get Diaz to focus. When he did, Diaz said he was bored and weary of facing opponents whose only chance to win is by landing a miracle shot.

"I'm trying to go on to bigger and better things. I don't just want to keep fighting these chumps," Diaz said. "If they want to keep having me fight these chumps, I'm not afraid to do that, but I'm not going to go ahead fighting these guys unless they're willing to pay me a lot more money."

Diaz is still focused on boxing as an option because as he says, "we're talking big money now." If he has to, he'll leave MMA.

After UFC 129, Dana White told the media that he'll be visiting Stockton, Ca. as soon as this week to speak with Diaz.

When asked if the fight was possible even with Diaz's Showtime contract in place White said he can make any fight he desires.

"I imagine I could do whatever I wanted to if I really wanted to," White said. "I don't know. We're going to have to see how this whole thing works out."

Tip via Fightlinker

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Diaz-video-Tired-of-fighting-chumps-wants-GSP?urn=mma-wp1961

Gerard Gordeau Jonathan Goulet Wilson Gouveia Jason Grace

Brock Lesnar Out with Diverticulitis, Shane Carwin vs. Junior dos Santos Headline UFC 131

On a week where Zuffa, LLC announced they would start picking up the tab for most of their fighters? medical expenses, Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard and now Brock Lesnar will put the UFC?s new-and-improved healthcare plan to the test. Lesnar announced during an impromptu conference call Thursday that his case of diverticulitis has come back [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/75790/brock-lesnar-out-with-diverticulitis-shane-carwin-vs-junior-dos-santos-headline-ufc-131/

Luiz Azeredo  Luciano Azevedo  Ba Te er  Ryan Bader 

UFC on Versus 5: Hardy vs. Lytle, Miller vs. Henderson, Bonnar vs. Vemola, Castillo vs. Volkmann

Several fights for August 14′s UFC on Versus 5 card were revealed in the past 24 hours. First up is Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle. After being pinned down by dominant wrestlers for two consecutive fights, Dan Hardy said he wanted to fight someone like Chris Lytle who was willing to play Rock ‘em, Sock [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/137VBn-I4c4/

Yves Edwards  Justin Eilers  Jon Olav Einemo Per Eklund

MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: GSP, Aldo Miss a Chance to Move Up

by Michael David Smith
Heading into UFC 129, I thought both welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and featherweight champion Jose Aldo had a good chance of putting on the kind of performance that would move them up in the pound-for-pound rankings.

GSP did what he usually does and won a dominant unanimous decision over a good opponent in Jake Shields, but he didn't do anything that makes him leapfrog Anderson Silva at the top of the list. And Aldo won a classic battle with Mark Hominick, but it wasn't the kind of transcendent performance that could put him on top of the MMA world.

So as we review the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts, there's no change at the top.

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/04/mma-top-10-pound-for-pound-gsp-aldo-miss-a-chance-to-move-up/

Rodrigo Gracie Roger Gracie Rolles Gracie Royce Gracie

Best Of The Rest: UFC 129 "St. Pierre vs. Shields"

Hello once more fans and friends and welcome to another new edition of ?Best of the Rest?! I really enjoy taking the time to give my detailed thoughts on a show after watching it, but after the serious discussion and debate I?ll raise in topics like ?Top 5 Best Moments? and ?Best Performance of the [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/05/02/best-of-the-rest-ufc-129-st-pierre-vs-shields

Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger 

MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: GSP, Aldo Miss a Chance to Move Up

by Michael David Smith
Heading into UFC 129, I thought both welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and featherweight champion Jose Aldo had a good chance of putting on the kind of performance that would move them up in the pound-for-pound rankings.

GSP did what he usually does and won a dominant unanimous decision over a good opponent in Jake Shields, but he didn't do anything that makes him leapfrog Anderson Silva at the top of the list. And Aldo won a classic battle with Mark Hominick, but it wasn't the kind of transcendent performance that could put him on top of the MMA world.

So as we review the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts, there's no change at the top.

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/04/mma-top-10-pound-for-pound-gsp-aldo-miss-a-chance-to-move-up/

Ricardo Arona  Noboru Asahi Marcus Aurelio  Mikhail Avetisyan

Exclusive pictures from UFC 129, Part One

Check out pictures from Tracy Lee from UFC 129 -- everything but the title fights. With so many fights, we had to break it up into two. See Randy Couture's final fight, the massive cut on Mark Bocek's head, Rory MacDonald's suplex and much more.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Exclusive-pictures-from-UFC-129-Part-One?urn=mma-wp1973

Zelg Benkei Galesić Mauro Galvao Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan