The official betting lines for "UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy" were posted earlier this week by our friends over at BetUS. As expected, Georges St-Pierre is a favorite heading into his defense against Dan Hardy, but -800???
It may be hard to believe, but it's been 21 years since Saved by the Bell first started influencing adolescent minds. Apparently, Dan Hardy's favorite was A.C. Slater, as the character's wrestling prowess continues to be Hardy's motivational force as he preps for UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.
In the UFC's Australian debut this Saturday, company president Dana White reported that 17,831 screaming fans packed the Acer Arena, generating a stadium record $2.5 million at the gate. Although UFC 110's numbers are staggering, the Octagon's bloodbath didn't leave fond impressions on everyone.
Although UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre possesses MMA's deadliest ground game, he isn't pleased with the lack of highlight reel finishes on his resume, specifically of late.
This Saturday at UFC 110, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will make another attempt at proving to the world that he is still able to compete in the sport of mixed martial arts.
Not many people, except for the ones who profit from the current system, likes the College Football BCS system. Every year it seems like one or two schools lose out because they aren't as big of a school as the one that was chosen over them.
Pads are popping. The smell of sweat and adrenaline are in the air, when in walks a familiar face. The setting is the old Bomb Squad Gym in Hollywood, California. The familiar face is none other than Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The animated fighter always enters the gym with two things, a signature style, along with a smile.
Brock Lesnar is, as of right now, the most dominant heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The combination of size, speed and athleticism is a rarity the likes of which are not seen much at all in professional sports.
MMA is funny sometimes. You're only loved when you win, yet people say that a fighter's true colors show after they lose. Nate Marquardt has lost the last two fights that were considered the biggest fights of his career, but don't count him out.
Many fans of the great sport of mixed martial arts are only aware of the fighters within the UFC. But MMA is a global sport that is big in Japan, Brazil, Russia and China and you should be aware of some of the elite talent competing there if you want to be a true MMA fan.
Michael Westbrook, Marcus Jones, Herschel Walker and of course ... Johnnie Morton. Just kidding about the last one, well not really. Football is a contact sport so the move from the field to the cage isn't too far fetched. Could we see other sports crossing over soon?
Hardcore MMA fans were up in arms about the welterweight scrap between Jay Hieron & Joe Riggs not being shown during Showtime's broadcast of "Strikeforce: Miami."
If you ask Jon Fitch, he thinks he deserves another chance. Fitch has improved as a fighter since he lost to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 87, but so has GSP.
With UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar's announcement that he will be returning to the Octagon after a "miracle" recovery, the landscape of the UFC's heavyweight division has once again changed.
The recent announcement that Diego Sanchez was moving back up to the UFC's welterweight division all but confirmed what many had already felt, Sanchez knows he has no chance to beat BJ Penn.
World Victory Road held a press conference last week to discuss the fallout from their New Year's Eve co-promotion with Dream, "Dynamite!! 2009." As expected, temperatures erupted when it was time to discuss Shinya Aoki and his antics after breaking Mizuto Hirota's right arm.
