Category: UFC



UFC 144 Main Card is Jampacked: 7 fights in 4 hours

UFC 144 Main Card is Jampacked: 7 fights in 4 hours

Next week’s UFC 144 event will feature seven main-card bouts instead of the usual five. Zuffa official Ryan Grab today confirmed the extra-large lineup, which is slated to run four hours. UFC 144 takes place Feb. 25 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In addition to the main card, which airs in its normal [...]

Predictions for UFC on Fuel TV Feb. 15th, 2012

Predictions for UFC on Fuel TV Feb. 15th, 2012

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to make its UFC on FUEL TV debut, beginning with its “Sanchez vs. Ellenberger” fight card emanating from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. And it all goes down tomorrow night (Feb. 15, 2012) at 8 p.m. ET. Don’t forget that UFC on FUEL TV is part of [...]

UFC welterweight  fighter Nick Diaz failed drug test

UFC welterweight fighter Nick Diaz failed drug test

Any talk of a dream fight versus Georges St-Pierre or a rematch versus Carlos Condit is on hold for Ultimate Fighting Championship star Nick Diaz after the Stockton, Calif., native tested positive for marijuana metabolites. The welterweight star, who after more than a decade in the fight game has reached the top of the UFC [...]

Johnny Brutal Bedford

Johnny Brutal Bedford

TRAINING: A typical training day is three workouts. In the morning I do my strength and conditioning, in the afternoon it’s either wrestling and jiu-jitsu or sparring, and the evenings are usually the opposite of what I do in the afternoon. Usually grappling once a day and striking once a day. Thoughts on opponent, Mitch [...]

Renan Barao

Renan Barao

TRAINING: I’m training hard in jiu-jitsu, boxing and MMA every day When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in Boxing when I was 14. I then added Jiu-Jitsu and started training MMA. What ranks and titles have you held? Shooto Brazil Champion, BJJ Black belt. Do you have any heroes? [...]

Raphael Assuncao

Raphael Assuncao

TRAINING: I’ve got a new camp in where I’m training in South Florida with some good fighters and training partners – Edson Barboza, Eduardo Guedes, Luiz Cane, Marlon Moraes, Raphael Chaves and the rest of the guys. When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in 2000, influenced by my cousin [...]

John “Prince” Albert

John “Prince” Albert

TRAINING: Mon, Wed, Fri – I do mitts in the morning, then swim for 30 min. Later I go running, and at night, it’s MMA technique, wrestling, grappling, striking, and sparring with Dennis Hallman. Tue, Thur – Strength and conditioning, mitts, then sparring. Saturday is usually light grappling and technique with a run later in [...]

Georges Rush St-Pierre

Georges Rush St-Pierre

TRAINING: I train six days a week – a different combination each day of two of the following: wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), boxing, Muay Thai, Strength & Conditioning/Running, and MMA sparring. When and why did you start training for fighting? I started martial arts when I was six, doing Kyokushin karate. When I started training [...]

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva

TRAINING: Training twice a day from Monday to Saturday When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training Tae Kwon Do at the age of 14. What ranks and titles have you held? UFC Middleweight Champion, MECA Champion, Cage Rage Champion, Victories in Pride, Shooto, and Minotauro Fight, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. [...]

Junior Cigano Dos Santos

Junior Cigano Dos Santos

TRAINING: In the mornings I train boxing and wrestling; in the afternoons I train Jiu Jitsu and strength and conditioning, all with focus on my fight, and alternating days between disciplines. When and why did you start training for fighting? I started with Jiu-Jitsu in 2005, afterwards I met Dorea, who introduced me to Boxing [...]