MMAWEEKLY Rankings Updated
The latest MMAWeekly Rankings were released on Tuesday, March 20th. This system ranks the top ten MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the five major weight classes, as voted on by the MMAWeekly staff.
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Has The UFC Finally Bought Pride?
The rumors swirling around the sale of Pride FC have been ongoing for quite some time, but things flared up again on Monday when Sherdog.com started talking about strong rumors from some of their sources, who said that the deal has finally been struck.
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Who Are The Fertitta Brothers You Ask
The Fertitta brothers' bare-knuckled business approach built their casino empire into a Vegas power - and now they're hitting the jackpot with a sport once denounced as 'human cockfighting.'
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Champion Adds Punch to Training Seminar
Roughly 40 martial artists of mixed ages and abilities got the opportunity to train with a prize-fighting legend on Saturday, as former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion BJ Penn hosted a training seminar at Big John McCarthy's Ultimate Training Academy in Valencia.
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Rich Franklin Interview
Lance McAllister Interviews Rich Franklin
Scroll down to Audio on the left hand side under Latest Interviews, four part Rich Franklin interview. This was done on a local radio show in Cincinnati a couple days after UFC 68. Rich explains why he always has a constant shiner. Good stuff.
WAR UFC IN CINCY!
One-on-one with UFC's Tim Sylvia
Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia lost his title to Randy Couture March 3 at UFC 68. Leading up to the fight, Sylvia was criticized for his lackluster title defenses against Andrei Arlovski and Jeff Monson in 2006.
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Tryouts begin for TUF6
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By MMAFighting.com on March 16, 2007
Welterweight fighters can apply now to compete for a chance to join the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 6. Applications must be postmarked no later than April 7.
The tryouts are scheduled for April 10 at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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here is the link in case anybody wanted the application..
looks like welterweights again this time.. who do you think will coach this season?
New Info On TUF 5
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SpikeTV.com has launched a section of its Web site devoted to the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.
The section contains detailed biographies of the 16 lightweights who will compete on the show. This season’s crop of 155-pounders range from the novice (Allen Berube at 2-1 and Gray Maynard at 3-0) to the veteran (Brian Geraghty at 24-9-2).
There’s also a flipbook showing 25 photos of the cast members and coaches (B.J. Penn and Jens Pulver) as they fight invisible men.
As I mentioned earlier today, the cast includes Gray Maynard, Matt Wiman, Robert Emerson, Nathan Diaz, Noah Thomas, Marlon Sims, Cole Miller, Gabe Ruediger, Brian Geraghty, Brandon Melendez, Andy Wang, Manvel Gambaryan, Corey Hill, Wayne Weems, Alan Berubie and Joe Lauzon.
The Ultimate Fighter 5 debuts on April 5 at 8 p.m. ET. on Spike TV.
The Ultimate Fighter 5 Will Feature Two Teams of Fighters
Posted by UFC Junkie on March 15, 2007 at 11:00 am ET
The latest “all-lightweights” season of The Ultimate Fighter will feature two teams of fighters — not 16 fighters training and competing individually, as some fans speculated — according to an official press release from the UFC and Spike TV.
Granted, this is a minor point and barely news, but like other fans, I wondered if the 16 155-pound fighters might train as individuals while spending equal amounts of time with the show’s two coaches: Jens Pulver and B.J. Penn, two former UFC champs.
However, it appears that, as in seasons’ past, the 16 fighters will be broken into two teams of eight while training under one coach.
UFC 68 Breaks North American Attendance Record
The final attendance figures for UFC 68 have come in from the Ohio Athletic Commission, and the event has officially broken the all-time total attendance record for a mixed martial arts event in North America.
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