Big Foot’s manager Alex Davis recently came under fire for his comments on MMAJunkie Radio regarding the cut his fighter received at the hands of Cain Velasquez at UFC 146. More recently, Davis took to The UG to clarify his remarks and further commentated that if it were up to him, he’d ban ground elbows [...]
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There will be blood?! Can we all just agree to ban elbows in MMA?
Posted: June 1, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news, UFC EventsTags: Alex Davis, Big Foot Silva, UFC 146
Kenny Florian’s Career Ends without a Belt, Still Impressive
Posted: June 1, 2012 in Commentary/OpinionLongtime UFC contender Kenny Florian decided to retire after a 9-year career. He was first embraced by UFC fans in the very first season of The Ultimate Fighter, where he finished runner-up to Diego Sanchez in the middleweight tournament. Florian is the only UFC fighter to compete at four different weight classes—making drops to welterweight, [...]
Props to TMZ.
What the hell happened? No legit contenders for Dos Santos’ belt.
Posted: May 31, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Top 10, Latest newsTags: UFC, JDS, Heavyweights
Well, after only one title defense, it appears that JDS has now joined the ranks of GSP, Anderson, Aldo and Jones as unbeatable champs. And I know what you’re thinking…”Fresh, the UFC’s HW division is in a renaissance period, surely there must be a few title contenders for the Brazilian Bomber.” And yeah, on the [...]
UFC Needs Phil Davis as a Title Contender; Prado is Step #1
Posted: May 31, 2012 in Commentary/OpinionTags: Phil Davis, UFC, Wagner Prado
Sometimes, the UFC books fights that make you say, “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?” Phil Davis has had two of those announced in the past couple weeks. First it was heavyweight Strikeforce transplant, Chad Griggs. Yesterday it was announced that Griggs was injured and would be replaced by Wagner Prado at UFC on Fox 4. If you aren’t familiar [...]
Uh oh! Jon Jones had two 25 year old females with him during infamous crash
Posted: May 31, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news, RumorsTags: Hoes in different area codes
But I’m sure he was just giving the ladies a ride…home. At 5 in the morning, drunk. Certainly by this point, you’ve already heard about Jones crashing his Bentley into a telephone pole. And you may have even heard that Jones had 2 passengers with him when he crashed his car. But what you may [...]
Belfort’s wife brings out the claws…calls out Wand’s chin.
Posted: May 30, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, RumorsWanderlei Silva was none to happy when he found out that long-time nemesis Vitor Belfort had to pull out of their fight due to a broken hand. In fact, he was so mad that he questioned the injury and called The Phenom a “chicken.” Here’s some Wandy being Wandy quotes from an article from ESPN.UK [...]
Palhares “was too sick” against Belcher … Cool Story Bro ***NEW UPDATE***
Posted: May 30, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest newsTags: Rousimar Palhares
From the “could’ve seen this coming” department (all readers should collectively roll their eyes while reading this) is this little note about Rousimar Palhares. Apparently—and obviously—he wasn’t quite himself during the Alan Belcher fight. You remember the Alan Belcher fight right? The one where Palhares tries to leg lock Belcher, but couldn’t lock it in…and [...]
Introducing Shannon Ihrke — Model, Marine, Ring Girl and Newest Addition to VigilanteMMA
Posted: May 29, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, InterviewsTags: Shannon Ihrke
We are very pleased to announce that ring girl, model and former Marine Shannon Ihrke will be joining the VigilanteMMA team this summer. You’ve probably seen Shannon’s work as ring girl for ProElite, or perhaps in Maxim Magazine. And soon, you’ll be able to see her right here at VigilanteMMA. Shannon will be pulling double [...]
Dana to Bisping: ‘In fairness Mike, you won the fight.’
Posted: June 4, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news, RumorsTags: Dana White, Michael Bisping
Apparently this is what Dana White told Bisping after his fight with Sonnen earlier this year. This at least according to an interview Bisping did with little upstart ESPN. Bisping further elaborates on his conversations with the UFC Brass concerning his proximity to the UFC Middleweight Belt. Here’s his full answer, transcribed by MMAMania: “Dana [...]