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MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Cruz, Benavidez Belong
By Michael David SmithPosted: Mar 12th 2010 11:00 AM
Two of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts were in the cage Saturday night at WEC 47. They just weren't the two we thought they were beforehand.Prior to WEC 47, a lot of people had bantamweights Brian Bowles and Miguel Torres in their top 10 pound-for-pound lists. (Bowles was No. 7 on my list and Torres fell just outside the top 10.) But after Dominick Cruz beat Bowles and Joseph Benavidez beat Torres, the two WEC 47 winners are both on my list of the Top 10 fighters in mixed martial arts, which is below.
UFC 112 Fight Card: Silva vs. Maia, Penn vs. Edgar
By Ray HuiPosted: Mar 11th 2010 5:21 AM
The UFC 112 fight card for when UFC heads to Abu Dhabi with two title bouts on April 10 at Yas Island.Anderson Silva defends his middleweight belt against Demian Maia, and BJ Penn puts his belt up against Frankie Edgar. The rest of the card is below.
BJ Penn Unlikely Source of Info for Hawaii Tsunami News Coverage
By Mike ChiappettaPosted: Feb 27th 2010 5:18 PM
As the world watched the terrible news of another horrific earthquake -- this one epicentered in central Chile, and waited for news of a follow-up tsunami expected to hit Hawaii, UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn and his website BJPenn.com became a legitimate news outlet for information.Penn, who incorporates frequent video blogs as part of his website, live streamed video footage of Hilo Bay on his website throughout the day. His videos were picked up by CNN and Fox News and broadcast to a worldwide viewing audience, and Penn was also interviewed by CNN regarding conditions in his area.
UFC Announces First Outdoor Event
By Ray HuiPosted: Jan 27th 2010 9:18 AM
For the first time in UFC history, the fights will take place outdoors when the promotion debuts with UFC 112 on April 10 in Abu Dhabi, the UFC announced Wednesday.
As MMA Fighting previously reported, the two main events set for the card are title fights between champ Anderson Silva against Vitor Belfort and titleholder BJ Penn versus Frankie Edgar. Also, Renzo Gracie will make his debut against former champion Matt Hughes.
B.J. Penn Back in Training
By Michael David SmithPosted: Jan 18th 2010 6:25 PM
B.J. Penn's next fight hasn't been officially announced, but he's expected to defend his UFC lightweight title against Frankie Edgar on April 10, and he's already training like a man who's got a big fight ahead of him.
Dana White Discusses Zuffa Sale, Brock Lesnar's Health, Edgar vs. Penn, More
By Ariel HelwaniPosted: Jan 12th 2010 7:49 PM
MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White Tuesday about Flash Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi government, purchasing a stake in Zuffa, the parent company of UFC and WEC. White talked about what this transaction means for the future of the organization, how it all came about it, and why he and his partners, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, eventually pulled the trigger.White also announced that the UFC will hold a press conference to announce Brock Lesnar's health status and his future in MMA. He added that Frankie Edgar, not Gray Maynard, will face BJ Penn for the lightweight title next and that he hoped to see Anderson Silva fight at UFC 112 as well. Check out the video interview below.
Dana White: Frankie Edgar, Not Gray Maynard, to Face BJ Penn Next
By Ariel HelwaniPosted: Jan 12th 2010 5:02 PM
It's official: Frankie Edgar is the No. 1 UFC lightweight contender.Dana White confirmed with MMA Fighting Tuesday that Edgar will receive the next 155-pound title shot against champion BJ Penn. There had been talk of Gray Maynard facing Penn next, but in a video interview shot Tuesday in New York City, White said he didn't think Maynard was 100% ready to fight for the title just yet.
Five Things We Learned From UFC Fight Night 20
By Mike ChiappettaPosted: Jan 12th 2010 9:20 AM
Perhaps it didn't materialize as the shining night that the UFC hoped for when they booked the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va., but there were lessons to be learned from the action that transpired there on Monday night.
Let's take a look at some of the key storylines to come out of the UFC's UFN 20.
MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Credit to Rashad Evans
By Michael David SmithPosted: Jan 5th 2010 9:25 AM
Rashad Evans probably doesn't get enough credit as one of the truly elite athletes in mixed martial arts. Maybe after his win on Saturday night over Thiago Silva at UFC 108, he will.Evans showed off his excellent wrestling base in repeatedly taking Silva down on Saturday night, and although he nearly lost the fight in the third round, he showed a lot of heart in weathering some powerful combinations from Silva, one of the light heavyweight division's most dangerous strikers.
And so, even though he needs another win or maybe two before he'll be back in title contention, I have Evans in my list of the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world, which is below.
'Cursed' Event Delivers Big for UFC
By Mike ChiappettaPosted: Jan 3rd 2010 9:34 AM
One after another, fighters dropped from the card, matchups were erased and critics complained. UFC 108, they said, was cursed.
How bad did the "curse" get? Even UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, who was left scrambling several times trying to fill holes in the card, blew out the medial collateral ligament in his knee in the days before the event.
K-1 Puts Brock Lesnar, B.J. Penn, Lyoto Machida and More on YouTube
By Michael David SmithPosted: Dec 29th 2009 12:50 PM
This is great news for mixed martial arts fans: K-1 recently uploaded a couple dozen of the MMA fights in its video library to YouTube, including fights featuring UFC champions Brock Lesnar, B.J. Penn and Lyoto Machida. Above is Lesnar's MMA debut at Dynamite USA in 2007.
After Full Decade of Superstardom in MMA, BJ Penn Hitting His Prime
By Mike ChiappettaPosted: Dec 14th 2009 11:19 AM
MEMPHIS – Perhaps with the passage of time, we'll one day look back and truly understand just how great BJ Penn was.
That's not a realization that can come from one, specific win -- even one as dominant as his fifth-round TKO against Diego Sanchez at UFC 107. Instead, it comes as a compilation of history.
Here's a brain-teaser for you: try to think of another MMA fighter who was relevant at the beginning of the '00s, a contender throughout the decade and still at a championship level entering the '10s.
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