January 24, 2012
Brazilian featherweight stand-out, Junior Assuncao has this week been cut from the UFC roster following his defeat at the hands of Ross Pearson, but if you ask him why the decision was taken by the Las Vegas based promotion he’d tell you simply that he doesn’t know.
Posting via his Twitter page, Assuncao said:
“I JUST [...]
January 19, 2012
MMA talk show ‘The Cage’ is back on Sports Tonight Live for another show packed full of discussion on the hottest topics in MMA. This week’s episode is hosted by Bret ‘Hollywood’ Freeman, who is joined in the studio by MMABay’s own Brad Wharton and UCMMA promoter Dave O’Donnell, while Cage Warriors commentator John Gooden [...]
January 13, 2012
Despite rumours to the contrary and the worlds number one promotion tweeting about the fight earlier this week it appears “Ultimate Fighter” season nine winner, Ross Pearson will not be facing German heavy hitter, Dennis Siver for a second time when the UFC on FUEL 2 event takes place in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sources close to [...]
January 11, 2012
An interesting rematch in a different weight division is reportedly in the works for the UFC on FUEL 2 card set to go down April 14th in Stockholm, Sweden, with “Ultimate Fighter” season nine winner Ross Pearson taking on German bomber Dennis Siver in a main card bout.
The news of the fight was revealed [...]
January 6, 2012
“Ultimate Fighter” season nine winner, Ross Pearson has been giving his thoughts on the UFC 142 featherweight title clash between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes, predicting the Brazilian maverick will end up winning the fight via TKO in either the second or third round.
Speaking via ESPN.co.uk, Pearson said:
“I think Jose will win, I think [...]