UFC President, Dana White has been commenting further on the promotions decision to cut former middleweight title contender, Nate Marquardt from the roster after he failed to pass a medical last weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explaining he’s not prepared to give the fighter a fourth chance. … Continue Reading
UFC President, Dana White has reportedly fired Strikeforce heavyweight knockout artist, Brett Rogers from the roster just hours after the news broke about the fighter assaulting his wife yesterday in Minnesota. … Continue Reading
It has tonight come to light that Strikeforce heavy hitter, Brett Rogers has been taking out all his recent frustrations on his wife, strangling and punching her last night in Minnesota and was promptly arrested by the police. … Continue Reading
UFC middleweight prospect, Brad Tavares has been speaking about stepping up at short notice to take on powerhouse wrestler, Aaron Simpson at UFC 132 this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, explaining he sees few draw backs despite not having long to prepare. … Continue Reading
UFC lightweight submission machine, George Sotiropoulos has been speaking about his UFC 132 clash with Rafael dos Anjos which goes down on the preliminary card portion of the evening in Las Vegas, Nevada, explaining he’s looking to get back into the mix after losing last time out. … Continue Reading
Check out the UFC 132 pre-fight press conference on MMABay later today featuring all the major fighters competing this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada including Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. The live stream begins at 4.00pm ET (1.00pm PT, 9.00pm UK). … Continue Reading
Brazilian MMA legend, Wanderlei Silva discusses his upcoming fight this weekend with heavy hitter, Chris Leben at UFC 132 in Las Vegas, Nevada and why he’s not considering changing his fighting style for anyone. … Continue Reading
Former WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber talks about challenging Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight championship this weekend at UFC 132 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and how he believes his opponent craves the kind of respect and fan support he has. … Continue Reading
UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz explains he doesn’t hate bitter rival, Urijah Faber ahead of their UFC 132 clash this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, but he is massively motivated to beat “The California Kid”. … Continue Reading
UFC middleweight slugger, Chris Leben has been giving his thoughts on his fight this weekend with former PRIDE champion, Wanderlei Silva on the UFC 132 card in Las Vegas, Nevada, promising the fans the edge of the seat kind of fight they are expecting to get. … Continue Reading
The MGM Grand Garden Arena will be packed out this Saturday, July 2nd as ‘UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber II’ rolls into Las Vegas Nevada. The main event will see UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz putting the strap on the line against nemesis Urijah Faber with several pivotal matchups firming up the pay-per-view card. It’s time for a closer look at the main card and what we could expect to see this weekend in Vegas. … Continue Reading
Last Friday night spelled the death knell for Nate Marquardt’s career in the UFC as he failed to be cleared by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission due to his higher-than-normal testosterone levels. The story goes that Marquardt had been up front about his hormone-replacement therapy, and he would’ve had his hormone levels within the norm by the night of the fight. However, he was too far above the limit to be cleared, and he was cut. Chael Sonnen was found to have elevated levels after his fight with Anderson Silva, and he still has a job. I felt it necessary to take a closer look as to why. … Continue Reading
UFC lightweight star on the rise, Melvin Guillard has been speaking about his position in the division ahead of his UFC 132 clash this weekend with Shane Roller in Las Vegas, Nevada, explaining as far as he’s concerned he’s the best 155 pounder in the division and now it’s down to him to prove it. … Continue Reading
At 36 years of age you might be forgiven for thinking UFC middleweight, Aaron Simpson was in the twilight years of his career and had given up trying to compete with the young studs making their way up the ranks at 185 pounds but you’d be wrong as he says his age won’t be a factor when he takes on Brad Tavares at UFC 132 this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. … Continue Reading
In a surprising move UFC heavyweight number one contender, Junior dos Santos has split from his long-time manager, Ed Soares as the Brazilian looks to begin a new era in his mixed martial arts career. … Continue Reading
Former PRIDE middleweight champion, Wanderlei Silva comments on why he pushed so hard to face Chris Leben this weekend at UFC 132 in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as the ongoing feud he has with trash-talking champion, Chael Sonnen. … Continue Reading
UFC middleweight slugger, Chris Leben says it’s an honour to be able to step into the octagon with a legend like Wanderlei Silva this Saturday night at UFC 132 in Las Vegas, Nevada, predicting the fight will earn the pair ‘Fight of the Night’ honours. … Continue Reading
Former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz talks about the holes in the game of his UFC 132 opponent, Ryan Bader he plans on exploiting this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as explaining about a rather embarrassing incident which was perpetrated by his twitter account being hacked. … Continue Reading
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Sometimes an opportunity arises that is simply too good to pass up on. But chances inherently contain a measure of risk; the question then becomes one of risk versus reward. Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping was recently presented with such a dilemma; take the path of least resistance to the UFC gold, or throw himself headfirst [...]
The UFC returns to FOX this weekend as ‘UFC on FOX 2: Evans vs. Davis‘ goes down at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois with three cracking main card fights to get the pulse racing. In the main event, Rashad Evans and Phil Davis do battle to see who’s next for UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon [...]
‘The Cage’ is back for another stacked episode on Sports Tonight Live! Bret ‘Hollywood’ Freeman and MMABay’s own Brad Wharton are joined in the studio by veteran mixed martial artist Danielle ‘The Curse’ West and 17-year-old prodigy Lisa ‘Lights Out’ McCallum. The team discuss women’s MMA, UFC on Fox 2 and Ian ‘M16′ Butlin calls [...]
We’re just days away from the ‘UFC on FOX 2: Evans vs. Davis‘ fight card that lands on our screens on Saturday, January 28th live from the United Centre in Chicago, Illinois as Britain’s own Michael Bisping enters the biggest fight of his life in the co-main event of the evening. Before we look at [...]
With just two weeks until his first trip into the cage in 2012, top UK prospect Iain ‘Badman’ Martell sat down for a chat with MMABay Radio’s Brad Wharton. After a blistering start to his pro career in 2011, Martell is looking to make 2012 his year, and discussed his training at Kaobon, his upcoming [...]
The MMABay Radio team is back for another mid-week show as we round up all the news stories form the past couple of days from around the mixed martial arts world. This week the team discusses this past Friday night’s UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller event from Nashville, Tennessee, reviews this Saturday night’s UFC on [...]
There was action aplenty last night as ‘UFC on FX 1: Guillard vs. Miller‘ marked a successful debut on FX for the UFC and the fans in attendance in Nashville, Tennessee were left satisfied by a string of stunning finishes. MMABay takes a look back at the night’s action and gives you a sneak peek [...]
