Train Fight Win - Mixed Martial Arts Videos!

MMA Newsfeed
All
All (News, Videos and Events)

Karo Parisyan Expected To Fight Dennis Hallman At UFC 123 Never say never. Not quite one year since Dana White told the world that Karo Parisyan would never fight in the UFC again via Twitter, "The Heat" tells Ariel Helwani that he has been offered a fight in the UFC at UFC 123 in November against veteran Dennis Hallman.<br><br> Parisyan, who suffers from anxiety disorder, was canned after pulling out of fights on short notice twice, at UFC 88 and UFC 106 and in between failed a drug test at UFC 94.<br><br> Parisyan told MMAFighting.com that he worked hard to get back in on the good side of the UFC brass and was eventually offered a three-fight deal. Cain Velasquez Says UFC Signed Him Without Ever Seeing Him Fight Number One UFC Heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez (8-0, 6-0 in UFC) will be fighting for the UFC title on October 23rd when he fights Brock Lesnar in Anaheim, CA and in a recent interview spoke about getting signed by the UFC with only two fights under his belt and UFC President Dana White never seening one of his fights:<Br><br> I had two fights on my CV and wanted to fight in other shows before going to the UFC, to get some experience. But It was really hard to get fights with other organizations, so my manager said: ?We haven?t fought in a long time, we can?t wait any longer. It?s time to call up the UFC.? He made the call, made Dana White an offer and we went to Vegas. We took two fighters with us and Dana watched me standing with those two fighters and doing Jiu-Jitsu with another two heavyweight athletes. He liked what he saw and told me I was in the UFC.<br><Br> Props: <a href=http://www.graciemag.com>Gracie Mag</a> UFC 118: Edgar Vs. Penn 2 Medical Suspensions The following a list of medical suspensions for fighters that fought at UFC 118 this past week:<br><Br> Amilcar Alves; 30 day suspension; 21 days no contact<Br> Nick Osipczak; 30 day suspension; 21 days no contact<Br> Greg Soto; 45 day suspension; 30 days no contact<Br> John Salter; 30 day suspension; 21 days no contact<Br> John Salter; 180 day suspenion or clear x-ray for possible left hand fracture<Br> Gabe Ruediger; 30 day suspension; 21 days no contact<Br> Nate Diaz; 60 day suspension<Br> Nate Diaz; 180 day suspenion or clear x-ray for possible nasal fracture<Br> Marcus Davis; 60 day suspension<Br> Marcus Davis; indefinite suspenion, must clear head and face CT<Br> Kenny Florian; 45 day suspension; 30 days no contact<Br> Gray Maynard; 30 day suspension; 21 days no contact<Br> Rampage Jackson Vs. Lyoto Machida Set For UFC 123 In Detroit A rumored light heavyweight contest between Quinton "Ramapge" Jackson Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida is now official for November 20th.<br><br> UFC President Dana White confirmed the main event and location during UFC 118 weekend. Detroit, Michigan is the city that will house the fight that will see two top 205lb. contenders match up in the stacked division.<br><br> Both fighters are coming of losses, Jackson to Rashad Evans in a grudge match from their time spent as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter, and Machida to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in which he lost the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.<br><br> MMAWeekly.com also reports that Pittsburgh, PA was on the short list of cities to host UFC 123 as well, but scheduling conflicts forced them out of the running.<br><br> Overeem Not Fighting Aleks Emelianenko, Says Fedor Ducking Big Foot Alistair Overeem is pulling no punches in his the on going fight saga between himself, Antonio Silva, and Fedor Emelianenko.<br><br> Overeem, who had been rumored to be taking on Aleks Emelianenko in the fall went on record today saying that the fight is in fact NOT happening. "For the record: I will fight in the K-1 and not against Alexander E. I read something on the web and I'm not fighting him." Overeem posted on his Facebook page. <br><Br> After a message was posted on the official Fedor Twitter account that he wanted a fight with Overeem despite rumors that he would be facing Antonio Silva, Overeem responded with the following messages, one directly to Silva "@ Bigfoot Silva; Everybody is talking about me and Fedor, it?s not fair to you. Fedor should fight you in December, then problem is solved."<br><br> That was followed up with "The real reason M-1/Fedor called me out is to distract attention of a possible match with Silva. He wants Fedor but M-1 don?t want Silva." Things are getting juicy.