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Aldo Lifts Title off of Brown, Gamburyan Outpoints Garcia
Jose Aldo accomplished his dream at 23 years old. The Brazilian finished featherweight champion Mike Brown to lift the title off of the American Top Team fighter.
UFC Fight Night in Virginia Will Be Aired On Spike TV
“UFC Fight Night” on Spike TV heads to the suburbs of Washington D.C. on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:00pm ET/PT for the first ever UFC fight in Virginia with a card featuring some of the best up-and-coming lightweight fighters. Emanating from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA on the campus of George Mason University, undefeated UFC lightweight Gray Maynard (9-0, 1 NC) takes on hard-hitting Nate Diaz (11-4) in the main event with Efrain Escudero and Evan Dunham in a duel of undefeated fighters in the co-feature.
WEC Announces Television Agreement With Globosat In Brazil
World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today a multi-year television agreement with Globosat in Brazil. Beginning with a live broadcast of the Nov. 18 card featuring a featherweight title fight between champion Mike Brown and challenger Jose Aldo, Globosat will now carry all WEC events on its Combate Brasil channel.
Lesnar Fighting a Bacterial Infection
Dana White told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole that UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was fighting a much more serious disease, not on the level of AIDS or cancer. The Associated Press is reporting that Lesnar is in a Bismarck, N.D. hospital fighting a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract.
Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva Moved to Headline UFC 108
As we reported yesterday Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is off of the UFC 108 card, which left the event without a headliner. Joe Silva quickly jumped to action and worked his magic, moving the Rashad Evans vs Thaigo Silva fight to be the headlining fight of the New Year’s Eve show.
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UFC 105 Bonuses & Gate
The UFC has announced their typical Knockout of the Night, Submission of the Night, and Fight of the Night bonuses for UFC 105. The event also drew over 16,000 spectators.
Big Nog Contracts Staph, Out of UFC 108
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has pulled out of his UFC 108 main event fight against Cain Velasquez because of a persistant staph infection. Dana White, according to Sherdog.com, announced that “Big Nog” will not be part of the main event, but stopped short of announcing a replacement. Velasquez-Nogueira was the third main event to be assinged to UFC 108. The event, set to take place January 2, is creeping closer and closer, leaving limited time for training camps for whomever is announced as a replacement.
UFC 105 Live Play-by-Play
Join MMAMadness.com as we bring you live play-by-play results from the Spike TV broadcast of UFC 105. Spoilers after the jump.
Sengoku NYE event canceled, Co-Promoting with FEG
World Victory Road, the promoters behind Sengoku, have canceled the planned New Year’s Eve show in Japan. Though the Sengoku event is off, WVR is rumored to be co-promoting with Fighting & Entertainment Group (FEG) as part of their Dynamite!!2009 NYE event. The Sengoku cancelation eliminates two MMA events in Japan on New Year’s Eve, while the co-promotion allows WVR to still make some cash.
Renzo Gracie-Matt Hughes Rumored for 109 (UPDATED)
(UPDATED) GracieMag.com posted at 3:18PST that Renzo is denying he will be fighting in January. It states he will be focused on his cousin, Rolles’, UFC debut at that time. Renzo does go on to say, “My relationship with the UFC is excellent. Something will happen.” No confirmation, but it sounds like something, even if it’s not UFC 109, is in the works.
Rumors have circulated the last couple of days that Renzo Gracie will take on Matt Hughes this February at UFC 109. Heavy.com claims that both fighters have been offered the fight, though no contracts have been signed. If the match does come to fruition it would give Renzo the change to avenge his second-cousin, Royce’s, 2006 loss against Hughes at UFC 60.
