May 6, 2015

Schaub, who I think is pretty mediocre, has been saying he made six figures off sponsors. With the new Reebok deal they aren't sponsoring him any more.

 

May 7, 2015

Schaub is a different circumstance, hes a big name in and out of the octagon. He does that Fighter and the Kid podcast. That being said i dont believe for a second he makes 6 figures off individual fights. Everyone has been saying for a while that sponsorship money has been down and thats partly because the UFC charges a tax on the sponsors.

Still dont think it is a good deal for most of the fighters, but some ppl like the FLW and WSW title challengers make out pretty well. Also think the middle/lower tier guys who have fought under Zuffa for a while like Danny Castillo, Sam Stout, Scott Jorgensen, Tibau, Cole Miller, Jeremy Stephens, Marquart, Cote etc. all will probably be happy.

Anyways Cezar Ferreira is moving down to WW after recent KO losses to Dollaway and Alvey, he will fight Jorge Masvidal who is permanently moving up to WW at the TUF Brazil Finale on June 27th. Weird fight.

Ferreira is Vitor's guy btw

Before stricter drug testing was announced



After



Still pretty cut up, but a clear user.

 

May 7, 2015

Jake Ellenberger vs Wonderboy Thompson added to UFC 189"Welterweights"


Full card so far. There isnt that huge 3rd fight but the card is real deep. One of those cards where the matchmaking does itself afterwards with all those WW fights.

Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor-FW Title
Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald-WW Title
Matt Brown vs. Tim Means
Jake Ellenberger vs. Stephen Thompson
Dennis Bermudez vs. Jeremy Stephens
John Hathaway vs. Gunnar Nelson
John Howard vs. Brandon Thatch
Alex Garcia vs. Mike Swick
Henry Briones vs. Cody Garbrandt
Thomas Almeida vs. Brad Pickett

 

May 8, 2015

Pettis out of the Jury fight with an elbow injury, Edson Barboza will replace him.

 

May 8, 2015

gaddamnit Pettis stay healthy son.

Just think if Pettis fought as much as Cerrone how popular he'd be.

Maybe since he is still relatively young, he will have a longer career due to his inactivity.

 

May 8, 2015

Someone who gets injured this much does not have a long career.

 

May 8, 2015

cruz vs pettis for the glassweight title

 

May 8, 2015

showtime more like shelftime

 

May 8, 2015

Guess i'll be taking that point back

 

May 8, 2015

Havent seen it mentioned by RFA and Legacy FC are doing a co promotion tonight. Pretty cool since they are both UFC feeder leagues.

Starts at 10 ET



Main Event | AXS TV Super Fight Title Bout (125 lbs)
- Alexandre Pantoja, 15-2 (RFA flyweight champion) vs. Damacio Page, 19-9 (LFC flyweight champion)
RFA Bantamweight Title Bout (135 lbs)
- Luke Sanders, 9-0 (RFA bantamweight champion) vs. Terrion Ware, 13-3 (RFA bantamweight #1 contender)
LFC Lightweight Title Bout (155 lbs)
- Dave Burrow, 13-5 (LFC title challenger) vs. Mike Bronzoulis, 17-8-1 (LFC title challenger)
Lightweight Bout (155 lbs)
- Adam Townsend, 12-3 (RFA) vs. Yuri Villefort, 6-4 (LFC)
Flyweight Bout (125 lbs)
- Kevin Gray, 5-1 (RFA) vs. Brian Hall, 8-3 (LFC)
Welterweight Bout (170 lbs)
- Bojan Velickovic, 10-3 (RFA) vs. Charles Byrd, 7-3 (LFC)

Link

http://taima.tv/r/mma

 

May 8, 2015

its good to see Burt again.

 

May 11, 2015

Lot of MMA coming up including 7 consecutive weeks(8 including last weekend)with a UFC show in a row. Anyways figured id post the updated UFC/Bellator/WSOF shows through the next 3 months. Thread seems kinda dead.


Bellator 137:Halsey vs Grove-May 15th

-Brandon Halsey vs Kendall Grove-For MW Title
-Eduardo Dantas vs Mike Richman
-Fernando Gonzalez vs Curtis Millender
-Darrion Caldwell vs Rafael Silva

Prelims-Spike.com

-Benji Radach vs Ben Reiter
-Virgil Zwicker vs Razak Al-Hassan
-Joe Taimanglo vs Antonio Duarte
-Jordan Parsons vs Julio Cesar Neves
-Jesse Juarez vs Ricky Rainey

UFC FN: Edgar vs Faber-May 16th

-Frankie Edgar vs Urijah Faber
-Gegard Mousasi vs Costas Philippou
-Mark Munoz vs Luke Barnatt
-Hyun Gyu Lim vs Neil Magny
-Phillipe Nover vs Yui Chul Nam
-Tae Hyun b--- vs Jon Tuck
Prelims
-Mark Eddiva vs Levan Makashvili
-Zhang Lipeng vs Kajan Johnson
-Royston Wee vs Ning Guangyou
-Li Jingliang vs Dhiego Lima
FP Prelims
-Roldan Sangcha-An vs Jon Delos Reyes
-Nolan Ticman vs Yao Zhikui

UFC 187: Cormier vs. Johnson-May 23

-Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson-For vacant LHW Title
-Chris Weidman vs Vitor Belfort-For MW Title
-Donald Cerrone vs John Makdessi
-Travis Browne vs Andrei Arlovski
-Joseph Benavidez vs John Moraga
Prelims
-John Dodson vs Zach Makovsky
-Dong Hyun Kim vs Josh Burkman
-Uriah Hall vs Rafael Natal
-Rose Namajunas vs Nina Ansaroff
FP Prelims
-Mike Pyle vs Colby Covington
-Islam Makhachev vs Leo Kuntz
-Justin Scoggins vs Josh Sampo


UFC FN:Condit vs Alves-May 30th

-Carlos Condit vs Thiago Alves
-Charles Oliveira vs Nik Lentz
-Francisco Trinaldo vs Norman Parke
-Jussier Formiga vs Wilson Reis
-KJ Noons vs Yan Cabral
-Ryan Jimmo vs Francimar Barroso
-Rony Jason vs Damon Jackson
-Mirsad Bektic vs Lucas Martins
-TJ Waldburger vs Wendell Oliveira
-Nicolas Dalby vs Elizeu Zaleski
-Tom Breese vs. Luiz Dutra

World Series of Fighting 21: Rama vs Ivanov-June 5th

-Smealinho Rama vs Blagoi Ivanov-For HW Title
-Lance Palmer vs Chris Horodecki-For FW Title
-Stephen Beaumont vs Mukai Maromo
-Matt Baker vs Marcus Hicks
-Roger Alves vs Dan Lariviere
-Garret Nybakken vs Nick Hrabec
-Michael Hay vs Louie Grover

UFC FN:Boetsch vs Henderson-June 6th

-Dan Henderson vs Tim Boetsch
-Ben Rothwell vs Matt Mitrione
-Dustin Poirier vs Yancy Medeiros
-Francisco Rivera vs Alex Caceres
-Thiago Tavares vs. Brian Ortega
-Derrick Lewis vs Shawn Jordan
-Joe Proctor vs Justin Edwards
-Jake Collier vs Ricardo Abreu
-Joe Soto vs Anthony Birchak
-Brian Ebersole vs Omari Akhmedov
-Jose Quinonez vs Leonardo Morales

UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum-June 13th

-Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum
-Gilbert Melendez vs Eddie Alvarez
-Kelvin Gastelum vs Nate Marquardt
-Yair Rodriguez vs Charles Rosa
-Tecia Torres vs Angela Hill

Prelims

-Henry Cejudo vs Chico Camus
-Efrain Escudero vs Drew Dober
-Alejandro Perez vs Patrick Williams
-Francisco Trevino vs Johnny Case
-Augusto Montano vs Cathal Pendred
-Gabriel Benitez vs Clay Collard
-Hector Urbina vs Albert Tumenov


Bellator 138:Kimbo vs Shamrock-June 19th

-Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock
-Patricio Freire vs Daniel Weichel-For FW Title
-Bobby Lashley vs James Thompson
-Daniel Straus vs Henry Corrales
-Michael Chandler vs Derek Campos

Prelims-Spike.com

-Steve Mann vs Justin Guthrie
-Dan O’Connor vs Miles McDonald
-Malcom Smith vs Luke Nelson
-Kain Royer vs Enrique Watson

UFC FN: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne-June 20th

-Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Jessica Penne-For SW Title
-Dennis Siver vs Tatsuya Kawajiri
-Peter Sobotta vs Sergio Moraes
-Lukasz Sajewski vs Nick Hein

Prelims

-Derek Brunson vs Krzysztof Jotko
-Makwan Amirkhani vs Masio Fullen
-Alan Patrick vs Mairbek Taisumov
-Mike Wilkinson vs Alan Omer
-Niklas Backstrom vs Noad Lahat
-Antonio Dos Santos vs Scott Askham
-Piotr Hallman vs Magomed Mustafaev
-Nikita Krylov vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Bellator 139:Kongo vs Volkov-June 26th

-Cheick Kongo vs Alexander Volkov
-David Rickels vs John Alessio
-Pat Curran vs Goiti Yamauchi

UFC FN:Silva vs Story-June 27th

-Erick Silva vs Rick Story
-TUF Brazil LW Final
-TUF Brazil BW Final
-Lorenz Larkin vs Santiago Ponzinibbio
-Thiago Santos vs Steve Bosse

UFC 189: Aldo vs. McGregor-July 11th

-Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor-For FW Title
-Robbie Lawler vs Rory MacDonald-For WW Title
-Matt Brown vs Tim Means
-Jake Ellenberger vs Stephen Thompson
-Dennis Bermudez vs Jeremy Stephens
-Gunnar Nelson vs John Hathaway
-Brad Pickett vs Thomas Almeida
-Brandon Thatch vs John Howard
-Mike Swick vs Alex Garcia
-Cody Garbrandt vs Henry Briones

TUF 21 Finale:Henderson vs Johnson-July 12th

-Ben Henderson vs Michael Johnson
-Jorge Masvidal vs Cezar Ferreira
-Michelle Waterson vs Angela Magana
-Josh Samman vs Caio Magalhaes

UFC FN:Mir vs Duffee-July 15th

-Frank Mir vs Todd Duffee
-Bobby Green vs Al Iaquinta
-Tony Ferguson vs Josh Thomson
-Scott Jorgensen vs Manny Gamburyan
-Alan Jouban vs Matt Dwyer
-Kevin Lee vs James Moontasri
-Doo Ho Choi vs Sam Sicilia
-Igor Araujo vs Sean Strickland
-Andrew Craig vs Edgar Garcia

Bellator 140:Lima vs Koreshkov-July 17th

-Douglas Lima vs Andrey Koreshkov-For WW Title
-Paul Bradley vs Chris Honeycutt
-Michael Page vs Rudy Bears

UFC FN 72(Scotland)-July 18th

-Joe Duffy vs Ivan Jorge

UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2-July 25th

-TJ Dillashaw vs Renan Barao-For BW Title
-Edson Barboza vs Myles Jury
-Miesha Tate vs Jessica Eye
-Joe Lauzon vs Takanori Gomi
-Rustam Khabilov vs Danny Castillo
-Gian Villante vs Tom Lawlor
-Ramsey Nijem vs Erik Koch
-Antonio Braga Neto vs Zak Cummings
-Daron Cruickshank vs James Krause

World Series of Fighting 22: Palhares vs. Shields-August 1st

-Rousimar Palhares vs Jake Shields-For WW Title


UFC 190: Rousey vs Correira-August 1st

-Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correira-For Womens BW Title
-Big Nog vs Stefan Struve
-Lil Nog vs Shogun Rua
-Bigfoot Silva vs Soa Palelei

 

May 11, 2015

^Pettis vs Jury isn't happening any more...
Still a dope card. Dillashaw is gonna wreck Barao again.
lots of great fights coming up. Just hope everyone stays healthy.

 

May 11, 2015

Yup whoops i thought i changed that.

 

May 12, 2015

The Bellator card this Friday should be entertaining.

 

May 13, 2015

Ya, Grove should get killed by Hasley. Dantas/Richman and Silva/Caldwell are pretty good BW fights, some good prelims as well which is rare.

Speaking of BW's Marlon Moraes will be defending his belt against Sheymon Moraes at WSOF 22 on August 1st. Tyrone Spong will also fight against an unknown opponent.

I dunno if anyone has watched this season of TUF but Spong almost got in a huge fight in the Blackzillians locker room with Nate Coy after an ATT guy missed weight and then went and used their sauna without asking. Spong came in and kicked them out and almost got in a fight lol. Hes a scary MFer lol...

 

May 13, 2015

Yeah, Spong has been a huge part of TUF. The UFC must have their eye on him. I bet it won't be long before he is in the Octagon.

Richman looked good taking out Nam Phan... but I never thought Nam Phan was any good.

 

May 14, 2015

Just realized that i'm going to be missing most of UFC 187 due to my sister's graduation.

 

May 14, 2015

Ya im not catching it live. My buddies going into the National Guard and im probably gonna end up throwing him a party. I'll just torrent it the next day.

Anyways Roy Nelson vs Josh Barnett set for September 27th in Japan and they are also coaching some version of a Japanese TUF that will take place in Vegas. Doesnt sound like a traditional version.

 

May 14, 2015

Former UFC fighter Corey Hill has passed away from pneumonia