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UFC Announces Second Quarter Twitter Bonuses

Yael Grauer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:49:02 +0000

Zuffa announced their latest batch of Twitter bonus recipients on Tuesday night. Fighters were divided into 4 divisions based on the number of followers, selecting winners for most creative tweets (according to Dana White), the highest percentage of new followers and the most followers gained for the quarter. The winners for the most followers in [...]

Miesha Tate Demonstrate Armbar Escapes

Yael Grauer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:37:14 +0000

You can bet Miesha Tate’s been working on her armbar defense in preparation for her fight against “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. Check out this video of her demo-ing some armbar escapes with Pat Barry on Breakdown With Bas.

Carlos Condit to Rematch Nick Diaz; Details Forthcoming

Yael Grauer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:23:52 +0000

The internet exploded after UFC 143′s fight between Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz. Many fans were upset with the decision, to put it mildly, and Diaz’s talk of retirement in his post-fight interview made the eagerly anticipated grudge match with GSP seem less and less possible for the future. Fight fans who were upset with [...]

Fighters Fall Through Cage Door (Video)

Yael Grauer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:58:38 +0000

Don’t they hire people to make sure the cage doors are closed? How hard can it be, really? Word on the street is that the door hinges were damaged in a previous fight and were not repaired. Watch Braedon Ward and Brandon Bishop take their fight outside of the cage in some double KO action.

Lessons in life: Not everything Jon Jones does is a good idea

Ben Cartlidge — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:36 +0000

Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans now official for UFC 145

Ben Cartlidge — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:47:54 +0000

The next test for boy wonder Jon Jones (15-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will now officially be Rashad Evans (17-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) as the organization confirmed this bout had been scheduled for UFC 145 in Atlanta on April 21st. The two will finally meet in Atlanta’s 19,000 seater Philips Arena at the top of a [...]

UFC 143 Fight Camp Update

Yael Grauer — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:06:06 +0000

We’ve made it to the midway point: the fifth event of MMA Playground’s season 12: The Dirty Dozen is in the books, and our welterweight team’s current season rank has dropped from #53 to #59 in the Welterweight Division. As a team, we went 5-4-1. We called Diaz/Condit wrong and did not think Barão was [...]

UFC 143 – Payoffs and Layoffs

Ben Cartlidge — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:32 +0000

Event: UFC 143 – Diaz vs. Condit Where: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada When: Saturday 4th February Attendance: 10,040 Live Gate: $2,300,000 Salaries Carlos Condit: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Nick Diaz: $200,000 Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Roy Nelson: $20,000 Josh Koscheck: $146,000 (includes $73,000 win bonus) def. Mike Pierce: $20,000 [...]

Irving claims gold and Hewitt derails the hype train at UCMMA 26

Ben Cartlidge — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:38:54 +0000

This Saturday saw the UK grind to a halt as huge snow flurries caused chaos on the roads but, only a few hours beforehand, UCMMA delivered their first show of 2012 which featured a host of compelling match ups. The main event of the evening saw dominant welterweight UK-1 champion Luke Sines defending his belt [...]

Video: Condit vs. Diaz decision – The aftermath

Ben Cartlidge — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:28 +0000

One can only imagine what would have happened if he’d have listened to Nick’s impromptu retirement speech.