After "bittersweet" win, Javier Vazquez eyes WEC's best fighters
Featherweight Javier Vazquez (14-4 MMA, 1-2 WEC) desperately wanted a win in the WEC.After a heartbreaking run of back-to-back split-decision losses to open his WEC career, the 32-year-old "Showtime" needed a victory to keep his spot in the
Following WEC 47 loss, Jens Pulver's retirement likely permanent this time
...Ohio ? Saturday's post-WEC 47 press conference essentially served as a going-away party for Jens Pulver.The MMA trailblazer and superstar returned from a short-lived retirement and dropped a submission loss to Javier Vazquez during the WEC's Ohio debut at...
Togo oppositon rejects poll result
...the so-called victory of Faure Gnassingbe," Jean-Pierre Fabre, who heads the opposition Union of Forces for Change (UFC), told hundreds of supporters at his party the headquarters in Lome, Togo's capital. "I have never wanted to use violence, but if I am stolen...
By the Numbers: Dominick Cruz Breaks Zuffa Champion Trend
...lost. In the UFC group, I think you have to exclude Machida, because he hasn?t lost yet (He could go on to have a long reign. We just don?t know.). That makes the UFC group look even worse: an average of .25 title defenses. Doesn?t bode well for Cruz....
Togo security forces teargas opposition protesters
...Supporters of Jean-Pierre Fabre, leader of the Union of Forces of Change (UFC), the main party of the divided opposition, and presidential candidate, meet in front of the party's headquarters in Lome. Togo security forces have shot teargas canisters at some...
Overseer of Boxing, Supporter of M.M.A.
...to M.M.A. on merit will succumb? to the idea of generating additional revenue. A study for the state said that one mixed martial arts show in Buffalo and one in Manhattan would generate $1.2 million in state and local taxes. Lathan said the study underestimated...
Bellator secures veteran broadcaster Sean Wheelock for play-by-play duties
..."MMA Live" host Jon Anik handled the broadcast duties for Bellator's first season. Wheelock may be best known to mixed martial arts fans as the play-by-play announcer the January 2009 event, "Affliction: Day of Reckoning." Wheelock also called the action at...
UFC Quick Pic: Wanderlei Silva drives a nicer car than you
... (is it an aston martin?)?..there is no fucking way on this planet i would fuck it up with a paint job like that, that is just wrong. also can you imagine keeping to the speed limits in that thing, and its not going to be hard to identify the driver when t...
Joseph Benavidez called Miguel Torres victory -- and is now calling for a Dominick Cruz rematch
...i truely believe that Skill beats size, teqnique beats strength all the time.? reports said that bj is now inserting mma gloves in his ass to test if he?s as flexible as before. he then put the gloves to his mouth to test if his ass tastes good. after a minute...
Togo opposition will contest Gnassingbe win
...constituency by constituency to show there has been ... an electoral hijack," Koffi Yamgnane, spokesman for Fabre's UFC party, told French radio station RFI. International observers said the poll had gone smoothly, despite some procedural flaws. More than...
