Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The Battle of Heights: Stefan Struve vs. Pat Barry at UFC on Versus 6


Verbal agreements are in place for the tallest and shortest heavyweights in the UFC to face off at UFC on Versus 6 this October 1st. The 6-foot-11 Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve and 5-foot-11 Pat “HD” Barry will make for a foot difference in height (see picture).

“Yes me and @HypeOrDie are gonna have à battle october 1st in Washington! Good luck brotha let's have some fun in there!,” Tweeted Struve.

Struve (21-5) is coming off a first round knockout loss at UFC 130 against Travis Browne. Struve had been on a two fight winning streak heading into the bout with Browne and it currently 5-3 inside the Octagon. The tall Dutchman has a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing background but it will be the BJJ that will be the key for him in this bout.

Barry (6-3) is also coming off a brutal knockout in his last bout at UFC Live as Cheick Kongo came back from nearly being KO’d himself to pull off one of the biggest comeback in MMA. Barry hasn’t been able to find any consistency in the UFC, going 3-3 thus far but always entertains. Barry an his heavy leg kicks will be pivotal for him against the lanky Struve, but he will have a serious reach disadvantage to go along with the height.

UFC on Versus 6 takes place Oct. 1 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The nights main card will air on Versus and will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight between Dominick Cruz and Demetrious Johnson.

This article was originally posted at http://www.mmavalor.com

Thursday, July 7, 2011

BAMMA Looks to Take Their Show to Ireland


It’s been over two years since the UFC graced the shores of the Emerald Isle, but with no current plans in place to return to Ireland, another promotion is eyeing a show there instead.

Rising British promotion BAMMA, whose next show will be BAMMA 7 in September in England, are in talks to bring a show to Dublin sometime hopefully in the next 18 months.

BAMMA Vice President Liam Fisher revealed the news when speaking with MMAWeekly Radio.

“It’s funny, we’ve planned our schedule for 2012 and we’re working on 2013 as well at the moment. We want to be totally far ahead, we want to make sure we get the exact dates and venues that we want for our schedule, and the O2 in Dublin is definitely one of the venues we’ve been speaking to,” Fisher stated about the promotion’s intentions to land in Ireland.

Irish fans have been clamoring for a major promotion to come back there after the UFC put on two shows there in 2007 and 2009, but have not returned there since.

UFC President Dana White has talked about going back there many times, but the busy schedule for the promotion hasn’t left a window open to return to Ireland in a couple of years.

continue reading

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Dana White Wants UFC vs. Strikeforce Fights ‘As Soon As Possible,’ but Roadblocks Exist

Brought to you by Step In Gear, your "Main Event" MMA Clothing and Apparel Company.

While most remain hopeful that UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will face Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz later this year, putting on fights that crossover between the two promotions is currently left in limbo.

Several sources over the last few weeks have stated that St-Pierre and Diaz would meet with the welterweight title on the line, but UFC president Dana White has maintained all along that it’s not a done deal.

While he stopped short of saying it wouldn’t happen, right now there are still hold ups that are preventing the UFC and Strikeforce from producing fights between the promotions.

“We literally have nothing done on that yet,” White answered when asked about the crossover fights.

Just after Zuffa purchased Strikeforce, White maintained that everything would remain ‘business as usual,’ but over the last few months several changes have been made internally within the newest promotion taken over by the MMA giant.

The matchmaking duties along with virtually all of the day-to-day business of Strikeforce is now under the helm of Zuffa employees, and the majority of Strikeforce’s staff has been let go under the new regime.

As far as fights go, however, White admitted that their goal is to put on the super fights that fans most want to see between the two promotions and it’s something they are currently working on.

“As soon as possible,” White said about a timeline for when the fights could take place.

Apparently, however, there is a wall blocking Zuffa’s efforts to make it happen. While White wouldn’t expand on what it is that’s preventing them from putting together those types of fights, most assume it has to do with Strikeforce’s existing television deal with Showtime.

Strikeforce has a television deal in place with Showtime that runs for at least two more years, but White gave no indication if that’s the specific reason why they are struggling to put together fights pitting the best of the best in the UFC against their counterparts in Strikeforce.

“I don’t even want to get into that, a whole other headache,” White stated.

The possibilities of crossover match-ups are endless, but GSP vs. Diaz appears to be the starting block if the fights can be put together. Only time and negotiation will tell if it will actually happen.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Georges St Pierre and Jose Aldo Retain Belts at UFC 129

With a Canadians in each one of the two title fights at UFC 129, the 55,000 fans in attendance had hoped to be celebrating tonight. Well fans had to settle with only one of their hometown favorites walked out of the Rogers Centre with gold around their waists.

Main event:
170 lbs.: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields - Georges St. Pierre by Unanimous Decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47)

Main card (Televised):
145 lbs.: Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick - Jose Aldo by Unanimous Decision (48-45, 48-46, 49-46) [Fight of the Night]
205 lbs.: Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida – Lyoto Machida by 2nd round KO [KO of the Night]
205 lbs.: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Jason Brilz - Vladimir Matyushenko 1st round KO
155 lbs.: Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson – Ben Henderson by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary (Spike TV):
170 lbs.: Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald – Rory MacDonald by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
170 lbs.: Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson - Jake Ellenberger by 1st round KO

Preliminary (FaceBook):
185 lbs.: Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen - Jason MacDonald 1st round submission (Triangle choke)
135 lbs.: Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia - Ivan Menjivar by 1st round TKO
155 lbs.: John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson - John Makdessi by 3rd round KO
170 lbs.: Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts – Claude Patrick by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
145 lbs.: Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin - Pablo Garza by 1st round submission (Flying Triangle) [Submission of the Night]

Fight Night bonus was $129,000

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Strikeforce Diaz vs Daley Recap and Results



Live from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley was an exciting event overall. The main card which aired live on Showtime saw three finishes in the first round plus a slugfest between Keith Jardine and Gegard Mousasi that ended in a majority draw.
Here is a recap of tonight’s Strikeforce action:
Main Card:
155 lbs.: Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm – Shinya Aoki by 1st round submission (neck crank)
205 lbs.: Keith Jardine vs. Gegard Mousasi – Majority Draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
155 lbs.: Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri – Gilbert Melendez by 1st round TKO
Main Event:
170 lbs.: Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley – Nick Diaz 1st round TKO
Results from the un-aired Preliminary Card:
145 lbs.: Robert Peralta vs. Hiroyuki Takaya - Robert Peralta by Split Decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
155 lbs.: Saad Awad vs. Joe Duarte - Joe Duarte by 2nd round Submission (Armbar)
265 lbs.: Brett Albee vs. Virgil Zwicker - Virgil Zwicker by 1st round TKO
170 lbs.: A.J. Matthews vs. Herman Terrado - Herman Terrado by 1st round TKO
145 lbs.: Edgar Cardenas vs. Rolando Perez - Rolando Perez by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
170 lbs.: Casey Ryan vs. Paul Song - Casey Ryan by 1st round Submission (Triangle)

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Bellator 39 Results

On a weekend with no UFC cards, Bellator 39 had the MMA community all too them self’s, allowing them to showcase their talent to the masses. With two tournament bouts and a lightweight title fight gracing the main televised card on MTV2 this was the perfect card to have the full fans attention.

The card started off with two explosive bouts that hand the fans there in at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and the viewers at home glued. The night would close with two decisions that would lose the fans attention from time to time. Overall though Bellator 39 scored a win for the promotion at a time they needed it and a good start to the semifinal rounds.

Local Fight Card (undercard):

John McLaughlin vs. Blair Tugman - John McLaughlin by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Matt Veach vs. Rene Nazare - Rene Nazare by 1st round TKO
Dave Jansen vs. Scott McAfee - Dave Jansen by 1st round submission (Choke)
Mike Winters vs. Ryan Quinn - Ryan Quinn by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

Main Card:

Ben Saunders vs. Matt Lee - Ben Saunders by 3rd round TKO (doctor stoppage)
Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Toby Imada vs. Patricky Freire - Patricky Freire by 1st round TKO
Welterweight Tournament Semifinal: Lyman Good vs. Rick Hawn - Rick Hawn by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Lightweight Championship: Eddie Alvarez vs. Pat Curran - Eddie Alvarez by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
Local Fight Card (undercard):
Greg Rebello vs. Dan Cramer - Dan Cramer by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

UFN 24 Nogueira vs. Davis Results


Making their first trip to Seattle, Washington, the UFC put on a great event tonight with UFN 24: Nogueira vs. Davis. How could it not be a great event when a fighter pulls off a very rare twitter submission along with a tapout via strikes.

With five fights on streaming free on Facebook and four airing on Spike TV, fans got nine overall fights for free. The complete fight card featured 12 bouts, here is how they all ended:

Under card (May not be broadcast):
155 lbs.: Nik Lentz vs. Waylon Lowe - Nik Lentz by 3rd round Submission (Guillotine)
185 lbs.: Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson – Aaron Simpson by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
170 lbs.: Johny Hendricks vs. T.J. Waldburger - Johny Hendricks by 1st round KO [KO of the Night]

Under card (Facebook):
265 lbs.: Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft - Christian Morecraft by 2nd round Submission (Standing Guillotine)
135 lbs.: Michael McDonald vs. Edwin Figueroa - Michael McDonald by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) [Fight of the Night]
170 lbs.: John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray - John Hathaway Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
145 lbs.: Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier - Mackens Semerzier by 1st round Submission (rear naked choke)
265 lbs.: Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow – Mike Russow 2nd round TKO (doctor stoppage)

Main card (Televised):
155 lbs.: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung - Chan Sung Jung 2nd round submission (Twister) [Submission of the Night]
170 lbs.: DaMarques Johnson vs. Amir Sadollah - Amir Sadollah by 2nd round Submission (strikes)
170 lbs.: Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson – Anthony Johnson by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 3-27)

Main event:
205 lbs.: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis – Phil Davis by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Bellator Season Four Semifinals are Set

The first four events of Bellator’s fourth season are now in the books, completing all of the tournaments quarterfinal rounds. Each of the four tournaments started with an eight man field that was dwindled down to four following the quarterfinals. It’s now time for the semifinal round and other then one welterweight fight; the semifinals are set and below are the schedule of when they will fight.

Along with the semifinal fights, Bellator 39 – 42 will also feature a title fight between Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez against Pat Curran at Bellator 39 along with Ben Askren vs. Nick Thompson at Bellator 40 and Joe Warren vs. Marcos Galvao at Bellator 41, both in non-title bouts.

The next round of the tournaments are filled with some very intriguing matchup that will begin fans one step closer to crowning four new tournament champions.

Welterweight
Rick Hawn vs. Lyman Good – Bellator 39 (April 2nd)
Brent Weedman vs. Jay Hieron – TBD*

Lightweight
Patricky Freire vs. Toby Imada – Bellator 39 (April 2nd)
Lloyd Woodard vs. Michael Chandler – Bellator 40 (April 9th)

Featherweight
Kenny Foster vs. Daniel Straus – Bellator 41 (April 16th)
Wilson Reis - Patricio Freire – Bellator 41 (April 16th)

Light Heavyweight
Christian M'Pumbu vs. Tim Carpenter – Bellator 42 (April 23rd)
Richard Hale vs. D.J. Linderman – Bellator 42 (April 23rd)

* = Brent Weedman suffered a facial laceration during the fight with Dan Hornbuckle and has been suspended 60 days, putting his position in the tournament in doubt

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Monday, March 14, 2011

Bellator 36 Brings Fans Solids Fights and Upsets

A fight card that needed no judges is music to the ears of both the fighters and the fans. At tonight Bellator 36 from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La the judges could have taken the night off because none of the seven fights went the distance.

An exciting start to the Bellator lightweight tournament saw two first round submissions and two (T)KO victories on the main card. The nights undercard was more of the same as none of the fights made it out of the second round.

The night saw a few upsets, but none were bigger then lightweight tournament favorite and former WEC champion Rob McCullough getting knocked out by Patricky Freire. After getting rocked in the first round McCullough was on the defensive for the remainder of the round, fending off the submissions of Freire. McCullough seemed to turn things around in round two but in the third round Freire dropped the tournament favorite with a right hand and the fight was over.

The second event of season 4 on MTV2 was exciting, entertaining and full of action, here is how the rest of the night’s action played out.

See results
And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

RITC 150 With Special Guest UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva


(Chandler, AZ) On Saturday March 19, 2011 the Arizona promotion Rage in the cage will bring its fans the 150th event, live from the Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, AZ. On hand for the event will be special guest Anderson Silva who will be bringing two fighters to compete at RITC 150, will be there to chat with fans and sign autographs.

In the Main Event for Rage in the Cage 150, popular local fighter Jade Porter (8-2) takes on Anderson Silva protégé Damaso Pereira (2-3), from Curitiba Brazil. In the Co-Main Event, Gabe Rivas (13-17-1) will square off against Anderson Silva protégé Paulo "Bananada" Goncalves Silva (14-7), from Rio de Janeiro.

In Featured Bouts, Aaron Brink (23-20) will face fifty year old Larry Robertson (7-1) along with two women's bouts. An extensive undercard should keep fans well entertained.

Get your tickets early for the best seat selections. All seating at the Ovations Live showroom at WHP Casino is assigned reserved. The balcony provides a great view looking downward into the cage as well as great viewing of the two large screens.

Tickets: $30, $40, $50, $100 and $125 ( row 1 center only - 8 seats ). $5 higher on fight day. No discounts available. Plenty of free parking. All guests must be 18+ to attend.

Tickets now on sale soon at http://wingilariver.ticketforce.com/ or call 1-877-840-0457.

Fight Card

Jade Porter ( 150 ) vs Damaso Pereira ( 145 )
Aaron Brink ( 200 ) vs Larry Robertson ( 195 )
Gabe Rivas ( 160 ) vs Paulo "Bananada" Goncalves Silva ( 155 )
Austin Apollos ( 130 ) vs Anthony Birchak ( 135 )
Leroy Douglas ( 215 ) vs Jesse Varela ( 205 )
Chad Menneke ( 210 ) vs Richard Ysaguirre ( 220 )
Joshua James ( 205 ) vs Jaysen Clemens ( 205 )

Ruben Martinez ( 200 ) vs TBA
Nick Leitermann vs Ben Carrillo
Lori Agins ( 145 ) vs Rachel Millard ( 145 )
Joseph Paul Simon ( 195 ) vs Jeff Anderson ( 185 )
Kelley Oser ( 170 ) vs Tom Keenan ( 165 )
Jed Jobe ( 235 ) vs David Keene ( 265 )
Bryan Graff ( 150 ) vs Jonathan Garcia ( 145 )

Crystal Gerhman ( 120 ) vs Jennifer Skinner ( 125 )
Truman Jones ( 135 ) vs Damian Ortiz ( 135 )
Manny Guajardo ( 160 ) vs Eddie Battross ( 165 )
Lince Terrones ( 155 ) vs Corey Grant ( 155 )
Aldo Escudero ( 135 ) vs Bobby Tinney ( 135 )
Allan Decastro ( 130 ) vs Danny Bascom ( 130 )
Noel Soriano ( 135 ) vs Saul Castro ( 135 )

Fight Card subject to change
www.argeinthecage.com

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Monday, February 28, 2011

BAMMA 5 Main Card Results and Reactions

Leading into the UFC 127 event last night was the BAMMA 5 card from the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The card was headlined by two fights featuring a couple of big names with possible big plans awaiting them should they win.

Unfortunately both Paul Daley (400 grams) and Ricco Rodriguez (2lbs.) showed up to the party a little overweight. Though their fights did go on, the Paul Daley vs. Yuya Shirai welterweight title fight was changed to a non-title bout.

The main card saw four fights, shown in the UK on SyFy and everywhere else on a PPV stream at www.bammatv.com. Now let’s check out how the night’s action played out and the reaction that follows the result.

Continue reading.....
And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Sunday, February 6, 2011

UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort Results and Recap

The highly hype UFC 126 is now in the books and while it’s tough to live up to the hype, it was damn close. Live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada five former champions stepped into the octagon tonight.

When it was all said and done the UFC gave fans 10 or the 11 fights between the PPV, Spike TV and Facebook. Sorry Mike Pierce and Kenny Robertson guess the UFC wanted to leave one fight on aired for the upcoming DVD.

The undercard got things started off with a bang as the first three fights ending via within the first two rounds via KO/TKO. In the Facebook bout, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson looked great tonight and spoiled the debut of Norifumi Yamamoto with his great speed and wrestling.

The spike TV portion of the card saw Chad Mendes completely dominate Michihiro Omigawa for a unanimous decision to open things up. The final bout of the undercard had Donald Cerrone shaking off a slow start to submit Paul Kelly and win the submission of the night.

The main card was five good fights, worth of the PPV cost, but it was two fights that really made the night.

Jon Jones handed Ryan Bader his first loss with a second round submission that earned him both the submission of the night and a title shot. In a shocking announcement Joe Rogan told us all that Rashad Evans blew out his knee and offered Jones the title shot at UFC 128 against Maurico Rua.

In the nights main event Anderson Silva made everyone’s jaw drop to the canvas as he dropped Belfort to the canvas with a clean front kick to his jaw. The two fighters were filling each other out for most of the fights until a flurry of action that ultimately ended with the knockout.

Here is the complete UFC 126 results

Main Event:
185 lbs.: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort – Silva by 1st round KO [Knockout of the Night]

Main Card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin – Griffin by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
170 lbs.: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha – Ellenberger by Split Decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
205 lbs.: Ryan Bader vs. Jon Jones – Jones by 2nd round Submission (Guillotine) [Submission of the Night]
135 lbs.: Antonio Banuelos vs. Miguel Torres – Torres by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (SpikeTV):
155 lbs.: Paul Kelly vs. Donald Cerrone – Cerrone by 2nd round Submission (Rear Naked Choke) [Fight of the Night]
145 lbs.: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa – Mendes by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (Facebook):
135 lbs.: Demetrious Johnson vs. Norifumi Yamamoto – Johnson by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson – Pierce by 2nd rd TKO
155 lbs.: Gabe Ruediger vs. Paul Taylor – Taylor by 2nd rd KO
205 lbs.: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero – Kingsbury by 1sr rd KO

Sunday, January 16, 2011

UFC 129: Nate Diaz Will Stay at Welterweight to Face Rory MacDonald

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt under Cesar Gracie, Nate Diaz will be back in action at UFC 129 on April 30th in Toronto, against Canadian Rory MacDonald. The Season five winner of “The Ulitimate Fighter” where he fought as a lightweight, Diaz will make his third official appearance at welterweight.

Diaz (13-6) moved up in weight after losing three of his last four at lightweight, he was 6-3 overall in the 155 division. Since moving up he has fought three times (one at catchweight), winning his first two bouts against Rory Markham and Marcus Davis. In his last bout he faced the Korean born fighter Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 125, where he was out muscled and lost a unanimous decision.

MacDonald (10-1) is coming off a disappointing ending in his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 115, where he was controlling the fight until Condit stopped him (Via TKO) with just seconds left in the fight. Macdonald also used to fight at lightweight before making the jump to welterweight and is the former KOTC Canadian and World lightweight champion.

The bout was originally reported by MMAFighting.com and later confirmed by MMAWeekly.com

UFC 129 will be headlined by another welterweight bout between the UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre (21-2) taking on Jake Shields (26-4-1)

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Strikeforce Challengers 13 Main Card Results

The first Strikeforce card of the year is in the books and it had a little bit of everything on the televised portion of the card. Headlined by a welterweight showdown between the undefeated Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine, it was the female fight that stole the show.

Amanda Nunes needed only 14 seconds to finish off Julia Budd and send a statement to women’s middleweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. With little fighters waiting to step in with Santos, Nunes just might be the one for the job.

Here is the results for the main card:

Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine – Tyron Woodley by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Daniel Cormier vs. Devin Cole – Daniel Cormier by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ovince St. Preux vs. Ron Humphrey – Ovince St. Preux by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Amanda Nunes vs. Julia Budd – Amanda Nunes by 1st round TKO 14

Rhadi Ferguson vs. John Richard – Rhadi Ferguson by 2nd round Submission (Knee Bar)

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Monday, January 3, 2011

UFC 129: Ben Henderson to Face Mark Bocek in UFC Debut


After losing his WEC lightweight title by unanimous decision over Anthony Pettis, Ben Henderson (12-2) will likely begin his journey back to the top on April 30th. With verbal agreements in place, the bout is set to take place at UFC 129 in Toronto against the Canadian Mark Bocek (9-3).

Bocek is coming off an impressive first round submission over BJJ specialist Dustin Hazelett at UFC 124. Following the victory Bocek called out rising star George Sotiropoulos in his post fight interview with Joe Rogan. Ultimately Bocek didn’t get his wish but did get a former title holder and arguably a bigger name in Henderson.

Henderson gets a tough draw in his first UFC bout, but coming off loser the belt what a better way to get you back into the hunt. Before his lose at WEC 53, Henderson was undefeated in the WEC at 5-0 having beaten such names as Jamie Varner, Shane Roller and Donald Cerrone.

UFC 129 is scheduled to be headlined by a welterweight title match between the beloved Canadian Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields. Also on the card is a Light heavyweight fight between Lyoto Machida and MMA Legend Randy Couture. The UFC will be making its debut in Toronto, having held previous events in Canada in Montreal and Vancouver.

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...