Four new bouts have been made official for The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale, including former Invicta FC strawweight champion Angela Hill. Hill, who was also a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, will meet Ashley Yoder on July 7 from the T-Mobile Arena, UFC officials confirmed with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday. Back in February, […]
Four new bouts have been made official for The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale, including former Invicta FC strawweight champion Angela Hill. Hill, who was also a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, will meet Ashley Yoder on July 7 from the T-Mobile Arena, UFC officials confirmed with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday. Back in February, […]
Nikita Krylov and Ed Herman will tangle this July at UFC 201.
Krylov (20-4) is after his fifth consecutive win, including recent finishes of Cody Donovan and Stanislav Nedkov.
Herman (23-11) has fought 17 times inside the Octagon, going 10-7 over…
Nikita Krylov and Ed Herman will tangle this July at UFC 201.
Krylov (20-4) is after his fifth consecutive win, including recent finishes of Cody Donovan and Stanislav Nedkov.
Herman (23-11) has fought 17 times inside the Octagon, going 10-7 overall.
The light heavyweight contest will be part of the July 30 event from Atlanta that features Tyron Woodley challenging Robbie Lawler for the welterweight title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaxNIy5n-s
Ed Herman, who is fresh off a knockout victory over Tom Boetsch at UFN 81, recently spoke on the issue of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of MMA. In an interview with MMAjunkie, Herman says we are now seeing the results of the sport getting cleaned up by USADA.
“Guys have been cheating for years, bottom line,” he told MMAjunkie. “It’s getting cleaned up. You’ve seen it already. Guys don’t look the same. Tonight. Every show.”
UFC Fight Night 81 took place on January 17th at the TD Garden in Boston. Herman’s next fight is currently unknown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaxNIy5n-s
Ed Herman, who is fresh off a knockout victory over Tom Boetsch at UFN 81, recently spoke on the issue of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of MMA. In an interview with MMAjunkie, Herman says we are now seeing the results of the sport getting cleaned up by USADA.
“Guys have been cheating for years, bottom line,” he told MMAjunkie. “It’s getting cleaned up. You’ve seen it already. Guys don’t look the same. Tonight. Every show.”
UFC Fight Night 81 took place on January 17th at the TD Garden in Boston. Herman’s next fight is currently unknown.
Dominick Cruz fought his way into the hearts of MMA fans everywhereb y returning from years of injuries to beat TJ Dillashaw in the main event of UFC Fight Night 81 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, last night (January 17, 2016), and not surprisingly, he’s earned a $50,000 post-fight bonus for his efforts. Cruz
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Dominick Cruz fought his way into the hearts of MMA fans everywhereb y returning from years of injuries to beat TJ Dillashaw in the main event of UFC Fight Night 81 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, last night (January 17, 2016), and not surprisingly, he’s earned a $50,000 post-fight bonus for his efforts.
Cruz shared “Fight of the Night” with Dillashaw, who also took home $50,000 for the losing effort in the ultra-close bout.
The first $50,000 “Performance of the Night” went to 10-year veteran Ed “Short Fuse” Herman, who floored Tim Boetsch with a picturesque knee in his light heavyweight debut. The second “Performance of the Night” bonus was awarded to the debuting Luke Sanders, who submitted Maximo Blanco in the first round to get his Octagon career off to a great start.
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(“Well if I can’t get this guy to wake up and fight, YOU TRY!! Photo via Getty.)
Blah blah blah standard introductory paragraph that you don’t read blah blah blah UFC returns to Cincinnati with Fight Night 40 blah blah May 10th. Fights booked:
Soa Palelei vs. Ruan Potts – Just over a week after signing with the UFC, EFC Heavyweight champion Ruan Potts will face the streaking Australian Soa Palelei in his promotional debut. Since returning to the UFC (after going 10-1 in various promotions following his one-off stint at UFC 79), Palelei has scored back to back (T)KO’s over Nikita Krylov and Pat Barry. Expect a stand up war between these two that ends inside the distance, Nation.
Ed Herman vs. Rafael Natal – Herman is 2-2 with 1 NC in his past 5, most recently dropping a decision to Thales Leites at UFC 167. Natal is fresh off a first round KO defeat at the hands of Tim Kennedy in the main event of Fight for the Troops 3.
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall: A potential “Loser Leaves Town” match pits Salas, who has dropped 2 out of his past 3 including a most recent submission loss to Thiago Tavares in under three minutes, against the 7-1-1 TUF Smashes alum who was starched by Alex Garcia in under a minute at Fight Night 33.
Blah blah blah who do you like blah blah this gif of Genki Sudo:
–J. Jones
(“Well if I can’t get this guy to wake up and fight, YOU TRY!! Photo via Getty.)
Blah blah blah standard introductory paragraph that you don’t read blah blah blah UFC returns to Cincinnati with Fight Night 40 blah blah May 10th. Fights booked:
Soa Palelei vs. Ruan Potts – Just over a week after signing with the UFC, EFC Heavyweight champion Ruan Potts will face the streaking Australian Soa Palelei in his promotional debut. Since returning to the UFC (after going 10-1 in various promotions following his one-off stint at UFC 79), Palelei has scored back to back (T)KO’s over Nikita Krylov and Pat Barry. Expect a stand up war between these two that ends inside the distance, Nation.
Ed Herman vs. Rafael Natal – Herman is 2-2 with 1 NC in his past 5, most recently dropping a decision to Thales Leites at UFC 167. Natal is fresh off a first round KO defeat at the hands of Tim Kennedy in the main event of Fight for the Troops 3.
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall: A potential “Loser Leaves Town” match pits Salas, who has dropped 2 out of his past 3 including a most recent submission loss to Thiago Tavares in under three minutes, against the 7-1-1 TUF Smashes alum who was starched by Alex Garcia in under a minute at Fight Night 33.
Blah blah blah who do you like blah blah this gif of Genki Sudo:
–J. Jones
(Sergio Pettis, shown here with the third Pettis brother nobody ever talks about. / Photo via Sherdog)
UFC officials have confirmed that the promotion’s new undefeated bantamweight acquisition Sergio Pettis will make his Octagon debut at UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendricks (November 16th, Las Vegas) against Vaughan Lee, who you may remember from such blog posts as “Why the hell is Urijah Faber fighting Vaughan Lee?” (Luckily, that wacky matchup was just a rumor.) Lee most recently lost to Raphael Assunção by submission in June, dropping his UFC record to 2-3. But he did once win a Submission of the Night bonus for armbarring Kid Yamamoto at UFC 144. That’s not nothin’.
As for Pettis, he’ll be hunting for his 10th consecutive win overall, and his fourth of 2013. The 20-year-old “Phenom” may have been a terror on the regional circuit, but those first-time Octagon jitters can be tough on anyone. In other UFC 167 news…
(Sergio Pettis, shown here with the third Pettis brother nobody ever talks about. / Photo via Sherdog)
UFC officials have confirmed that the promotion’s new undefeated bantamweight acquisition Sergio Pettis will make his Octagon debut at UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendricks (November 16th, Las Vegas) against Vaughan Lee, who you may remember from such blog posts as “Why the hell is Urijah Faber fighting Vaughan Lee?” (Luckily, that wacky matchup was just a rumor.) Lee most recently lost to Raphael Assunção by submission in June, dropping his UFC record to 2-3. But he did once win a Submission of the Night bonus for armbarring Kid Yamamoto at UFC 144. That’s not nothin’.
As for Pettis, he’ll be hunting for his 10th consecutive win overall, and his fourth of 2013. The 20-year-old “Phenom” may have been a terror on the regional circuit, but those first-time Octagon jitters can be tough on anyone. In other UFC 167 news…
Before he was drafted to play the role of Foreign Bad Guy #1 opposite Tim Kennedy at UFC Fight for the Troops 3, Rafael Natal was scheduled to take on fellow middleweight Ed Herman on the “St. Pierre vs. Hendricks” prelims. Luckily, the UFC has found a replacement opponent for Herman, who will be staying on the UFC 167 card against veteran grappler Thales Leites.
Herman’s most recent appearance netted him a split-decision win against Trevor Smith at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga in July — his first win since February 2012. Leites was also victorious in his last UFC appearance, winning a unanimous decision against Tom Watson in his Octagon return at UFC 163 in August. Leites is on a four-fight win streak overall, including submission wins against Matt Horwich and Tor Troeng
