Tag: Aaron Simpson

The Fight Report: WSOF 2

The Fight Report: WSOF 2

| March 18, 2013 | 10:26 am | Reply

With World Series of Fighting throwing some money around and bringing in names, they’re making a statement in terms of buying power, but raising a question of staying power. Regardless of future events, Saturday’s WSOF 2 is worthy of some attention. Strikeforce, WEC and UFC cast-offs make up the majority of this card, but a few home-grown future stars litter the landscape as well.

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Danny Castillo hit with longest UFC on FX 5 Medical Suspensions

Danny Castillo hit with longest UFC on FX 5 Medical Suspensions

| October 11, 2012 | 12:13 pm | Reply

The Athletic Commission in Minnesota released the medical suspensions for this past Friday’s UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot fight card. All 20 fighters on the card were issued a commission mandatory seven-day suspension, but seven of those fighters were also given a longer medical suspension.

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UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Live Results & Analysis

UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Live Results & Analysis

| October 5, 2012 | 11:29 am | Reply

Get settled in for an exciting MMA filled Friday night that begins with the UFC on FX 5 from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The free card begins with one fight on Facebook before the rest of the preliminary and entire main card are televised. The UFC on FX 5 main event features undefeated heavyweight Travis Browne taking on the man known as “big foot”, Antonio Silva.

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UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Bold Predictions

UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Bold Predictions

| October 4, 2012 | 8:17 pm | Reply

Everyone loves Fridays because it’s the end of the work week but add a solid free UFC on FX 5 fight card to the mix and its darn near perfect. This will be the third weekend in a row with a UFC card and after last week’s Fuel TV card, its back to back free cards. Like last week, UFC on FX 5 will be headlined by two heavyweights trying to climb up the ladder towards Junior Dos Santos.

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UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Weigh-in Results

UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot Weigh-in Results

| October 4, 2012 | 2:55 pm | Reply

The UFC is in Minneapolis, Minnesota this weekend for Tomorrow’s UFC on FX 5 event and today all but two of the fighters stepped onto the scale. Yes I said two fighters did not weigh-in today and that is because Dennis Hallman was so far over the limits that his fight with Thiago Tavares was scrapped.

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The Fight Report: UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot

The Fight Report: UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot

| October 2, 2012 | 11:10 am | Reply

After a bit of a drought with UFC action, we’re right in the middle of a flood with this Friday’s UFC on FX 5. Coming hot on the heels of a great card in England, FX will air a night of interesting mid-card bouts with some highly competitive match-ups. Our main event features a rising Heavyweight star in Travis Browne, as he takes a huge step up against the well-traveled Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. We’ve got a lot of tight matches to cover, so let’s dig in and see how this little shindig will play out.

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UFC on FUEL TV 4 Live Results and Discussion Thread

UFC on FUEL TV 4 Live Results and Discussion Thread

| July 11, 2012 | 12:15 pm | 5 Replies

It’s been just four days since UFC 148 but the Octagon will once against play host to tonight’s UFC on FUEL TV 4 from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Headlined by a possible middleweight elimination bout between Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman, the winner could find themselves next up for UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

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Aaron Simpson makes his new home at Welterweight

Aaron Simpson makes his new home at Welterweight

| July 11, 2012 | 8:43 am | Reply

Arizona based fighter Aaron Simpson plans to make his long-awaited Welterweight debut tonight on the UFC on Fuel TV 4 Main card. Aaron Simpson was on a three fight winning streak when he faced a relatively new UFC fighter in Ronny Marks, losing a split decision after being muscled around the cage. That’s fight prompted Simpson’s decision to make the cut to a lower weight class so he could be the one tossing his weight around and potentially rejuvenate his career in the process.

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