There has been much talk surrounding former UFC fighter Vinny Magalhaes having won five consecutive fights and a possible return to the Octagon. Magalhaes last fought for M-1 Global where he won the promotions light heavyweight championship and made one title defense over six months ago.
Heading into tonight’s TUF Live fight, Team Faber was up 3-2 with three more opening round fights to go. After losing the first two bouts, Team Faber has won the last three and will look to retain control.
The first ever international edition of The Ultimate Fighter reality series premieres tonight. The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil will air in Brazil on Globo however it will be streaming in North America on TUF.TV at 9pm PT / 12am ET. TUF: Brazil will not be live like the TUF Live: Team Cruz vs. Team Faber, instead it will bring back the old format of being taped like the previous 14 seasons.
Former UFC fighter and TUF alum Robert Emerson returns to the cage next month after dealing with nagging injuries that has kept him out of action for over a year. Emerson last fought on January 29th of 2011, losing a unanimous decision to Justin Salas at Full Force Fighting.
You kids don’t know nothing. Do you think MMA just fell from the sky the night TUF first aired? Do you think Randy Couture hatched from an Olympic-caliber egg with a belt around his waist? Do you think Ken Shamrock’s face always looked like lukewarm hamburger helper? Oh no, you kids missed out on EVERYTHING. This monolith of MMA is built upon the past. Jon Jones is holding a title for some weight class or another, because guys fought when we didn’t have those things.
This week episode covers the finale quarterfinal fight between bantamweights TJ Dillashaw and Roland Delorme. That will leave us the remaining four featherweight and four bantamweights, which by the end of the show Dana White reveals the semifinal match ups.
After 12 seasons of The Ultimate fighter, 130 episodes and 12 fights for a championship belt fans have ask themselves who is next in line to wear the belt. Forrest Griffin (season one) and Rashad Evans (season two) are the only TUF alums to wear the UFC gold thus far.
In the UFC 115 main event this Saturday Chuck Liddell (21-7) will step back in the cage against Rich Franklin (26-5). This wasn’t supposed to be the headliner fight but after all is said and done the fans will get a better fight then the original would have been.
