Two lightweight’s will step into the Octagon at UFC on FX 4 for the promotions second five round non-title fight main event. Clay Guida and Gray Maynard have agreed to fight on June 22nd in Atlantic City for a potential 25 minute showdown.
When Anderson Silva defeated Yushin Okami at UFC 134 in August the question immediately became, who does the spider fight next? There wasn’t a fighter waiting in the wings for the champion and the potential opponents in the division were all scheduled to fight in the coming months.
After numerous changes to fights on the card, including three different main events its fight week and as usual that means video blogs from the UFC president Dana White. Watch all video blogs leading up to Saturdays UFC 137 right here, all in one spot as they come out.
“Who wants to see fights finished at 155!?” is the memorable quote from season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter cast member Kenny Florian. Florian’s career has been an interesting one to watch as he has competed in four different weight classes and has fought for a title on three separate occasions.
By now you’ve already heard the buzz about UFC 136 being one of the “best” UFC cards of all time. It seemed like every MMA website was rushing to put up polls in hopes of readers voting for UFC 136 to be number 1. Although I agree that it was one of the most entertaining cards from top to bottom; I will not say it was the best ever. So what card do I think was the best UFC card of all time? I’d like to think that it hasn’t happened yet and will continue to watch all future events in hopes that they top this one.
After Saturday Night’s TKO loss to UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar, the book has been written on the trilogy known as Edgar v. Maynard.
Like the used car salesman who may be annoying in his speech but awesome in his ability to deliver, Chael Sonnen made us smile again with his post fight rant this weekend, stepping out on a limb and all but signing a rematch with Anderson Silva for Super Bowl weekend 2012, complete with pro wrestling stipulations and the desire to gain what he feels is rightfully his, the UFC middleweight championship.
Things looked great for Steve Cantwell in the opening round of his Middleweight debut against Mike Massenzio. He had dominated the complete five minutes of the round and UFC 136 looked to be the night “The Robot” gets back in the win column. The next 10 minutes though would be a different story for the former WEC light heavyweight champion.
