Tuff-N-Uff Results: 7/1
Friday night, Tuff-N-Uff Amateur Fighting Championships made their much-anticipated return to the Cox Pavillon with a much larger crowd in attendance than their debut last month.
Friday night, Tuff-N-Uff Amateur Fighting Championships made their much-anticipated return to the Cox Pavillon with a much larger crowd in attendance than their debut last month.
On Saturday night, UFC 131 is all about heavyweights Shane Carwin and Junior Dos Santos fighting for a shot at gold against heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. Another heavyweight, up-and-comer Dave Herman, will be taking on Jon Olav Einemo just two fights under the main event and is one to keep an eye out for in the future of the division.
Once it was announced that Jason “Mayhem” Miller would coach opposite Michael Bisping on Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter, Aaron Simpson was left without an opponent at UFC 132 in July. Now with just over a month until the fight, Brad Tavares has been chosen as the replacement against Simpson.
Quinton Jackson is no longer fighting at the highest level of competition and it’s tough to say whether he is taking his fight with Matt Hamill seriously.
Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that nearly 350 UFC and Strikeforce fighters will now be eligible for customized accident insurance coverage.
Jake Ellenberger will step in Saturday night against the hometown favorite, Sean Pierson after replacing an injured Brian Foster.
Despite being a heavy underdog to Georges St. Pierre in the main event of UFC 129, Jake Shields moves past that, believing it’s his fate to hold the welterweight championship.