Tomorrow Liz Carmouche will challenge the UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in the UFC 157 main event. Today though she appeared on the Ora TV show “The Daily Rehash” to talk with host Eric Artell about her historic fight and how twitter go her the fight with Rousey.
The majority of the talk surrounding this Saturday’s UFC 157 has been about the first ever women’s MMA about and Ronda Rousey. This is not a bad thing at all as it brings some much-needed attention to women who compete in the sport. There is however more fights than just the UFC 157 main event and some of them are pretty good too.
History will be made in the main event of UFC 157, as Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche battle for the first Women’s title in the first UFC women’s bout. That’s hardly all that we have in store though, as Machida and Henderson battle for a title shot at 205lbs, and many interesting Strikeforce fighters invade the UFC.
The week leading up to the first ever Women’s MMA bout inside the UFC Octagon has garnered a lot of attention to Saturday’s UFC 157. Ronda Rousey will defend her UFC bantamweight title in the night’s main event, making history along with her opponent Liz Carmouche.
Mixed Martial Artist Ronda Rousey has had a pretty good year. She won the Strikeforce bantamweight championship in March, successfully defended it in August and then became the first female champion in the UFC earlier this month. As if things couldn’t get better for the undefeated Judoka, she’s been voted as one of the world’s most desirable woman.
Two days before the UFC on FOX 5 takes place in the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington the UFC held a press conference. Oddly enough the news that came out of this press conference had little to nothing to do with the fights on Saturday night.
Last week was a slow week in MMA due to the holiday of giving thanks for what you’ve got. But just like all the other sports thing never completely shut down during holidays and despite limited events last week there were still some news.
With three weeks until Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy in Sacramento, the promotion is starting to put together their next show on November 3rd. Heavyweights Daniel Cormier and Frank Mir now have a date set for the final Heavyweight bout under the Strikeforce banner as they will headline the Oklahoma City card.
Bellator 100 Weigh-in Pictures
Last night the fighters for tonight’s Bellator 100 stepped onto the scales with all 24 fighters making weight. The historic 100th event for Bellator takes places tonight from the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and features an all welterweight main card on Spike TV.
UFC on FOX 7: Henderson vs. Melendez Weigh-in Pictures
Due to a previously scheduled Arena Football game at the HP Pavilion, today’s UFC on FOX 7 weigh-ins were held less than a mile away at the California Theater. The small theater was completely filled with cheering fans and all the fighters they came to see made weight.
The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale Weigh-in Pictures
Amidst everything else going on, the UFC has themselves a busy day today with the UFC on FX 6 taking place in Australia and The Ultimate Fighter 16 finale weigh-ins. All 24 fighters made weight today for tomorrow’s event that will crown The Ultimate Fighter 16 welterweight winner.
UFC on FUEL TV 4 Weigh-in Results and Photos
SAN JOSE, Cal. – Still recovering from Saturday’s UFC 148, MMAValor.com was inside the HP Pavilion for today’s UFC on FUEL TV 4 weigh-ins. A few of the fighters would need to step onto the scale behind a towel but all 22 fighters on the UFC on FUEL TV 4 fight card made weight.
TUF Live Finale Live Results and Event Pictures
The long grind of the first live version of The Ultimate Fighter ends tonight at the TUF Live Finale in Las Vegas. Featuring 12 of the 16 TUF Live contestants, the 10 bout card will be headlined by an important match-up in the welterweight division between Jake Ellenberger and Martin Kampmann.
