Daily Archives: July 3, 2010

UFC 116 fighter bonuses: Six fighters each earn $75,000 awards

LAS VEGAS – Gerald Harris, Brock Lesnar, Stephan Bonnar, Krzysztof Soszynski, Chris Leben and Yoshihiro Akiyama each earned $75,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances
at
Saturday’s UFC 116 event.

Harris earned the “Knockout of the Night” award… Continue reading

UFC 116 main-card recap: Brock Lesnar survives Shane Carwin, unifies titles

LAS VEGAS – Brock Lesnar was tested, but the big man wasn’t bested.

The world’s new No. 1 ranked heavyweight fighter and now-undisputed champion survived a dangerous first-round attack from interim title-holder Shane Carwin but reigned supreme for a s… Continue reading

UFC 116 preliminary-card recap: Brendan Schaub, Gerald Harris dazzle in KO wins

LAS VEGAS – As the big guys continue to make the UFC heavyweight division the organization’s marquee weight class, “The Ultimate Fighter 10″ runner-up Brendan Schaub is doing his best to get noticed.

He did just that on Saturday with a quick and decis… Continue reading

UFC 116 play by play and live results

LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight’s “UFC
116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” event.

Tonight’s show takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Two
preliminary-card fights air on Spike TV, and the main card
airs on pay-… Continue reading

UFC 116 discussion thread

LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight’s UFC 116 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC 116 live results post, and then discuss the event in the … Continue reading

Watch tonight’s UFC 116 post-fight press conference live on MMAjunkie.com

LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com is on scene at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for tonight’s UFC 116 event.

As usual you can catch a live video stream of the night’s post-fight press conference, courtesy of the UFC, at approximately 1:30 a.m. ET (10… Continue reading

Vazquez vs. Semerzier, Lamas vs. Jansen official for WEC 50 prelims

A pair of previously reports bouts has been added to next month’s WEC 50 card.

They include featherweights Javier Vazquez vs. Mackens Semerzier and lightweights Ricardo Lamas vs. Dave Jansen.

Both matchups are part of the un-aired preliminary card … Continue reading

MMAjunkie.com’s Gorgeous George on MMASucka Radio today at 5 p.m. ET

MMAjunkie.com Radio host “Gorgeous” George Garcia today joins MMASucka Radio.

GG and the show’s hosts break down tonight’s UFC 116 event and the summer blockbuster title-unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Car… Continue reading

UFC 116 preview: Is Brock Lesnar’s blessing Shane Carwin’s curse?

Six months ago, UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar said he was “literally on my death bed” following a particularly vicious case of diverticulitis.

Now recovered, he’s in good spirits and unusually cheery heading into Saturday’s UFC 116 event.

In … Continue reading

Matt Brown determined to peak for UFC 116 rematch with Chris Lytle

Cincinnati badass Matt Brown doesn’t even have the footage from his August 2007 fight with Chris Lytle. But he does remember putting it on the veteran before falling prey to a second-round submission.

And after a small taste of success against the vet… Continue reading