Heavy.com brings you the past week in MMA news, articles, results, photos and podcasts.
In case you missed any of the happenings in mixed martial arts over the last seven days, heavy.com has put them all in one place just for you.
UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch took place on Saturday at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Read the results and play-by-play here. The UFC paid out $75,000 fighter bonuses. See who got them.
Photos:
Heavy.com was on location for the UFC 127 week of activities and Ether Lin caught much of it in photos. Check out the open workout photo gallery, the pre-fight press conference photos, the weigh-in photo gallery and event photos.
More photos: UFC fighters met with rugby team and the ring card girls had a day at the beach.
News:
Heavy.com said it was going to happen, and now it’s official. Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago is set UFC 130.
Vladimir Matyushenko steps up on short notice to fight on the UFC 129 fight card on April 30.
UFC 128 preliminary fights set to air on Spike TV. Find out which fights will be shown.
The Ultimate Fighter U.K. vs. Australia is in the works.
Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante discusses his March 5 title defense against Dan Henderson. Henderson also talks about the fight.
Several fighters have been injured and forced from their scheduled bouts in various organizations. Miesha Tate had to pull out of her Strikeforce match up with Marloes Coenen, Cub Swanson withdrew from his UFC on Versus 3 fight. Featherweight Manny Gamburyan fell victim to the injury bug as well and is out of UFC 128.
Eliot Marshall returns to the UFC at UFC 128.
Articles:
In a Heavy.com exclusive, Tim Credeur goes into detail about his recent cancer scare.
E. Spencer Kyte takes a look at the UFC 127 illegal knee by Michael Bisping in his editorial, “Continuing The Fight Duty Of Doctors, Not Fighters.”
The lightweight division takes shape after UFC 127.
UFC will soon be available in a billion homes, doubling their viewership.
Podcasts:
Listen to the 29th edition of the HeavyMMA Podcast where Matt Brown and Jeremy Botter discuss the lightweight landscape.
The Ryan Loco Show returned with special guest Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
MMAJunkie’s John Morgan joined HeavyMMA Podcast Episode 30 to talk UFC 127.
Front Row Radio’s third installment featured an interview with Cody McKenzie.
