A week’s worth of MMA at your fingertips
Just in case you missed any of the latest happenings in mixed martial arts from the last seven days, Heavy.com has compiled “The Week In MMA” to make it easy to get caught up.
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones took place on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Check out the full results and the fighter bonuses.
News:
Probably the biggest news of the week was Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, purchased Strikeforce. Read the details.
The rematch between Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn is set. See when and where.
An Injury forced Nam Phan out of his scheduled rematch with Leonard Garcia. The Korean Zombie stepped in as his replacement on the UFC Fight Night 24 card.
Brandon Vera is back in the UFC. Click here for details.
Strikeforce will adopt the unified rules of mixed martial arts making elbows to the head on the ground legal.
Mac Danzig and Donald “Cowoby” Cerrone are set to fight. Find out when and where here.
Melvin Guillard draws Shane Roller next.
Lightweights Sam Stout and Yves Edwards are slated to face each other.
Heavyweight strikers Pat Parry and Cheick Kongo are set to fight.
Matt Brown vs. Rich Attonito was announced along with Matt Wiman vs. Dennis Siver.
Evan Dunham and George Sotiropoulos try to get back on win streaks when they face each other next.
Videos:
Watch the Fight Day tour of the TapouT Training Center in Las Vegas.
Manager extraordinaire Ed Soares spoke with Heavy.com in this three part video interview (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
UFC president Dana White spoke with Heavy.com following UFC 128. See what he said.
Mike Pyle spoke with Heavy.com following his UFC 128 win over Ricardo Almeida.
Dana White discusses Strikeforce purchase, Josh Barnett and more.
Photos:
Check out the photo gallery of ring card girl Arianny Celeste.
Peep the photo gallery of ring card girl Brittney Palmer.
Click here to see the Heavy.com UFC 128 weigh-in photos.
Podcasts:
In the HeavyMMA Podcast episode 34, the guys discuss the purchase of Strikeforce.
