Wanderlei Silva lays into Vitor Belfort based on broken hand

Countless fans, many of whom were Brazilian, were utterly disappointed when news surfaced over the weekend middleweight Vitor Belfort had withdrawn from a headlining fight against Wanderlei Silva in front of their countrymen at UFC 147. One of the people left far from pleased with the development was none other than Silva himself who has [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/05/29/wanderlei-silva-lays-into-vitor-belfort-based-on-broken-hand/

Dan Bobish Vagam Bodjukyan Kotetsu Boku  Tony Bonello

UFC 146 Payouts: Dos Santos, Mir, and Velasquez Top Earners

UFC 146 took place at the MGM Grand Gardens arena on Saturday night. The event saw Junior Dos Santos retain his title against Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez utterly obliterate Antonio Silva, earning a second chance against the Brazilian titleholder. The top dogs were unsurprisingly the marquee fighters for the evening, as UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior [...]

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Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28745/ufc-146-payouts-dos-santos-mir-and-velasquez-top-earners/

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M-1 champion Vinny Magalhaes put championship belt on eBay

If you want an MMA championship belt -- a valid one not sold at local toys stores -- you can either train for years and win it, or be the highest bidder on the M-1 belt that Vinny Magalhaes is selling on eBay.

UFC veteran Magalhaes won the M-1 light heavyweight belt last April and defended it in October, but then found himself in a long, public squabble with M-1 management. He and M-1 director of operations Evgeni Kogan have exchanged nasty insults over Twitter after Magalhaes was not happy with the fights the Russian-based promotion was making, and Kogan supposedly coached one of Magalhaes' opponents from ringside, a huge no-no for a promoter who should be unbiased.

Since Magalhaes said he is through his contract and wants to move on from the promotion, he has no reason to hold on to the belt. He put it on eBay, starting bids at $0.09. At the time of writing, it's up to $2,605. Magalhaes tweeted the link and told Kogan, "Hey buddy, you wanted your belt back? #placeyourbid it's on @ebay :)"

Thanks, Bloody Elbow.

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Dan Hardy?s KO, Glover Teixeira?s submission and Jamie Varner?s upset highlight UFC 146 undercard

UFC 146's main card is about heavyweights, but the smaller weights made their mark on the preliminary card in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Jamie Varner scored an early upset with a TKO of previously unbeaten Edson Barboza. Taking the fight on short notice, Varner fought in the UFC for the first time since 2007. He gave Barboza trouble early with a takedown. Later in the first round, he pressured him against the fence, and peppered him with punches until Barboza fell to the ground. The bout was stopped at 3:23 in the first round.

"I can't believe it's me. It's so surreal. I just knocked out Edson Barboza, who was this monster in my mind," Varner said after the fight.

Dan Hardy broke his losing streak impressively. After losing four straight bouts, Hardy knocked Duane Ludwig out with a nasty left hook and followed with three elbows to end the fight at 3:51 in the first round.

"It felt great out there. You can put all the work in and if it goes wrong for 15 minutes then none of it matters. I've had a bad run. I took some time off and then I changed everything - new team, new training. It feels great. When you connect with the right shot you know its over. I put my arms up in celebration a little prematurely but when he looked back up I wasn't going to let it slip away so I went in and got the finish," Hardy said after the bout.

C.B. Dollaway used takedowns and ground control to get a unanimous decision win over Jason "Mayhem" Miller, 29-28, 30-26, 29-28. Miller had strong stand-up early but couldn't keep Dollaway's takedowns at bay. This is Miller's second loss in a row.

Diego Brandao and Darren Elkins fought a bruising, bloody fight to end the preliminary card with a 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 decision win for Elkins.  In the grappling-filled bout, Brandao was strong in the first round, but the momentum swung in Elkins' favor in the second round. With a bloody ear, Elkins controlled the final round.

Glover Teixeira had plenty of pre-fight hype going into the UFC 146 prelims, and he lived up to it with a dismantling of Kyle Kingsbury. He used nasty ground and pound to beat up Kingsbury before finishing him with an arm-triangle choke at 1:53 in the first round.

"I'm really happy a debut in the UFC feels like my debut in MMA. It was that exciting to me. I'm just so happy to be here and after Dana's speech last night I just went out there and decided to go for it. I wanted him to remember my fight, and me," Teixeira said.

Paul Sass got in on the submission game with a slick armbar/triangle choke combination over Jacob Volkmann in the first round. Former WEC champ Mike Brown returned to vintage form with a unanimous decision over Daniel Pineda.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/dan-hardy-ko-glover-teixeira-submission-jamie-varner-015219934.html

Stephan Bonnar Lorenzo Borgomeo  Kyle Bradley  Jai Bradney 

UFC Champion Jon Jones Makes First Court Appearance On DUI Charge

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones faced a different kind of judge on Tuesday, as “Bones” appeared in Binghamton (New York) County Court on a charge of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The Press Connect reported on the court hearing. Jones entered a plea of guilty, and the judge ordered his driving privileges suspended in New [...]

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Anderson Silva addresses report of rumored injured knee

UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva likely gave his bosses a scare when rumors of a possible knee injury were reported. Silva and Chael Sonnen are scheduled to meet in one of the biggest rematches in MMA history on July 7 at UFC 148. The card takes place on pay-per-view from Las Vegas. According to the [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/05/29/anderson-silva-addresses-report-of-rumored-injured-knee/

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