Former UFC featherweight Josh Grispi, 25, was indicted Thursday on a range of additional charges stemming from two August domestic dispite incidents where he arrested twice in just a matter of days.
“The Fluke” is alleged to have physically abused his wife and used his dog to attack her, among a range of other alleged crimes.
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Dana White “does not need to say anything terrible about Wanderlei Silva,” but he will not remain silent while the recently retired MMA light heavyweight rants about his MMA promotion.
Silva retired in the sport on Sept. 19, and vowed to begin “a war” against supporters, promising they underpay the combatants, and assaulting the athletic commission. Prohibited for life and fined $70,000 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Silva got a reply from the UFC president.
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Few combatants in history will find yourself having as complicated a heritage as Wanderlei Cesar da Silva, who announced his retirement on Friday in a videotaped interview that came across a nasty assault in the UFC and, four days after, may have close the door on a return.
The Nevada Athletic Commission’s indefinite suspension of Silva, that was outright categorized he would never be permitted to be licensed in the state again, looks to have been an administrative ending to his career, at least in the UFC, and probably America.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Ronda Rousey has strong words for Cris Cyborg.
The UFC bantamweight champ talked to the Brazilian media on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and assaulted the Invicta FC’s featherweight champ. In accordance with Rousey, Cyborg, who’s likely to produce her 135-pound introduction later in 2013, requested to be released from her UFC contract in order to avoid random drug testing.
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BRASILIA, Brazil — Wendell Oliveira makes his UFC debut on Saturday night, however he needed to answer several questions regarding Jonathan Koppenhaver’s alleged assault of ex girlfriend Christy Mack.
Oliveira and Koppenhaver are both called “War Machine,” and some supporters believed the Brazilian veteran was the one accused of the savage assault.
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She may have not fought since April of 2013, but Michelle Waterson showed no signs of ring rust as she bludgeoned Yasuko Tamada in a one-sided affair to retain her atomweight title at Invica FC 8 on Saturday night. The event took place at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouril.
Waterson opened the fight with a punishing set of strikes, both at range with cracking body kicks and crushing knees from the clinch. Tamada survived the attacks, but was being dismantled with virtually everything Waterson threw. Tamada pushed forward and ate a knee on the way in, but didn’t give up on her attacks. Towards the end of the frame, Tamada was still under assault, but able to land a few body shots of her own.
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