The UFC will crown their first-ever strawweight winner on Friday night as the end of the twentieth season of The Ultimate Fighter happens. Division powerhouse Carla Esparza takes on soaring competition Rose Namajunas for the strap while the remaining card features lighter weight fights along with bouts among combatants in the show.
What: The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale
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It didn’t take long for the UFC’s return to Sweden to get some fire power.
On Wednesday UFC president Dana White announced that light heavyweight contenders Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson would fight on Jan. 24, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden, for UFC on FOX 14. Now the UFC has added a co-main event clash between longtime veterans Dan Henderson and Gegard Mousasi.
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Paul Daley formally received his visa to restart fighting in America on Monday.
Daley (35-13-2), an English power-puncher who resigned with Bellator in July, is now eyeing an early-2015 return date to the promotion, sources near the situation supported with MMAFighting.com.
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Three assorted martial artists are a part of the newest Scorpion King film. Scheduled to be published on DVD early next year, “The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power” features UFC colossi Roy Nelson and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and MMA legend Royce Gracie. See the MMA stars join Victor Webster in the newest Scorpion King preview.
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A bantamweight clash between Urijah Faber and Francisco Rivera has been added to UFC 181 on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas, Nev., according to UFC officials Wednesday night.
Both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup.
Faber has won five of his past six fights, including a victory over Alex Caceres via submission (rear-naked choke) at UFC 175 this past July.
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Most of the chatter about UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson seems to revolve around his drawing power or lack thereof.
But for today, we’ll leave that sort of chatter for the strange little subset of the Internet audience that gets downright gleeful when an MMA event isn’t a ratings or ticket-selling success. You wonder why they even watch the sport to begin with.
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