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Silva Dominates Okami At UFC 134

Silva Dominates Okami At UFC 134

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva retained his title on Saturday by beating Yushin Okami via second round technical knockout at UFC 134: Silva vs Okami at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Silva’s win capped a dominating performance by Brazilian fighters that include former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua and former [...]

Shogun Evens Score At UFC 134

Shogun Evens Score At UFC 134

Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua avenged his UFC 76 loss to Forrest Griffin on Saturday at UFC 134: Silva vs Okami at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The fight ended at the 1:53 mark of the first round when Griffin could no longer defend against a barrage of hammer fists from the Brazilian fighter. [...]

Minotauro Scores Upset Win At UFC 134

Minotauro Scores Upset Win At UFC 134

Brazilian mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira scored an upset win against rising star Brandan Schaub at UFC 134, much to the delight of the crowd at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. ‘Minotauro’ landed a two-punch combination on Schaub that clearly rocked the American fighter and he fell on his [...]

Impressive Debut For Stanislav Nedkov At UFC 134

Impressive Debut For Stanislav Nedkov At UFC 134

The pay-per-view card of UFC 134 in Brazil started with a Light Heavyweight bout between local favorite Luiz Cane and Bulgarian mixed martial arts fighter Stanislav Nedkov in his UFC debut.   The slightly favored Cane bloodied the Bulgarian fighter’s face early in the first round but Nedkov found a way to land an overhand [...]

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami Pre-Fight Analysis

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami Pre-Fight Analysis

UFC Middleweight Champion and acknowledged world pound-for-pound best mixed martial arts fighter Anderson Silva puts his title on the line at UFC 134 when he faces Yushin Okami at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. After thirteen consecutive victories and eight straight successful title defenses, Silva remains a solid favorite to [...]

Brendan Schaub vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira At UFC 134

Brendan Schaub vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira At UFC 134

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is considered one of the best mixed martial arts fighters in his prime. It would have been true until five years ago when ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira was  still fighting under the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championship banner. Back then Nogueira held titles in PRIDE  and other jiu-jitsu tournaments but he has been as successful [...]

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami Features Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua II

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami Features Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua II

Two former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions collide in the co-main event of UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hometown crowd favorite Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua faces perennial crowd pleaser Forrest Griffin in what would be a rematch of their UFC 76 fight.   In their first meeting, Griffin [...]

UFC 134 Weigh-In Results

UFC 134 Weigh-In Results

The crowd at the fighter weigh-ins for UFC 134 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro on Friday is a clear indicator of how big the event will be on Saturday. It has been thirteen years since the UFC hosted an event and what makes UFC 134 special is that it features arguably the [...]

MMA Fans Thrilled With UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz Results

MMA Fans Thrilled With UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz Results

Mixed martial arts fans were treated to another exciting event on Saturday night as the Ultimate Fighting Championship brought UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz to Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center.The preliminary card may not be as exciting but the main card may have exceeded the fans’ expectations. Five out of six preliminary bouts went [...]

Belfort KOs Akiyama At UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz

Belfort KOs Akiyama At UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz

Vitor Belfort is coming off an embarassing loss to Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight Championship. On Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Belfort was bent on redeeming himself by knocking out Yoshihiro Akiyama in the first round of their middleweight bout at UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz. The fight opened up [...]

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