I’m very excited to be at this point in my life. I’m very excited for this fight, because of worked my way up to where I want to be. ![]() “I’m on a roll now,” said Munoz, a former two-time All-American and NCAA national wrestling champion. Mark Munoz of Lake Forest puts his three-fight winning streak on the line against southpaw slugger Chris Leben in a five-round non-title bout at UFC 138 on Saturday at 8 p.m. “I’ve always wanted this fight - now I want it even more. Let’s do what was supposed to be done originally,” St. “This is what I wanted since the beginning. Pierre at a UFC event scheduled for Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White announced Condit had agreed to step aside and Diaz would get the next shot at St. Pierre of faking a knee injury to get out of his fight with Carlos Condit, which was supposed to be the main event at UFC 137. “Where’s Georges?” Diaz yelled into the mike during his post-fight interview. Penn at UFC 137 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Pierre “flipped out” after witnessing Nick Diaz’s outburst following hisunanimous decision victory over B.J. Viacom recently purchased a majority stake in Bellator and will be moving the cards from MTV2 to Spike TV, which has been the home of the UFC before the UFC signed a seven-year deal with Fox television networks.įor now, fight fans looking for an MMA fix should give Bellator a shot on Saturday nights at 9 on MTV2.Īpparently, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Obviously, Bellator doesn’t have the same kind of depth to its roster of fighters as the UFC, but Bellator has developed exciting champions such as Eddie Alvarez, Joe Warren and Ben Asken.īellator’s cards have been loaded with exciting fights, explosive knockouts and unique submissions. Bellator Fighting Championships is one of them Bellator has been slowly building an audience with its tournament-style format on MTV2.įighters must win single-elimination, eight-man tournaments to get a shot at Bellator’s world champions. ![]() The UFC has crushed its competition while raising its profile, but there are other MMA promotions out there putting on quality shows. The promotion will take another huge step toward the mainstream with its debut on Fox on Nov. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has done such incredible job getting the UFC brand out there to the masses that people equated MMA to “ultimate fighting” or the UFC. Many casual sports fans still think of mixed martial arts as “ultimate fighting.”
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