The UFC has decided to move the Light Heavyweight bout between Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson to UFC 157 on February 23, 2013 in Anaheim, CA. The fight had initially been targeted for UFC 156 on February 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The early ratings are in for UFC 147 on Brazilian television and they are very impressive.
Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante is reportedly set to return to Strikeforce at an unannounced date in February, according to Tatame.com. He was quoted as saying he would like to rematch Josh Thomson in San Jose to "make things clear." With the Thomson fight unlikely, who should "JZ" fight next?
Nearly six months after his fight with Joachim Hansen at DREAM.13, Bibiano Fernandes tells Tatame he's finally been paid by the Japanese promoter. The featherweight champion also says that DREAM once again contacted him to fight on their September 25 show after payment was received - possibly in a rematch with Hiroyuki Takaya - but Fernandes declined, citing inadequate time to prepare for the bout. Asked for his opinion on DREAM's ongoing problems with paying fighters, Fernandes told Guilherme Cruz the following: "Damn, man... I'm gonna be honest with you: if I ever stop fighting in Japan, I won't fight for another event because I have no interest. My plan is jiu-jitsu, I love jiu-jitsu. Whatever I can do to help jiu-jitsu, I'm gonna do. DREAM is a great event, but they're going through a difficult situation there, I don't know what's happening... I don't know if I would fight in the United States, because at my weight... they don't pay decently." Photo from Bibiano Fernandes, via Tatame.
Nova Uniao flyweight Jussier "Formiga" tells Tatame that he's just waiting on "B.J." Kojima for his shot at Shooto's 123-pound title. "I'm training hard for this fight... Dede (Pederneiras) sent an email to the Japanese, who have an event at the end of the year, but it seems like (Kojima) got hurt and the fight will happen next year... If I win, God willing, we'll be in America next year... My weight class doesn't exist (in the WEC) yet, but they've said a few times that they're creating it, so... we'll see," said the flyweight, who supplements his MMA training with work as a motorcycle courier for a hosptal.
Quotes of the Day: Lyoto Machida and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Interview One Another
Tatame had a session done in which both Machida and Silva interviewed one another, asking ones opinions on how their fight at UFC 94 will go. The excerpts are below: Lyoto Machida-: "I think the...
