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Will Royce Gracie Return When the UFC Hits Rio?
The UFC was originally designed to showcase Royce Gracie and his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighting style. Royce's older brother Rorion was one of the co-founders of the UFC and he handpicked Royce, a singularly unintimidating individual, to show that BJJ was truly a martial art whose secrets could...
Roy Nelson Talks Lawyers and Contracts
UFC star Roy Nelson is on the shelf for the foreseeable future as he's tied up in litigation with Roy Jones, Jr.'s Square Ring Productions who claim they had an option on his services before he signed with the UFC. Despite starring in a season of The Ultimate Fighter and having fought three times...
UFC Star Roy Nelson Stuck in Contractual Limbo
Roy Nelson has been the subject of lawsuits and counter-law suits for most of this year, but it hadn't stopped him from fighting for the UFC, until now. When Nelson signed with the UFC to participate in the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, he apparently believed he was free and clear from...
Kimbo Slice Has Jumped to Boxing, Roy Jones Jr. Says He's Willing to Fight Him
UFC 118 has been a buzz due to James Toney's jump to Mixed Martial Arts, and now, there's another popular fighter who's crossing over. Kimbo Slice (4-2), is officially leaving MMA for boxing and could make his debut late this year. The UFC veteran and former YouTube star talked to ESPN about...
Saturday Results: Donaire decisions Concepcion, Jones puts a clinic on Lacy
Nonito Donaire beat Rafael Concepcion by unanimous decision to win an interim paper super flyweight title. Concepcion tried to keep things entertaining, backing up Donaire through most of the fight, and lunging in and occasionally finding Donaire with a fairly effective right hook. While Donaire...
Saturday morning results and other news
Last night's fight on Friday Night Fights had a pretty strange ending. Vivian Harris basically got knocked out by a headbutt (there was a delayed reaction, but he collapsed after the butt) and looked to be in pretty bad shape. The Maussa and Witter fights probably proved that his chin is...
The Week in Quotes: May 3rd - May 9th
IF THE "GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT" GIVES US FRYE/TAKAYAMA II, I'M ALL FOR IT "You won't see a Silva versus Jones fight while Silva is under contract with me." - UFC President Dana White, nixing a potential Anderson Silva/Roy Jones Jr. fight under the UFC banner. (CBS Sports) "That's a Pride or K-1...
Another View on Roy Jones Jr. in MMA
Ben Fowlkes takes the contrarian stance: This is about more than Jones trying to keep his fighting career alive (though it is certainly also about that). This is about the raison d'être for MMA. This is a sport that sprung out of the desire to see a fighter from one traditional discipline...
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