Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson Planned for UFC 137

by Scott Haber on Jul 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT

Although many called for him to retire from active MMA competition following his second KO loss in a row to Brendan Schaub in April, fan-favorite, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic appeared on the Croatian sports TV show "Gol" this morning to discuss his career and at the same time, announced that he would...

Shane Carwin vs. Roy Nelson Set for UFC 125

by Nick Thomas on Oct 14, 2010 10:51 AM EDT

According to MMA Junkie: The event was formally announced during today's new "UFC Ultimate Insider" episode. Top-ranked heavyweights Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson will meet in the co-main event of the New Year's Day show. Shane Carwin (12-1) Loss Brock Lesnar - Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) UFC...

James Toney, Shane Carwin and the Shadow of Steroids Over UFC 118

by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2010 3:56 PM EDT

Given the discussion about Fedor Emelianenko requesting that Alistair Overeem undergo extensive "Olympic style" drug testing before he'd be willing to fight him, I thought I would post some updates on the Shane Carwin situation and also discuss UFC 118 headliner James Toney's checkered past with...

USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Heavyweight

by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2010 12:25 AM EDT

<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Brock Lesnar 99 UFC 1 2 Fedor Emelianenko 90 M-1 Global/Strikeforce 2 3 Fabricio Werdum 89 Strikeforce 4 4 Cain Velasquez 87 UFC 3 5 Shane Carwin 84 UFC 5 6 Junior dos Santos 82 UFC 6 7 Frank...

Shane Carwin Twitter Feuds With Roy Nelson But Still No Statement on Steroids

by Kid Nate on Aug 18, 2010 11:44 AM EDT

We documented the twitter back and forth between Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin yesterday, in case you missed it: Roy Nelson - "Just woke up and was reading the mma news websites and only one had real news ufc champ shane carwin steroids court case. I am surprised that athletes in mma do steroids ;(...

How's Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the 3rd Week of August

by Anton Tabuena on Aug 18, 2010 12:00 PM EDT

A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twittersphere. TEAM GSP VS. TEAM KOSCHECK "Trust me,I lost months of life being unhappy&I am pissed about it.Now I am happy as pig shit.So take my words & find what makes u :) OVER!" -Josh Koscheck, is as happy as pig...

ESPN's MMA Live Covers UFC 117 With Guests Chael Sonnen and Roy Nelson

by Kid Nate on Aug 13, 2010 10:52 AM EDT