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  • MMA Mania

    Let's try this again.

    After a fantastic scrap at UFC 144 earlier this year in Japan that saw the lightweight title change hands, newly-minted champion Ben Henderson and former champion Frankie Edgar will going at it once again, headlining UFC 150 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., this Saturday night (Aug. 11, 2012).

    In addition, 155-pound striking machines Melvin Guillard and Donald Cerrone...

  • MMA Junkie

    Hardcore fans may remember Bruno Carvalho (7-2) for a lone appearance in DREAM, where he lost a decision to Eiji Mitsuoka in June 2011.

    Otherwise, the Brazilian has been off the radar on the international scene.

    UFC lightweight Edson Barboza certainly remembers. Long before he set foot in the octagon, Carvalho beat him in the kickboxing ring.

  • MMA Junkie

    Hardcore fans may remember Bruno Carvalho (7-2) for a lone appearance in DREAM, where he lost a decision to Eiji Mitsuoka in June 2011.

    Otherwise, the Brazilian has been off the radar on the international scene.

    UFC lightweight Edson Barboza certainly remembers. Long before he set foot in the octagon, Carvalho beat him in the kickboxing ring.

  • MMA Mania

    We're less than a week away!

    Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is close to putting the finishing touches on its upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) fight card scheduled for the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, August 11, 2012.

    UFC 150: "Henderson vs. Edgar 2" will be headlined by a lightweight championship rematch featuring reigning division kingpin Ben Henderson putting his 155-poun...

  • Bloody Elbow

    UFC 150 is set for August 11th in Denver, CO and the Mile High City will get a much-anticipated title fight. Frankie Edgar was forced into rematches twice after picking up the UFC lightweight title, and he asked and received a chance at one himself after dropping the title to Ben Henderson at UFC 144. The card added a solid co-main event last week with the addition of ...

  • Bloody Elbow

    Dustin Pague certainly isn't afraid to take fights on short notice. The TUF 14 vet will take his third UFC fight in just over two months when he meets a newcomer at UFC 150 on August 11th. MMA Diehards has the info:

    MMADieHards.com has learned that Chico Camus will meet Dustin Pague at UFC 150 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.

    The UFC signed Camus (11-3), a Roufusport bantamweight, back in M...

  • UFC.com

    Injuries to Rousimar Palhares and Chris Camozzi have scrapped both middleweights from their UFC 150 bouts against Yushin Okami and Buddy Roberts, respectively. So in response, Okami and Roberts will now face each other on August 11th in Denver, Colorado, and the event will proceed with 10 fights.Guillard Answers Cerrone's Call for Action updated July 13A day after tweeting, "Well I sure wish some...

  • MMA Mania

    Countdown to UFC 150: "Henderson vs. Edgar 2" will debut on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at 9 p.m. ET on FUEL TV to promote the upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) event scheduled for the following Saturday (August 11) at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

    The network special will provide a glimpse into the preparation and training camps of the fighters set to headline the show, featuring reigning UFC Li...

  • Bloody Elbow

    UFC 150 is set for August 11th in Denver, CO and the Mile High City will get a much-anticipated title fight. Frankie Edgar was forced into rematches twice after picking up the UFC lightweight title, and he asked and received a chance at one himself after dropping the title to Ben Henderson at UFC 144. The card added a solid co-main event last week with the addition of Dona...

  • MMA Mania

    We're less than a month away!

    Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is close to putting the finishing touches on its upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) fight card scheduled for the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, August 11, 2012.

    UFC 150: "Henderson vs. Edgar 2" will be headlined by a lightweight championship rematch featuring reigning division kingpin Ben Henderson putting his 155-pou...

  • Bloody Elbow

    UFC 150 is slowly filling up, and another fight has been booked for the August 11th PPV, with bantamweights Ken Stone and Erik Perez squaring off on the evening's preliminary card. The fight was confirmed through the UFC Latino Twitter account:

    Confirmada la segunda pelea de @Goyito_Perez en UFC será en #UFC150 contra @K3nStone

    — UFCLatino (@UFCLatino) July 14, 2012

    Which roughly translates to...

  • MMA Mania

    Mr. Ventura? You've got a call ... and it sure as hell ain't nature again.

    After taking home "Fight of the Night" back at UFC 99, Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin will lock horns once again in the UFC 147 main event thanks in large part to Vitor Belfort's broken left hand. In other pay-per-view (PPV) main card mixed martial arts (MMA) action, Fabricio Werdum will take on Mike Russow, while blue...

  • Bloody Elbow

    Join us at Bloody Elbow for the UFC 150 announcement press conference from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. UFC president Dana White will be in attendance, along with UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson and his opponent, former champion Frankie Edgar. There might be others as well. The card will take place on August 11th.

    You can catch the action on the Youtube stream below the jump, bu...

  • Bloody Elbow

    Join us at Bloody Elbow for the UFC 150 announcement press conference from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. UFC president Dana White will be in attendance, along with UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson and his opponent, former champion Frankie Edgar. There might be others as well. The card will take place on August 11th.

    You can catch the action on the Youtube stream below the jump, bu...

  • Bloody Elbow

    The UFC has added three bouts to the quickly-growing UFC 150 card in Denver on August 11th. One features a former lightweight fighter making his featherweight debut, another features a TUF finalist, and the third we reported on over a month ago. UFC.com has the info:

    Two go-anywhere fighters will test their skills in a featherweight battle as Nik Lentz takes on Japan's Eiji Mitsuoka

    Also at fea...

  • MMA Mania

    Event: UFC 150: "Henderson vs. Edgar 2"Date: Sat., Aug. 11, 2012, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-viewLocation: Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado

    Main Event:

    155 lbs.: Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar (for UFC lightweight title)

    Other Scheduled Fights:

    185 lbs.: Jake Shields vs. Ed Herman185 lbs.: Yushin Okami vs. Luiz Cane155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares vs. Dennis Hallman145 lbs.: Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Nik Lent...

  • MMA Junkie

    Two new bouts are official for UFC 150 in Denver: featherweights Nik Lentz vs. Eiji Mitsuoka and Dennis Bermudez vs. Tom Hayden.

    Officials also recently confirmed a bout MMAjunkie.com previously reported: middleweights Jared Hamman vs. Michael Kuiper.

    UFC 150 takes place Aug. 11 at Denver's Pepsi Center, and the main card airs on pay-per-view.

  • Bloody Elbow

    Feisty veteran John Alessio begins his 3rd tour of duty in the Octagon as a late replacement for an injured Matt Wiman, stepping in to face BJJ black belt Mark Bocek in the opening bout of Saturday's UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans.

    For those unfamiliar with Xtreme Couture fighter John "The Natural" Alessio (32-14), here's the specs: At 32-years-old, he has 46 professional fights and 14 years of experi...

  • MMA Mania

    Continuing with the series of in-depth divisional breakdowns that started earlier today with a look at the Bantamweight division (read it here) and then the Featherweight division (read it here), we move on to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight division.

    With the world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the middle of one of its longest stretches of down time in mon...

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