They don’t look alike. They don’t act alike. They don’t think alike. And they don’t fight alike. When Jake Ellenberger and Rory MacDonald step into the Octagon on July 27 in Seattle for the co-main event at UFC on Fox 8, it will be very easy to tell them apart.
At the age of 31, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has accomplished so much that rumors of a two-fight retirement plan shouldn't come as a shock. St-Pierre (24-2) holds the record for total UFC wins (along with Matt Hughes) at 18 and is second in title defenses with eight.
UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson and challenger Gilbert Melendez both made weight Friday for their title showdown in San Jose, Calif. With everything set for Saturday's UFC on FOX 7 main event, promotion president Dana White tapped each guy's shoulder to signal they were free to go their separate ways for the next 24 hours.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cover your ears, Johny Hendricks. UFC president Dana White told reporters on Thursday he’ll talk to welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre soon. The two haven’t spoken since St-Pierre recorded his eighth consecutive title defense over Nick Diaz at UFC 158 last month.
There it goes, picking up steam. The Uriah Hall bandwagon, ladies and gents, is in full effect. Dana White has touted Hall, who fights Kelvin Gastelum this Saturday in Las Vegas for "The Ultimate Fighter 17" crown, as the meanest, toughest, bestest fighter in the history of TUF.
The tournament format that Bellator uses isn’t for everyone. But it is for current featherweight champion Pat Curran, who navigated fields in two separate weight classes en route to becoming Bellator’s 145-pound division champion.
Georges St-Pierre's trainer, Firas Zahabi, claims a super-fight with Anderson Silva is likely to act as the final chapter in the Canadian's illustrious career. More »
On Tuesday morning, Joyce Tremblay, a spokesperson for the Quebec Boxing Commission, emailed a statement to the media that sought to explain how the regulator conducts weigh-ins for title fights. A response was necessary after video surfaced late last week that revealed Michael Mersch, a senior vice president with the UFC, quietly informing Nick Diaz that the commission in charge of the event would allow him and UFC champion Georges St-Pierre to step on the scale as much as 0.
Georges St-Pierre's long-time trainer, Firas Zahabi, has cast doubt over the long-term future of the UFC welterweight champion, questioning whether he has more than another two or three fights left in him.
Georges St-Pierre beat Nick Diaz just about every way the rules of mixed martial arts would allow at UFC 158. En route to arguably the most complete performance of his career, St-Pierre stalled Diaz’s vaunted boxing with sharp counters and slick movement, tortured him with relentless takedowns and rendered his black belt-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu all but nonexistent.
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