Sunday, March 10, 2013

3/10/13

Matt Riddle will now fight for Legacy FC after being cut from the UFC for testing positive for Marijuana. No opponent has been named for Riddle yet. Also cut from the UFC were Ulysses Gomez and Jon Fitch. Gomez signed with Pandemonium Fights (California based promotion) and Fitch signed with World Series of Fighting.

Renan Barao will defend his interim championship again in a UFC 161 headlining fight. He will fight fellow Bantamweight  Eddie Wineland.

Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman will officially fight at UFC 162 for the Middleweight belt.

Mark Hunt fresh off a vicious KO of Stefan Struve has stepped up as Overeem's replacement to fight Junior Dos Santos at UFC 160.

Australian Heavyweight Soa Palelei signs with the UFC.

Bellator 92 saw a dominate TKO victory for Magomedrasul Khasbulaev over Marlon Sandro. Khasbulaev will now face fellow Featherweight Mike Richman who won a narrow split decision earlier in the night over Alexandre Bezerr. Their fight will mark the Featherweight tournament championship. Also Brett Cooper won with a crazy come from behind TKO over Dan Cramer. Cooper will face Doug Marshall in the Middleweight tournament championship. Marshall won a controversial decision over Sultan Aliev.

Cage Warriors 52 helped crown a new Welterweight champion as Cathal Pendred won a decision over Gael Grimaud.

BAMMA 12 helped Jim Wallhead return to the win column. He scored a RNC over Matt Veach in the very first round. Other notable winners include Max Nunes and Curt Warburton.

Joachim Hansen (a veteran of DREAM) will now fight for Korean Promotion ROAD FC.

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