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Yoshihiro Akiyama thought he had just five seconds to recover from the groin shot he received in his UFC 100 fight with Alan Belcher.The Japanese welterweight - who was making his UFC debut - was on the receiving end of a misplaced inside low kick and needed time to recover.“The damage of the low blow in the beginning of the fight was quite strong. I thought...

Lorenzo Fertitta has opened the way for Fedor Emelianenko to continue competing in Sambo tournaments should he sign a UFC contract.“We can figure something out with the Sambo thing,” Fertitta told UFC fans at a weekend Q & A session. “I think we need to have a situation where at least 90 or 120 days before he’s signed a contract to fight,...

In echoes of Japanese lightweight legend Kazushi Sakuraba, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has joked about dying in the ring.“Man, I am going to die in the Octagon,” he says on part two of Dana White’s UFC 100 video blog. “Afterwards [people] will be like, does that really make sense, dying for a sport? But when you are in it, you...

Brock Lesnar and Georges St. Pierre were the two biggest earners at UFC 100 on Saturday night, each earning $400,000 purses for their efforts in retaining the heavyweight and welterweight belts respectively.But Lesnar came out on top in base salary terms as his $400k did not include a win bonus, whereas St. Pierre’s purse consisted of a $200k base and a $200k...

Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic has signed a three-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it was confirmed today.UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta suggested on Saturday that a deal had been reached and today UFC president Dana White confirmed that to Yahoo! Sports.The signing follows recent contract talks that saw Fertitta fly to Croatia just over a...

Igor Vovchanchyn is returning to mixed martial arts competition after nearly four years of retirement, it has been announced.Korean MMA promotion Fighting Mixed Combative says Vovchanchyn (47-9-1) has agreed to fight at their second show, which takes place in September.According to Japanese MMA blog Nightmare of Battle, Vovchanchyn is popular with South Korean MMA...

Rodrigo Nogueira was not surprised about the result of the heavyweight clash between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Saturday. He said Frank Mir is not a man who can take punches and Lesnar has the ability to control the opponent on the ground to hit him over the guard.The experienced Brazilian fighter also said that only an old-school athlete used to taking...

Brock Lesnar made one of the most bizarre post-fight speeches ever given in the Octagon after stopping Frank Mir in the headline bout of UFC 100.“I’m going to go and drink a Coors Light,” he told Joe Rogan when asked what was next for him. “That’s a Coors Light - because Bud Light wouldn’t give me any money.”Moments prior to...

Mike Bisping has vowed to come back stronger after his second-round KO loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100 on Saturday night.The pulverising right hand from Henderson caused the first stoppage loss of Bisping’s career; his only other defeat was a split-decision loss to Rashad Evans at light-heavyweight.“I honestly don’t know what happened to me out...

Dan Henderson’s big right hand lived up to its legendary status on Saturday night at UFC, putting Mike Bisping down and out for the first time in his career.Henderson landed a solid KO shot flush on Bisping’s jaw early in the second round  - and followed it with a controversial diving right hand/forearm smash on his prone opponent to seal the...