UFC on FUEL 8
UFC on Fuel TV: Mark Hunt vs. Stefan Struve Preview and the Prognostication
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann will feature an oddball co-main event with two heavyweights squaring off. It’s not a bad fight by any stretch, but all of us are still bewildered by Hunt’s maintained relevance in the sport. Mark Hunt showed promise early in his MMA career. Despite a loss in his […]
UFC on Fuel TV: Diego Sanchez vs. Takanori Gomi Preview and the Prognostication
In the lightweight corner of this weekend’s UFC action, we’ve got a match that needs no introduction. I’d like to skip the usual prelude and explain the picture you see here: Back in 2007 Takanori Gomi had reached what many fans and observers argued was the top spot in the lightweight division. It was completely […]
UFC on Fuel 8: Silva vs. Stann betting lines
Hey look, another opportunity for Tim to lose money. This week’s UFC on Fuel 8 event is coming to you from Japan, and it’s going to take a lot of willpower for me to not bet on some of the fights listed below. Sure, I’ll bet on the ones that I think I can make […]
UFC on Fuel 8 staff picks and predictions
Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian StannTim Burke: I still think it’s weird that they’re doing this at LHW. Sure, Wandy wasn’t want to fight at 185 anymore. That’s cool. But he should at least be fighting an actual LHW then! Either way, I’m not sure how much of a difference it will make. Wandy’s chin is […]
Hector Lombard worried he could be cut if his bout with Yushin Okami is boring
UFC Middleweight Hector Lombard came over from Bellator amidst a wave of hype and on the back of a contract that was designed to be too rich for Bellator to match. Unfortunately his first bout against Tim Boetsch at UFC 149 stunk up the joint and saw Lombard lose a listless three round decision. The […]
UFC on Fuel 8 weigh-in results: Silva (204) vs Stann (206), Sanchez misses weight
Bloody Elbow will be providing live video and updates when all 22 fighters on the card step on the scale at today’s UFC on Fuel 8 weigh-ins live from Saitama, Japan. You can catch a live Youtube stream of the weigh-ins above, or if that doesn’t work for some reason, you can view it over […]
UFC on Fuel TV: Yushin Okami vs. Hector Lombard Preview and th Prognostication
The lone middleweight fight of the evening will feature two mainstays of the Anderson Silva-dominated division with Yushin Okami taking on Hector Lombard. Okami has had an odd, if not, misleading road up to this point. He got schooled by Anderson, which is no big deal in the grand scheme of things. He took a […]
UFC on Fuel TV: Rani Yahya vs. Mizuto Hirota Preview and the Prognostication
The lone featherweight card on the evening pits Mizuto Hirota against Rani Yahya. It’s a classic ‘striker versus grappler’ matchup. But despite the cliches, it’s a little more dynamic on paper than “Fighter X will do the thing Fighter Y isn’t good at”. Like many Japanese fighters, Hirota is finally making the drop down in […]
UFC on Fuel TV: Dong Hyun Kim vs. Siyar Bahadurzada Preview and the Prognostication
It’s nice to see the words ‘Saitama Super Arena’ attached to a venue for an MMA event. Like the side scrollers of old, from Final Fight to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, that required copious amounts of quarters to play next to the mini golf course, the words have meaning beyond simply the presence of an […]
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann – Dana White Vlog, Day One
With Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann event around the corner, UFC big cheese Dana White has posted his first video blog for the show on the company’s Youtube page. Points of interest: The video begins with Dana congratulating a battered and disheartened Yuri Villefort, who was defeated by Nah-Shon Burrell in […]
UFC on Fuel TV 8 video preview: MMA Tete-A-Tete – Predictions by Kid Nate and Dallas Winston
Kid Nate and Dallas Winston are back with another iteration of MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse, this time diving into the main card of tonight’s Bellator 91 and the whole shebang for Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann show. Remember to subscribe to the MMA Nation channel on YouTube, as well as […]
UFC On Fuel TV 8 open workout videos
On Wednesday, the fighters for Saturday’s UFC On Fuel TV 8 participated in an open workout media event. Check out how the fighters look as they prepare for their bouts. In the show’s main event, Wanderlei Silva makes his return to Japan to fight Brian Stann. Although both men usually compete at 185 lbs., they […]
UFC’s Asian Expansion: 4 shows planned for 2013, South East Asia targeted
Led by Mark Fischer, the EVP and Managing Director of UFC Asia, the world’s biggest MMA promotion has been making inroads on making a larger footprint in Asia. UFC 144 in Japan marked the first time they have returned to Asia in over 12 years. They’ve followed that up with a successful show in Macau […]
UFC on Fuel 8: Stann vs Silva Facebook preliminary preview breakdown Part II
With the UFC on Fuel 8 event, the promotion returns to Japan with hands down their best Fuel card to date. UFC on Fuel 8 will air live in North America on March 2nd (3rd in Japan) at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT, much like a PPV event. Hopefully Comcast customers will get Fuel TV […]
MMA Tete-A-Tete: Nate and Eugene on Matt Riddle, pot vs TRT, and UFC Silva vs. Stann
Note: Another Tete, another egregious factual error. Sean McCorkle actually beat Mark Hunt, not the other way around All apologies. Thanks to the viewers who pointed that out. I’m back with another installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse. Eugene S. Robinson author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but […]
UFC on Fuel 8: Stann vs Silva Facebook Preliminary Preview Breakdown Part I
With the UFC on Fuel 8 event, the promotion returns to Japan with hands down their best Fuel card to date. UFC on Fuel 8 will air live in North America on March 2nd (3rd in Japan) at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT, much like a PPV event. Hopefully Comcast customers will get Fuel TV […]
UFC on Fuel 8: Silva vs Stann ‘In Focus’ video preview
The UFC has released an “In Focus” special for the main event of the upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 8 card featuring Wanderlei Silva and Brian Stann. In keeping with the trend over the past several months, this thirty minute special features some very solid production with a much more high quality edge as opposed […]
UFC on Fuel 8: Silva vs. Stann fight card
The UFC’s return to Japan doubles as their best Fuel card to date. I was pretty critical of UFC 157’s main card, and while it turned out to be fairly entertaining, those were not the greatest or most interesting matchups on paper. Next week’s card is fantastic from top-to-bottom. I’d go as far to say […]
UFC on Fuel 8 fight card: Silva vs. Stann
Japan’s second UFC show in as many years is shaping up to have a very, very good card. The event, which goes down in Saitama on March 3rd (airing on the 2nd in North America) will be headlined by a bout between Pride legend Wanderlei Silva and Brian Stann. The fight will take place at […]
UFC on Fuel 8 fight card: Silva vs. Stann
Japan’s second UFC show in as many years is shaping up to have a very, very good card. The event, which goes down in Saitama on March 3rd (airing on the 2nd in North America) will be headlined by a bout between Pride legend Wanderlei Silva and Brian Stann. The fight will take place at […]
UFC on Fuel 8 betting lines: Brian Stann, Stefan Struve open as favorites
The UFC will be returning to Japan on March 3rd, looking to capitalize on their successful event last year. The main event will see Pride legend Wanderlei Silva face off with Brian Stann in a bout that’s actually at 205, despite both men recently competing at middleweight. The other major bout for the card has […]
UFC on FUEL TV 8: Silva vs. Stann fight card
If you were like me, you were concerned that the UFC’s downgrading of Japan’s next event from PPV to FUEL TV would result in a fairly watered down overall card. Well, I’m happy to admit that I’m wrong. For a FUEL TV card, this is impressive. The main event is a light-heavyweight scrap between Wanderlei […]
Brian Stann vs. Wanderlei Silva to headline UFC On Fuel 8
Coming up on March 3, the UFC will be heading back to Japan for the UFC On Fuel 8 event. As we reported earlier tonight, Diego Sanchez announced that he’ll return to the 155 lb. division to face former top Lightweight Takanori Gomi that night. Since then, it has been announced that the event also […]
Diego Sanchez says he’s fighting Takanori Gomi at UFC on Fuel 8
According to Diego Sanchez, rumors of a bout with Takanori Gomi in Japan are true. Sanchez has been saying for a while that he was going to drop back to the lightweight division for his next bout, but it hadn’t been confirmed who he’d be facing off with or where it would be. Talk of […]
Stefan Struve vs. Mark Hunt likely for UFC on Fuel 8 in Japan
After an aborted attempt back in May, the UFC had decided to go back to a pretty good heavyweight matchup for their next card in Japan. Stefan Struve will face off with The Super Samoan, Mark Hunt at UFC on Fuel 8. MMA Weekly has the news: A heavyweight fight has been confirmed for the […]