Posts Tagged ‘Eddie’
So Mark Hominick won’t be on Canadian soil for his next fight.
With UFC 145 now set to take place April 21 at Atlanta’s Philips Arena,
the onetime featherweight challenger’s bout with Eddie Yagin has been booked for the event, officials announced today.
Hominick and Yagin were originally slated to fight on March 24 at Bell
Centre in Montreal, where Hominick had twice fought under the UFC banner
to disappointing results.
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Hopefully, the third time is a charm for Canadian fighter Mark Hominick.
The onetime featherweight title challenger is set to meet Eddie Yagin at UFC 145, which takes place March 24 at Bell Centre in Montreal.
UFC officials today confirmed the bout. It’s not yet known whether Hominick vs. Yagin will be part of the event’s pay-per-view main-card or the preliminary lineup, which is expected to air on FX.
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“The Ultimate Fighter 14″ semifinalist Johnny Bedford will look to make it 2-0 in official UFC competition.
With Demetrious Johnson scratched from the card so he could compete in the inaugural UFC flyweight tournament in March, Bedford has taken his spot on next month’s UFC on FOX 2 card.
Bedford takes on fellow bantamweight Eddie Wineland on the night’s preliminary card.
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The already-legendary UFC 139 headliner between Dan Henderson and
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was just one of two stellar bouts on Saturday
night.
A few hours before the UFC’s barnburner, Bellator had one of its own
when lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez took on recent tourney winner
Michael Chandler in a five-round title fight.
Now, Bellator has made the full fight available for online viewing.
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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Bellator 58 headliner Eddie Alvarez, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney and BAMMA 8 fighter Andre Winner.
Additionally, UFC president Dana White has set aside five pairs of UFC 139 tickets for MMAjunkie.com Radio listeners. Tune in to win!
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MMAjunkie.com Radio today previews this weekend’s UFC 139 event with Strikeforce’s Muhammed “King Mo”
Lawal (in studio), MMA manger Ron Foster, MMA oddsmaker Joey Oddessa and
comedian Joey “Coco” Diaz.
Additionally, we talk to Bellator 58 headliner Eddie Alvarez, and one lucky listener will win two tickets to Strikeforce Challengers 20.
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Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez is not motivated by a desire to keep his belt. He is motivated by the fear of losing it.
“I have a lot of demons, and that boosts me,” he said. “That helps me prepare the way I do for these sort of belts, so I always, always, always, fight up.”
At first glance, though, it would appear he’s not fighting up, but rather down. The third defense of his title is against a guy with the fraction of the fights he has – a mere eight outings compared with his 24.
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Down in Brazil, Hacran Dias has dominated the country’s fight circuit since his 2005 debut.
But back in August, the Brazilian lightweight got a chance to display
his skills for a North American audience when he met American fighter
Eddie Hoch at the “Shooto Brazil: Fight for BOPE”
event in Rio de Janeiro.
In this week’s edition of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we present the
fight, which includes MMAjunkie.com’s John Morgan and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie calling the action.
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They called it the Tucson Dojo. But, really, it was a high school gym. Eddie Arizmendi and some friends in…
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While injury forced a short delay in Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez’s planned title defense…
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