Published: June 30, 2011
Since being pulled out of UFC Live on Versus 4 and kicked out of the promotion an hour after weigh-ins on Saturday, Nate Marquardt has not spoken and speculations were raised on why UFC president Dana White was so disgusted. White and the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission would not disclose the reason either and left it [...]
Published: June 30, 2011
An interesting match-up in the main card of UFC 132 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday may just upstage the headliner between bitter rivals Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz. UFC icon and former Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz faces rising star Ryan Bader in what could be his final fight in the UFC [...]
Published: June 30, 2011
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France advanced to the semifinal round of the Wimbledon Championships at the expense of six-time winner Roger Federer on Wednesday, overcoming a two-set deficit to win in five sets 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Despite being down two sets, Tsonga held on to break Federer’s serve once in each of the [...]
Published: June 29, 2011
Maria Sharapova displayed the old form that won her Grand Slam titles as a teenager to defeat Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the semifinal round of the Wimbledon Championships. This is the first time that Sharapova is advancing to the semifinals since surgery on her right shoulder in 2006. [...]
Published: June 29, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has not fought in the ring for more than a year now. Despite the inactivity in the boxing ring, Mayweather remains in the news.
For the last several months, his fights were outside the ring for felony charges that started with domestic violence towards the mother of his children and separate charges [...]
Published: June 27, 2011
Rising UFC welterweight Rick Story probably thought he was better off fighting Nate Marquardt at UFC Live on Versus 4 on Sunday. In a surprising turn of events, Marquardt was taken off the fight card and kicked out of the UFC an hour after the weigh-ins on Saturday. With Marquardt out of the event and [...]
Published: June 27, 2011
The heavyweight bout between Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry at UFC Live On Versus 4 was expected to be a showcase of their striking skills. It lived up to expectations as the fight got the Consol Energy Center crowd in Pittsburgh to their feet in the opening round.
The first round opened with the fighters [...]
Published: June 27, 2011
UFC Live Tonight on Versus: Cheick Kongo vs Pat Barry – June 26, 2011 – Watch Cheick Kongo vs Pat Barry Live Stream on Versus. UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 26, 2011, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The [...]
Published: June 26, 2011
It came as a surprise when UFC president Dana White announced that veteran mixed martial arts fighter Nate Marquardt who is expected to debut at UFC Live on Versus 4 as a welterweight will no longer headline the main event against Rick Story. White also stated that Marquardt, who has been with the promotion since [...]
Published: June 25, 2011
Perennial UFC Middleweight contender Nate Marquardt surprisingly decided to step down in weight class to fight as a welterweight going forward. Marquardt sees action on Sunday when he faces Rick Story at UFC Live on Versus 4 which will be held at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Marquardt has always been a dangerous [...]