Spike TV and the UFC today announced that welterweights Anthony Johnson (5-2) and Kevin Burns (7-2) will headline The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale, rematching their July 19th meeting at UFC Fight Night 14 that saw Burns defeat Johnson via TKO due to an eye poke.
Middleweights Jason MacDonald (21-10) and Wilson Gouveia (11-5) will clash in the co-main event.
UFC Fight Night 15 competitors Nate Diaz, Josh Neer, Alessio Sakara, and Wilson Gouveia each took home a $30,000 bonus for their performances at Saturday’s Spike TV event in Omaha, Nebraska.
In the evening’s main event Diaz topped Neer via split decision in a technical main event battle and both fighters received Fight of the Night [...]
Nate Diaz def. Josh Neer via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Clay Guida def. Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Alan Belcher def. Ed Herman via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Eric Schafer def. Houston Alexander via submission (arm triangle) - Round 1, 4:53
Alessio Sakara def. Joe Vedepo via KO (kick) - Round 1, 1:27
Wilson Gouveia [...]
Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC Fight Night 15.
Tonight’s event takes place at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Josh Neer vs. Nate Diaz, Clay Guida vs. Mac Danzig, Alan Belcher vs. Ed Herman, and Eric Schafer vs. Houston Alexander are slated for the main card Spike TV broadcast while Joe Vedepo vs. Alessio [...]
Josh Neer (155) vs. Nate Diaz (155)
Clay Guida (155) vs. Mac Danzig 155)
Alan Belcher (185) vs. Ed Herman (185)
Eric Schafer (205) vs. Houston Alexander (205)
Joe Vedepo (185) vs. Alessio Sakara (185)
Wilson Gouveia (185) vs. Ryan Jensen (185)
Kyle Bradley (155) vs. Joe Lauzon (155)
Jason Brilz (205) vs. Brad Morris (205)
Mike Massenzio (185) vs. Drew McFedries (185)
Dan [...]
Jeremy Horn (80-18-5) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC Fight Night 15 bout against Wilson Gouveia (10-5) due to a wrist injury.
UFC veteran Ryan Jensen has been tapped to replace Horn in the September 17th matchup in Omaha, Nebraska.
MMA Junkie reported the injury and replacement on Wednesday.
In his two previous UFC bouts [...]
The UFC has added a middleweight bout between Jeremy Horn and Wilson Gouveia to the main card of UFC Fight Night 15.
UFC Fight Night 15 “Diaz vs. Neer” takes place on September 17th at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska and will air on Spike TV.
Horn (88-15-5) is one of the sport’s most active [...]
Te Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official medical suspensions from UFC 84 “Ill Will”. The pay-per-view event took place on May 24th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ten of the event’s twenty-two fighters received a medical suspension.
Sean Sherk (defeated by BJ Penn via TKO) - Right cheek laceration; Suspended [...]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for UFC 84 “Ill Will”. The 11-bout pay-per-event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
Each of the event’s winning fighters, excluding Wanderlei Silva, received a win bonus equal to their “to show” salary. Silva did not [...]
Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]
