MMA News and Articles by Chris Nelson - Page 16

Arantes Returns to Rio for UFC 142, Faces Newcomer Carvalho When Brazilian prospect Felipe Arantes joined the UFC in July, he did so as a short-notice replacement for injured Canadian Antonio “Pato” Carvalho on the company’s August card in Rio de Janeiro. When the...

Chris Nelson

Nov 16, 2011

The Turning Point: Henderson vs. Guida Shortly before Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez took to the Octagon for their brief heavyweight title bout on Saturday, a pair of contenders from the...

Chris Nelson

Nov 14, 2011

Bahadurzada-Erick Silva, Maldonado-Nedkov Targeted for UFC 142 European standouts Siyar Bahadurzada and Stanislav Nedkov have been assigned Brazilian opponents for the UFC’s January return to Rio de Janeiro.

Chris Nelson

Nov 14, 2011

Akiyama Drops to Welterweight, Faces Shields at UFC 144 in Japan After three consecutive defeats at middleweight, Japanese star Yoshihiro Akiyama will make a long-awaited move down the scale in February, and...

Chris Nelson

Nov 14, 2011

Bellator 58 Undercard Gets Araujo-Barbosa, Sharipov-Mello Two new bouts have been added to the Internet-broadcast preliminary card for Bellator Fighting Championships 58, this Saturday at the Seminole...

Chris Nelson

Nov 14, 2011

Bantamweight McDonald Gets Unbeaten Soto as UFC 139 Replacement Alex Soto will still fight on Nov. 19, only against a different opponent and on a significantly larger stage than originally anticipated.

Chris Nelson

Nov 09, 2011

Ex-Champ Ueda Meets Young Gun Horiguchi on Jan. 8 Shooto Card Leading Shooto promoter Sustain this week began slating its final fights of 2011 and first bouts of 2012, including a January showdown between...

Chris Nelson

Nov 08, 2011

Horodecki-Corey Completes 10-Fight Bill for Saturday’s Bellator 57 Chris Horodecki will remain on the bill for Bellator Fighting Championships 57 despite the withdrawal of original opponent Ricardo Tirloni.

Chris Nelson

Nov 07, 2011

The Turning Point: Alves vs. Abedi Papy Abedi wasn’t doing too badly. In fact, for a UFC newcomer with only eight bouts to his credit going up against a 15-time Octagon veteran,...

Chris Nelson

Nov 07, 2011