Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Dana White Blog: WEC, Kimbo, Hint at a big new deal

Strikeforce: Lawler vs Shields Press Conference

Jake Shields vs Robbie Lawler


Joe Riggs vs Phil Baroni


Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields
Date: Jun 06, 2009
Location: St. Louis
Venue: Scottrade Center
Broadcast: Showtime

MAIN CARD

* Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields
* Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers
* Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith
* Phil Baroni vs. Joe Riggs
* Kevin Randleman vs. Mike Whitehead

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle*
* Josh Bumgarner vs. Jesse Finney
* Tyron Woodley vs. Sal Woods
* Lucas Lopes vs. Scott Ventimiglia
* Pat Benson vs. Dave Cochran
* Booker DeRousse vs. James Wade

WEC 41: Faber vs Brown II


WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II
Date: Jun 07, 2009
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Venue: Arco Arena
Broadcast: VERSUS

MAIN CARD

* Champ Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber (for WEC featherweight title)
* Jose Aldo vs. Cub Swanson
* Donald Cerrone vs. James Krause
* Josh Grispi vs. Jens Pulver

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-televised)

* John Franchi vs. Manny Gamburyan
* Kyle Dietz vs. Charlie Valencia
* Mike Campbell vs. Anthony Pettis
* Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen
* Frank Gomez vs. Noah Thomas
* Seth Dikun vs. Rolando Perez

Monday, June 1, 2009

Kimbo Slice confirmed for The Ultimate Fighter 10


Kevin "Kimbo Slice" ferguson will be one of the sixteen fighters on the UFC reality show the Ultimate Fighter. Kimbo, last fought in EliteXC on CBS losing in a stunning upset to former TUF alumn Seth Petruzelli. Dana White has often been critical of the street fighter turned Mixed Martial Artist and has said in the past the only way Kimbo would make it to the UFC would be by way of the popular Ultimate Fighter reality show. The tenth edition of the Ultimate Fighter will feature Heavyweights and Middleweights competing for a six figure UFC contract.