If Frank Mir has proven one thing, it’s the bigger man is not always better in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. But now Mir has to prove it a second time.
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On Saturday night, Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar face each other in a rematch UFC fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. But it was just a month ago when Mir’s wife gave birth to a son — and one day later, Lesnar’s wife gave birth to their son.
The dream of many young athletes is to get so successful at their chosen sport that they don’t have to work a real job when they grow up.
There is the profound way of looking at it: The Ultimate Fighting Championship holds its 100th show Saturday night and perhaps the most symbolic matchup of such a historic moment will not be either of two title bouts, but rather when veteran Dan Henderson stares across at a younger and promising Michael Bisping.
Fans of mixed martial arts can get their fill during the Ultimate Fighting Championship Fan Expo at Mandalay Bay on Friday and Saturday.
Brock Lesnar thinks he has come a long way as a fighter since suffering the only defeat of his brief professional mixed martial arts career to Frank Mir in February 2008. … He will have his chance to prove it Saturday night when the two meet for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 100 at Mandalay Bay.
A few weeks ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator Joe Rogan was doing standup comedy in San Jose, Calif., when two groups of acquaintances showed up and hung out together: friends who never fight; and a group of guys from the American Kickboxing Academy, including Jon Fitch and Mike Swick — “two of the toughest guys in the world.”
Brandon Beals looks like every other Ultimate Fighting Championship fan walking around Mandalay Bay three days before the mixed martial arts outfit’s historic Saturday night card.
One wears a coat and tie, and the other swears he’ll never be a suit. At first glance, there might appear to be few similarities between Roger Goodell and Dana White.
Of the eight oddsmakers at Las Vegas Sports Consultants, Sean Van Patten is an oddity. He actually follows the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
The Review-Journal recently sat down with Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Mac Danzig after a workout at the Xtreme Couture Training Center.
A day in Dana White’s life is charged with the adrenaline rush of a drag race. He’s going full speed for about 20 hours. If he’s not working or playing cards, his brain is spinning over work ideas and what more he can do to help his surging mixed martial arts business win more fans all over the globe.
COUNTDOWN TO UFC 100
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The historic UFC 100 card at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night is far from the only event of interest for mixed martial arts fans this weekend.
The two men most often credited with making the Ultimate Fighting Championship what it is today are almost always together.
One of the consistencies of the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been the frequency of matching top fighters. After Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta purchased the UFC in 2001, the popularity of mixed martial arts and the UFC began to grow as more fights cards were offered — sometimes as many as 13 pay-per-view cards in one year (2008). Las Vegas Review-Journal MMA reporter Adam Hill ranks his Top 10 UFC pay-per-view cards. Hill’s rankings are based on the action in the Octagon, along with the historical significance of each card.