http://www.fightmania.com Mixed Martial Arts Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en British middleweight Michael Bisping claims ‘all the pressure is on GSP’ ahead of the French-Canadian’s welterweight title fight with Dan Hardy. Hardy coul become the first British fighter to become a UFC champion when he takes on GSP on March 27. Bisping told Fighters Only Magazine: “Dan’s in a great position. All ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/bisping-claims-the-pressure-is-on-gsp/ The UFC has confirmed several fights for the first ever ‘UFC on Versus’ event, which takes place on Sunday, March 21st. The event takes place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, and a bout between Brandon Vera and Jon Jones will headline the event. The rest of the fights confirmed for ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/fights-confirmed-for-ufc-on-versus-1/ The mixed martial arts fan has exactly one interest in terms of following the sport itself: to see good fights.  Sure, there may be peripheral stuff as well, but everything that enters the mind of your average MMA fan comes from that one singular desire. It seems basic enough.  We're fans, ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-editorials/evaluating-mma-promoters-and-agents/ Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le is keen on a rematch with Scott Smith as soon as possible. Cung Le suffered the only loss of his career last December against Smith at Strikeforce: Evolution. Le was taken out with a left hook in the final round of their fight. "I"m hoping to get ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/cung-le-keen-on-rematch-with-smith/ The UFC have confirmed that they have signed a long-term broadcasting deal with ASN. The deal will see UFC programming being distributed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. UFC 112 will be shown live from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on April ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/ufc-signs-deal-with-asn/ If you missed WEC 47, you missed a huge event with a couple of surprising results (including a title change), some great finishes and quite possibly the last fight of Jens Pulver's career.  Without further ado, let's get on with my parting shots for WEC 47. Pulver Fights Until the End Now, ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-editorials/wec-47-parting-shots/ The UFC have confirmed that Kimbo Slice will take on Matt Mitrione at UFC 113 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on May 8. Slice made his Octagon debut in December and defeated Houston Alexander via unanimous decision. Mitrione is a former NFL player who won his MMA debut in December, when he knocked ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/ufc-confirm-slice-vs-mitrione-for-ufc-113/ Joseph Benavidez admits that he is unsure if he will get the next shot at the bantamweight title. Dominick Cruz managed to pull off an upset by beating Brian Bowles and win the bantamweight title at this past weekend’s WEC 47 event. Benavidez won his fight against Miguel Torres, a top contender ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/benavidez-unsure-of-wec-title-shot/ Featherweight star Javier Vazquez was happy with his win over MMA legend Jens Pulver at WEC 47. The 32-year-old managed a first-round submission win over Pulver. "I was happy to get the win," Vazquez told MMAjunkie.com. "The people that know me know that I don't do this to hurt people. I just ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/vazquez-happy-with-win/ Jorge Santiago managed to get a unanimous decision win over Mamed Khalidov on Sunday at Sengoku 12. Khalidov managed a shocking first-round TKO victory over Santiago when the two met at Sengoku 11, but Santiago won the rematch on Sunday. Official Results: Jorge Santiago def. Mamed Khalidov via unanimous decision Akihiro Gono def. Diego ... http://www.fightmania.com/mma-news/sengoku-12-results/