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UFC 163′s Thales Leites explains 16-month MMA absence

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:45:00 +0000

Onetime UFC middleweight challenger Thales Leites was in the midst of a comeback after being released from the promotion in 2009. In three years, he’d amassed a 6-1 record and beaten a list of UFC vets that included Dean Lister , Jesse Taylor and Jeremy Horn . A loss to Matt Horwich in 2010 was avenged two years later. But it was that March 2012 fight in Brazil that forced him to take a step back from the sport and get his house in order. “Before I fought Horwich the second time, I was recovering from surgery on my left knee,” Leites told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Then I tore the ACL on my right knee, my good knee.

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UFC Champion Chris Weidman Honored by Nassau County; Watch Live Today at 2 p.m. ET

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:00:55 +0000

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano will be joined by New York State Senator Dean Skelos and Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray as they honor newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman at the Coral House on Wednesday, July 17, and proclaim it Chris Weidman Day in Nassau County. The ceremony will be streamed live by Nassau County on Ustream, and is available for viewing here on MMAWeekly.com at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT in the video player below.

UFC Champion Chris Weidman Honored by Nassau County; Watch Live Today at 2 p.m. ET – MMA Weekly

Ref Herb Dean was unsure if Anderson Silva was faking or unconscious at UFC 162

BAD MMA News — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 02:00:00 +0000

Veteran referee Herb Dean had refereed four Anderson Silva fights prior to UFC 162 and seen others cageside. So when Silva began to clown Chris Weidman in the main event of this past Saturday’s pay-per-view, he did little else but pay close attention. Dean couldn’t hear what, if anything, “The Spider” was saying when he gesticulated at Weidman in the middle of exchanges. “I didn’t have any problem with it,” Dean told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “If that’s what he wanted to do. Everybody is in there for their own reasons, and he’s in there to do something great, and he challenges himself to be able to do his antics while he’s right there in the danger zone, and he was doing his thing.” Unfortunately for Silva, that led to a different result than any of the other times he stepped into the octagon and toyed with his opponents. For the first time in his octagon career, his antics caught up to him when Weidman landed a left hook that sent him crashing to the mat.

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Ref Herb Dean was unsure if Anderson Silva was faking or unconscious at UFC 162 – MMA Junkie

Herb Dean Tapped to Officiate Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman UFC 162 Main Event

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:37:52 +0000

Referee Herb Dean will control the cage when Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman square off for Silva’s UFC middleweight championship. Nevada State Athletic Commission officials on Friday assigned Dean as the referee for the bout. They also named Adalaide Byrd, Marcos Rosales and Patricia Morse Jarman as the fight’s judges. Silva and Weidman headline UFC 162 , which takes place on July 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White recently took aim at referee Steve Mazzagatti , heavily criticizing the official’s actions in the World Series of Fighting 3 main event between Jon Fitch and Josh Burkman. His criticism of Mazzagatti was followed by concern that his comments might be met with retaliation from the commission

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Herb Dean to ref UFC 162′s Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman headliner

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:35:00 +0000

Veteran referee Herb Dean will be the third man in the cage when UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman meet in next week’s UFC 162 headliner. Nevada State Athletic Commissions officials appointed him to the high-profile officiating role during a meeting today in Las Vegas. UFC 162 takes place July 6 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card, including Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC) vs. Weidman (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC), airs on pay-per-view.

Dana White, Jon Jones and Benson Henderson On Hand for EA Sports UFC Release Announcement

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:53:41 +0000

EA Sports at E3 on Monday officially announced that EA Sports UFC would launch for both Xbox One and Playstation 4 in Spring 2014. UFC president Dana White , announcer Bruce Buffer, and champions Benson Henderson and Jon Jones were on stage at E3 for the announcement. “We are very excited to deliver the most realistic fighting experience ever achieved,” said Dean Richards, General Manager, EA Sports UFC. “With a talented and experienced team at the helm, and powered by EA Sports Ignite, we’ve created a gameplay feature set for EA Sports UFC where every fighter, every strike, every takedown and submission will bring you inside the Octagon like no game ever has before.” “I couldn’t be more excited about the work that the team at EA Sports has done on the upcoming UFC game,” said White. “It’s been a great partnership and even though it is still early in development, the game looks amazing. It will be groundbreaking! Fans of all combat sports will love it and have a lot to look forward to in the spring of 2014.” EA Sports also released numerous gameplay features: MMAi – A mixed martial artist’s mind is as important as his heart.

Dana White, Jon Jones and Benson Henderson On Hand for EA Sports UFC Release Announcement – MMA Weekly