Friday, September 10, 2010
KIMBO SLICE VS. MATT MITRIONE ON MAY 8
03/09/2010
 Kimbo Slice is getting his second UFC bout on May 8 in Montreal against former NFL player Matt Mitrione.
The mixed martial arts league confirmed the matchup Monday. Slice and Mitrione will meet on the undercard of UFC 113, headlined by Lyoto Machida's rematch with Mauricio Rua.
Slice is the burly, bearded former Miami strip club bouncer who became the unlikely face of MMA three years ago when CBS began showing his bouts for the EliteXC promotion, which subsequently folded.
Slice was signed by UFC last year, and he appeared on its television reality show before making his UFC heavyweight debut with a victory over Houston Alexander in December.
Mitrione played nine games with the New York Giants as a defensive tackle in 2002.
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CHICAGO, IL (September 9, 2010) Irish middleweight contender Andy Lee is headed to Chicago on Friday, September 17th, headlining the massive nine-bout WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 12 event in a ten round battle against local hard hitting veteran Michael Walker at the UIC Pavilion. 
Prizefighter Heavyweights III champion Audley Harrison will face David Haye for the WBA World Heavyweight title in Manchester in November 13, live on Sky Box Office.
It’s virtually an unwritten rule in boxing that a hyped heavyweight prospect gets to avoid tough fights in order to build up his record, step forward Tyson Fury to shatter that myth. 
Frankfurt/Main/Germany (September 6, 2010) – Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 48 KOs), and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KOs), participated today in a press conference. 
Right now there are some UFC fans looking at the title and screaming “No, No, No!!!” Hopefully those fans will still consider reading this piece and look over the examples being provided.
Some fight fans do not like to hear anything about a rivalry between the sports of MMA and boxing or even the UFC and boxing. These fans will say that you can be a fan of both or neither, and that they are totally different, hence making either comparison illogical.
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields will make his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 121 on October 23rd. 
This Saturday, WBC junior flyweight champion Omar Nino Romero will defend his title against Ronald Barrera (27-7-2, 17 KOs). 
Bernard Hopkins has confirmed through a variety of sources that he will challenge WBC/IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal on December 18 in Montreal, Canada. 
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Rafael Marquez, of México City has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6, 
In the main event of UFC 118, lightweight champion Frankie Edgar defeated former champion BJ Penn for a second time by a unanimous decision. 
On Saturday night, at the Coliseo Mario “Quijote” Morales in Guaynabo, Puerto RicoIn, WBA jr. flyweight champion Giovanni Segura knocked out WBO champion Ivan Calderon to become the unified world champion. 
Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced that the promotion will bring the first Nationally televised, sanctioned MMA event to Wisconsin with Bellator 29, taking place in Milwaukee from the historic Rave-Eagles Ballroom on Sept. 26th. 
At UFC on Versus 2, Jon Jones stopped Vladimir Matyushenko just 1:52 into the first round. 
This Saturday, former lightweight champion Juan Diaz will take on world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KOs). 
Bob Arum of Top Rank revealed on Saturday night that pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will fight Antonio Margarito in a junior middleweight bout on November 13th. 
At the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, CA on Friday night, WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov defeated Vyacheslav Uzelkov by a one-sided twelve-round unanimous decision. 
For the first-time ever, Indianapolis will get a taste of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®. Former UFC® heavyweight champion Frank Mir and former interim UFC heavyweight champion and mixed martial arts legend Minotauro Nogueira will mix it up for an encore performance on Saturday, September 25 at UFC 119: MIR VS. NOGUEIRA 2, 
On Saturday night, WBO jr welterweight champion Timothy Bradley moved up to welterweight and defeated Luis Carlos Abregu by a twelve-round unaimous decision at the Agua Caliente Resort Rancho Mirage, California. 
Fernando Guerrero furthered his pursuit of middleweight stardom with a hard fought unanimous decision over veteran Ishe Smith in Friday’s ShoBox main event. Shawn Porter and Mike Dallas Jr. also took home unanimous decision victories at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. to remain unbeaten. 
