[Centraal] MMA topic #12 Without Fedor & Couture

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Op donderdag 20 december 2007 02:53 schreef Paxlie het volgende:
contract loopt af in oktober

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Former heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia has inked his half of a contract to compete for the vacant heavyweight title against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 81: Breaking Point on February 2, 2008, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to FightNetwork.com.

Monte Cox who represents The Maine-aic indicates that all that remains to make the bout official is a signature from Minotauro.

Here's a snip from Cox:

Tim signed the contract, and we haven't heard anything else about it if Nogueira has signed his contract or what.

Despite the official confirmation, Cox reveals in the report that Sylvia has already begun his training camp for the championship bout.

That puts to rest recent speculation that Cheick Kongo was still in the mix to challenge for the belt. In fact, according to the article, Justin McCully has been approached about taking on the Parisian that same evening.

An answer from McCully is expected any day he is currently overseas with Team Punishment teammate Tito Ortiz visiting American troops on a USO Tour.

The match up between Sylvia and Big Nog would serve as the main event of the evening, alongside the co-feature of Frank Mir against Brock Lesnar.

It now seems more likely than ever that a replacement for recently resigned division champion Randy Couture will be determined on SuperBowl weekend.

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UFC Light Heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is being sued by former representatives White Chocolate Management. Here's the official statement: “White Chocolate Management, a Hollywood, Florida based management and Promotion Company and its President Reed Wallace have filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit in the State Supreme Court of New York, against Rampage Jackson, Juanito Ibarra and Ibarra’s Mixed Martial Arts Company for breach of contract, interference with contract and defamation arising out of a breach of a contract and false statements by Ibarra that ‘WCM had nothing to do with Rampage’ although it was Ibarra and his attorneys that prepared the final contract between Rampage and White Chocolate.”.

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Op zondag 30 december 2007 14:19 schreef roepdeman het volgende:
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