The Ultimate Fighting Championship held a media conference call Tuesday for the upcoming "UFC on FOX 7: Henderson vs. Melendez" fight card scheduled to take place April 20 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. UFC President Dana White, along with headliners UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson and former Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez, as well as co-headliners former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir and former Strikeforce heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier, all participated in the call. Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionWSOF 2 media call: Arlovski, Johnson, Nam, Moraes, Sefo
World Series of Fighting held a conference call Tuesday for their upcoming WSOF 2 fight card scheduled for Saturday, March 23 in Atlantic City. Headliners Andrei Arlovski and Anthony Johnson, along with co-headliners Tyson Nam and Marlon Moraes and WSOF president Ray Sefo answered questions from reporters for over an hour. Read More »
Nick Diaz: ‘You let Dana act like I’m the most disrespectful person you’ve ever met’
In today's UFC 158 conference call things got more then heated as Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz engaged in a tense war of words. The call which eventually lasted just over 45 minutes was quite calm to begin with, but then Nick Diaz made some comments about UFC welterweight champion GSP. Read More »
UFC on FOX 6 media call: Johnson, Dodson, Rampage, Teixeira, Cerrone, Pettis
The UFC held a conference call for the media today for their upcoming UFC on FOX 6 card being held January 26 in Chicago. Flywieght champ Demetrious Johnson, along with title challenger John Dodson, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Glover Teixeira, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Anthony Pettis all took part in the call. Read More »
UFC on FOX 5 media call: Henderson, Diaz, MacDonald, Penn, Shogun *AUDIO*
Hosted by UFC President Dana White and FOX Sports Media Group President Eric Shanks, a conference call for the upcoming December 8 UFC on FOX 5 event was held today. Read More »
UFC 152 media call with Jon Jones, Vitor Belfort, Demetrious Johnson, Joseph Benavidez
UFC President Dana White hosted a UFC 152 media teleconference Tuesday with headliners Jon Jones and Vitor Belfort, along with co-headliners Jospeh Benavidez and Demetrious Johnson. Read More »
We will have LIVE updates from Dana White’s special announcement regarding UFC 151 main event at 2 p.m. ET today
It looks as thought Dan Henderson is out of his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 151 on Sept. 1. Dana White is expected to make the official announcement today at 2 p.m. ET. Read More »
UFC 151 media call with Jon Jones and Dan Henderson *AUDIO*
With the UFC light heavyweight title on the line on Sept. 1 at UFC 151 in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White hosted a media conference call today with headliners Jon Jones, the current champion, and Dan Henderson, his challenger. Read More »
UFC on FOX 4 media call with Shogun, Vera, Machida, Bader *AUDIO*
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held a conference call today to help promote Saturday's UFC on FOX 4 card headlined by a number one light heavyweight contender's bout between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera. Read More »
Faber and Barao face off on UFC 149 media call *AUDIO*
The UFC held a media conference call today for the upcoming UFC 149 card scheduled for July 21 as the UFC makes their debut in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. UFC 149 is headlined with an interim bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao. Both Urijah and Renan were on today's call, along with UFC President Dana White. Read More »
Anderson Silva shocks the MMA world on UFC 148 media call
Chael Sonnen has been called the greatest trash talker of all time (that's a compliment) from UFC President Dana White. He even feels Sonnen surpasses what was Muhammed Ali's ability to sell a fight. UFC fans and the MMA media have come to expect this from Sonnen and that is what was expected when we dialed into the UFC 148 media call on Monday. Chael was there. Dana was there. And then there was another guy on the call that strongly resembled the UFC middleweight champion. Read More »
UFC 148 media call with Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen *AUDIO*
Those expecting "The Chael Sonnen Show" on today's UFC 148 media call were given quite the surprise as it was the champion Anderson Silva who was stealing the show. Whether Anderson is genuinely fired up and angry or whether he has decided to turn up his promotional personality matters little. What matters is "The Spider" will be making headlines and that's good business. Read More »
UFC 147 media call with Wanderlei Silva, Rich Franklin, Fabricio Werdum, Mike Russow *AUDIO*
UFC 147 headliners Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin, along with co-headliners Mike Russow and Fabricio Werdum, participated in a conference call with the media on Tuesday. Topics included opponent changes for Franklin and Silva, fighting in Brazil, Russow juggling two careers and much more. Read More »
Rich Franklin talks UFC 147, motivation to keep fighting and one more title run
As former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin gears up to face Wanderlei Silva in a rematch this weekend at UFC 147, the former champ participated in a media conference call Tuesday and talked about the possibility of ring rust, his motivation to keep fighting and his desire to make one more run at the 185 pound title before he retires. Wanderlei Silva, Fabricio Werdum and Mike Russow also participated in the call. Listen to the full audio. Read More »
UFC on Fuel TV 2 conference call with Jay Glazer and Fuel TV General Manager George Greenberg
On Tuesday Fuel TV held a conference call with UFC analyst and trainer Jay Glazer and George Greenberg, Fuel TV Executive Vice President and General Manager. Read More »
UFC 142 media call – quotes and audio
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, along with his UFC 142 main event opponent Chad Mendes, as well as co-headliners Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson took questions from the media on Wednesday's conference call. Read More »
Listen to today’s Strikeforce-Showtime media conference call (full audio)
UFC President Dana White, Strikeforce front man Scott Coker, along with Showtime executives, held a media call Thursday to announce the details of their new agreement. Read More »
UFC 140 media call with Jones, Machida, Mir, Nogueira, Ortiz (AUDIO)
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held a UFC 140 media call Thursday to help promote the upcoming Dec. 10 event being held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Read More »
Listen to today’s UFC on FOX conference call with Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and FOX executives
UFC and FOX executives held a media conference call Wednesday to discuss their relationship and Saturday's UFC heavyweight title fight airing LIVE on FOX. Read More »
UFC on FOX conference call with Velasquez and Dos Santos; quotes, notes and audio
UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and no. 1 contender Junior dos Santos, along with UFC President Dana White, took part in a media conference call Wednesday. Read More »
Nick Diaz regrets missing UFC 137 presser; feels Penn is much better fighter than GSP
Listen to Nick Diaz talk about his regret at losing his title shot to Georges St-Pierre and his thoughts on fighting B.J. Penn in the UFC 137 main event. It's the Nick Diaz show and it's always entertaining. Read More »
UFC 137 conference call with Penn, Diaz, Kongo, Mitrione *AUDIO*
UFC 137 headliners B.J. Penn and Nick Diaz, as well as co-headliners Matt Mitrione and Cheick Kongo, took part in a media conference call Wednesday. Read More »