UFC welterweight Brian Melancon retires, cites health issues
Not only did UFC welterweight Brian Melancon pull the plug on his scheduled bout that was was to take place December 6th in Brisbane but he is retiring from the sport.
Not only did UFC welterweight Brian Melancon pull the plug on his scheduled bout that was was to take place December 6th in Brisbane but he is retiring from the sport.
Back tonight with another round of interviews and analysis around the landscape of MMA. We start things off by welcoming XFC flyweight Cortney Casey (1-0) to the program. Casey defeated Kelly Warren in Tampa earlier this year to kick start her professional career. She will meet fellow 125 pound scrapper Pearl Gonzalez (1-1) in Nashville as part of XFC 26 on October 18th
The UFC Fight Night 27 event is in the books from the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a great night of fights with exciting performances from several fighters. However, only four of them did enough to earn fight bonuses as UFC President Dana White announced them on the air.
UFC Fight Night 27 takes place today at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., and is headlined by a long-awaited welterweight rematch between top 170-pound contenders Martin Kampmann and Carlos Condit.
The UFC Fight Night 27 event will take place tonight on FOX Sports 1 and will be headlined by the welterweight bout between former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit and the always tough Martin Kampmann. Both fighters are coming off losses to Johny Hendricks and need a win to stay near the top of the welterweight division. Let’s break the fight down to see who will come out the victor.
Today’s UFC Fight Night 27 fighter weigh-ins are being held today at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the same venue hosting Wednesday’s fight card headlined by a welterweight bout between top 170-pound contenders Martin Kampmann and Carlos Condit.
UFC Fight Night 27 fighter weigh-ins take place today and a live stream of the proceedings will broadcast on ProMMAnow.com starting at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT).
The weigh-ins are being held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., the same location hosting Wednesday’s FOX Sports 1 fight card headlined by a welterweight match-up between Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann.
UFC President Dana White takes us behind the scenes of the inaugural UFC on FOX Sports 1 event that took place on August 17. We get to see footage of the fighters going out to the cage, the aftermath of battle, and White’s conversation with several fighters. Check out the video below
The main event at UFC Fight Night 27 will pit two perennial welterweight contenders against each other in a fight for relevancy. In terms of title contention, one man will be fighting to stay relevant and the other will be fighting to become relevant.
ProMMAnow.com reporter Daniel Theodore caught up with TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum this past week at RFA 9 where he was there supporting his Ultimate Fighter teammate Kevin Casey. Gastelum talked about his upcoming fight with Brian Melancon which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 28, at UFC Fight Night 27 LIVE on FOX Sports 1.