Category: MMA

Jon Jones Update: Named As Suspect

Jon Jones has officially been named as a suspect in a hit-and-run investigation.

“Yes, he is the suspect and we’re hoping that he will contact us to give us his side of the story,” said Simon Drobik, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman to MMAFighting.com. Drobik squashed the rumors that cocaine was found in the rental car. However, according to Brett Okamoto, a marijuana pipe was found in the car.

This weekend a woman was struck in a hit-and-run and Jones was identified by an officer fleeing on foot.

According to several, Jones hadn’t been heard from in well over 24 hours. His manager calmed the rumors that Jones’ planned UFC 187 fight with Anthony Johnson was off, saying he’s not heard anything like that as of yet.

UFC released the following statement:

“We are aware that the Albuquerque Police Department is interested in speaking to Jon Jones regarding his possible involvement in a motor vehicle accident. We are in the process of gathering facts and will reserve further comment until more information is available.”

Source: WrestlingINC.com

 

Jon Jones UFC 187 bout in jeopardy 

  It was reported earlier today on various news sites that UFC light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones was involved in a hit and run accident involving a middle age women in Albuquerque New Mexico. The women was sent to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. It was also reported that drugs were found at the scene but that rumor was not confirmed.

It is now being said via mma fighting that the Albuquerque PD is looking to question Jones about the incident, however Jones’ whereabouts are unknown. At this moment he is not being looked at as a suspect. This is what the Albuquerque PD had to say about the matter 

We can not confirm that Jon Jones was involved in a H&R traffic accident from this morning. The investigation is ongoing.

Jones is scheduled to defend his title next month at UFC 187 against Anthony Rumble Johnson but it is now believed that the fight is in jeopardy.

This wouldn’t be the first time Jones has be in a troublesome situustion. Earlier this year be tested postive for cocaine following his bout with Daniel Cormier. This sent the champion to rehab but he shortly checked himself out after just 24 hours.

It should also be noted that Jones was not penalized for testing “dirty” and many fans feel that he should be stripped of the title especially if he was directly involved in this hit and run. I may not be found of Jones but to me it seems like he needs help and I sincerely hope he gets it.

Only time will tell what will happen with this situation. We here at WNB will keep you all updated on the matter so keep checking back for updates.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

UFC 186: Johnson VS Horiguchi – 4/25/15

 

Main Card PPV – 10PM/7PM ETPT

Flyweight Title Fight: (C) Demetrious Johnson (21-2-1) VS #7 Kyoji Horiguchi

Light Heavyweight: Rampage Jackson (32-10) VS #12 Fabio Maldonado (22-7)

Middleweight: #10 Michael Bisping (26-7) VS #11 CB Dollaway (16-7)

160 Pound Catchweight Bout: John Makdessi (12-3) VS Shane Campbell (11-2)

Bantamweight: Yves Jabouin (20-9) VS Thomas Almeida (18-0)

 

Fox Sports 1 Prelims – 8PM/5PM ETPT

Cote VS Riggs

Women’s Bantamweight: #3 Alexis Davis (16-6) VS #5 Sarah Kaufman (17-2, 1NC)

Laprise VS Barberena

Aubin-Mercier VS Michaud

 

UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 6:30PM/3:30PM ETPT

Taleb VS Clements

Women’s Strawweight: Rakoczy VS Letourneau

Women’s Strawweight: #6 Randa Markos (4-3) VS #10 Aisling Daly (15-5)

Stephanie Skinner out of Invicta 12 

 

In the sport of MMA and any sport in general injuries are a part of the game. When they happen though they leave athletes and fans alike feeling down but as fans it’s our job to keep the support strong.

This morning the announcement was made by Stephanie Skinner’s opponent Cassie Rodish that Stephanie injured herself Sunday pulling her out of the InvictaFC 12 card that was set to take place this Saturday April 24th. You can read what Cassie said here

 https://www.facebook.com/crodish1/posts/10206528680561927

As said in the status no replacement was found for Cassie to take on so the bout has been scrapped all together.

Stephanie had this to say about her injury as well https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.skinner.180/posts/933844126646116

We here at WrestlingNewsBlog wish Stephanie a speedy recovery and can’t wait till she has the opportunity to get back in the invicta cage. We would also like to inform our followers that the contest to win Stephanie’s signed fight banner will still take place on April 24th the night of invicta. It will be announced on our Twitter feed so if you’re not already following @WrestlingNewsBlog you’re going to want to.

Again here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery for the scrapper 

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

News On Possible Ronda Rousey VS Stephanie McMahon At WrestleMania 32

F4WOnline reports that while there is no deal in place for a Ronda Rousey VS Stephanie McMahon match, there is said to be an understanding between the two sides that they want the match to take place at WrestleMania 32.

According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE has wanted to do the match between Rousey and Stephanie since Rousey attended the 2014 SummerSlam pay-per-view when the 4 Horsewomen helped Stephanie with her ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

There are many factors to be worked out in order for Rousey to compete in a WWE ring due to her being under contract with UFC, if UFC would even consider it. With that said the Rousey VS Stephanie singles match could easily end up being something like The Rock VS Triple H with Rousey and Stephanie in their corners.

Source: F4WOnline via WrestlingINC.com

WrestlingNewsBlog teams up with Stephanie “the scrapper” Skinner

Skinner MMAAre you a fan of WMMA? Will you be watching InvictaFC 12? Are you a fan of Stephanie the scrapper Skinner? Do you like winning prizes? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you’re going to love this announcement.

Thanks to the awesome people at Sangre Mgmt & Lubmma this is being made possible. The people who paid $25 to have their Twitter handle on Stephanie’s banner will be entered into a raffle. The person selected during the raffle will win Stephanie’s fight banner signed by the scrapper herself.

Now here’s the catch. The winner will be announced right here exclusively on WrestlingNewsBlog so you’ll have to be following us on Twitter @WrestleNewsBlog. The announcement will be made the night of invictaFC 12 on April 24th, 2015

Stephanie Skinner who is (4-5) will be making her InvictaFC debut against Cassie Rodish (5-4) in an atomweight bout.

InvictaFC 12 will take place live from unicipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. InvictaFC will be available for viewing live on UFC fight pass.

The full InvictaFC 12 fight card is as follows 

Strawweight Title: Katja Kankaanpää (10-1-1) vs. Livia Renata Souza (7-0)
Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi (17-11) vs. Vanessa Porto (17-6)
Featherweight: Amanda Bell (3-2) vs. Faith Van Duin (4-1)
Bantamweight: Ediane Gomes (10-3) vs. Raquel Pa’aluhi (4-4)
Featherweight: Peggy Morgan (3-2) vs. Latoya Walker (4-0)
Strawweight: Lacey Schuckman (10-8) vs. Jenny Liou (3-1)
Atomweight: Cassie Rodish (5-4) vs. Stephanie Skinner (4-5)
Strawweight: Delaney Owen (3-1) vs. Sharon Jacobson (2-1)
Flyweight: Shannon Sinn (1-2) vs. Maureen Riordon (0-1)
Flyweight: Roma Pawelek (1-0) vs. Sijara Eubanks (0-0)

We here at WrestlingNewsBlog are extramlu excited about this

Partnership. We would also like to take a moment to thank Juan Lanza for coming together with us and allowing us to use the site as a platform for this contest.

 

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Marina Shafir signs with Invicta

April 1st is a day where people play pranks on each other all around the world, so when I heard the news of the supernova from Meldova signing with Invicta fighting Championship I was hesitant to get excited. That is until Marina made the official announcement on the MMA roasted podcast yesterday.

If I wasn’t out and about all day yesterday I would’ve  posted about this much sooner. Nonetheless this is a HUGE signing for invictaFC. Shafir will be a competing at 145lbs placing her in an already stacked featherweight division. Shafir has an overall fight record of (5-1) and professionally she stands at (1-1) 

Her last fight took place in August of last year where she suffered a first round TKO lost against Amanda Bell.

Shafir is still very young in the fight game and shows tons of potential. It would be great to see her get a rematch against Bell (Bell also recently signed with invicta) or maybe somewhere down the line we can see a Shafir vs Cyborg match up (that’s if cyborg stays at 145) 

Only time will tell but one thing is Forsure the supernova from Meldova  is sure to shake up the featherweight  divison and make a giant impact on InvictaFC.

I know as a fan myself I can’t wait to see what the future holds for Marina. As someone who had the honor of seeing her fight live and meeting her I know she’s a force to be reckon with.

How do you guys feel about invicta’s newest athlete. Let us know in the comments below.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

The 4Horsewomen ride into WrestleMania

it was reported via WrestlingInc.com that UFC Women’s Battemweight Champion Ronda Rousey will be in attendance for WM31, along with fellow UFC fighters Shayna Baszler and Jeasamyn Duke and thier training partner Marina Shafir. 

The last WWE event the girls attended together was Summerslam last summer and they even helped Stephanie McMahon with the ALS Ice Bucket Challange.

One question remains though, are the 4Horsewomen just attending as fans or could it be something more??? Only time will tell.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Cris Cyborg signs with UFC

Early Wednesday Brizilian news outlet “Combate” ran a story in which Cris Cyborg said the following: “Your excuses for not fighting me are falling almost as fast as you will when I get you in the cage – stop with the reckless steroid allegations- I am clean! You know I have passed multiple test, including random testing- lets do Olympic random testing you and I- like Mayweather/Pacquiao- and one less excuse for you to hide behind – Lorenzo signed me- I’m back and coming for you – but you will either retire to movies or run to 125 like you ran from me at 145- you will never be the best until you fight the best- step up- it takes two to scrap- don’t be scared- the fans see me coming and you talking- have some respect for the fans- it’s embarrassing how you will go up in weight to fight Gina or Leila but not me- regardless I’m coming for you- make an effort instead of just hiding behind excuses – you may have 99 excuses not to fight me – but not being in the UFC ain’t one”.

Once that story was published various news sights ran rapid with the news and since then the huge story has been confirmed by UFC president Dana White durring an interview on UFC tonight on Wednesday night.

The deal in place is a contract with the UFC’s partner company Zuffa. What does this mean exactly? It means that alltgough the contract is signed doesn’t mean she’ll automatically get a crack at Rousey or even fight in the UFC

wether we’ll see cyborg in the UFC depends on if she can cut weight to 135. Cyborg apparently walks around at 175 on a regular basis but competes at 145 in the featherweight division for invictaFC. The deal with Zuffa had apparently been in place ahead of Cyborg’s title defense at Invicta11 this past Febuary. 

Cyborg is still set to defend her featherweight title once more this July so it’s likely she won’t debut as a 135 fighter till earlier 2016. As far as her arche memisis Ronda Rousey she is set to defend her title at UFC 190 on August 1st against undefeated challenger Bethe Corriea in Brazil.

So guys what do you think of the news? Are you excited? Could this mean we’ll finally be getting the matchup that’s been years in the making of Rousey vs Cyborg?

Let us know what you think in the comments.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Watch Ronda Rousey Give Jimmy Fallon The Armbar

Ronda Rousey appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. During the appearance she demonstrated the Infamous Armbar on Jimmy