Posts Tagged ‘Mark Hominick’

Hominick First Fighter Official for New UFC 145

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Many were surprised earlier this week when it was reported that the UFC 145 card scheduled for Montreal on March 24 was cancelled due to the organization being unable to muster up a “championship level card.” Fighters were told that they would be added to coming UFC cards, and London, Ontario’s Mark [...]

Canadian UFC Salaries for 2011

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre tops the list of Canadian earners in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011, according to a report at mma-manifesto.com. St. Pierre ranks 18th out of 337  total fighters, earning $400,000 for his sole fight, a unanimous decision win over Jake Shields at UFC 129 in April. [...]

Canadians nominated for 2011 World MMA Awards

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Fighters Only Magazine has announced the nominees for the fourth annual world Mixed Martial Arts Awards, and several Canadians have been nominated. Mark Hominick – Along with Jose Aldo, has been nominated for the Fight of the Year for their incredible performance at UFC 129 in April Mark Hominick – Ring [...]

UFC Fighters To Get Twitter Bonuses

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) This week is the annual UFC Fighter summit, where the Las Vegas based promotion brings all of their contract fighters together for a whirlwind week of meetings.  While there they discuss topics such as Athletes & Gambling, and the Dangers of Drastic Weight Cutting.  See the photo on the bottom of [...]

Hominick Wanted Round Six

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) May 04, 2011 Mark Hominick went into last Saturday’s fight against Jose Aldo at UFC 129 fully expecting to become the new UFC featherweight champion, but unfortunately for him that didn’t happen.  Instead, the 30-year-old from London Ontario emerged on the losing side of a unanimous 5-round decision after a see [...]

St. Pierre, Aldo retain Titles at UFC 129

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) It didn’t turn out to be the “Don’t Blink” kind of fight that Georges St. Pierre had promised, but after 5 hard fought rounds with Jake Shields the French-Canadian remained the UFC welterweight champion. In what was the largest crowd to ever watch an MMA event in North America, 55,000 fans [...]