By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) You’d think that a first time fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship would be a mixed martial artist’s most nerve-wracking fight, but for Edmonton’s Nick ‘The Quiet Assassin’ Penner, it was his last fight against Tim Chemelli at Aggression MMA 8 last September. You see, just the day before that fight he [...]
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Video: GSP Tours Japan
February 25th, 2012 
Andy Cotterill Check out this really great video from MMA Weekly. In it, Canadian UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre spends some time visiting different locations in Japan during his visit to attend UFC 144 tonight.
UFC coming to Calgary in July
February 25th, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Several sources are reporting that the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be coming to the Stampde City this summer, likely on July 21 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Sportsnet was the first to report the news, then MMAWeekly calculated that the event will be labelled as UFC 149. As things stand now, this [...]
MM-eh Exclusive – TJ Grant to face Carlo Prater at UFC on FUEL 3
February 22nd, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) TJ Grant (17-5) will make his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon on May 15 at UFC on FUEL 3 against Carlo Prater (30-10-1), sources close to Grant’s camp have told MM-eh. This must come as a relief to the Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native, who will have spent a long 6-month span [...]
Jason MacDonald Returning to the Octagon Against Tom Lawlor in May
January 25th, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Jason ‘The Athlete’ MacDonald will be making his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon in May, according to UFC Canada’s Twitter account. When the Red Deer, Alberta based MacDonald appears in May, it will have been eight months since his last UFC outing, a loss to Alan Belcher at UFC [...]
Gagnon Talks About Removal From UFC On FX 2 Due To Visa Issues
January 25th, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Sudbury’s Michel (Mitch) Gagnon was at the the border between Canada and the United States this morning, only to find out that the Visa he had applied for had not yet been processed, therefore preventing the Ringside MMA Featherweight Champion from proceeding to his planned bout against Johnny Bedford at Saturday [...]
Gagnon Confident Going Into UFC Debut
January 22nd, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) When viewers of the Ultimate Fighting Championship hear the name Michel (Mitch) Gagnon announced prior to him entering the United Center this Saturday night in Chicago, you couldn’t blame them if they assumed that he is the latest of a long line of Quebecois fighters making their way into the Octagon for the first [...]
Denis gets KO of the Night Bonus at UFC on FX 1
January 21st, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Nick ‘The Ninja of Love’ Denis made a spectacular debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on FX 1 last night, knocking out Joseph Sandoval in just 22 seconds. Denis came out from the opening bell like a demon, throwing crisp and accurate combinations. Once he got in close to Sandoval, he immobilized [...]
More Canadians from Cancelled Montreal Card join Hominick at UFC 145
January 21st, 2012 Andy Cotterill By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca) Yesterday MM-eh reported that London, Ontario’s Mark Hominick was the first fighter added to UFC 145 in Atlanta, Georgia, after it had been rescheduled from March 24 in Montreal. At that time it was unclear if the remainder of the scheduled Montreal fights would also be appearing in Atlanta, but today the [...]
Hominick First Fighter Official for New UFC 145
January 19th, 2012 Andy Cotterill 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 [...]
