THALES LEITES RUMORS

Former UFC middleweight title contender, Thales Leites has been speaking about the reasons why he came up short last month when he competed against Matt Horwich for the PWP 185 pound title on the War on the Mainland card, saying the issue of weight was his biggest enemy. Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Leites said: “There was a [...]

Matt Horwich Interview After Submitting Thales Leites At War on the Mainland. Also final round of their fight. Thales Leites vs Matt Horwich RD 4. var s1 = new SWFObject("http://www.mmatko.com/player-viral.swf","JW","480","420","9"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess", "always"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen...

by Ray HuiThis is the War on the Mainland live blog for Thales Leites vs. Matt Horwich, a middleweight bout on tonight's Powerhouse World Promotions pay-per-view at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. Leites battles Horwich to determine the first-ever PWP middleweight champion. The fight is five, five-minute rounds. The live blog is below. Permalink | Email this | Linking...

Former IFL champ and two-time UFC fighter Matt Horwich has replaced Falaniko Vitale and will meet former UFC contender Thales Leites for the middleweight title at the August 14 “War on the Mainland” event in Irvine, California. The pay-per-view card is headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Paul Buentello and Tim Sylvia and also includes Allan Goes vs. Jason Lambert...

Fresh off signing a two-fight deal with the Maximum Fighting Championship, Jesse “JT Money” Taylor has garnered a spot in the main event for MFC 25: Vindication. Taylor (14-5) will meet Thales Leites (16-3) in the headliner bout of the MFC’s upcoming show on Friday, May 7 at the Northlands Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, and [...] Related Content:Jesse Taylor Replaces Nick...

By Jacob Camargo October 16, 2009Former UFC middleweight title contender Thales Leites will likely return to action for the first time since being released from the UFC to take on WEC veteran Bryan Baker at MFC 23: "Unstoppable" on Dec. 4 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As previously reported by FiveKnuckles.com, Leites signed with the MFC last month. His August release...

As speculated on Wednesday after their UFC.com profiles were removed, recent middleweight title challenger Thales Leites and lightweight TUF 8 castmember George Roop have both been released from their UFC contracts, according to MMA Fanhouse. The latest cuts follow the release of welterweights Tamdan McCrory and Dan Cramer on Wednesday, all of which were in action at Satuday's UFC 101 event.

Pacquiao vs. Hatton was an embarrassment last night as "The Hitman" got KO'd in Round 2. Silva vs. Leites at UFC 97 was an embarrassment for Silva, Leites, and the UFC. What's similar with these two very different combative sports? Each match up contains a pound-for-pound nominee defending his name ...

Less than 24 hours have passed since the main event of UFC 97, which featured UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva defeating challenger Thales Leites in an action-devoid unanimous decision in the first main event in UFC history that promoted Dana White to issue an apology to fans. In the hours immediately following the fight, several comments [...]

The profile for Thales Leites as he prepares for his championship match with Anderson "The Spider" Silva at UFC 97.