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MATT MITRIONE RUMORS
Stefan Stuve: Blackout Unrelated to Heart Condition
For the first time since pulling out of Saturday’s UFC 175 scrap against Matt Mitrione at the last minute, literally, Stefan Stuve (pictured) has addressed his backstage blackout.
Struve was returning from a 14-month hiatus after undergoing surgery to correct a leaking aortic value and an enlarged heart. According to “Skyscraper,” what occurred in the locker room just minutes...
Via 5thRound.com
21 days ago
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Stefan Struve, Matt Mitrione And Dana White React To Fight Cancellation
Last night’s UFC 175 main card heavyweight fight between Stefan Struve and Matt Mitrione was cancelled while the show was already underway after the ‘Skyscraper’ passed out backstage.
For any fighter that would be a cause for concern, but it was moreso in Struve’s case since he was returning to the Octagon for the first time since being diagnosed with a heart condition last...
Via Fight Of The Night
22 days ago
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Stefan Struve faints in locker room and has fight called off
Stefan Struve’s (pictured) 14-month hiatus from fighting will have to wait for another day, possibly, forever. Just minutes before the heavyweight was to fight Matt Mitrione at UFC 175, Struve fainted backstage and the bout has been canceled. “He was hyperventilating. They think it was a panic attack,” UFC president Dana White told media members sitting in press row. It was...
Via 5thRound.com
22 days ago
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News: UFC Releases Code of Conduct for Fighters
With the recent fiasco UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione brought upon the UFC with his transphobic comments, the organization has decided to release a new ‘fighter conduct policy’ in hopes that these situations will no longer occur in the future. The code of conduct is expected to educate fighters to adhere to the standards set by the organization.
The Code of Conduct is available...
Via The Flying Knee MMA
April 10, 2013
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Fallon Fox Responds to Matt Mitrione’s Remarks
UFC president Dana White was less than thrilled with the comments Matt Mitrione made Monday on “The MMA Hour” regarding Fallon Fox (pictured). The controversial transgender fighter has finally responded to the UFC heavyweight, and to the surprise of nobody, the male-turned-female scrapper didn’t appreciate Mitrione’s insensitive insults, either. “Matt Mitrione went well...
Via 5thRound.com
April 09, 2013
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Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox Respondes To Matt Mitrione
On Monday Matt Mitrione went on the popular podcast The MMA Hour and blasted transgender fight Fallon Fox. To check out that story click here. Fox responded to Meathead’s comments and here is what she had to say. “Matt Mitrione went well beyond disagreeing with the medical experts who say I should be able to compete as a woman, and personally attacked me as a fighter, as...
Via Tito Couture
April 09, 2013
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News: ZUFFA Releases Statement on Matt Mitrione Suspension
News broke out Monday evening that UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione has had his contract suspended pending investigation due to his hateful comments on transgender fighter Fallon Fox. Mitrione appeared on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour and began a rampant verbal assault on the fighter that was appalling enough to warrant his immediate suspension from the organization.
The UFC has released...
Via The Flying Knee MMA
April 09, 2013
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Matt Mitrione says he’ll fight anyone the UFC puts in front of him, we think these matches make sense.
Love him or hate him, Matt Mitrione hits damn hard. This, I think we can all agree on. Coming off two losses back to back with a long layoff in-between didn’t help his status in the public eye though, and many were saying that if he lost to Phil De Fries in Sweden at UFC on Fuel TV 9 that he’d lose his job. And what would a 34-year-old Mitrione do then? Would he even keep fighting...
Via Fight Hub TV
April 08, 2013
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Matt Mitrione Admits He’s Not Ready for Daniel Cormier
For the first time in the history of ever, a fighter has admitted to declining a bout not because of the suddenly popular “short notice” excuse, but because the other opponent is simply better.
UFC president Dana White torched Matt Mitrione (Pictured) over the weekend for turning down a tango with Daniel Cormier in Strikeforce’s final heavyweight contest. However, White...
Via 5thRound.com
October 02, 2012
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Heavyweights Thompson vs. De Fries, Broughton vs. Mitrione join UFC on FOX 4
A pair of heavyweight match-ups have been added to the UFC on FOX 4 card in August. UFC officials announced that verbal agreements are in place for Oli Thompson to meet Phil De Fries and Rob Broughton to face Matt Mitrione.
Thompson (9-3) and De Fries (8-1, 1NC) will look to get back on the winning track after suffering losses in their most recent bouts. Thompson saw his five fight...
Via MMA Interplay
May 09, 2012
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