MMA EVENT SCHEDULES

SEPTEMBER 2011

–Strikeforce Challengers 19: September 23 in Las Vegas, Nevada
–Titan Fighting 20: September 23 in Kansas City, Kansas
–UFC 135 Jones vs. Rampage: September 24 in Denver, Colorado
–Bellator 51: September 24 in Canton, Ohio
–Dream 17: September 24 in Saitama, Japan

OCTOBER 2011

–UFC on Versus 6 Cruz vs. Johnson: October 1 in Washington, DC
–Bellator 52: October 1 in Hollywood, Florida
–MFC 31: October 7 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
–UFC 136 Edgar vs. Maynard 3: October 8 in Houston, Texas
–Bellator 54: October 15 in Atlantic City, New Jersey
–Shark Fights 20: October 15 in Laughlin, Nevada
–UFC 137 St-Pierre vs. Condit: October 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada

NOVEMBER 2011

–MFC 32: November in TBA
–Shark Fights 21: November 4 in TBA
–UFC 138 Leben vs. Munoz: November 5 in Birmingham, England
–UFC on Fox Velasquez vs. Dos Santos: November 12 in Anaheim
–Strikeforce Challengers 20: November 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada
–UFC 139: November 19 in San Jose, California

DECEMBER 2011

–Tachi Palace Fights 11: December 2 in Lemoore, California
–TUF 14 Finale: December 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada
–Shark Fights 22: December 3 in Lubbock, Texas
–UFC 140: December 10 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
–Strikeforce: December 17 in TBA
–Titan Fighting 21: December 29 in TBA
–UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem: December 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada

JANUARY 2012

–Titan Fighting 22: January 28 in TBA

FEBRUARY 2012

–UFC Return to Japan: February 26 in Saitama, Japan

UFC Forrest Griifen loss to Rua blamed on Pepto Bismol & Wife’s labor

Though last night was a joyous occasion for the Brazilians who headlined UFC 134, it proved to be a rotten ending to a rotten week for former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.

Griffin took on fellow former champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in a rematch for the co-main event of the landmark card and was easily dispatched by the dynamic Brazilian within the very first round. It took Shogun just under two minutes to put Griffin away with a hard right hook and some follow up ground and pound, leaving the sardonic American unconscious on the canvas.

“It’s just setting in,” Griffin said of the defeat at the post-fight press conference (which he was the only non-Brazilian to attend). “I think that’s a fight where I definitely could have done a lot better. So, it sucks when you do poorly at your job.”

Griffin made it clear during fight week that traveling to Brazil was an inconvenience, at least. He couldn’t find the food or medicine (apparently he needed Pepto Bismol at some point) he needed, his sleep schedule was off and he’s a guy that doesn’t like leaving his home in Las Vegas anyway. Add to that the fact that his wife was pregnant to burst and you’ve got a fighter who was ready to be anywhere but Rio once the curtain closed on UFC 134.

UFC president Dana White thanked Griffin profusely for taking the fight in spite of all this and revealed at the post-fight presser that his wife had gone into labor early, so the UFC would be rushing him to Vegas as soon as they could. Though he appreciated the round of applause he got from the gathered media, he admitted that he wouldn’t have taken the fight if he’d known his wife would go into labor early.

“If I had known it was going to work out like this, I would not have taken the fight,” Griffin said. “I was supposed to have nine more days.”