- New Marcus Davis Interview
Davis on the UK Welterweight Marcus Davis lives in Bangor, Maine and lays his hat in Great Britain. Not exactly home in a traditional sense, Davis considers Britain to be the home of his most...
- Anderson Silva to Retire Next Year
"I'll retire next year, I already gave my all. I don't need to prove anything for anyone and within one year I'll put my gloves aside." -- Anderson Silva talking to Brazilian cable channel SporTV....
- ULTIMATE FIGHTER HOGER WINS RETURN AT WCF
WILMINGTON, Mass. – Not much time was wasted before both the co-main event and the main event came to a halt on Friday night at World Championship Fighting’s WCF 4. The total time of each bout...
- UFC ZEROING IN ON SUMMER 2009 FOR PHILIPPINES
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has not hidden its desire to expand its brand across the world. The UFC has yet to return to Japan and Brazil, countries that they haven’t been to in many years,...
- **NEW Mirko Crocop Training Video (September 22)
DreamFighters.com The NEWEST Video from Mirko Crocops Training - Released September 22, the eve of DREAM.6!
- World Victory Road Accuses Roger Gracie of Faking Injury
Japan-MMA has the story: -They requested an official doctors certificate and CT scan showing the injury. -They requested Roger Gracie to come to Japan to be examined by WVR's doctor On both these...
- ELITEXC TO CLOSE 2008 WITH SHOWTIME BROADCAST
The current focus for EliteXC is the upcoming Oct. 4 show on CBS, which will pit top star Kimbo Slice against Ultimate Fighting Championship hall of famer Ken Shamrock. But the promotion is already...
- UFC VET SEAN SALMON WINS AFTER LONG LAYOFF
The NAAFS made its return to the Hoop Sports Complex on Friday, Sept. 19 for Columbus Night of Pain 4 in Columbus, Ohio. In the main event, UFC veteran Sean Salmon made a successful return to the...
- Josh Thomson wants Joachim Hansen next
After defeating Ashe Bowman in a non-title fight this past weekend, Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson made it very clear who he wants to fight next. “I am really looking forward to...
- Expanding the Base: UFC, Affliction Trying to Broaden MMA’s Demographic
In this election year, “the base” is an often repeated phrase. In politics, a candidate’s core supporters form his base. The challenge faced by Senators McCain and Obama in the race for the...
- All DREAM 6 Fighters Make Weight
All fighters competing in Tuesday's DREAM.6 event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, have successfully made weight. Article There's likely a typo in the article as it says Ronaldo Souza...
- UFN 15 FIghter Payouts Revealed
The disclosed fighter payouts from last week's UFN 15 have been revealed. Total disclosed payouts were $305,000 with the biggest paycheck-$40,000-going to Nate Diaz. Article
- STRIKEFORCE AT THE MANSION 2 FIGHTER SALARIES
MMAWeekly has obtained the fighter salary information from the California State Athletic Commission for “Strikeforce at the Mansion 2” featuring Kazuo Misaki vs. Joe Riggs, which took place on...
- Matt Hamill: I’m glad I have a trainer that won’t accept that performance
“I don’t know why I didn’t take him down more. That’s the one thing I have been thinking about over and over. I should have taken him down more like in the first round. That was the game plan. My...
- Denis Kang to face Marvin Eastman at Raw Combat on Oct. 25
Raw Combat, a promotion based out of Calgary, Alberta, has announced that PRIDE and K-1 star Denis Kang will headline their upcoming event titled “Redemption” in a middleweight affair with UFC...
- Japanese stars now bringing show to U.S.
Back in the day, American mixed martial artists often had to travel to Japan in order to face quality opponents and make real money. The sport thrived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean as it...
- Anderson Silva NOT Retirng Next Year, says his Manager
Anderson Silva’s manager says that the middleweight champion will definitely not be retiring within the next 12 months. He made the statement after UFC middleweight champion Silva told a Brazilian...
- ELITEXC: SILVA REMAINS CHAMP, NO WOMEN'S TITLE
As Elite XC started to introduce titles last year, each weight class has started to receive attention as to when or who would be involved in championship fights. One of the open categories is the...
- Travis Lutter Back In UFC (Again)?
Apparently being cut from UFC for various reasons isn't the end of your career there-TUF 4 MW winner Travis Lutter, despite being let go by UFC earlier this year, could be coming back again. He...
- Fedor Aiming For DREAM Return
Although a year-end DREAM 7 event has not yet been officially announced, one fighter planning to be there is Fedor Emelianenko. While addressing the crowd today at DREAM 6, Fedor confirmed his...
- CroCop's Right Testicle Runs For Cover
LINK Apparently Mirko's testicles didn't get any rest after Kongo played knee-bongos with them. Here's the scoop from the Overeem vs CroCop bout. Also, here's a (slow as hell loading) video to the...
- NEWCOMER AL-TURK TO FIGHT KONGO AT UFC 92
Having just signed a multi-fight agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Cage Rage champion Mustapha Al-Turk was all set for a baptism of fire in the UFC against highly touted heavyweight...
- DREAM 6 REVIEW: MOUSASI WINS MIDDLEWEIGHT GP
Armenian fighter Gegard Mousasi became the Dream middleweight champion after knocking out Brazilian grappling wizard Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the finals of the Dream Middleweight Grand Prix at the...
- Frank Edgar vs Matt Wiman UFC Fight for the Troops
There’s a an exciting lightweight clash between Frank Edgar (9-1) and Matt Wiman brewing for UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on December 10....
- Mark Bocek vs. Alvin Robinson on tap for UFC 91
A lightweight clash between Mark Bocek and Alvin Robinson is expected to be added to the Nov. 15 undercard for UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The news comes...
- Great Expectations: Can UFC 91 Top 1 Million Buys?
During the conference call announcing Randy Couture v. Brock Lesnar as the main event of UFC 91, Dana White predicted that the event would do in excess of one million buys on pay-per-view. White’s...
- Tito Is Having Twins
Yes everyone, I can officially confirm that Tito and I are expecting twins! I had my second ultrasound today and was greeted by two big healthy babies with pounding hearts. JJ Article Ahh yes, two...
- Alistair Overeem Calls Cro Cop a Faker
link Knees to the groin aside, Alistair Overeem isn’t buying Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s claims that he could not continue during last night’s Dream.6 bout. Cro Cop’s anguish looked pretty genuine,...
- CroCop Wanted to Continue
link "Alaister was ahead on points, however its a 15 minute fight and i knew my time would come" said Mirko Mirko wanted to continue to fight, however the ringside doctor prevented him from...
- DREAM.6 by the Numbers
some interesting tidbits... link couple of my favorites... 5 hours, 20 minutes total duration of the event as broadcast on HDNet 5 minutes, 10 seconds combined duration of the two semi-final matches...
- Eddie Bravo: Formless Wisdom Pt. 1
link lengthy article, but a decent read In this interview we have an in depth look at Eddies journey to becoming a jiu jitsu innovator, and how he has used jiu jitsu to further his true passion in...
- THUMBPLAY jumps in the Octagon With UFC
link NEW YORK – September 23, 2008 – Thumbplay® (www.thumbplay.com), the #1 mobile entertainment content service in the U.S.*, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), the world’s premiere...
- Fedor Talking Japan on NYE, Affliction Says No
Fedor appeared at the DREAM.6 show and teased the fans with a potential New Year's Eve fight, possibly against gold medal judoka Satoshi Ishii. Naturally Affliction's not happy since they have big...
- STRIKEFORCE: WHO'S NEXT FOR THE PUNK?
Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson turned in another impressive performance this weekend, taking a mere 74 seconds to defeat Lion’s Den fighter Ashe Bowman at the world famous...
- Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben: I’m going to make 20,000 people shut-up at UFC 89
UFC middleweight contender Chris Leben was our guest on this weeks broadcast of Pro MMA Radio. Presented by MMAmania.com, Pro MMA Radio airs live every Monday night at 9pm and features many of the...
- Michael Bisping on Chris Leben UFC 89 fight
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- Five "Strikeforce at the Mansion II" fighters issued medical suspensions
The California State Athletic Commission has issued a total of five medical suspensions following this past weekend's "Strikeforce at the Mansion II" event. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com)...
- MICHAEL BISPING WELCOMES RAMPAGE & KONGO
The Wolfslair gym in England was known to many fans as the home of “Ultimate Fighter” season 3 winner Michael “The Count” Bisping, but in recent weeks the addition of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and...
- Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Wanderlei Silva could happen at UFC 93
The blockbuster light heavyweight match up between Quinton Jackson (28-7) and Wanderlei Silva (32-8-1) will more than likely not happen at UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar” at the MGM Grand Garden Arena...
- Dave ‘Pee Wee’ Herman vs Kerry Schall to headline Elite XC Sho XC event October 10
Elite XC is heading to “The Venue” at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. on Friday, October 10 for Sho XC Challenger Series 9, which will air live on Showtime beginning at 11 p.m ET. The main...
- Evan Tanner ‘Into the Desert’ final blog entry found
It’s Tuesday night. Tomorrow I go out into the desert. It has taken over a month to get all the gear together. The preparation for this adventure took far longer than I had expected. I’ve never done...
- Ask the Doc: Dr. Benjamin on foot stomps and good chins vs. bad chins
Q. I have a serious question that I would like to ask you, and I hope that you find the time to respond. First off, I love your column and enjoy reading it. I only wish you posted more than you do....
- LOUGHRAN VS CREDEUR AT UFC FIGHT FOR THE TROOPS
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Nate Loughran and Tim Credeur have verbally agreed to fight on the UFC Fight for the Troops event on Dec. 10 on Spike TV. Both fighters made their official UFC...
- EliteXC signs Russian middleweight Alexander Shlemenko
FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that EliteXC has signed 2005 World Pankration champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko to a multi-fight contract. Sources have indicated that he will make his EliteXC...
- *NEW* - Crocop: "We will settle our score on NYE"
DreamFighters.com Mirko showed up at the airport in sunglasses at around 20h. Overeem smashed both of his arcades and he has two stitches on both sides. Scratches are also visible on his forehead...
- Arlovski-Nelson Tapped for CBS
At least two fighters will not sit on the sidelines following the postponement of Affliction’s Oct. 4 “Day of Reckoning” event in Las Vegas. Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (13-5) and IFL kingpin...
- Ben Saunders vs Brandon Wolff at UFN 16
MMAJunkie Link Five ounces ofPain Link A welterweight bout between "The Ultimate Fighter" alumnus Ben Saunders (6-0-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and UFC newcomer Brandon Wolff (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will take place...
- TEAM QUEST FIGHTER IN FOR GRACIE AT SENGOKU 5
Travis Wiuff confirmed to MMAWeekly.com that his new opponent for the upcoming Sengoku 5 event in Tokyo this weekend will be recent Team Quest (Murrieta) acquisition Muhammad “Mo” Lawal. Lawal has an...
- DREAM 6 event fallout
The claimed attendance for the DREAM 9/23 Saitama show was 20,929. : Sports Navigator is reporting that DREAM 6 drew a 9.0% rating on TBS, with the high QH (quarter-hour) mark showing Yoshihiro...
- Matt Wiman vs. Frankie Edgar signed for Dec. 10 UFC military event
Lightweights Matt Wiman (10-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Frankie Edgar (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) have signed to meet at "UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fights for the Troops," an event that takes place Dec. 10 at the Fort...