Bellator Fighting Championships held its pre-event weigh-ins earlier today (Oct. 11, 2012) at the Casino Windsor in Windsor, Ontario Canada, the host city for this weekend’s Bellator 76: “Alvarez vs Pitbull” event, which goes down on Friday night (Oct. 12) at Casino Windsor. You can find out all the details from today’s weigh-ins by clicking...
read moreAt UFC on FX 6 in Australia, which is scheduled for the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Dec. 14, 2012, two former middleweights are set to face off as Kyle Noke takes on Seth Baczynski, according to a recent report issued by MMA Diehards. Noke (20-6-1) is a fighter proficient in many areas and has recently made his UFC welterweight debut after dropping...
read moreNewport Beach, Cali. (October 11, 2012) – As Bellator prepares to kick off the Season 7 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals, the location for the semifinals have now been set as Bellator announced today the promotion will return to The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on November 9th to host the Featherweight Tournament Semifinals as well as a bantamweight...
read moreGet it through your head people, Anderson Silva will never fight Jon Jones. Even though Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White feels a much-anticipated super fight between his Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champions makes sense and eventually has to happen, “The Spider,” doesn’t share those sentiments, reiterating today (Oct.,...
read moreExpectations were high when Kevin Belingon made his ONE FC debut because he was 9-0 and, unlike some of the other prospects emerging from the Philippines, had already been tested against good level foreign opposition. Things didn’t go to plan against Masakazu Imanari when he was submitted almost instantly and things did not get much better when he took on Soo Chul...
read moreAs Eddie Alvarez prepares to step into the cage this Friday night (Oct., 12, 2012) at Bellator 76, he will do so knowing it could very well be the last time he fights under the lights of the promotion he has called home for the past three years. Amassing a 7-1 record with the Bellator, Alvarez has become the face of the promotion which can lay claim to being number two,...
read moreErick “Indio” Silva is happy – very happy – to be fighting in his home country of Brazil against big-name opponent Jon Fitch on the main card of UFC 153 this Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro. To understanding why the fighter is in such a good mood now, it's important to remember what the welterweight prospect went through in his first two UFC...
read moreAnyone who saw Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira getting slammed into the canvas headfirst by Bob Sapp in their PRIDE Shockwave bout back in 2002 won't forget that vision anytime soon, especially knowing that "Minotauro" shook off the slams and submitted his foe in the second round. Or what about the beating he took at the hands of a prime Mirko Cro Cop in the first round of...
read moreIn the cage, Pat Barry has fashioned a 7-5 record. At the dinner table, however, the UFC heavyweight is virtually unbeaten. Broach the subject of food around the Louisiana native and brace yourself for an earful. When the 33-year-old talks food, his pupils dilate, his speech accelerates and his voice rises. His approach to diet: There are no rules. Barry eats vegan a lot...
read moreAs a perennial contender in the UFC's welterweight division, Jon Fitch always has plenty of eyes on him. On Saturday night, when he battles Erick Silva in UFC 153 main card action, the two most important ones will belong to the fighter's newest fan, his son Mason, who Fitch and his wife Michelle welcomed into the world in February. The arrival of the newest Fitch, a...
read moreA trainer’s primary job in mixed martial arts (MMA) is not only to get his fighter in the best possible shape, physically and mentally, for an upcoming fight. In most cases, a trainer will also help devise a very sound game plan in order achieve the ultimate goal of victory. The starting point to a solid game plan always begins with the opponent. For Georges St....
read moreDon’t write him off just yet. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight Mark Munoz was smashed by fellow rising star Chris Weidman at the UFC on FUEL TV 4 event earlier this year in San Jose. But before we drag his career behind the barn and shoot it in the head, let’s put things in perspective. “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” is 7-3...
read moreUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight Jeremy Stephens remains behind bars in Minnesota, where he’s expected to appear before a judge on Oct. 23, 2012. Bail was recently set at $100,000. “Lil’ Heathen” was arrested at his hotel last Friday (Oct. 5), just hours before his scheduled fight against Yves Edwards at the UFC on FX 5:...
read moreIn little over three weeks, Daniel Cormier is expected to fulfill his last fight under the Strikeforce banner before he bolts for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The only problem is, he still doesn’t have an opponent. After Frank Mir came down with an injury, forcing him out of his proposed bout with “DC,” ZUFFA officials were left to scramble...
read moreIn light of press reports that Governor Cuomo is planning to create a new sports division within the Empire State Development Corporation, The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today urged the Governor and ESDC to fight for making professional mixed martial arts (MMA) legal in New York and bring the fastest growing sport in the world to the Empire State.
read moreThere's no question that there's a certain beauty to a knockout, when technique and speed meet precise timing at the highest levels of the sport of mixed martial arts. Featherweight Sam Sicilia goes for the more visceral approach. "I throw fearlessly," he said. "I'm looking to put somebody's mouthpiece in the bleachers." More often than not, Spokane's...
read moreThere are no easy fights in the UFC. Welterweight Demian Maia will be the first to agree to that statement. But it may be a safe bet to say that when he meets Rick Story in UFC 153's main card opener this Saturday night, it will be a lot easier than the last time he fought in his native Brazil in 2006. That night, on October 7, 2006, Maia didn't just fight once. He...
read moreThe Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipВ® announced today that tickets for UFCВ® on FX: SOTIROPOULOS vs. PEARSON will go on sale on Friday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. AEDT. The event will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday, Dec. 15 and is headlined by a five-round showdown between Australian George Sotiropoulos and British star Ross Pearson. The...
read moreWhen it comes to fitness, what is old will invariably become new again. Most modern MMA gyms have a pile of kettlebells and a huge tire that gets whomped with a sledge hammer. Russian athletes have been lifting kettlebells since the 1700s while American boxers have been getting in shape by chopping wood and swinging a hammer since the beginning of the 20th century....
read moreHis upcoming bout is against TUF Live’s Sam Sicilia at UFC 153 this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but the story of Rony Jason was originally written the moment he agreed to take part in the first ever Ultimate Fighter Brazil. Spending weeks inside a house, where you’re thrown in with unknown teammates who can turn into your foes sooner or later,...
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