June 30th, 2010 was a day that Brett Rogers would like to forget for the rest of his life. He gets the chance to make the MMA world forget what happened on that day starting tomorrow night.
Rogers (11-3 MMA) returns to the cage as he faces former UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez (12-5 MMA) on Friday night for Titan Fighting Championships 20 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KA live on HDNET at 10ET.
The last time we saw Rogers in the cage was when he lost to Josh Barnett on June 18th in the first round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix and that is when things got out of control.
Better late than never eh. We are missing two of our staff members, Trevor Dueck and Damon Holowchak, but hey they still have until the prelims end tomorrow. With our rankings updated Carlin is in the lead with Steve only 2 points behind. This cards fight picks total points is only 20 because there are only 4 fights on the main card. Remember 1 point for the winner, 1 point for the how, 1 point for the round and a bonus point if you get them all correct. If you think you have what it takes to beat the staff then submit your picks below in the comment section or on our Facebook page for your chance to win a sick t-shirt from Dominant Ground.
MMASucka columnist Geordie McCredie had the opportunity to chat with former TUF contestant and Jiu Jitsu all star Vinny Magalhães. In the interview he chats about his active guard game, the fact that he is up for submission of the year award and his opinion on the rubber guard in MMA.
In the world of MMA there have been tendencies in where brothers have fought in MMA. You have the Diaz's, the Penn's, the Gracie's and much more. But, never have three brothers fought at the same time in MMA until now. You have the Assuncao brothers: Junior, Rapheal and now Freddy.
Freddy Assuncao (4-1 MMA) will be fighting Baz Cunningham (6-2 MMA) on Friday night for Aggression MMA VIII: Unfinished Business in Edmonton, Alberta. What made Freddy follow in the footsteps of his brothers who are MMA veterans and have fought in the UFC?
Over the next few weeks MMASucka will be following Kajan Johnson as he prepares for his upcoming war against Richie “Hell Boy” Whitson at MFC 31. During Week 1 Johnson took a trip with his Echelon Fight Team to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Last evening, Bellator Fighting Championships kicked off their season 5 at Caesar’s Atlantic City. The first card of the season featured the quarterfinals of the welterweight division. Although 3 of the 4 main card fights went to decision, each fighter did their best to prove they are worthy of a shot at the title versus the winner of Ben Askren Vs. Jay Heron.
The Bellator Welterweight Tournament began tonight at Caesar's Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The main card aired live on MTV2, while the prelims aired on Spike.com. The night was headlined by a bout between season four tournament fighters Brent Weedman and Chris Lozano.
This will obviously be speculated that Bellator has signed a TV deal with Spike TV, but that has not happened yet. Spike TV will however stream a 2hr preliminary card tonight for Bellator 49. The preliminary card includes, Joel Roberts vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen, Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard, Alexandre "Popo" Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman, Lester Caslow vs. James "Binky" Jones and Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley.
In a stacked card with plenty of UFC vets, BAMMA 7 is sure to deliver today. The main card is headlined by Frank Trigg and Jim Wallhead, also on the card is Paul Daley vs Jordan Radev and Andre Winner vs Jason Ball. The event takes place at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, England.
The main event fight at BAMMA 7 between Frank Trigg and Jim Wallhead was put on the back burner as Paul Daley once again has missed weight. The British bad boy weighed in six pounds over the limit today at the weigh in event for BAMMA 7.
