With only two days until the big day, ProElite held its official press conference today at the Princess Kaiulani hotel near Hawaii's famous Waikiki beach. Ten fighters from the main card were in attendance for today's press conference, as well as referees Yuji Shimada and “Big John” McCarthy, and Paul Feller, CEO of Stratus Media Group and Chairman of ProElite.
Media week for ProElite kicked off today at the Princess Kailulani Hotel in beautiful Waikiki, Hawaii, this afternoon with open training for three of the fighters on the main card: Andrei Arlovski, Kendall "da Spyder" Grove, and Reagan Penn.
Not only is it amazing that the UFC has made it's way back to the city seems like the birthplace of MMA, but it's super cool that they held their open workouts on Copacabana beach in Rio.
Uncasville, Conn. (August 20, 2011) - Bellator Fighting Championships put on another exciting event this past weekend from the Mohegan Sun Arena. This was the promotions final event for their summer series which showcased a feather weight tournament. A two time tournament champion has been crowned, The Heavyweight champion has rounded out his game, And a veteran further attempts to redefine his career.
It was just under a week ago that the MMA world was shocked by the unfortunate death of Shawn Tompkins. His brother in law and UFC fighter Sam Stout told media that Tompkins died of a heart attack.
Bellator 48 takes place this Saturday night at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The evening's main card airs on MTV2. The night of fights features Bellator's "Summer Series" featherweight tournament. Also on the card is a non-title fight between Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad and longtime vet Paul Buentello.
One of Bellator's most recent signee's, Rasul Mirzaev has put himself into a whole world of hurt. On August 13th a street fight broke out between Mirzaev and a student from Moscow named Ivan Agafono.
Hoboken, , New Jersey (August 19, 2011) -- FIGHT NOW TV TM -- America’s only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel – announced today that it has acquired the exclusive library and new event rights to Ring of Fire MMA (“ROF”).
They say people deserve a second chance and Jon Koppenhaver says he will make the most of this new found life.
Sources have told us, the fighter formely known as War Machine (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has verbally agreed to face former UFC veteran Gideon Ray (17-13 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at the Chicago Cagefighting Championship on October 15th at The Odeum Sports Complex in Villa Park, IL right outside of Chicago.
