Tonight at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio the next leg of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix takes place. The two semi-final bouts are Josh Barnett against Sergei Kharitonov and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva against Daniel Cormier. The fight card also features a middleweight title bout between champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Luke Rockhold, as well as "King" Mo Lawal vs Roger Gracie.
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.
Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that tickets to UFC® 137 at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Oct. 29 sold out within a few hours of being made available to the public today. Headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and the surging Carlos Condit, UFC 137 will also feature an outstanding co-main event between former two-division champion BJ Penn and the fiery, and definitely unpredictable Nick Diaz in 170-pound action.
The fighters made their way to the scale today at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov will feature the semi finals of the heavyweight grand prix tournament, with the main event being Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov and the co-main event between Daniel Cormier vs. Antonio Silva in semifinal match-ups.
Vitor Belfort has been fighting in MMA professionally since 1996. During the years he has had his fair share of rivalries, but recently Chael Sonnen has opened up a can of worms and Vitor is not too happy about it.
This week we have changed the name of this piece from 'Fatlip' to 'Sucka' as Fatlip is on a tad bit of a hiatus. This week has been a week of craziness.
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.
(Cincinnati, Ohio) - Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich "Ace" Franklin today announced that he incurred a torn labrum (shoulder injury) in training 10 days ago, and after consulting with specialists, will undergo minor surgery next Tuesday, September 13.
Yesterday in Cincinnati, Ohio the competitors from Saturday's Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov's main card came together for the pre-fight press conference. This card is stacked from the prelims to the main card. The main event is a heavyweight semi finals match between Josh Barnett and Sergei Kharitonov, preceded by the co-main event between Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and Daniel Cormier.
