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Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Silva, Alistair Overeem, Daniel Cormeir, Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, Sergei Kharitonov, Josh Barnett, Brett Rogers. Above are all the top heavyweight products that fought to win this tournament crown but after a long road with various twists, turns and roadblocks ...
When Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson met for the first time in 2008 the long-time American Kickboxing Academy standout was a step ahead of the Ceaser Gracie-trained Melendez. 18 months later it was a different story, Melednez avenged the last loss in his record and it was clear the improvement ...
In 2009 when Mike Kyle and Rafael Cavalcante met up it was Kyle who knocked out the Brazilian in his ninth professional fight, but “Feijao” wasn’t going to let history repeat itself. Since they last met Cavalcante has met top-tier light-heavyweights in Dan Henderson and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal w...
Two welterweight prospects were given the biggest opportunity of their careers tonight, opening the televised portion of what might serve as the most important event on the Strikeforce calendar in 2012. Spang entered the six-sided cage looking to leave with his hand raised unlike his brother, And...
When the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix began it gave the rising number-two ranked organization a second wind but before we knew it Zuffa, LLC, the parent organization to the Ultimate Fighting Championship had purchased their San Jose based rival and chaos ensued. Tonight the finals conclude ...
The meteoric rise of UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has hit the wall. Well, factually speaking it was a pole and Jones wrapped his Bentley around it. Celebrity gossip-mongers TMZ are reporting that Jones was arrested on the scene early this morning in Binghamton, NY, where Jones totaled...
The publisher of Chael Sonnen’s new book “The Voice of Reason: A VIP Pass to Enlightenment” must be happy to have a shameless, self promoting, quote machine like Sonnen to help bring up sales. This week Chael was on TMZ, the Jim Rome Show, and MMA :30 to talk about the book, the upcoming rematch...
Known as “The Last Emperor,” Fedor Emelianenko is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight mixed martial artist fighter of all-time. His impressive track record includes wins over some of the greatest fighters of this era, most of whom he defeated in their prime, and many of whom he completely...
The third encounter between highly-touted 135-pound products and natural rivals Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz has been on everybody’s radar as both men hold a victory over the other. But we are going to have to wait a while before that exciting bantamweight tilt graces our television sets as Cru...
This Saturday night Daniel Cormier (9-0) is ready for a fight. Not only is this the biggest challenge of his young MMA career, but it’s also a chance to make a statement. A win over Josh Barnett would be a nice signature victory to boost the record and the pocket book. There is no doubt that this...
The season 6 middleweight tournament final between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang is set to go down tonight at Bellator 69. Also on the card is a women’s featured fight between Megumi Fujii and Jessica Aguilar. Bellator 69 will take place from the L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles,...
The fighters taking part in tomorrow’s Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier event will take to the scales today in the official fighter weigh-ins. The weigh-ins are set to take place today from the HP Pavilion Concourse in San Jose, California. The main event is the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix...
Josh Thomson enters the biggest fight of his career Saturday night, his third go-round with Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez. The fights have spanned nearly four years in between, with Thomson winning the initial fight way back in June of ’08, and Melendez winning the rematch in ...
Las Vegas, Nevada – Fast-rising heavyweight Lavar Johnson has accepted a UFC 146 showdown with Stefan Struve next Saturday, agreeing to replace an injured Mark Hunt on just nine days’ notice. The UFC 146 main card has completely morphed from when it was originally announced, but it remains the fi...
The “Super Samoan” Mark Hunt has been sidelined with an undisclosed injury, forcing him out of his fight with Stefan Struve at UFC 146. UFC officials have confirmed that Lavar Johnson will replace Hunt at the event. Hunt had been having a career resurgence, riding a wave of momentum that saw him ...
The fighters taking part in tomorrow nights Bellator 69 event hit the scale today. All but one of the four co-headlining tournament fighters made their significant weight classes. Maquel Falcao weighed in at 188lbs and was give an additional two hours to make the 186lbs weight limit. The weigh in...