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The World Series of Fighting held their traditional pre-event conference call today, in advance of their 8th card on January 18th. MMASucka was there on the call, along with WSOF President Ray Sefo, matchmaker Ali Abdelaziz, Justin Gaethje, Rich Patishnock, Mike Kyle, Anthony Johnson, Jessica Agu...
The MFC 39 fight card has a last minute change, as Ryan Chiappe has been forced to withdraw for undisclosed reasons. Stepping in for “Ruthless” against Mehdi Baghdad is Sean Powers. MMASucka.com learned of the news from the MFC and that the bout will be contested at a 162-pound catchweight. Ryan ...
The American Midwest-based MMA promotion Titan FC has not only been purchased, but now has a TV deal with the CBS Sports Network. MMA twitterati Dizz initially broke the news of the TV deal via MMAElite.net on January 5th, while former Alchemist Management chairman Jeff Aronso revealed that he ha...
If you compare it to the list of knockouts of the year, it was a bit of an underwhelming year for submissions. There weren’t many instances, where people were raving about a certain submission. Most of them became afterthoughts, which is why I had to go through every event to look through the sub...
Video: Luke Rockhold vs Paul Bradley Strikeforce Challengers 6 full fight In the main event at UFC Fight Night 35 Luke Rockhold is set to take on Costa Philippou. Prior to that fight the UFC has released one of Rockhold’s past fights. Rockhold earns a shot at the Strikeforce middleweight title wi...
Legacy Fighting Championship kicks of 2014 in its hometown of Houston, TX on Friday, January 31st at the legendary and historic Arena Theatre. The 12-bout fight card showcases a multitude of Houston talent including 4 OZ. Fight Clubs Jeremy Mahone and Alex Black, as well as Hard Head Hitters risi...
The Brazilian Army sergeant, Lightweight Thiago “Minu” Meller (18-5), has a date and opponent for the biggest international challenge of his career. Minu steps into the XFC cage on February 8 to measure forces against American “Insane” Dave Courchaine (16-6). Unlike Minu, who’s coming off of 4 ...
The highly talented Englishman and his South Korean counterpart, Dong Hyun Kim (18-2-1, 1 NC), were in attendance in Singapore for UFC Fight Night 34, but they weren’t there to catch the fights LIVE. Instead, they were flown over to promote their main event affair for the UFC’s return to Macau, C...
The action set for UFC 171 continues to heat up with word that Dennis Bermudez will take on Jimmy Hettes in a featherweight bout, while Jessica Andrade will take on TUF 18 winner Julianna Pena in a women’s bantamweight clash. UFC officials announced the bouts earlier today. Hettes-Bermudez, Pena-...
He may not be “The Juggernaut,” but Jake Ellenberger’s twin brother Joe has now been signed by the UFC. The smaller Ellenberger released the information via his Twitter earlier today. Signed 4 fight deal. Can’t wait to show the world! Thanks @ufc I won’t let you down @EllenbergerMMA @AdamEllenber...
UFC and Monster Products officially launch Octagon Headphones The UFC and Monster Products have officially launched ‘Octagon Headphones.’ The partnership was announced at the CES conference in Las Vegas. The headphones were presented by UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis, which will come out...
UFC 168 is done, and now the Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official gate and attendance figures. The sold-out event earned $6,238,792.50 with no empty seats and 14,574 paying to be there. An additional 1067 tickets were comped, for a total attendance of 15,641 people. UFC 168 ...
The UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 169 unification bout against Renan Barao due to a pulled groin and will vacate his title. Urijah Faber will step in for Cruz and fight Barao for the second time. UFC President Dana White made the announcement on ...
World Series of Fighting proposes challenge against Bellator World Series of Fighting has proposed a challenge of sorts to Bellator MMA. The challenge is out! #WSOF vs. @BellatorMMA in a 10-fight PPV, winner takes all. What do you think, who wins? pic.twitter.com/LX4m5NigUW — WSOF (@MMAWorldSerie...
The first episode of the year kicks off with a bang. MMASucka.com’s latest columnist Callum Leslie joins the show to go over UFC’s digital network ‘Fight Pass’, this past weekends UFC Fight Night 34 event and how he got in to the media side of MMA. Sucka Radio w/ Callum Leslie and Urijah Faber Fi...
It was the UFC’s first event in Singapore and its first card of 2014. It was also the first event to stream LIVE on Fight Pass, the UFC’s recently launched online digital medium. UFC Fight Night 34 didn’t necessarily appeal to the casual fight fan, with the line-up consisting of a vast number of ...