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Free to fight again, Nate Marquardt thanks supporters, challenges those who piled on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:21PMAfter what Nate Marquardt admits has been the most difficult period of his 12-year pro fighting career, "The Great" can't wait to get back inside the cage. And while UFC president Dana White has said Marquardt's days in the octagon are over, the onetime UFC middleweight title challenger remains hopeful he'll someday return to the promotion. In the meantime, Marquardt wants potential future ...
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson targeted for UFC 137 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:36PMIt could be a "loser leaves town" match. On the heels of multiple setbacks, heavyweights Roy Nelson and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic are expected to fight at UFC 137, which takes place Oct. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Filipovic today broke the news in an interview with Croatian sports show "Gol," and sources close to the event today confirmed the matchup with MMAjunkie.com.
Chris Horodecki vs. Chris Saunders added to Bellator 47 main card Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:06PMBellator Fighting Championships is heading to Canada, and "The Polish Hammer" meets "The So-Cal Kid." MMAjunkie.com has confirmed that WEC and IFL veteran Chris Horodecki has signed on with Bellator Fighting Championships and will meet Chris Saunders at Bellator 47. Featuring the semifinals of Bellator's "Summer Series" featherweight tournament, Bellator 47 takes place July 23 at Casino Rama in ...
Danillo Villefort meets Nate James at Strikeforce Challengers 18 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:21PMOne month after being forced out of a planned Strikeforce Challengers 16, middleweight Danillo Villefort will return in the 18th edition of the prospects-based series. Villefort's camp today announced he will be taking on Nate James at Strikeforce Challengers 18. "I'm excited to get back in the cage, my whole team is behind me, and I am 100 percent ready to go," Villefort stated in an official ...
Border Wars 1 Travis Briere Interview: The Evolution of the Unified MMA Champ Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:07PMBorder Wars: Round 1 presented by Pro Fighting Championships will be held Saturday, July 16th in Windsor at the WFCU Arena. This will be the second event of the year held in Windsor, following the Maximum Fighting Championships in April. Border Wars will be Pro Fighting Championships' first run at an MMA show and the card will headline Unified welterweight champion and Alberta's own Travis ...
52 Things I Love About MMA: Wanderlei Silva's Bare Knuckle Brilliance Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:42AMWanderlei Silva is one of the most brutal fighters in MMA history. The MMA Encyclopedia author Jonathan Snowden takes a look at one of his early bouts, a fight that showed just what the "Axe Murderer" was capable of. He hadn't quite mastered his quiver-inducing stare yet, the look he would give an opponent that would make religious men pray and everyone else have to fight hard to hold back an ...
M-1 Challenge 26's Kenny Garner: "I'm going to beat his brains out" Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:21AMIt's been about 10 months since they first squared off, and heavyweight Kenny Garner sees the same result in his second bout with Pat Bennett at an M-1 Global event bearing their names. In the this case, the result is a jaw-rattling knockout in his favor. "I'm going to beat his brains out," Garner told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "It ain't nothing personal. This is a professional sport, so I've got to ...
Tito Ortiz: Would It Be Wise for the Former UFC Champion to Retire Immediately? Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:41PMTito Ortiz entered the octagon on Saturday, July 2, with a record of 0-4-1 in his five previous fights. The former UFC light heavyweight champion also had the sword of UFC president Dana White hanging over his head, as White had said a loss at UFC 132 would mean the end of Ortiz's UFC career. When the cage locked behind Ortiz and his opponent, Ryan Bader, "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" made ...
Bellator Signs Brazilian Lightweight Prospect Thiago Michel Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:01PMIt is currently unknown when the 27-year-old Silva, known simply as Thiago Michel on the Brazilian circuit, will see his first action inside the Bellator’s rounded cage.
UFC 132 Fight Card: Profile of Donny Walker Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 5:11PMUFC 132 Fight Card: Profile of Donny Walker Bleacher Report's Todd Seyler: UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber. The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of ...
Cruz and Faber return animosity to the octagon at UFC 132 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:19PMIf the UFC has missed anything in recent events, it’s bitterness between its headlining fighters.
Silva Looking for 'Fight of the Year' with Leben at UFC 132 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:31PMWanderlei Silva has been out of action for over 16 months, and it's no surprise that “The Axe Murderer” plans on returning to the Octagon in style. On Saturday, the former Pride Fighting Championships 205-pound king will lock horns with another well-known slugger in Chris Leben in the co-main event of UFC 132 . If Silva has his way, both he and his opponent will walk away from the MGM Grand ...
Leben Excited to Face 'Hero' Silva at UFC 132 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:16PMChris Leben 's style of fighting is a rarity at the highest level of MMA. A quintessential slugger, the Oregon native will often take several shots just to land one of his trademark bombs.
With Makdessi injured, Cerrone faces Taylor at UFC on Versus 5 Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 6:51PMAs MMAjunkie.com first reported, John Makdessi has been forced out of a planned UFC on Versus 5 contest with Paul Taylor. Today, UFC officials announced a replacement. Ten-time WEC veteran Donald Cerrone will now take on the Britsh scrapper in a preliminary card contest.
UFC on Versus 4: Post-Fight Card Link Club Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:05PMUFC on Versus 4: 5 Things to Take Away ( Cage Potato ) Now we don't have to question whether UFC ring girls are MMA fans...( Middle Easy ) Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC Live ( MMA Fighting ) The After Party – “UFC Live 4″( Five Ounces of Pain ) UFC on Versus 4 Photo Gallery – The Main Card ( The Fight Nerd ) UFC knew Nate Marquardt didn't meet Medical Requirements six weeks earlier ...
Strikeforce Challengers 16's Matt Ricehouse eyes improvement over title contention Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 4:51AMKENT, Wash. - Friday night in the Strikeforce Challengers 16 co-headliner in Kent, Wash., Matt Ricehouse entered the Strikeforce cage for the third time and picked up his biggest win to date. The 24-year-old Missouri native controlled the majority of his three-round bout with Ryan Couture to earn a hard-fought unanimous decision. Despite his win over Couture, Ricehouse remains humble and said he ...
MMAFighting: Four advance at feisty Bellator 46 Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:45PMMTV2 viewers were treated to an excellent mixed martial arts event on Saturday night, as Bellator 46 yielded four good fights -- and the promise of even better things to come.
Sengoku Behind Him, Sandro Seeks to Dominate Stateside Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 12:01PMThe former featherweight champion of both Sengoku Raiden Championship and Pancrase, Brazilian Marlon Sandro makes his stateside debut Saturday in the opening round of Bellator Fighting Championships' Summer Series featherweight tournament in an uncommon situation: after a loss.
Showtime officials announce five-bout main card for July's M-1 Challenge 26 Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 7:21AMM-1 Global's return to Showtime is now official with five main-card contests. The premium-cable channel recently announced four new contests for "M-1 Challenge 26: Bennett vs. Garner," including Arthur Guseinov vs. Tyson Jeffries, Josh Bacallao vs. Mairbek Taisumov, Beau Baker vs. Daniel Weichel and Eddie Arizmendi vs. Jason Norwood. Featuring a rematch between M-1 Selection 2010 heavyweight ...
UFC 132's Chris Leben doesn't like fighting, despite all evidence to the contrary Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 7:21PMChris Leben will be the first to tell you he doesn't have issues; he's got subscriptions. Fighting used to be something that not only gave him the opportunity to prove himself, but maybe - just maybe - unburden himself of those issues in the most physical way possible. That was years ago, though. A decade after getting into the sport, he's mellowed, and he fights for different reasons, as he ...
UFC 135 Preview: Jon Jones vs. Rampage Jackson, an Early Head-to-Toe Breakdown Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 7:08PMAfter weeks of trash talk, injury updates, opponent changes and motorboating , we now know that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will meet Jon Jones at UFC 135 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title. Jackson is coming off of a decision win against Matt Hamill at UFC 130, while Jones has been nursing a hand injury since winning the title in March. Jackson is a former UFC Lightweight Champion whose main ...
MMA: Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez, Previewing His 3 Fights in 15 Days Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 5:37PMYou might know Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez from MTV's Bully Beatdown show, hosted by Jason "Mayhem" Miller, or, you might know him for the work he has done inside of the MMA ring. Regardless of how you know him, Tony Lopez is stepping up to the plate and fighting an amazing three times in only a 15-day period. Now, you might be thinking to yourself that he must be fighting some really unknown ...
Strikeforce’s Three Stars: Masvidal, Barnett and Cormier Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:32AMThe latest installment of Strikeforce's heavyweight grand prix delivered a bizarre night of fights that featured a no decision, a submission due to strikes, and a weird main event where neither fighter showed off his best work. But who did stand out? No. 1 star -- Jorge Masvidal : As the non-heavyweights on the main card, Masvidal and K.J Noons had the tall order of showing what the little guys ...
Strikeforce Overeem vs. Werdum: Info and Predictions for Every Fight on the Card Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:42AMUFC 131 is in the books and the Dallas Mavericks have just won the NBA championship, but the MMA community and city of Dallas will be shifting its attention to the next huge Zuffa event, this Saturday night at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum. Bleacher Report is here with information and predictions for each of the 10 fights on this important Strikeforce card. Though some of the fighters on this ...
MMA In NY: Round Five in the Main Event for MMA Legalization, Divided Legislature Denied Vote | BoxingInsider.com ... Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:31AMThere is nothing like a black label to ruin an image and for a sport that is branded “illegal” and deemed “barbaric” it is difficult to build a following.
UFC 131 Results: Kenny Florian Makes Good On His Featherweight Debut Over Diego Nunes Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 10:13PMKenny Florian meets Diego Nunes in the co-main event of the evening. Kenny Florian is 11-4 in the UFC. This is his featherweight debut. Diego Nunes defeated former WEC champion Mike Brown at UFC 125 . Our referee for this bout is "Big" John McCarthy. Follow me on Twitter (@ Mike_Fagan_13 ) for UFC 131 results and analysis. ROUND 1 - Kenny missing a couple head kicks. Trading strikes that ...
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UFC 131 preliminary-card results: Stout flattens Edwards, Weidman taps Bongfeldt Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 8:06PMVANCOUVER, British Columbia - After surviving a takedown and getting back to his feet, Sam Stout unloaded a violent left hook that set up a knockout victory over fellow lightweight Yves Edwards. The bout was the featured preliminary-card attraction of UFC 131, which took place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was one of two bouts that aired on Spike TV following a five ...
UFC 131 openers: Beltran wins brawl over Rosa, Elkins takes shaky decision from Omigawa Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 7:03PMJoey Beltran and Aaron Rosa won't be modeling for a calendar anytime soon, but those big dudes can dish, out some damage. They can also take a beating. The heavyweights, who clocked in at a combined 598 pounds, slugged it out until Rosa got drilled by a knee early in the third. Beltran turned up the heat and pounded out Rosa on the ground for a win at the 1:26 mark of the third at UFC 131 in ...
Soszynski interview: Brawling mentality takes smarts and a certain mindset Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 1:55PMShane Carwin's insertion into the main event at UFC 131 guarantees one thing, Junior dos Santos' opponent won't be running away if he gets drilled with some hard punches. That was a still a big question surrounding Brock Lesnar in his first fight back after the vicious loss against Cain Velasquez ( Lesnar withdrew from the main event last month due to complications with diverticulitis ). It's ...
Fight Path: Second-generation fighter Jordan Mein headlines theScore Fighting Series Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 11:36AMAbout two decades ago, Lee Mein listened to his brother tell him stories about a trip from Canada to California and the forms of martial arts he learned there. Lee, whose son Jordan would one day become a skilled MMA fighter, liked what he heard. He traveled to California himself to learn these methods of fighting, and he wanted to bring them to Canada. The trips resulted in a long-standing ...
Carwin interview: Heavyweight slugger is ready to throw hands with dos Santos Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 8:42AMCome Saturday, Shane Carwin may look like a slightly different fighter from a physique standpoint. He's expecting to weigh around 255 pounds, but he's bringing the same attitude when it comes to knocking his opponent's head off against Junior dos Santos. "I'm gonna stand toe-to-toe. That's type of fighter I am. Let's face it, that's what got both of us where we're at," Carwin told "The MMA ...
Quick victory for Read in Dubbo cage fight Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 1:30PMBathurst cage fighter Luke Read confirmed he has a bright future in the sport with a victory by submission in less than a minute in a bout at the Kyoshi MMA run tournament in Dubbo on Saturday.
UFC 137 Fight Card: Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz Is On Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 6:03PMHalf of MMA fans believe UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, if standing across the cage from Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, will have no problem proving that despite Diaz's Strikeforce success, he still cannot hold a candle to "Rush" in the heat of battle, and all under the belief that GSP is just too good for even Diaz to handle. The other half of MMA fans have been ...
Steven Marrocco: Jackson, Mir avoid risk while angering fans Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 5:00PMThe fighters put a satisfied face on at the post-UFC 130 press conference, as did boss Dana White. Performances were assessed, future predictions were made and a few laughs were had. (See: Roy Nelson celebrating in jest after a bad loss to Frank Mir.)
Jeff Wagenheim: Rampage forces Hamill to play on his level at UFC 130 Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 2:00AMIt was a tiny moment, its significance barely noticeable during 15 minutes of fighting in the main event at UFC 130 Saturday in Las Vegas. Quinton Jackson and Matt Hamill were standing against the cage, pressed chest to chest, locked up in a clinch. Jackson threw a knee to the midsection. Hamill threw a knee to the midsection.
Rampage, Mir triumphant in UFC 130 Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 12:50AMMANILA, Philippines – Quentin ’‘Rampage" Jackson showed the mixed martial arts (MMA) world that he is still a force to be reckoned with as he demolished Matt "The Hammer" Hamill in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 130 main event held Saturday (Sunday, in Manila) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Gagliardi impresses in MMA victory at Mohegan Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:12AMDomenic Gagliardi stepped into the octagon Saturday night and gained a huge victory in his Mixed Martial Arts career.
Sports digest: NMSU softball loses, out of NCAA tourney Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 1:37AMArizona blanked New Mexico State 8-0 Saturday afternoon and then the Aggies fell to Texas Tech 6-4 Saturday evening in the NCAA Tucson Regional Softball Tournament.
BeatDOWn MMA event to feature local, statewide fighters at The Dow Event Center Saturday Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 9:16AMThe main event features a matchup of two of the best 135-pound fighters in the state as Tony “The Tiger” Zelinski (18-7) puts his Impact Fight League Bantamweight Championship belt on the line against Pat “The Star Child” Hook.
30-Something Alternative MMA Walkout Songs the Fans Would Love to Hear Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 9:07PMHaving read Bleacher Report’s very own Scott Harris’s article on “The Best 50 Entrance Songs in UFC History”, I felt compelled to consider the all-important walkout tune from an alternative perspective, alluded to by Scott in his piece. Weird Al Yankovic’s “Fat” (as utilised by Roy Nelson at UFC 117) featured at number 38 in Scott Harris’s subjective chart, but perhaps most tellingly was ...
MMAFighting: Woodley eyeing Daley, Diaz next Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 7:27PMNo sooner had Nick Diaz retained his Strikeforce welterweight title in April when he started discussing his future possibilities.
Religion, Not Management, Keeping Khalidov from Bellator Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 2:16PMRecent remarks from Bellator Fighting Championships Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney regarding negotiations with middleweight Mamed Khalidov have caused a bit of a stir in the Polish fight scene.
Strikeforce Adds Monson-Cormier Heavyweight Tilt to Dallas Show Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 1:16PMThe heavyweight tilt was added over the weekend to the bill for Strikeforce “Overeem vs. Werdum,” which takes place June 18 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Strikeforce signees Jason High, Quinn Mulhern faceoff at Strikeforce Challengers 16 Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 3:37PMWelterweights Jason High and Quinn Mulhern are set to fight at Strikeforce Challengers 16. High announced the fight today on his official Twitter account, and MMAjunkie.com subsequently confirmed the matchup with sources close to the promotion. Strikeforce Challengers 16 takes place June 24 at ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. The night's main card features lightweight prospect Ryan Couture against ...
Emo MMA fighter wins debut Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 1:05PMAll of the months of training and preparation couldn’t prepare Terry Carmody of Emo for what he was to experience Saturday night in Duluth as the 22-year-old made his debut in the world of Mixed Martial Arts.
MMA: Hollister's Aviles closes out War 2 with knockout win Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 4:12PMHollister's Sunny Stagi works his opponent Eric Bates on the ground during Friday night's War 2 held at the Veterans Memorial Building. Photo by: Nick Lovejoy, Staff Photographer HOLLISTER Despite a more methodical, more patient approach, Hollister's Francisco Aviles made sure Friday night's main event against Santa Maria's Anthony Topas didn't finish well into Saturday morning. It was all at ...
Bellator Signs Former MFC Champion Lima Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 4:01PMBellator Fighting Championships on Monday took another step towards bolstering its welterweight roster, as it signed former Maximum Fighting Championship titleholder Douglas Lima (Pictured; file photo). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Bellator 43 Recap: Blood And Romance Is In The Air Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 3:16PM"Where title shots are earned, not given" is the slogan of Bellator Fighting Championships. On Saturday night in Newkirk, Oklahoma, two fighters stepped into the cage to prove that motto in the Welterweight Tournament finals. The winner of Bellator 43's main event would be crowned the tournament's champion, receive a six-figure payday and get a [...]
Del Rosario in car accident, Noons-Masvidal targeted for "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 12:07PMHeavyweight Shane Del Rosario has withdrawn from an upcoming bout with fellow prospect Daniel Cormier following a car accident this past week, MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the event. A lightweight bout between K.J. Noons and Jorge Masvidal will likely take its place, according to a separate source. "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" takes place June 18 at American Airlines ...