Despite Pro Elite shutting its doors, the Kimbo Slice experiment appears far from over. Multiple sources point to Kimbo appearing at the K-1 December 6th event at the Yokohama Arena to announce his future with the company. Slice, the former ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Chevelle Hallback: World Champion boxer transitions to MMA
by: Doug Drexler With the recent influx of crossover athletes migrating to the growing sport of MMA, some have been greeted with a level of skepticism while others have been accepted with open arms. Hardcore MMA fans celebrated former pro wrestler ... Read More »
Carlos Newton returns at W1: Inception
Carlos “The Ronin” Newton will return to action against fellow Canadian Nabil “The Thrill” Khatib at Warrior 1 MMA’s inaugural show on March 28th 2009. The bout will be Newton’s first appearance in Canada since making his pro debut 13 ... Read More »
Roger Huerta & Brandon Vera make a bet
Roger representing Mexico and Brandon representing the Phillipines discuss who will win the upcoming Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao boxing match. Read More »
Inside Hawaii’s Fight Game (Video Documentary)
Here’s a very interesting and well-made documentary called MMA 808: Inside Hawaii’s Fight Game. It originally aired on the Pacific Network. Many of the sport’s top personalities appear in the documentary including B.J. Penn, Dana White, Chris Leben, and many ... Read More »
Big plans for Maximum Fighting Championship
by: Jack Bratcher Maximum Fighting Championship’s owner/president, Mark Pavelich was on this week’s edition of Inside MMA where he alluded to some very big plans he has for 2009. Specifically, Pavelich said that in 2009 MFC will be bringing ... Read More »
Rampage says he was poisoned by PRIDE
Quinton Rampage Jackson recently spoke to UFC.com about the seven defining moments of his career and how he believes Pride officials made sure he lost his debut fight in Japan against Sakuraba. “I remember my stomach feeling like I swallowed ... Read More »
Against the odds: the history of Frank Mir’s UFC career
by: Sohail Arif / Jack Bratcher Frank Mir started his UFC career in 2001 at UFC 34 against a very high level BJJ black belt practitioner in Roberto Traven (Mundial winner and an ADCC champion). Frank Mir was a purple ... Read More »
Inside MMA 11-28-08
Here’s the newest edition (11-28-08) of Inside MMA featuring Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten. Special guests this week include Cung Le, Robbie Lawler, and the MFC owner/promoter. Read More »
Anderson Silva still hints at boxing career
It seems Anderson Silva had plans to go to Thailand to work on his Muay Thai after UFC 90 but issues with his Green Card have delayed the trip. He also recently got turned away at the Canadian border and ... Read More »
Hard Knocks Cage Fights IV Dec.6 Marietta, OH
HARD KNOCKS CAGE FIGHTS IV will be held December 6th at the Washington County Fair Grounds, in the Multi Purpose Arena located in Marietta, OH. There are sixteen scheduled bouts on this card featuring top fighters from the surrounding region. ... Read More »
FREE Live MMA Webcast Dec. 5 from Costa Rica
It doesn’t get much better than FREE live MMA! That’s just what you will get on December 5th when CRFights presents FITE NITE streaming via live webcast at www.crfights.com. What does “CR” stand for you ask? Costa Rica of course. ... Read More »
5 Rounds with Mike Straka: Ring of Combat, Dana, Carano, Strikeforce, & Alvarez (Videos)
Mike Straka and his guests from Fox News’ Fight Game discuss some of the major topics from the past week in MMA. In round one they take a look at Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat. Round two discusses Dana White ... Read More »
Historic MMA Fights: Nick Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
It’s time for another edition of Historic MMA Fights. These are legendary bouts in the history of MMA that are significant for one reason or another. Let’s go back to February 2007 at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas, when ... Read More »
Weekend wrap up
MMA apparel hits Wal-Mart just in time for Black Friday. Hermes Franca is set to face Joe Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7. Despite his suspension for steroids in the U.S., Antonio Silva is scheduled to fight ... Read More »
Miguel Torres: Firmly Grounded in Success
by: Doug Drexler Once upon a time, an 18 year old kid, weighing 120 pounds and fresh out of high school, asked his dad if he could fight in an “event” being held in a local bar. His dad thought ... Read More »
Rampage talks about upcoming fight with Wanderlei at UFC 92
Could the move to the Wolf’s Lair in England be the best thing that ever happened to Rampage’s career? He seems more focused than we have seen him in quite some time. He will be facing a man that has ... Read More »
Joe Rogan comments on UFC video game contract issue
by: Doug Drexler Joe Rogan posted a response to a forum thread on mixedmartialsarts.com giving his take on Dana White’s recent outburst regarding the contract status of Jon Fitch, and other fighters out of the American Kickboxing Academy. Rogan commented ... Read More »
Overeem vs. CroCop not happening on New Year’s eve
Fans expecting to see Mirko Cro Cop vs Alistair Overeem 2 on the New Year’s Eve Dynamite card will have to wait. The bout, while never officially signed, reportedly has been called off. Overeem dominated much of the first heavyweight ... Read More »
Torres a heavy favorite at WEC 37 on Dec. 3
The WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) returns to the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV on Wednesday December 3, 2008. The card is headlined by a WEC Bantamweight Championship Title Fight between undisputed king, Miguel ... Read More »
UFC 2009: Undisputed – new screen shots
Here are some new screen shots from UFC 2009: Undisputed, the highly anticipated video game developed by THQ for the Ultimate Fighting Championship which is due for release in Spring 2009. These photos showcase UFC fighters, Kenny Florian and Joe ... Read More »
MMA Live episode 29
Here’s the Thanksgiving edition of MMA Live which was broadcast on 11-27-08. Topics of discussion include Affliction: Day of Reckoning scheduled for January 24th and why the show is going against itself with a Golden Boy boxing event that will ... Read More »