MMA Live recaps all the news of the week, including Tom Atencio war of words with Dana White, Chuck Liddell’s uncertain future, a highlight reel KO at Bellator, and more. MMA Live also interviews UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Kingdom of Mayhem: Road to Dream MW Championship, part 1
On May 26, 2009 Bully Beatdown star Jason “Mayhem” Miller will take a break from MTV to travel to the land of the rising sun for a fight of his own. He will be fighting Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the ... Read More »
THE INFO: exclusive interview with Casey “The Underdog” Olson – PRO MMA podcast
PFC and Strikeforce veteran Casey “The Underdog” Olson (11-3), joined PRO MMA’s (promma.info) Matt De La Rosa for a special edition of ‘THE INFO’. Olson came on the air to discuss his bout last Friday against Eddie Yagin (13-3-1) at ... Read More »
World Combat Sports Challenge: The Awakening set for May 30th in San Francisco
PRO MMA (promma.info) was notified today that longtime Muay Thai promotion, World Combat Sports Challenge (WCSC) will present its first hybrid Muay Thai/MMA event, “THE AWAKENING,” on Saturday, May 30th, live from the Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, CA. The ... Read More »
E:60 The Ultimate Fighter – ESPN’s E:60 feature on Dana White
Here it is, the infamous ESPN E:60 feature on Dana White. He is described as the most polarizing figurehead in the history of sports. It took someone like Dana White to get the UFC and MMA to where it is ... Read More »
Penn vs. Florian and Silva vs. Griffin headline UFC 101 in Philadelphia
UFC 101 will take place at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 8th and there will be no brotherly love loss in the main event as B.J. Penn defends his UFC Lightweight Title against Kenny Florian. In the ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK episode 7 recap
As the episode starts viewers are treated to seeing Team US fighter Richie Whitson’s herpes-like sore on his lip as he talks to his housemates about it and they spray disinfectant around the house to prevent the spread of the ... Read More »
“Strikeforce Challenger Series I” airs live on Showtime Friday May 15
On May 15th, the “Strikeforce Challenger Series I” under-card fights will begin at 6:00 PM PT from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The main card fights begin and will air live on Showtime at 11:00 PM ET/PT. Headlining ... Read More »
Lyoto Machida – the Samurai is coming
In this special Lyoto Machida UFC 98 promo we get to see the attitude and philosophy behind “the Dragon.” If fighting is truly 90% mental, that could go a long way toward explaining why Machida is 14-0 and fighting for ... Read More »
Shawn Tompkins explains his split with Wanderlei, his belief in Junie, and more
Shawn Tompkins gives a great interview in this new MMA Fix video. Dave Farra covers a number of topics with the Xtreme Couture striking coach including his “Junie Browning project”, the future of Kim Couture as it relates to the ... Read More »
The “largest grappling event in history” to be hosted by the UFC and Grapplers Quest
On July 10-11th, in conjunction with UFC 100, there will be a UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to meet and greets with UFC, PRIDE, and WEC stars and veterans, demonstrations, ... Read More »
UFC 98 Spotlight: Xavier Foupa-Pokam “Professor X” – PRO MMA exclusive interview
On April 18, 2009 an ominous Xavier Foupa-Pokam entered the UFC cage for the first time and battled veteran Denis Kang to a decision. On May 23 Xavier Foupa-Pokam, better known as “Professor X”, will make his second appearance inside ... Read More »
Catching up with the H.I.T. SQUAD: PRO MMA gym spotlight
In this edition of PRO MMA GYM SPOTLIGHT, we are focusing on the H.I.T. SQUAD located in Granite City, Illinois. Among other fighters, the H.I.T. SQUAD is home to the most dominant welterweight champion in the history of the UFC, ... Read More »
Thales Leites steps in for Rousimar Palhares at UFC 101
After a disappointing performance and unanimous decision loss against UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, Thales Leites will be stepping back into the Octagon at UFC 101. Leites confirmed today he will be stepping in for the injured Rousimar Palhares to ... Read More »
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett close to official for August
According to M1 Global’s official website, the long awaited match-up between WAMMA Heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko and WAMMA number one contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion, Josh Barnett will be signed for Affliction 3, barring any setbacks. President of M1 ... Read More »
Team Brazil shuts out Team Imperial at “M-1 Challenge: Brazil – Fourth Edition” – full results
In the season opener of the 2009 “M-1 Challenge Presented by Affliction” back in February in Tacoma, Washington, Team Brazil lost to Team USA West 3-2. This past weekend, Saturday May 9th, Team Brazil was back in action, fighting on ... Read More »
Meet Your UFC Rookies: UFC 98-100
Welcome to another edition of “Meet Your UFC Rookies.” This is one of our more popular segments here at PRO MMA© (promma.info) that many have imitated and well… a few have duplicated. On the next three UFC cards, UFC 98, 99, ... Read More »
PFC-13 “Validation” photo gallery
PRO MMA’s (promma.info) Matt De La Rosa was ringside in Lemoore, Calif., for PFC-13 “Validation”. De La Rosa took close to 300 photos of the event capturing every fight and photos of stars such as “King Mo” Lawal and Chuck ... Read More »
“Ultimate Chaos: Lashley vs. Sapp” press conference
On Saturday June 27, 2009 two of the biggest men in MMA will face each other at “Ultimate Chaos” in Biloxi, Mississippi. Also fighting on the card will be Tom Atencio, Chris Horodecki, Pedro Rizzo, and Din Thomas. A recent ... Read More »
Ikuhisa Minowa’s dirty half-dozen
Fans who are still sick from Anderson Silva’s technical fight against Thales Leites will soon get some medicine. On May 26th, DREAM presents their Super Hulk tournament, which is sure to be jam packed with the type of ring-rope-contained violence ... Read More »
INSIDE MMA 5-8-09
Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Patrick Cote, and Andre Galvao join hosts Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice on this week’s episode of “Inside MMA.” Ron Kruck talks with Bobby Lashley in “Kruck’s Corner.” And like Bas Rutten always says…”Godspeed and party on!” Read More »
Knockout of the month…uh…year: Yahir Reyes spinning backfist KOs Estevan Payan at “Bellator VI” (video)
Last week at “Bellator V” we saw the incredible inverted triangle submission from Toby Imada. This week at “Bellator VI” Yahir Reyes scores the knockout of the month (maybe KO of the year) with an incredible spinning backfist that sounds ... Read More »