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Feed Subscription61-year-old granny loses MMA debut
The argument for depth in women's MMA was not bolstered one iota when 61-year-old Sue Hemenway climbed into the cage against 20-something Shelly Hartwell at Michigan Battle League over the weekend. Read More »
Jon Jones responds to everything you ever wanted to ask him about the UFC 151 cancellation
UFC champ Jon Jones goes one-on-one with reporter Ariel Helwani about the UFC 151 cancellation, UFC President Dana White's reaction regarding his refusal to fight Chael Sonnen and everything else! Read More »
The Derrick Kennington Experiment: The road to Bellator 74
Former South Carolina standout and now Kurt Pellegrino trained lightweight Derrick Kennington checks in with an exclusive training blog as he prepares for his Bellator 74 fight against UFC veteran Phillipe Nover. Read More »
Fisttacuff Radio Show 154: Stewart, Straus, Baczynski
Last week we were MIA from your speakers, but this week we are back and ready to do the "Barber Shop" the way that only we can do it. So I hope you’re ready and sitting down cause it all starts now! Join us as we welcome Epic Fighting's Jason Stewart, Bellator's Daniel Straus, and UFC's Seth Baczynski. Read More »
This is Sparta! – Opportunity
Terry Callihan tells us about seeing former Spartan Fighters move on to bigger opportunities. Terry is promoting his next event and wants to develop the next generation of stars. Exclusive blog fro ProMMAnow.com. Read More »
Vitor Belfort on fighting Jon Jones: ‘It’s the old-fashioned fighter against the new breed’
Vitor Belfort was a guest on UFC Tonight Tuesday and talked about moving up to 205-pounds to face UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones on Sept. 22 at UFC 152. Read More »
Photos: UFC Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste in Maxim Korea
Who even knew there was a Maxim Korea? But evidently there is and that was good enough reason for UFC Octagon girl Arianny Celeste to crawl around in the grass with a soccer ball. Works for us. Read More »
China MMA: RUFF 5 to air online and on TV
For the first time in history, the Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) will broadcast MMA events live, when the RUFF 5 main card airs on September 8 at 7:30 pm, China Standard Time (CST). Read More »
Interview: Joey Villasenor on his past, future and life at Jackson/Winkeljohn Academy
ProMMAnow.com's Daniel Theodore recently caught up with "Smokin" Joey Villasenor to talk about his storied career, life inside the Jackson/Winkeljohn Academy and what the future holds for the 36-year-old veteran. Read More »
Maximum Fighting Championship to add bantamweight division in 2013
The Mark Pavelich owned Maximum Fighting Championship will be adding the bantamweight division (135 pounds) to its ever growing number of weight divisions in 2013. Read More »
Chael Sonnen doesn’t think Vitor Belfort will fight Jon Jones at UFC 152
UFC fighter Chael Sonnen appeared on ESPN Radio in Los Angeles with Max and Marcellus and talks about a variety of things. Most notably, his belief that Vitor Belfort will not fight Jon Jones at UFC 152, and that he would take his spot against the champion if given the opportunity. Read More »
Bellator 78: Zoila Gurgel, Brian Rogers, plus welterweight tourney semifinals return to Ohio
Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the promotion will return to Dayton, Ohio for Bellator 78 LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial free HD on EPIX from Wright State's Nutter Center on Friday, October 26. The night will feature the Bellator Season 7 Welterweight Semifinals, as well as the long awaited return of Bellator Women’s Champion Zoila Gurgel. Read More »
Independent MMA Link Club: Jon Jones fiasco fallout, Jacare, ‘ONE FC: Pride of a Nation’
Happy Monday! You know what that means -- it's time for the Independent MMA Link Club featuring some of the top mixed martial arts-related articles from our independently owned and operated friends around the web. Read More »
Video: Bellator 135 champ Eduardo Dantas KO’d by Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil 33
It's never a good thing when your champion gets knocked out... especially when it's in a different organization. But that's exactly what happened to Bellator's Eduardo Dantas over the weekend when he suffered a KO at the hands of Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil 33. Read More »
Wanderlei Silva’s father killed in car accident in Brazil
We are sad to report the death of Orlando Pinheiro da Silva, the father of UFC middleweight star and mixed martial arts legend Wanderlei Silva, who died in a head-on collision Sunday between the cities of Castro and Abapã near his home in Brazil. Read More »
Hell freezes over: King Mo and Rampage become BFFs
It wasn't that long ago Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson spewed vitriol at one another like Tony Soprano vs. Tom Kane and were probably just a couple insults away from meeting in a back alley parking lot for some bare-knuckle score-settling. Read More »
Fisttacuff Radio Show 153: Eddie Yagin, Danny Castillo
It's show 153 and the barber shop is only open for limited hours of operation this week. You might be thinking, they only have two guests, but no worries because both these guests will blow the roof of the shop! We have Danny Yagin and Danny Castillo stopping in to talk shop about all things MMA and the controversial changes affecting what was UFC 151. Read More »
This is Sparta! – Vacation’s over
Terry Callihan returns after several months off to talk about the tolls that promoting regional MMA has on someone and what he has in store for the future. Read More »
ESPN Sports Center: Chael Sonnen reacts to Jon Jones turning down fight at UFC 151 *VIDEO*
Chael Sonnen on Sports Center reacts to Jon Jones turning down a fight with him after Jones' original opponent, Dan Henderson, had to withdraw due to injury. Read More »
Bellator 73 weigh-in results
The Bellator 73 weigh-ins have been completed from Tunica, Mississippi in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at Harrah’s Tunica, which features the Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals, as well as the Bantamweight Tournament Finals. Read More »
We will have LIVE updates from Dana White’s special announcement regarding UFC 151 main event at 2 p.m. ET today
It looks as thought Dan Henderson is out of his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 151 on Sept. 1. Dana White is expected to make the official announcement today at 2 p.m. ET. Read More »