Gameness Fighting Championships was back in action again on Saturday August 8th with “GFC 4″ at the Tennessee Sports Arena in Nashville, Tenn. PRO MMA (promma.info) was cage side for a full night of MMA including 13 fights, one of ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionJarrod Card: “The Wild Card” on fighting and fatherhood, a PRO MMA exclusive
Jarrod “The Wild Card” (10-3-1) has accomplished much in his rising MMA career. He has beaten multiple WEC veterans, and was only the second fighter to beat the very tough, durable, and experienced Jeff Bedard. The only other loss on ... Read More »
Topps “Blown away” by success of UFC Round 1 trading cards, Brock Lesnar and TUF 9 autograph cards coming in Round 2
Topp’s director of product development, Clay Luraschi, recently talked with Tracy Hackler at Beckett.com about the trading card industry, and dropped big news as it relates to the very popular line of UFC sports trading cards. Luraschi and Topps knew ... Read More »
A day at JG (Jorge Gurgel) MMA Academy: PRO MMA gym spotlight
Jorge Gurgel is one of the friendliest and most accessible fighters in MMA today, so a brief email exchange between PRO MMA (promma.info) and Jorge resulted in an invitation to visit and train at his facility, JG MMA Academy based ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK episode 11 recap
The semifinals continue with Episode 11 this week with two lightweight bouts that will determine who fights in the Ultimate Finale with a UFC contract on the line. The first semi final bout of the night will be Team U.S.’s ... Read More »
“Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields” live results and play by play
PRO MMA (promma.info) is live and on the scene at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Missouri for “Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields.” Tonight’s stacked card features a main event between former EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler and former EliteXC welterweight ... Read More »
Back at Arizona Combat Sports, Riggs looks to handle his business with Baroni, wants Shields next
Joe Riggs recently returned to Arizona Combat Sports where he trained for multiple years before leaving. “This is where I belong, this is where I started my career, this is where I was the most dominant, being here with Trevor ... Read More »
Chris “The Christian Warrior” Wells leaves it all in God’s Hands
Every major MMA gym in America seems to have that one guy; that guy that may not be the biggest name, and may not fight in a major organization, but he is guy that terrorizes his teammates in training whether ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK episode 10 recap
Episode 10 starts with the coaches and UFC President Dana White meeting to determine the semifinal matchups. The coaches give their opinions on the matchups but Dana wants to ask the fighters also. It’s clear that at least two fighters ... Read More »
PRO MMA interview with MMA model Erin Jade
PRO MMA (promma.info) recently had the pleasure of speaking to the lovely MMA model Erin Jade. If you are not yet familiar with Erin, well… where have you been? She has been featured in such publications as Fighters Only Magazine, ... Read More »
Kingdom of Mayhem: Road to Dream MW Championship – Part II
“Mayhem” is back with Part II of his three part video series as he prepares to face Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at DREAM 9 on May 26, 2009. (If you missed part 1 you can check it out HERE) Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK episode 8 recap
This week’s show begins at the training center with coach Dan Henderson taking his guys through a session of training, and Jason Pierce talking about his lingering and new injuries, explaining why he hasn’t yet fought. “It’s one thing after ... Read More »
Matyushenko vs. Lambert headlines “Call To Arms I” on May 16th
“Call to Arms I” will take place at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on May 16th. Headlining the show will be Vladimir Matyushenko facing Jason Lambert in the main event, and Brian Warren versus Tiki Ghosn as ... Read More »
Jarrod Card earns XFC Featherweight Title, Lashley signs with the XFC, & Barnett impressive in pro debut
Jarrod Card used a relentless attack earning him the right to take home the XFC featherweight belt against the very game Bruce Connors. The main event for “XFC 8: Regional Conflict” did not disappoint, with the fight going the entire ... Read More »
XFC 8: Regional Conflict – live play by play and results
PRO MMA (promma.info) is live and on the scene from the the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville Tennessee, for XFC 8: Regional Conflict. The main event will be broadcast live on HDNet at 9 PM Eastern. Former WWE superstar, and recently ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. vs U.K.- Episode 4 recap
Now that the teams have been finalized, we will finally get into the real competition on Season 9, and see who emerges victorious as the two nations collide. Back at the training center, Bisping is shown training full speed and ... Read More »
PRO MMA exclusive interview: Mikey Burnett – “I will compete again”
Mikey Burnett knows about hard times. He has persevered through various personal issues, including a bitter divorce, and has been entrenched in a lawsuit for the past couple of years in relation to his appearance on season 4 of The ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. vs U.K.- Episode 3 recap
The episode starts at the house as the American team arrives, followed by the arrival of team U.K. shortly after. Both teams start off with introductions and handshakes as the alcohol is being poured and served. Santino DeFranco remarks that, ... Read More »
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid takes on Michelle Waterson at ‘Extreme Beatdown’ on April 11
Two-time world boxing champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (2-0-0) will be trading in her boxing gloves for MMA gloves, facing Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (7-2-0) this Saturday night (April 11) in “Extreme Beatdown”, at the Apache Gold Casino, in ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. vs U.K- Episode 2 recap
The episode begins with a recap of the U.K. fights, and then cuts to Dana White as he arrives back in Las Vegas. White talks about being impressed with the fighters overseas, and explains how Dan Henderson became the coach ... Read More »
WEC 40 – live results and round by round summary
The WEC is back in action live tonight on Versus from Chicago Illinois, with “WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki”. Stay tuned here at PRO MMA (promma.info) for live round by round coverage of this evening’s event, which will feature the ... Read More »
PRO MMA exclusive interview: Zak Cummings, TUF 10 tryouts and beyond
Zak Cummings trains out of Springfield Fight Club in Springfield Missouri, and is 9-0 as a professional mixed martial artist. Coming off a big win over UFC veteran Terry Martin this February at XCF: Rumble in Racetown I, fighting eight ... Read More »