Super Fight League is back in action on Friday May 24th, 2013 for another action packed Friday Fight Nights event. The main event at SFL 18 will feature two female strawweight fighters, as Mumbai’s Ritika Singh takes on Madrid’s Irene Cabello. Read More »
This is the eighth episode of Pro UKMMA Now Radio hosted by Jay Cee. This show features an interview with Matt Ewin, who fights out of Trojan Free Fighters gym and will be taking on Andrew Punshon at Made 4 The Cage 10 this Saturday, May 25th. Jay also speaks with Lee Decker about his promotion, Amateur Cage Battles, and their sixth event, which takes place this Saturday. Read More »
The Bellator MMA promotion returns to Albuqurque, New Mexico, on July 31 when welterweight champion Ben Askren looks to defend his title against Audrey Koreshkov in the main event of Bellator 97. Read More »
Veteran MMA cutman David Maldonado returns from California after having worked a couple of events and shares his observations of what he sees when coaches and cornermen who don't really know what they're doing try to play the role of a professional cutman. Read More »
After having two of his four straight wins inside the UFC overturned due to testing positive for marijuana within the last year, Matt Riddle was released from the organization in February. Riddle then signed with Texas-based promotion Legacy Fighting Championships, but his contract has since been bought out by Bellator MMA. Riddle will now take part in Bellator's Season 9 Welterweight Tournament this Fall. Read More »
After Nick Newell announced his departure from the XFC and would not be defending his lightweight title against Scott Holtzman at XFC 24 next month, the organization scrambled to find a "worthy" replacement to bring in for an immediate title fight. Read More »
The issue of marijuana usage aside, Matt Riddle is a household name in the MMA world. The UFC released Riddle from his contract after the fiasco with his drug test failures and the consequential fallout with UFC President Dana White. Matt Riddle has signed with Bellator MMA. Read More »
Former UFC fighter Paul Kelly (14-5) has been found guilty of trafficking heroin in the United Kingdom. Kelly is expected to face a lengthy prison sentence after jurors returned unanimous guilty verdicts following a four-day trial. Read More »
This is the seventh episode of Pro UKMMA Now Radio hosted by Jay Cee. This show features an interview with Leigh Remedios, who will be taking on Dan Welsh at Into The Cage 8, which takes place at the Andover Leisure Centre in Andover, England, on May 18. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com was on hand to shoot photos for “V3 FIGHTS: LAWRENCE VS. LUA” Saturday, May 11 at Marathon Music Works in downtown Music City. The all-amateur mixed martial arts card featured some of the top up-and-coming talent from Middle Tennessee and the surrounding region. Read More »
Bellator MMA kicks off their Summer Series on Wednesday, June 19 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Bellator 96 features a lightweight title fight between champion Michael Chandler and challenger Dave Jansen, as well as the first round of the heavyweight and light heavyweight Summer Series tournaments. Read More »
We return tonight with more interviews than you could even ask for. Jessamyn Duke returns to the program to talk about the decision of the Missouri Office of Athletics to rule her controversial loss at Invicta FC 5 to "no contest". Jessamyn's record now remains perfect as she pushes to advance in her career. Read More »
With so many beautiful ring girls in the United Kingdom it seems only right that we give you, our loyal Pro MMA Now readers, an opportunity to find out more about some of the British babes working on the Mixed Martial-Arts scene in the U.K. Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) reporter Jay Cee, who is based in the U.K., has taken in upon himself to search out some of the top ring girl talent -- it's a hard job, we know. But today's babe is the gorgeous Neasha Date. Enjoy! Read More »
Remember us posting the story of Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney stating that former Bellator MMA lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez was making false statements about the promotion and the history that have transpired between the two during this negotiation period? Eddie Alvarez took to his Twitter account this weekend to call the bluff of Rebney by producing the documents he claimed Bellator changed to try and gain his signature. Read More »
Sunday night is upon us and so is a new round of interviews and conversation tonight on Pro MMA Now Radio. Several big happenings this weekend as MFC 37 took place Friday night in Edmonton. We were on hand for V3Fights in Nashville and have the recap of both events as well as two interviews on tap. Read More »
Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez made some bold statements earlier this week regarding the Bellator MMA promotion that he's currently battling in court. Alvarez told Ariel Helwani on "The MMA Hour" that he believes Viacom and Spike TV are now pretty much running Bellator, not Bjorn Rebney. Read More »
UFC veteran Leonard Garcia was released from the promotion, but it didn't take him long to find a new home according to the Legacy Fighting Championship Twitter account Read More »
It was announced by Florida-based MMA promotion Xtreme Fighting Championships on Friday they had stripped their lightweight champion Nick Newell (9-0) of his title for refusing to fight Scott Holtzman (4-0) in the XFC 24 main event on June 14, a fight the organization had been promoting and selling tickets to for some time. Read More »
The main event of XFC 24 was set to pit fast rising lightweight Scott Holtzman (4-0) against the champion Nick Newell (9-0). Newell made his way through the ranks after the XFC signed him following their open fighter tryouts. Holtzman won his way into the promotion as an amateur and has since finished three of his four opponents to capture the number one contender spot for Newell's belt. We learned today that Newell has refused to sign a contract to fight Holtzman. Read More »
This is the sixth episode of Pro UKMMA Now Radio hosted by Jay Cee. This show features an interview with Jack "The Stone" Mason, who will be taking on Collin Reuter in the main event at CWFC Fight Night 8, which takes place at the Mirbeh Sports Hall in Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on May 11. Read More »
Fighter weigh-ins for "MFC 37: True Grit" took place today in preparation for Friday's fight card at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event, which will broadcast LIVE on AXStv, with prelims streaming on Facebook, features Ryan Benoit (6-1) vs. Anthony Birchak (9-1) in the main event. The two bantamweights made weight without issue with Benoit coming in at 135.2 pounds and Birchak weighing in at 135.8 pounds. Read More »
Victory Combat Sports (www.VictoryCombatSports.com) has arrived. In an era where Mixed Martial Arts has become the fastest growing sport in North America, Victory Combat Sports co-founders Kevin Lillis and Justin Blair have launched a new organization exclusively dedicated to producing MMA events throughout the Northeast. Read More »
