The stage is set for a Bellator MMA Lightweight Tournament Finals showdown as Dave “The Fugitive” Jansen battles submission ace Marcin Held on March 7th from California’s Pechanga Resort & Casino. Read More »
MFC has spent the last year breathing life into their fledgling featherweight division. It has also focused on reigniting its heavyweight ranks in order to support the stable of continually growing fighters out there. Keeping with the theme, and continuing ... Read More »
The forthcoming ROAD TO GLORY fight series created by GLORY to seek out the next generation of America’s fight stars will kick off with an eight-man, single-elimination light heavyweight tournament on Saturday, February 1 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read More »
Matt Brown will be looking for another highlight reel knockout as the second round of the UCC light heavyweight Grand Prix continues on January 25th at the Hendersonville Expo Center in Nashville, TN. Brown, Ryan Walls, Teddy Holder, and Jesus Rivera are the semi-finalists looking to bring home the $10,000 check later this Spring in the first ever 205 pound tournament. Read More »
Bellator MMA lightweight champion Michael Chandler took out Rick Hawn with relative ease for his first title defense. Chandler used good movement while trading some strikes with Hawn before shooting in for the takedown and getting it in the first round. He landed some head and body shots while Hawn was content to lock up his guard while landing occasional elbows from the bottom. Hawn was able to get back to his feet, but not without taking some heavy shots to the back of his legs. Read More »
ONE FC: RETURN OF WARRIORS is set to take place on February 2, 2013, live from Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Three Indonesian MMA fighters are among those set to meet in the ring. Read More »
The Bellator MMA era is almost ready to begin as all the fighters made weight for the Bellator 85 event that will be the first LIVE Bellator event to air on Spike TV Thursday night. Read More »
The role of a cutman, though still shrouded in mystery and some confusion, is gaining progressive interest from many out there who want to be involved in the great sport of MMA but avoid getting punched. I must pause and say that last week I worked a show in Lexington, Ky. and almost did get punched trying to subdue a concussed and semi-conscious fighter who clocked the referee thinking he was his opponent. But I digress.. Read More »
Jay “Da Spyda Killa” Silva (8-6) will face Leo “Bushido” Bercier (7-2-1, 1 NC) at MFC 36: Reality Check. The middleweight fight is one of three set to take place in the Maximum Fighting Championship and rounds out the finalized main-card. Read More »
Bellator Fighting Championships returns for the eighth season. This season marks the promotion's return to Thursday nights and their debut on Spike TV. The highly anticipated move to the former home of the UFC is expected to propel the promotion forward. Bellator 85 features a pair of title fights and the first three bouts for the light heavyweight tournament. Lightweight champion Michael Chandler will defend his title against Rick Hawn. Tournament winner Patricio "Pitbull" Freire will attempt to displace featherweight champion Pat Curran. Read More »
This week's Independent MMA Link Club includes a preview of Saturday's UFC on FX 7 card, Michael Bisping's thoughts on Vitor Belfort being a nice tune-up fight for Anderson Silva, photos from the Strikeforce finale, the top Asian MMA fighters to follow on Twitter, Bluegrass Brawl 5 results, a profile of combat sports photographer Tom Barnes and a look at a product for those who want to sweat more during workouts. Read More »
For the first time, millions of sports fans in the USA, Canada and Latin America will be able to watch some of the Asia-Pacific’s most elite mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters compete for free and online. New York-based DramaFever and Hong Kong-based Legend Fighting Championship have teamed up to make Legend’s Asia-Pacific Championship MMA events available online exclusively through DramaFever, starting January 15. Read More »
Bas Rutten undergoes neck surgery, Javier Vazquez retires, Jamie Varner is in a cast, KJ Noons is headed to the UFC despite his loss to Ryan Couture, and Sensei Seagal has a new pupil -- this and much more in tonight's evening news report. Read More »
The Bellator 85 weigh-in and press conference is set to take place at Irvine’s Bren Center on Wednesday, January 16th. The weigh-ins will begin at 5:00 P.M. PST and are open and free for the public to attend. Read More »
The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission.has released the reported salaries of the fighters who fought on the final Strikeforce event in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday night. Read More »
At 32 years of age and after competing in professional mixed martial arts for more than a decade, Mike Kyle is apparently calling it quits. The news comes following Kyle's first round submission loss to former 205-pound champ Gegard Mousasi on Strikeforce's final card held Saturday night in Oklahoma City and broadcasted live on Showtime. Read More »
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
Former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nate Marquardt tweets pictures of his severely bruised leg courtesy of Tarec Saffiedine. Read More »
Kelvin Hunt provides immediate thoughts on the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine event that took place in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma. Read More »
Fighter's Only held their annual World MMA Awards Friday night at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Check out the list of nominees and winners and share your thoughts on the results. Read More »
It's the final Strikeforce card folks. And because of that, the ProMMAnow.com staff is giving you our picks for the entire card, top to bottom. Read More »
The bracket for Bellator’s upcoming lightweight tournament is officially set, as eight fighters are slated to compete for a shot at the organization’s $100,000 prize and a guaranteed title fight. Read More »
