Bellator season seven rolls on. This Friday, the traveling circus stops at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio with Bellator 78. The card features the semifinal round of the season-seven welterweight tournament. Despite some solid fighters, it might be the most anticlimactic tournament this season. Do we really think any of the final four can avoid a wrestling lesson at the hands of Bellator champion Ben Askren? Read More »
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This weekend Bellator kicks off their heavyweight tournament at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. The field is headlined by a grudge match between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. With only a few hours until fight time, there is a still a chance the contest will not happen. Also, this week Mann Talk debuts some useless MMA math, because heavyweight MMA calls for ridiculousness. Read More »
Mann Talk – Bellator 74 Preview
Bellator Fighting Championships returns for what appears to be their last season on MTV2 before moving to Spike TV. The seventh season kicks off with Bellator 74, which takes place Sept. 28 at Caesars Atlantic City. Read More »
Mann Talk – Bellator 72 Preview
Bellator 72, which takes place this evening at the USF Sun Dome, features a welterweight tournament finale, two light heavyweight tournament semifinals as well as some interesting fights featuring UFC and Strikeforce veterans. As always the main card airs live on MTV2 and EPIX, while the undercard can been seen on Spike.com. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 148 staff picks
"UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II" takes place Saturday night in Las Vegas and you know what that means. That's right, it's time for ProMMAnow.com to round up the troops to send in their staff picks. And whether it was by snail mail, email or carrier pigeon, or Furby with his smoke signals, we have the complete main card breakdown and predictions for you right here. This one is a biggie! Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 146 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) staff has joined forces once again to share our thoughts and predictions on each of the UFC 146 main card bouts. And for our bonus preliminary card pick we have included predictions for the Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. C.B. Dollaway middleweight bout. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com ‘Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier’ staff picks
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix finally comes to a close this weekend when Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier clash in the finals at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Gilbert Melendez puts his lightweight title on the line against longtime rival Josh Thomson and Rafael Cavalcante looks for revenge for a 2009 knockout loss to Mike Kyle. The ProMMAnow.com staff join forces like the Super-Friends to bring you our thoughts and predictions on each of the main card bouts. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC on FOX 3 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff comes together to give their thoughts and predictions on the UFC on FOX 3 fight card featuring Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller in the main event. Read More »
Mann Talk – Bellator 60 Preview
Richard Mann breaks down the main card for Bellator's sixth season premiere which airs tonight LIVE on MTV 2 and features Joe Warren defending his featherweight title against Pat Curran in the main event. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC on FX 2 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff weighs in with their thoughts and predictions on the UFC on FX 2 card which features Martin Kampmann vs. Thiago Alves in the main event and the debut of the UFC flyweight division. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com “Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff weighs in with their thoughts and predictions on Saturday's "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" Showtime card featuring middleweight champ Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine in the main event. Read More »
Dream ‘Genki Desu Ka!!’ LIVE blog (1 a.m. ET)
After UFC 141 ends, be sure to join us right here at ProMMANow.com for a live blog of Dream Genki Desu Ka! Richard Anderson Mann will follow along with all the MMA, K-1 and professional wrestling action. The show starts at 1:00 a.m. ET and continues until 10:00 a.m. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 141 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff has come together to share their thoughts and predictions on the final UFC card of 2011. UFC 141 features Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem in the main event. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal” staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff has come together to give their thoughts and predictions for "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal" which takes place Saturday night, Dec. 17, at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 140 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff comes together to give their thoughts and predictions on each of the UFC 140 main card bouts including the main event title fight between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC on FOX staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com crew weighs in with their thoughts and predictions on Saturday's UFC on FOX fight card headlined with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez defending his title against no. 1 contender Junior Dos Santos. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC on Versus 6 staff picks
The UFC staff comes together with our thoughts and predictions for Saturday's "UFC on Versus 6" card headlined by UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz vs. Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC Fight Night 25 staff picks
"UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger" takes place Saturday night in New Orleans, La., and airs LIVE on Spike TV. The ProMMAnow.com staff gives their thoughts and predictions on each of the main card fights. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com “Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” staff picks
"Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" takes place Saturday at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati and the ProMMAnow.com staff has come together to give our thoughts, predictions and best guesses on the fights. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC on Versus 5 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff has come together to give their thoughts and predictions on "UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle" which takes place Sunday evening on the Versus sports network. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 133 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff weighs in with their thoughts and predictions on the UFC 133 main card featuring Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz in the main event and Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama in the co-main event. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 132 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff give their predictions on Saturday's UFC 132 card, headlined with a bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and the only man ever to best him, Urijah Faber. Read More »