Richard Anderson Mann is an MMA journalist who makes his home in Chicago. He is a member of the Journalism Master’s degree program at Roosevelt University. Currently, he is a columnist for Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) and a news writer for adcombat.com. Richard can be reached by email at RichardAndersonMann@gmail.com or on Facebook at Facebook.com/RichardAndersonMann.
This weekend Junior dos Santos takes on Gabriel Gonzaga in perhaps the biggest fight of his still young career. Ever since bursting onto the scene with a highlight reel knockout of Fabricio Werdum, Dos Santos has been considered one of the hottest heavyweight prospects in recent memory. While his striking has been nothing short of [...]
This may be a “calm before the storm” type weekend. There is not really a big card, and next weekend is pretty stacked with shows from the UFC, Shooto, Pancrase and Dream. However, in Sydney, Australia multi-promotion middleweight champion Hector Lombard will defend his CFC title against Team Quest veteran Art Santore. Last year Lombard [...]
Jake Rosholt returned to action this past weekend for the first time since getting cut from the UFC. He took on Rudy Lindsey at XFL March Badness. Thanks to PureFight.org there is video of the whole event. Rosholt was a three-time NCAA champion and four-time all-American at Oklahoma State University.
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This weekend Chad Mendes will make his promotional debut on the undercard of WEC 47 against Erik Koch. So far in his MMA career, Mendes has defeated all five of his opponents. Before coming to MMA he wrestled for Cal Poly where he was a two-time All-American and the 2008 Pac-10 wrestler of the year. [...]
Dada 5000 is hoping to follow in the foot steps on Kimbo Slice and become the next street fighter to make it big in MMA. The former member of Kimbo’s entourage will make his MMA debut against Cedric James in Hollywood, Fla on Friday. Naturally, since he claims to be a “YouTube Sensation” there is [...]
This weekend at SRC 12 Jorge Santiago and Mamed Khalidov face off for the second time. Back in November Khalidov stopped Santiago in a non-title affair. This time the belt will be on the line. It is time to check out the tape with ProMMANow.com.
Jorge Santiago vs. Mamed Khalidov
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This fight will be an interesting clash [...]
Takayo Hashi vs. Chisa Yonezawa GCM – Valkyrie 2
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Takayo Hashi never really look comfortable on her feet. This will definitely be a problem against Sarah Kaufman who head and shoulders above the rest of the division in the boxing department. If Hashi is depending on her ground game, she will also have trouble against Kaufman. [...]
Recent Bellator Fighting Championships signee Ben Askren finished second at last weekend’s Cerro Pelado International in Cuba in the 74 kg division. In the semifinals he avenged his Olympic defeat against Ivan Fundora. Then in the championship match Trent Paulson defeated Askren in a rematch of the Dave Schultz final two weeks ago.
In the 2008 [...]
Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) will provide live results and round-by-round commentary beginning at 7:15 p.m. ET (4:15 p.m. PT) for the preliminary card and 10 p.m. ET for the main card, which will be broadcast on pay-per-view.
Immediately following tonight’s pay-per-view broadcast, you can watch the UFC 110 post-fight press conference LIVE in ProMMAnow.com’s UFC ROOM.
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Tonight No.1 Iowa takes on No. 4 Ohio State. Both teams are undefeated in the Big Ten, and looking for positioning before the conference tournament. The featured bout has to be the a showdown between No. 1 Brent Metcalf and No. 2 Lance Palmer at 149 pounds. The match will be broadcast on tape delay [...]
Comedian Lewis Black makes his living by driving fans to laughter by overdoing his Type A personality. Up until very recently I found it a bit unbelievable that someone could get so upset by “if it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.” However, I am now beginning to understand [...]
Andre Arlovski’s camp has announced that the former UFC heavyweight champion will take part in an exhibition boxing match against Fres Oquendo. The bout will take place on Feb. 27 at the Fountainbleau Miami Beach Hotel and Resort in Miami. Arlovski has made his desire to participate in boxing very clear over the last few [...]
On Saturday Bellator FC signee Ben Askren won the 74 kg division in freestyle wrestling at the Dave Schultz Memorial. The 2008 Olympian won five bouts and scored three pin falls en route to the championship.
In the finals Askren was trailing 2009 U.S. World Team member Trent Paulson in the best of three periods match. [...]
Sumo grand champion Asashoryu retired Thursday amidst speculation that he got into a drunken brawl outside of a nightclub on Jan. 16. The announcement was made at a news conference and reported on by a variety of media outlets.
Nightmareofbattle.com has also reported that the sumo wrestler is appealing to both major Japanese MMA promotions, Sengoku [...]
WEC is going to pay per view. It will cost $44.95. The card will feature Jose Aldo (16-1) vs. Urijah Faber (23-3) for the featherweight title. Benson Henderson (11-1) will defend his lightweight title against Donald Cerrone (11-2). Mike Thomas Brown (23-5) will continue his comeback trail against TUF 5 veteran Manny Gamburyan (10-4). (Associated [...]
Earlier this week Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) reported that recent Bellator Fighting Championships signing Joe Warren competed in a USA Wrestling event. The Kit Carson Cup was Warren first action in Greco-Roman wrestling since he turned his focus to MMA. TheMat.com is now reporting that he will participate in the presitigous Dave Schultz Memorial this [...]
The Kit Carson Cup was supposed to be a glorious beginning for the Joe Warren return to wrestling tour. Instead it was a day he would probably like to forget. The wrestler turned MMA fighter made his return to Greco-Roman on Saturday and dropped his only two bouts.
Originally Warren was supposed to wrestle four times. [...]
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Film Study – Cole Konrad vs. Tyler Perry (Wrestling)
This past weekend Cole Konrad moved to 2-0 in MMA by knocking out Joel Wyatt in only 2:33 into round 1 at Matrix Fights 1. After the victory news broke that the former two-time NCAA champion had signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. A lot of people may not be familiar with Konrad’s wrestling past, so [...]