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Denny Hodge is a former Marine that always had a passion for writing and art. Once he discovered MMA, it was just a matter of time before he began writing about the fastest growing sport in the world. Denny is currently a co-Owner, staff writer and resident graphic artist at PRO MMA NOW (www.prommanow.com). When Denny is not writing, or creating art for the site, he can be found training his very weak jiu jitsu game and painting characters that live up to his nickname of "The Mad One."

WEC 47 recap: Cruz is new champion at 135, Benavidez stuns Torres, and Vazquez submits Pulver

WEC 47 recap: Cruz is new champion at 135, Benavidez stuns Torres, and Vazquez submits Pulver

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Saturday night’s WEC 47 championship bout between Brian Bowles and Dominick Cruz was a match up of power versus speed coming in, but not many people expected Dominick Cruz to be as fast and elusive as he proved to be.
Using his speed and superior footwork, Cruz outboxed Bowles, getting in and [...]

WEC 47 Preview:  Bowles looks to defend his crown vs. Cruz, plus the return of Torres and Pulver

WEC 47 Preview: Bowles looks to defend his crown vs. Cruz, plus the return of Torres and Pulver

WEC 47 will air live on Versus at 10:00 PM EST on March 6th from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, featuring a main event between Brian Bowles (8-0 MMA, 5-0 WEC) and Dominick Cruz (14-1 MMA, 5-1 WEC) for the WEC bantamweight championship. Also on the card is former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel [...]

"MFC 24: Heat XC" live results and play by play

“MFC 24: Heat XC” live results and play by play

“MFC 24: Heat XC” takes place tonight, Feb. 26, 2010, at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Alberta, Canada.  It is an end of an era of sorts, as this will be the final fight card at the venue after hosting 10 MFC events.
The event is available on PPV for $9.99 via an online live stream [...]

Absolute Cage Fights return February 27th with "ACF-X:  School of Hard Knocks"

Absolute Cage Fights return February 27th with “ACF-X: School of Hard Knocks”

Knoxville based Absolute Cage Fights will be back in action this Saturday, February 27th, with “ACF-X:  School of Hard Knocks.”  The Pro-Am card is stacked with 9 amateur fights, and 5 pro fights, headlined by XFC veteran Shane Machette (1-1) vs. Gerric Hayes (1-1), and a co-main event of Devon Plaisance facing off against Eli Ayers.
The show will [...]

Gameness Fighting Championship VI recap: Schockman smashes Cook, West TKO's Fletcher

Gameness Fighting Championship VI recap: Schockman smashes Cook, West TKO’s Fletcher

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville MMA and Team Lloyd Irvin had a big night at tonight’s “Gameness Fighting Championship VI” at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Sports Arena.  The two teams went a combined 10-2 overall, with some amazing finishes on both the preliminary and main card.

Schockman “Warhammers” Cook
UFC veteran Josh “The Warhammer” Schockman (7-2) barely broke [...]

Gameness Fighting Championship VI - Quick results and play-by-play

Gameness Fighting Championship VI – Quick results and play-by-play

Gameness Fighting Championships was back in action again on Saturday February 20th, with “GFC VI″ at the Tennessee Sports Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Pro MMA Now (prommanow.com) was cage side for a full night of MMA including a Tennessee record 20 bout fight card, including 13 amateur and 7 professional fights, featuring UFC veteran Josh [...]

XFC featherweight champion Jarrod Card victorious in return to cage after shoulder injury rehab

XFC featherweight champion Jarrod Card victorious in return to cage after shoulder injury rehab

February 6th, 2010 was a big night for Jarrod Card (11-3-1). It had been almost a year since his 5 round war with Bruce Connors at XFC 8 in Knoxville, Tennessee. That night “Wild Card” walked out of the cage as the XFC featherweight champion of the world. It would be almost [...]

UFC 109 “fight-night” bonuses: Thiago, Serra, Sonnen and Marquardt, each earn $60k

UFC 109 “fight-night” bonuses: Thiago, Serra, Sonnen and Marquardt, each earn $60k

LAS VEGAS – Paulo Thiago, Matt Serra, Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt each earned $60k fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event.
Sonnen and Marquardt both took home “Fight of the Night” honors, while Thiago used a sleep-inducing d’arce choke on Mike Swick earning him the “Submission of the Night”, [...]

UFC 109 recap:  Couture submits Coleman, Sonnen dominates Marquardt

UFC 109 recap: Couture submits Coleman, Sonnen dominates Marquardt

LAS VEGAS – The ageless one came in and added another chapter to his legendary legacy. Using vicious dirty boxing, Couture wasted no time in pressing fellow UFC hall of famer Mark Coleman against the cage, landing brutal uppercuts from the clinch on his way to dominating the first round with his crisp boxing and [...]

Dustin West:  Honor, Courage, Commitment, a Pro MMA Now exclusive interview

Dustin West: Honor, Courage, Commitment, a Pro MMA Now exclusive interview

Dustin West (1-1) started his professional Mixed Martial Arts career with a bang, escaping an early triangle attempt and then TKO’ing “The Ultimate Fighter: Season 6″ cast member Blake Bowman in the first round back in July of 2009. The first round TKO was just the first step in the evolution of [...]

UFC vet and TUF 10 cast member Justin "The Viking" Wren to face Josh Henry at "Ring of Fire: Warlords" on March 5th

UFC vet and TUF 10 cast member Justin “The Viking” Wren to face Josh Henry at “Ring of Fire: Warlords” on March 5th

Former UFC fighter and “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” cast member Justin “The Viking” Wren recently signed a multi-fight deal with the Ring of Fire Championship MMA fighting promotion.
First up for “The Viking” is Josh Henry (5-1). The two will be facing off at “Ring of Fire: Warlords” in Omaha, Nebraska on March [...]

WEC 46 live results

WEC 46 live results

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Follow along with us here at ProMMA.info for live results from tonight’s “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” event live from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif.
Tonight’s card, includes a lightweight championship main event between title-holder Jamie Varner and interim champ Benson Henderson, to unify the lightweight title, as well as Urijah Faber [...]

UFC 108 “fight-night” bonuses: Daley, Miller, Lauzon and Stout, each earn $50k

UFC 108 “fight-night” bonuses: Daley, Miller, Lauzon and Stout, each earn $50k

Paul Daley, Cole Miller, Joe Lauzon and Sam Stout each earned $50k fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s “UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva” event.
Lauzon and Stout both took home “Fight of the Night” honors, while Miller used a slick inverted triangle to kimura combination to submit Dan Lauzon earning him the “Submission of the [...]

"UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva" Recap:  Dos Santos K.O.'s Yvel, Evans survives to defeat Silva

“UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva” Recap: Dos Santos K.O.’s Yvel, Evans survives to defeat Silva

LAS VEGAS – Rashad Evans had gotten away from his dominating wrestling of late, favoring his speed and power in the exciting knockouts of Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. Following his devastating knockout loss at the hands of Lyoto Machida, some fans wondered if Evans would revert back to wrestling in this bout against [...]

"Strikeforce: Evolution" recap:  Melendez reclaims lightweight title, Smith stuns Le, and "King Mo" KO's Whitehead

“Strikeforce: Evolution” recap: Melendez reclaims lightweight title, Smith stuns Le, and “King Mo” KO’s Whitehead

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez are no strangers to each other or five round wars. Another five round battle was in the cards for tonight’s “Strikeforce: Evolution” lightweight title bout, with both fighters throwing everything but the kitchen sink at each other as the bell sounded on the fifth [...]

"Fight-night" bonuses: Grant, Johnson, Belcher and Gouveia, each earn $65k for their performances at "UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez"

“Fight-night” bonuses: Grant, Johnson, Belcher and Gouveia, each earn $65k for their performances at “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez”

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Alan Belcher, Wilson Gouveia, T.J. Grant and DaMarques Johnson each earned $65 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” event.
Belcher and Gouveia both took home “Fight of the Night” honors, while Johnson cashed in on his fight ending triangle choke earning him the “Submission of the Night” [...]

"UFC 107:  Penn vs. Sanchez" scores 13,896 attendees for "over $1.5 million gate

“UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” scores 13,896 attendees for “over $1.5 million gate

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” was the second visit for the UFC to the state of Tennessee and the first visit by the organization to the city of Memphis, with a reported 13,896 fans packed into the FedExForum.
UFC president Dana White reported the attendance numbers at the [...]

UFC 107 recap:  B.J. Penn dominates Diego Sanchez, Frank Mir puts Kongo to sleep

UFC 107 recap: B.J. Penn dominates Diego Sanchez, Frank Mir puts Kongo to sleep

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Never lacking in self confidence, Diego Sanchez was hoping for a passing of the guard coming into his title shot with UFC Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn. The chants of “YES!” were there, as were the mean mugs, but all of the scary faces in the world could not save Sanchez [...]

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