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The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirms remaining bouts for "UFC 111: St. Pierre vs. Hardy"

The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirms remaining bouts for “UFC 111: St. Pierre vs. Hardy”

MAIN EVENT
GEORGES “RUSH” ST-PIERRE vs. DAN “THE OUTLAW” HARDY
CO-MAIN EVENT
FRANK MIR vs. SHANE CARWIN
BEN SAUNDERS vs. JAKE ELLENBERGER
JON FITCH vs. THIAGO ALVES
JIM MILLER vs. MARK BOCEK
NATE DIAZ vs. RORY MARKHAM
RICARDO ALMEIDA vs. MATT BROWN
KURT PELLEGRINO vs. FABRICIO CAMOES
RODNEY WALLACE vs. JARED HAMMAN
ROUSIMAR PALHARES vs. TOMASZ DRWAL
MATTHEW RIDDLE vs. GREG SOTO
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
Live from [...]

Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Roger Huerta signs with Bellator Fighting Championships

Roger Huerta signs with Bellator Fighting Championships

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 15, 2010) — Roger Huerta, the top free agent in MMA and one of the sport’s brightest young stars, announced today that he has signed an exclusive contract with Bellator Fighting Championships and will compete in the promotion’s upcoming Season 2 lightweight tournament.
The 26-year-old Huerta (20-3-1) comes to Bellator [...]

Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Celebrity Apprentice star and former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis to join HDNet's MMA broadcast team

Celebrity Apprentice star and former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis to join HDNet’s MMA broadcast team

Kanellis to make her HDNet debut on March 26 at 10:00 p.m. ET at ”King of the Cage: Legacy”
DALLAS (March 15, 2010) – Last week on HDNet’s Inside MMA, we broke the news that Maria Kanellis will become the newest member of the network’s MMA broadcast team. Kanellis was WWE’s 2009 “Diva of the Year,” a [...]

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MMA for Charity to hold Haiti benefit

MMA for Charity to hold Haiti benefit

Event will take place on March 13-14 in Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA (USA): On January 12th, 2010, a vicious earthquake struck the country of Haiti. As of this writing, an estimated 3,000,000 people have been affected by magnitude 7.0 quake. The Haitian Government has reported that between 217,000 and 230,000 [...]

Mar 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Mayorga madness invades MMA in "Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs Thomas"

Mayorga madness invades MMA in “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs Thomas”

RICARDO MAYORGA IN MMA DEBUT AGAINST TOUGH, TOP RANKED MMA CONTENDER DIN THOMAS ON PAY PER VIEW, SATURDAY. MAY 15, 2010 AT THE CROWN COLISEUM IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
New York, N. Y. – February 24, 2010 – ‘The craziest man in boxing” is bringing his unique brand of insanity [...]

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Shine Fights announces bout between Nick Thompson and Eduardo Pamplona

Shine Fights announces bout between Nick Thompson and Eduardo Pamplona

Fight Will Take Place at “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas”
Miami, FL (USA): Shine Fights is excited to announce the official signing of a bout between former Bodog Welterweight Champion Nick “The Goat” Thompson (38-12-1) and Brazilian veteran Eduardo Pamplona (12-2). The bout will take place on the main card at [...]

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Tickets are sold out for UFC 111 in New Jersey

Tickets are sold out for UFC 111 in New Jersey

PRE-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE AND VIEWING PARTY
AT NEW YORK CITY’S LEGENDARY RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010 – LIVE FROM THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, NEWARK, N.J.
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – As the Ultimate Fighting Championship® heads back to the East Coast, the fans have responded once again, and welcomed [...]

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
The Teacher, Ben Holscher, back in MMA action March 26, in Fresno, Calif.

The Teacher, Ben Holscher, back in MMA action March 26, in Fresno, Calif.

NEW YORK (March 9, 2010) – A full-time ninth-grade health teacher and wrestling coach at Clovis High In Clovis, Calif., Ben “The Teacher” Holscher (5-0) continues to make the grade in mixed martial arts (MMA) where the 5-foot-11 lightweight (155 pounds) has passed his initial four tests with flying colors [...]

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HDNet to debut new original MMA series "Fighting Words with Mike Straka"

HDNet to debut new original MMA series “Fighting Words with Mike Straka”

Network to launch this first-of-its-kind MMA series with Dana White as the premiere guest – Friday, March 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET
DALLAS (March 9, 2010) HDNet announced today that it will add the new, original series “Fighting Words with Mike Straka,” to its Friday night lineup. The 30-minute one-on-one weekly interview program will feature revealing [...]

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North American Fighting Championship makes its debut with "Stand Your Ground" on April 3rd

North American Fighting Championship makes its debut with “Stand Your Ground” on April 3rd

UFC veterans Jason Dent, Nick Agallar, and Sherman Pendergarst, plus former WEC title challenger Joe Pearson to compete
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA): Formerly known as Gladiators Cage Fighting, MMA fight promotion North American Fighting Championship will make its debut on Saturday, April 3rd with “Stand Your Ground” at Wisconsin State Fair Park [...]

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Dan Hardy talks tough in premiere episode of UFC Primetime *VIDEO*

Dan Hardy talks tough in premiere episode of UFC Primetime *VIDEO*

New Three-Part Series Premieres On Spike TV
Wednesday, March 10 At 10:00 PM ET
New York, NY, March 9, 2010 – In anticipation of their world welterweight title clash at UFC 111: ST-PIERRE vs. HARDY, UFC® champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy will be featured on UFC Primetime®, a weekly, three [...]

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirms remaining bouts for UFC on Versus

The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirms remaining bouts for UFC on Versus

MAIN EVENT
BRANDON “THE TRUTH” VERA vs. JON “BONES” JONES
CO-MAIN EVENT
JUNIOR “CIGANO” DOS SANTOS vs. GABRIEL “NAPAO” GONZAGA
CHEICK KONGO vs. PAUL BUENTELLO
ALESSIO SAKARA vs. JAMES IRVIN
CLAY GUIDA vs. SHANNON GUGERTY
ELLIOT MARSHALL vs. VLADIMIR MATYUSHENKO
DUANE LUDWIG vs. DARREN ELKINS
JOHN HOWARD vs. DANIEL ROBERTS
BRENDAN SCHAUB vs. CHASE [...]

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UFC signs distribution deal with Asia's ASN HD sports channel

UFC signs distribution deal with Asia’s ASN HD sports channel

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – UFC® today announced it has reached a long-term agreement with ASN, the first 24-hour HD sports channel in Asia to distribute UFC programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
ASN will officially launch UFC programming on April 10 with [...]

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Kimbo returns at UFC 113 on May 8th

Kimbo returns at UFC 113 on May 8th

Live from the Bell Centre, Saturday May 8, 2010
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Canada will get their first dose of the Kimbo Slice phenomenon on Saturday, May 8th, when the Ultimate Fighter alumnus looks to make it 2-0 in the Octagon on the UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 card at the [...]

Mar 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Toby Imada returns to Bellator Fighting Championships

Toby Imada returns to Bellator Fighting Championships

Will compete in Season 2 lightweight tournament looking for Alvarez rematch

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 8, 2010) – Toby Imada, whose jaw-dropping “Submission of the Year” helped put Bellator Fighting Championships on the map during its debut season, will return to the promotion for its upcoming Season 2 lightweight tournament.
Imada’s [...]

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Bellator selects Kansas native Tyler Stinson at open tryout

Bellator selects Kansas native Tyler Stinson at open tryout

Kansas’ Tyler Stinson wins open tryout
and shot at the big show with
Bellator Fighting Championships
KANSAS CITY (March 8, 2010) – Tyler Stinson, a 24-year-old native of Winfield, Kan., was the unanimous winner of an open tryout sponsored by Bellator Fighting Championships on Saturday, earning him a chance to [...]

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Tonight's "Inside MMA" features a visit from Cain Velasquez *VIDEO*

Tonight’s “Inside MMA” features a visit from Cain Velasquez *VIDEO*

Velasquez tells Kenny and Bas who he thinks should get the next shot at UFC Heavyweight Champ Brock Lesnar – – Friday, March 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET
DALLAS (March 5, 2009)
WHAT: Tonight, HDNet’s “Inside MMA” features a panel of fighters gathered to discuss recent bouts – and, to discuss dealing with the added pressures of [...]

Mar 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
24-year-old Dominick Cruz looks to earn first world title on Saturday

24-year-old Dominick Cruz looks to earn first world title on Saturday

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – When bantamweight Dominick Cruz speaks of the sacrifices he’s made to get to Saturday’s world title fight against champion Brian Bowles at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, you can tell that there’s more at stake for him than a shiny gold belt. You quickly see that [...]

Mar 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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