Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei “Pitbull” Arlovski (15-7), has signed a new multi-fight 16-month contract with Strikeforce. Arlovski broke the news today on his personal website www.arlovski.com. The Belarusian stated, “I cannot wait to get into the ring and show the world what I have been working on the last few months.” The website also [...]
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory today against former champion, Ken Shamrock. Shamrock, who claimed Zuffa had violated certain contractual provisions of his final fight agreement, was demanding several hundreds of thousands of dollars in [...]
Editor’s note: Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) received the following press release from Maximum Fighting Championship on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2010. MFC included the picture as well that reads “The Quitter” (which is actually the cover from a comic book). Whether or not Chris Price’s MMA career is actually over because he missed an MFC card [...]
Since our initial “Firing Line” report on Wednesday that the UFC had cut UFC 109 participants Mark Coleman, Frank Trigg, and Tim Hague, we have learned two more fighters from that same card have also been cut: Phillipe Nover (5-3-1), and Rolles Gracie(3-1).
UFC fans will remember Nover as a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, [...]
SHINE FIGHTS AGREES TO TERMS WITH
MMA VETERAN NICK “THE GOAT” THOMPSON
Debut Expected to Take Place in Early 2010
Miami, FL (USA): Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) is excited to announce the signing of UFC and StrikeForce veteran and former Bodog Fight world champion Nick “The Goat” Thompson.
Thompson broke [...]
Speaking exclusively to ProMMA.info, Chad Corvin has announced that he has signed a contract to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A heavyweight fighting out of Elizabethtown, Kentucky and training with Etown Beatdown, Chad has compiled a professional record of five wins with no losses, with all of his victories but one coming by [...]
CHICAGO, Ill. (December 21, 2009) – In yet another off-season coup, Bellator Fighting Championships announced Monday the acquisition of one of the top free-agent mixed martial artists in all of Europe, 18-5 British welterweight Jim Wallhead.
Wallhead-also known as “Judo Jim”-has won each of his last six fights and nine out of [...]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 16, 2009)-VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), today announced a multi-year extension with Zuffa LLC., the owners of both the WEC and UFC®. As part of VERSUS’ renewal deal, the network will air seven live WEC fights and two live UFC events in 2010, marking the first [...]
According to a new report on Around the Octagon, submission specialist Jeff Monson (31-9) has signed with Strikeforce. Citing sources close to the fighter, the report states Monson will debut with the promotion in 2010 and will likely drop to 205 lbs.
Monson likes to remain active, and usually fights a minimum of three times a [...]
NEW YORK (December 7, 2009)-Four-time mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion and two-time United States Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson will enter a new chapter in his legendary career after signing a multi-fight agreement with world championship MMA promotion STRIKEFORCE.
Henderson, the only fighter in history to simultaneously hold two titles in two different weight classes – [...]
As many expected, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson plans to return to the UFC at least temporarily. In a new blog post on his website (the same place he announced his retirement), Rampage claims he is going to finish out his contract with the UFC and shut the mouths of Dana White and Rashad Evans.
I’ve noticed that [...]
NEW YORK (December 3, 2009)- Former lightweight champion K.J. Noons (6-1) has signed a multi-fight agreement with world championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE and will make his long-awaited return to the cage at a date to be determined soon.
Noons’ STRIKEFORCE debut will be his first MMA start since June 14, 2008 when he [...]
DREAM and K-1 powerhouse Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef has signed a multi-year agreement to compete for world championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE.
The 33 year old, who hails from Amsterdam, Netherlands, comes to STRIKEFORCE after reaching the semifinal round of the 2008 DREAM Middleweight (185 pounds) Grand Prix tournament by scoring first round TKOs [...]
Lightweight MMA fighter Josh “The Dentist” Neer (25-9-1) has been released from his UFC contract following a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau (20-6) at UFC 104 on Oct. 24. Neer has lost his last three out of four fights, for a total of six out of ten times inside the Octagon.
Neer’s first UFC appearance [...]
PRESS RELEASE – StrikeForce lightweight Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm has re-signed with the promotion, inking a two-year deal that will bring him 6-12 fights over the life of the contract. The undefeated Beerbohm (13-0) is one of the top prospects in all of MMA, having won every fight he’s participated in, [...]
The Maximum Fighting Championship has taken the necessary steps to strip light heavyweight champion Trevor Prangley of his title and release him from his contract.
The move was required when Prangley violated his contract by signing with two smaller organizations while under contract with the MFC. Prangley’s management was informed of [...]
Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion Dave Huckaba was scheduled to defend his title against MMA legend and pioneer Dan Severn on Aug. 22, 2009 at “Nemesis” at the Konocti Vista Casino in Lakeland, Calif. Huckaba did not fight.
PROMMA.INFO has been notified that Gladiator Challenge has made the decision to strip the two-time heavyweight champion of the [...]
Just when you may have been thinking Matt Hughes (43-7) was about to hang up the gloves for good, the former nine-time UFC Welterweight Champion revealed he signed a new multi-fight deal last week with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In a statement on his website (www.matt-hughes.com) he writes:
Last week I went out to Vegas and I [...]
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