The most anticipated matchup in women’s MMA to date has finally been signed. Strikeforce officially announced Gina “Conviction” Carano, unquestionably the most popular female mixed martial artist and “the face of women’s MMA”, will square off against Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos at an upcoming Strikeforce event slated for August 15th.
The Santos/Carano matchup will take women’s MMA [...]
On April 11, Strikeforce’s main event will feature Nick Diaz vs. Frank Shamrock on Showtime. While Shamrock’s image is that of a fighter dedicated to progressing the sport of MMA, Diaz seems to be the polar opposite. Nick openly admits that he loves the combat of MMA but, as for progressing the image of the [...]
The only reason Kimbo Slice (3-1) a.k.a. Kevin Ferguson had the small bit of credibility he did was because the legend, El Guapo, vouched for him. Those days are over.
In a new AOL MMA FanHouse interview with Bas Rutten, the subject of Kimbo Slice inevitably came up. Bas said he was finished training Kimbo Slice [...]
It is being reported that the fighters still in contract limbo due to the failure of the sale of EliteXC have joined together with the Mixed Martial Artists Fighters Association and forwarded a draft of complaint to EliteXC officials to have them officially released from the company. They have warned in the complaint that if [...]
MMA Live looks back at 2008’s best and brightest and gives away their first MMA Nation Awards; begins comprehensive preview of UFC 93.
by: Matt De La Rosa
Jake Shields was arguably the most talented fighter on Pro Elite’s roster.
Now that the company has closed its doors Shields will undoubtedly be looking to sign with a promotion where he can truly test his skills.
While his status within the 170 pound division is cemented in the minds of hardcore MMA [...]
by: Matt De La Rosa
Despite being suspended by the California State Athletic Commision until July 28 2009, Antonio Silva has plans to fight at World Victory Road’s Sengoku 7 on January 4th.
Tatame reported on the American Top Team member’s intentions. Silva (11-1), through translation, stated “I’m negotiating my way to Japan The Sengoku made me [...]
by: Jack Bratcher
We all know what happened on Oct. 4 in Sunrise Florida when an enormously inflated persona named Kimbo Slice went into the ring with Kevin Ferguson as his own shadow. This shadow was everything Ferguson was not; it was the hype, the media, the uneducated, it said he was one of [...]
There is a wealth of talent from a broken organization that risked and lost it all on a YouTube street brawler from Miami. While sifting through the ashes of ProElite and EliteXC it’s impossible to ignore the abundance of talent that will soon be heading elsewhere.
by: Cory Brady
Joe “Diesel” Riggs has seen his fair share of ups and downs in his mixed martial arts career. At only 26 years old this 170 pound fighter that used to fight around the 280 pound range has been through a lot in a short amount of time to say the least.
Riggs had a [...]
by: Cory Brady
Benji Radach is on cloud nine following the biggest win of his career this past weekend on CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights over Murilo “Ninja” Rua. Stepping out of the ashes of a career that has been riddled with injuries and setbacks, it is hard to blame him. The fight was a wild [...]
Former UFC Heavyweight Champ, Andrei Arlvoski took on the big man, Roy “Big Country” Nelson of IFL fame at EliteXC’s CBS Saturday Night Fights on Oct. 4th. Here’s the CompuStrike final stats:
Arlovski
Nelson
40/68
Total Strikes Landed/Thrown
14/36
59%
Percentage
39%
29/51
Total Arm Strikes Landed/Thrown
5/27
57%
Percentage
19%
29
Punches Landed
5
0
Elbows Landed
0
10/15
Total Leg Strikes Landed/Thrown
1/1
67%
Percentage
100%
5
Kicks Landed
0
5
Knees Landed
1
1/2
Ground Strikes Landed/Thrown
8/8
50%
Percentage
100%
0
Takedowns
0
0
Submission [...]
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LOS ANGELES (Oct. 7, 2008) Nicknames such as Pee Wee and Meat Truck may not exactly [...]
by: Cory Brady
In the years to come one may possibly look back on the MMA career of Seth Petruzelli and define it pre- and post-Kimbo, depending on how things unfold over the next few weeks and months ahead.
PRO MMA had a talk with Seth prior to his appearance at the EliteXC event on Oct. [...]
Watch the whole video but pay special attention to the time starting at 3:28 mark as Kimbo is getting beat notice who stands up at cage side screaming; it’s none other than everyone’s favorite vice president of EliteXC, Jared Shaw. I would give at least a hundred bucks to know what Shaw was screaming. [...]
by: Jack Bratcher
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later and as odd as it has been, it seems only fitting that the Kimbo show would come to a close in the midst of strange circumstances. The street fighter turned mixed martial artist suffered his first defeat tonight at the hands of Seth Petruzelli. [...]
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