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Bellator Fighting Championships signs undefeated Serbian middleweight Dragan “Gagi” Tesanovic

Bellator Fighting Championships signs undefeated Serbian middleweight Dragan “Gagi” Tesanovic

CHICAGO, Ill. (August 18, 2010) — Top European Middleweight prospect Dragan “Gagi” Tesanovic has officially been added to the Bellator Fighting Championships roster.
Tesanovic brings a perfect 7-0 record to the promotion with five wins coming via TKO or KO.  Tesanovic regularly displays a dangerous clinch game and very technical ground skills.
One of [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships to bring nationally televised mixed martial arts event to San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on May 27th

Bellator Fighting Championships to bring nationally televised mixed martial arts event to San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on May 27th

Event will be broadcast to virtually every home in the U.S.
via NBC, FOX Sports Net, Telemundo and mun2
CHICAGO, Ill. (April 30, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships, the fist-of-its-kind tournament-style mixed martial arts promotion, will make its second 2010 stop in the Lone Star State next month when it comes [...]

ProMMAnow.com fighter rankings - April 2010 edition

ProMMAnow.com fighter rankings – April 2010 edition

Since the last time we did this, ProMMAnow.com’s changed a bit.  That’s right… we started exercising regularly, got a little lipo, and threw in a boob job for good measure.  So, now that we have some new-found confidence (albeit phony over-compensation for our daddy issues), we figured it was about time to unveil our latest [...]

Can Demian Maia dethrone The Spider?

Can Demian Maia dethrone The Spider?

ABU DHABI –  On Saturday, April 10, 2010, three years and seven fights since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Demian Maia will get a middleweight title shot.
The only problem is, his opponent makes Ultimate Fighters look like amateurs. He embarrasses them for fun.
Maia is no tattooed TUF noob. He is one of those rare breed [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships signs Luke Zachrich for middleweight tournament

Bellator Fighting Championships signs Luke Zachrich for middleweight tournament

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 24, 2010) — Luke Zachrich, a longtime protégé of MMA legend Dan Severn, is the latest addition to Bellator Fighting Championships’ upcoming Season 2 middleweight tournament roster.
Zachrich, a mainstay on the Midwest regional circuit, boasts an overall professional record of 10-1 with four wins coming via [...]

Jared Hess and Sean Loeffler added to Bellator season two middleweight tournament

Jared Hess and Sean Loeffler added to Bellator season two middleweight tournament

CHICAGO, Ill. – Bellator Fighting Championships announced on Thursday the addition of Jared Hess (9-1-1) and Sean “The Destroyer” Loeffler (18-4) to their upcoming Season 2 middleweight tournament roster.
Hess, a NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of Central Oklahoma, was a Bellator Season 1 tournament finalist. He came into the tournament undefeated at 6-0-1. He won [...]

UFC announces Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia for UFC 112 Middleweight Title

UFC announces Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia for UFC 112 Middleweight Title

UFC® ANNOUNCES ANDERSON SILVA vs. DEMIAN MAIA
FOR UFC 112 MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, LIVE FROM FERRARI WORLD YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI
Belfort Injured; Maia Steps up to Face Silva for Title Shot
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Following a hard-fought three round win over Dan Miller at UFC 109 that showed [...]

Bryan “The Beast” Baker set to take on Bellator Fighting Championships middleweight tournament

Bryan “The Beast” Baker set to take on Bellator Fighting Championships middleweight tournament

CHICAGO, Ill. (February 5, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships continued to bolster its roster of Season 2 middleweight tournament fighters today with the signing of 11-1 former WEC standout Bryan “The Beast” Baker.

The 6-foot, 3-inch-tall Baker will be familiar to many Bellator fans thanks to his dominating victory during [...]

Winner of Marquardt vs. Sonnen will have next title shot

Winner of Marquardt vs. Sonnen will have next title shot

UFC President Dana White announced at today’s press conference that the winner of Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 109, will fight the winner of Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort for the UFC Middleweight Title.
Marquardt said that was the first he had heard the news, so he was happy. Marquardt vs. Sonnen will fight in the co-main event this Saturday night, Feb. 6, at the Mandalay [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 11: The Middleweights?

The Ultimate Fighter 11: The Middleweights?

The Ultimate Fighter reality show has produced quite a few stars for the UFC in the past. Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Kenny Florian, Deigo Sanchez, Nate Diaz, Michael Bisping, and Josh Koscheck are all a product of the uber-popular Spike TV show.
Up until The Ultimate Fighter 10: The Heavyweights, the show featured fighters from two [...]

Open casting call for season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter"

Open casting call for season 11 of “The Ultimate Fighter”

Do you have what it takes to become the next Forrest Grffin or Diego Sanchez? Are you ready to try out for one of the most successful shows in television history? Do you want to jump on the fast track to the big show?
If you answered yes to any of those questions then you need [...]

PRO MMA Exclusive Interview - Luke Rockhold

PRO MMA Exclusive Interview – Luke Rockhold

PRO MMA’s (promma.info) “Fast Eddie” Constantine shot the breeze with Strikeforce Middleweight Luke Rockhold at the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu grand opening this past Saturday. Rockhold recently received his Brown belt from Dave Camarillo and talked about what it has been like working under the watchful eye of Camarillo, grappling competitions, battling injuries and Strikeforce

PROMMA.INFO writers poll - September middleweight rankings

PROMMA.INFO writers poll – September middleweight rankings

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva  - UFC Champion
Last Fight
After UFC 97 the popular sentiment was that Anderson Silva needed a challenge. It was decided that challenge would come from Forrest Griffin. In the end, Silva dispatched the TUF 1 champion in true pound-for-pound form.
Next Fight
Anderson Silva will sit out the rest of 2009 with an elbow [...]

Middleweight star Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza signs with Strikeforce

Middleweight star Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza signs with Strikeforce

NEW YORK (August 5, 2009)–- Dream Middleweight Grand Prix runner-up and submission wizard Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (10-2) has signed a multi-fight agreement with world championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE.
Souza is expected to fulfill the first fight on his contract in the fall.
“I am very excited that I will have the opportunity to fight [...]

Frank Trigg - 'Rumble in Race Town' post-fight update (video)

Frank Trigg – ‘Rumble in Race Town’ post-fight update (video)

Frank Trigg gives fans an update after his victory over Danny Babcock at XCF: RUMBLE IN RACE TOWN on Feb. 14 in Daytona, Florida. Trigg feels he is just too small for middleweight even though he’s put together an impressive win streak at 185 lbs. He plans to make an eventual move back down to [...]

Wanderlei Silva moving to middleweight

Wanderlei Silva moving to middleweight

“The Axe Murderer” has decided to make the transition to middleweight. The former PRIDE FC Middleweight Champion returned to the UFC in 2007 at light heavyweight, but after going 1-2 in what is arguably the UFC’s toughest division, Wanderlei Silva will move down a class with 185 lbs. as the limit.
This move for Silva could [...]

Thales Leites on the right track for title fight with Anderson Silva

Thales Leites on the right track for title fight with Anderson Silva

On April 18 Thales Leites (14-1) will attempt to do what no one else in the UFC has been able to do. He will try to upset UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (23-4) from his throne. Leites is on an impressive five-fight win streak with his most recent victory coming at UFC 90 when he [...]

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