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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 [...]

Michael Bisping to face Anderson Silva if he can get past Dan Henderson

Michael Bisping to face Anderson Silva if he can get past Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson became the official coach Saturday night at UFC 93 for Team USA on season nine of The Ultimate Fighter which will air on Spike TV beginning April 1. His team will be competing against Team U.K. coached by Michael Bisping.
At the conclusion of season nine, Coach Bisping will face Coach Henderson inside The [...]

FIGHTING POLITICS Documentary: The Story of Cage Fighter Matt Lindland

FIGHTING POLITICS Documentary: The Story of Cage Fighter Matt Lindland

There is a new documentary about the story of Matt Lindland and his dealings with the politics of the UFC which ultimately led to him being ousted from the company even though he was still one of the top fighters in the world.

Chael Sonnen got his belt

Chael Sonnen got his belt

by:  Jack Bratcher
Chael Sonnen revealed to host Larry Pepe last night on Pro MMA Radio that he had indeed received the WEC Middleweight Belt from Paulo Filho following his defeat of the overinflated Filho at WEC 36 on November 5th.  
Originally scheduled as a WEC Middleweight Title Fight, Filho could not make the 185 lb. [...]

A Weighty Issue

A Weighty Issue

The topic of fighters missing weight reared its ugly head again at the WEC 36 weigh-ins. Paulo Filho failed miserably to make the 185 requisite for his WEC middleweight championship bout against Chael Sonnen.
Fighters who come in over the weight limit never fail to make headlines. From Gina Carano, Travis Lutter or Gabe Ruediger; [...]

Mark Dellagrotte praises Anderson Silva

Mark Dellagrotte praises Anderson Silva

Mark Dellagrotte was very proud of his student, Patrick Cote, after going two full rounds with the UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva at UFC 90. Dellagrotte talks about the background on Cote’s knee injury and also gives his thoughts on Silva’s performance. He thinks that Silva respected Cote’s power and he also had [...]

Could Robbie Lawler be headed to the UFC?

Could Robbie Lawler be headed to the UFC?

by: Jack Bratcher
Robbie Lawler left the UFC in 2004 after two straight losses, first to Nick Diaz at UFC 47 by KO and then to Evan Tanner (R.I.P.) at UFC 50 by Triangle Choke. At the time he was still fairly young and brash.
Now think about this for a moment, since Robbie Lawler [...]

Bisping wants Silva clash; calls out the Champ

Bisping wants Silva clash; calls out the Champ

Michael Bisping speaks about the UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva, and discusses the Champ’s recent statements that he will retire once his current contract is up. Bisping wants that fight before “The Spider” spins his last web.

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