The World Series of Fighting 2 event that took place on Saturday night peaked with 332,000 live NBC Sports Network viewers, a 46 percent increase from the promotion’s inaugural event in November that peaked with 228,000 viewers. Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionWSOF 2: Arlovski vs. Johnson fight videos
World Series of Fighting held their second event Saturday night at the Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. The main event saw former UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson put on several pounds to take on former UFC champ Andrei Arlovski in a heavyweight headliner. Check out that fight and the rest of the main card action right here. Read More »
WSOF 2 LIVE results and play-by-play
World Series of Fighting (WSOF) 2 takes place this evening at the Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. and is headlined by a heavyweight match-up between former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski and UFC veteran Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Read More »
Countdown to WSOF 2: Tyson Nam vs. Marlon Moraes *VIDEO*
We already showed you part 1 of the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) 2's preview show focusing on the main event between Andrei Arlovski and Anthony Johnson. Now take a look at part 2 which focuses on the WSOF 2 bantamweight co-main event between Tyson Nam (12-4) of Portland, Ore. who will be taking on two-time national Muay Thai champion and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Marlon Moraes (9-4) of Jupiter, Fla. via Nova Briburgo, Brazil. Read More »
Ray Sefo: Arlovski vs. Johnson fight is not meaningless
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski (19-9, 1 NC) and former UFC welterweight standout Anthony "Rumble" Johnson (14-4) will both be looking to pick up their fifth straight win when they square off this Saturday night in the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) 2 main event at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Read More »
WSOF 2 media call: Arlovski, Johnson, Nam, Moraes, Sefo
World Series of Fighting held a conference call Tuesday for their upcoming WSOF 2 fight card scheduled for Saturday, March 23 in Atlantic City. Headliners Andrei Arlovski and Anthony Johnson, along with co-headliners Tyson Nam and Marlon Moraes and WSOF president Ray Sefo answered questions from reporters for over an hour. Read More »
WSOF 2 preview: Andrei Arlovski vs. Anthony Johnson *VIDEO*
World Series of Fighting has put together an in-depth video preview for the WSOF 2 heavyweight main event between Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. WSOF 2 is scheduled for this Saturday, March 23, in Atlantic City, N.J. and will air live on NBC Sports Network, with the prelims streaming live on Sherdog. The preview does a good job showing the story lines leading up to this fight as Arlovski, a former UFC heavyweight champ, tries to put together his fifth straight victory as he takes on Johnson, who used to fight at welterweight with the UFC. Read More »
World Series of Fighting 2 Kick-Off Press Conference at MMA World Expo at New York City’s Javits Center
Tomorrow/Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1:00 p.m. EST WHO: Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski Hard-Hitting KO Artist Anthony Johnson Red-Hot Bantamweight Tyson Nam Two-Time National Muay Thai Champion Marlon Moraes Middleweight Star David Branch &! nbsp; Brazilian JIu-Jitsu Black Belt ... Read More »
WSOF: Arlovski vs. Johnson Atlantic City tickets on sale Feb. 15
World Series of Fighting announced today that it will deliver a stacked, world-class Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card, headlined by a heavyweight showdown between superstars Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski (19-9) of Minsk, Belarus and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (15-3) of Boca Raton, Fla., at Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. on Saturday, March 23, live on NBC Sports Network. Read More »
The weekly best of Pro MMA Now
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
‘Rumble’ Johnson talks WSOF victory, fighting at 205 and if a UFC return is in his future *VIDEO*
ProMMAnow.com talks with Anthony Johnson following his first round knockout of DJ Linderman at the inaugural World Series of Fighting event in Las Vegas. Read More »
World Series of Fighting makes impressive debut on NBC Sports Network
Former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski continued his resurgence Saturday night with an impressive first round TKO stoppage over Strikeforce vet Devin Cole in the WSOF main event. Read More »
World Series of Fighting LIVE results and play-by-play
The highly-anticipated inaugural World Series of Fighting (WSOF) event kicks off this evening at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Read More »
World Series of Fighting weigh-in results
All except one of the fighters participating on the World Series of Fighting card that will take place on Saturday night made weight with no problems. Read More »
World Series of Fighting eyeing title fights and multiple events in 2013
The upstart World Series of Fighting promotion held a conference call today and laid out plans for their November 3rd show as well as tentative plans for 2013. Read More »
World Series of Fighting media call and Andrei Arlovski learns to swim… sort of
Headliners Andrei Arlovski and Devin Cole, as well as Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, DJ Linderman and WSOF president Ray Sefo took part in a WSOF media call Wednesday. Read More »
World Series of Fighting: Johnson vs. Linderman and Torres vs. Moraes set for NBC in November
The World Series of Fighting promotion has announced two more fights for its inaugural show that will take place on November 3rd. Read More »
Titan FC 24 recap: ‘Rumble’ dominant in light heavyweight debut
Anthony Johnson may have finally found his ideal weight after starting his career at welterweight before moving up to debut at 205 pounds in the main event of Titan FC 24 against former super heavyweight Esteves Jones. Read More »
The top three reasons why Anthony Johnson vs. Hector Lombard needs to happen
Dr. Rhadi Ferguson makes the case that following Anthony Johnson's recent cut from the UFC, Bellator should sign him and build up a fight between he and Hector Lombard. Read More »
The weekly best of Pro MMA Now
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
UFC 142 main card recap: Vitor Belfort defeats Anthony Johnson by rear naked choke
Vitor Belfort puts weight controversy of Anthony Johnson to rest with first-round rear naked choke victory at UFC 142. Read More »
UFC 142 LIVE results and play-by-play
"UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes" takes place this evening at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and features UFC 145 pound champ Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes in a featherweight title fight main event. Read More »