ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) reporter Daniel Theodore was on the scene in Santa Monica Tuesday for the Spike TV / Bellator press conference and spoke with UFC Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture about his decision to sign-on as a coach on their upcoming reality series "Fight Master: Bellator MMA". Read More »

The Bellator MMA Welterweight Tournament is set for Feb. 21 in Utah’s Maverik Center live on Spike TV. Bryan Baker will replace an injured Brent Weedman in the tournament and face off against Douglas Lima. Ben Saunders will take on Raul Amaya for a spot in the welterweight tournament finals. Read More »

As a reminder Team Sonnen scored the first victory on the last episode and they picked Uriah Hall to fight Adam Cella next. The episode opens with Cella and Hall talking and Cella says to Hall they may end up having the most exciting fight of the season because they both like to stand. Read More »

ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) reporter Daniel Theodore recently sat down with Bellator middleweight contender Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko (46-7) who will challenge for the vacant 185-pound title on Feb. 7 at Bellator 88 when he takes on Maiquel Falcao (31-4, 1 NC). Read More »

The Bellator MMA promotion will finally launch their MMA based reality show entitled "Fight Master: Bellator MMA" which will premiere this summer on Spike TV. Randy Couture, Greg Jackson, Frank Shamrock, and Joe Warren will helm four separate fight camps for 32 up-and-coming fighters looking to fight their way into the Bellator tournament and a $100,000 cash prize. Read More »

Spike TV and Bellator Fighting Championships are holding a press conference in Santa Monica, Calif. today announcing the signing of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture as a coach on Bellator's upcoming reality series. In addition to Couture, Coach Greg Jackson, Joe Warren, Frank Shamrock, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney and others are in attendance. Read More »

We previously shared video of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in preparation for his battle with Frankie Edgar at UFC 156. Now we will take you behind the scenes with Aldo on the actual fight day, where he went on to outlast a game Frankie Edgar to retain his featherweight title on Saturday night. Read More »

The next UFC event will take place on February 16 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. The event will air on FUEL TV with a 3 p.m. ET start time, and preliminary fights will begin on Facebook at 12 p.m. ET. The event will be headlined by the UFC interim bantamweight title fight between champion Renan Barao and challenger Michael McDonald. The co-main event will feature a pair of ranked featherweights when Cub Swanson takes on Dustin Poirier. Read More »

Bellator women's 115-pound champion Zoila Frausto Gurgel (12-2) has signed a multi-fight contract with Invicta Fighting Championships and will make her debut against submission specialist Jennifer Maia (6-2-1) on the promotion's soon-to-be-announced April card. Read More »

While football fans at the New Orleans bar Saints and Sinners were watching the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers at Sunday's Super Bowl game, what appeared to be a wild brawl between bar-owner movie star Channing Tatum and UFC middleweight Cung Le broke out. Read More »

Check out the ProMMAnow.com Official MMA Heavyweight Rankings. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva shook up the rankings with his epic third round KO over Alistair Overeem. Read More »

Well, that didn't take long. UFC lightweight contender sent a text to UFC President Dana White after Jose Aldo retained his UFC featherweight title via unanimous decision against Frankie Edgar at UFC 156. Read More »

MMA as a sport (already a topic of argument for some, but I leave that for another day) is an industry without much legislation, enforcement, expectation and requirement as seen through my vantage point. In the course of a week multiple things could have been seen. Read More »

ProMMAnow was notified of the suspensions from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which regulated the UFC 156 event. The card saw 13 fighters receive medical suspensions for the efforts on Saturday night. There are several fighters that could be out for quite a while unless cleared by a doctor beforehand. Read More »

ONE FC lightweight champion Kotetsu "No Face" Boku (20-7-2) will put his title on the line for the first time when he faces submission ace and No. 1 contender Shinya Aoki (32-6, 1 NC) at "ONE FC: Kings & Champions" on Friday, April 5 in Singapore. Read More »

Mirko Cro Cop might still be angry about the two knees he took to the groin from Alistair Overeem back at DREAM 6 in September 2008 in Japan that halted the bout early via No Contest. Or he might just be giving his unbiased opinion on what happens to a fighter who gets popped for elevated testosterone levels high enough to power a thoroughbred race horse, who then is forced to sit on the sidelines and return to the Octagon eight months later without pharmaceutical crutches. Read More »

On the heels of World Series of Fighting's (WSOF) inaugural event this past November which was highlighted by Andrei Arlovski's first round TKO win over Devin Cole in the main event, the Las Vegas based mixed martial arts promotion has entered into a three-year partnership with NBC Sports Network. Read More »

Although he lost a unanimous decision, former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans brought home the top payday from Saturday's UFC 156 card with $300,000. His opponent Antonio Rogerio Nogueira earned $174,000. Read More »

The next UFC PPV will be the UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche event that's set for February 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The card will make history with the first ever women's fight in the UFC when Ronda Rousey looks to defend her UFC bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche. Carmouche is also the first openly gay fighter to fight in the UFC. Read More »

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans suffered a upset unanimous decision loss against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 156. The former champion was rumored to face UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva if he had beaten Nogueira. It wasn't in the cards, but a move to the middleweight division is something Evans will need to do at this point in his career. Read More »

Well, UFC 156 has come and past and it certainly delivered on all levels for the most part. The upsets that took place certainly shook things up regarding potential matchup moving forward, and we're going to take our best stab at who some of the winners and losers should fight next. Read More »

Hey everyone, it’s February and time to start counting down. My teammate Ferg (ha, Ryan Ferguson) and a pro from our team is fighting in Great Fall, Montana on the 16th! If you are able to come, and want to support Team Vidonic, you can buy tickets here. I will be there cornering for both fighters, don’t be shy, come on up and say hello, even grab a pic with me. Can’t wait to meet some local fans out there. Read More »