We often hear UFC commentator Joe Rogan talk about "UFC Jitters" when fighters are making their UFC debut. It doesn't matter if the fighter is relatively young in the sport, of if he's a bonafide veteran with 15 fights under his belt. Joe Rogan says the "UFC Jitters" are real, and many fighters have talked about them after making their debut in the UFC. Read More »
It was announced by Florida-based MMA promotion Xtreme Fighting Championships on Friday they had stripped their lightweight champion Nick Newell (9-0) of his title for refusing to fight Scott Holtzman (4-0) in the XFC 24 main event on June 14, a fight the organization had been promoting and selling tickets to for some time. Read More »
“MFC 37: True Grit” takes place this evening at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The MFC debuts their bantamweight division tonight's with Ryan Benoit (6-1) taking on Anthony Birchak (9-1) in the main event. The winner will earn themselves a title shot later this year. Read More »
Weigh-ins took place in Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, today for CWFC Fight Night 8, which takes place tomorrow at the Mirbeh Sports Hall. Headliner Collin Reuter tipped the scales at the welterweight limit of 171lbs, but opponent Jack Mason initially came in a little heavy at 172.6lbs. Read More »
The main event of XFC 24 was set to pit fast rising lightweight Scott Holtzman (4-0) against the champion Nick Newell (9-0). Newell made his way through the ranks after the XFC signed him following their open fighter tryouts. Holtzman won his way into the promotion as an amateur and has since finished three of his four opponents to capture the number one contender spot for Newell's belt. We learned today that Newell has refused to sign a contract to fight Holtzman. Read More »
At only 28-years-old undefeated New York native Chris Weidman (9-0) will get his shot at immortality on July 6 when he steps into the Octagon with MMA's reigning pound-for-pound king Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-4) in the UFC 162 main event in Las Vegas. Read More »
The MMA Tonight crew returned to the 102.5 FM (Nashville) radio airwaves Wednesday night with guest, top UFC middleweight contender Chris Weidman, who will be battling longtime reigning champion Anderson Silva at UFC 162 in July. Read More »
Earlier this week our girl Ronda Rousey, UFC women's bantamweight champion, made Maxim's "HOT 100" list at No. 29. Now the UFC has three more ladies on Maxim's fan-voted HOT 100 list of the sexiest women on the planet. Octagon girls Brittney Palmer and the honorary queen of ring girls everywhere, Arianny Celeste made the list, as did Fuel TV host Kenda Perez. Read More »
UFC flyweight champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson (17-2-1) returns to FOX television for his second straight title defense when he faces number one 125-pound contender John Moraga (13-1) in the UFC on FOX 8 main event on Saturday, July 27 at Key Arena in Seattle, Wash. Read More »
This is the sixth episode of Pro UKMMA Now Radio hosted by Jay Cee. This show features an interview with Jack "The Stone" Mason, who will be taking on Collin Reuter in the main event at CWFC Fight Night 8, which takes place at the Mirbeh Sports Hall in Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on May 11. Read More »
Fighter weigh-ins for "MFC 37: True Grit" took place today in preparation for Friday's fight card at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event, which will broadcast LIVE on AXStv, with prelims streaming on Facebook, features Ryan Benoit (6-1) vs. Anthony Birchak (9-1) in the main event. The two bantamweights made weight without issue with Benoit coming in at 135.2 pounds and Birchak weighing in at 135.8 pounds. Read More »
Former UFC welterweight contender Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy was a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Wednesday. The Brit discussed his Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (Wolf's heart) which took him out of his recent scheduled fight with Matt Brown at UFC on Fox 7 and what his MMA and UFC fighting future is looking like. Read More »
Victory Combat Sports (www.VictoryCombatSports.com) has arrived. In an era where Mixed Martial Arts has become the fastest growing sport in North America, Victory Combat Sports co-founders Kevin Lillis and Justin Blair have launched a new organization exclusively dedicated to producing MMA events throughout the Northeast. Read More »
Poland's premiere mixed martial arts organization returns with KSW 23 on June 8 at Ergo Arena in Gdańsk/Sopot. The card which will broadcast on Pay-Per-View is headlined with a middleweight bout between Poland's own Mamed Khalidov (26-4-2) taking on dangerous kick boxer Melvin Manhoef (27-10-1, 1 NC) of Holland. Read More »
You might recognize him as the cigarette smoking boxer. There has long been talk of former WBA/WBC welterweight champion and former WBC light middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga of fighting in MMA. Mayorga finally did just that on May 3 when he faced one Wesley Tiffer at "Omega MMA 8: Battle of the Americas" in Mayorga's hometown of Managua, Nicaragua. Read More »
I don’t even know where to start because the older I get the less I find myself wanting to share my life with women, unless it’s a weekend at a time. It’s been a while since my last relationship and fighting was probably the major force behind my last two break ups. Read More »
ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), presented by Casino Filipino and in association with Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC), announced three undercard bouts for ONE FC: RISE TO POWER. Up and coming Lowen Tynanes will battle the seasoned Felipe Enomoto while MMA veteran Tim Sylvia is back in action against Tony Johnson and fan favorite Ryan Diaz will take on Russian ace Yusup Saadulaev. All the action takes place live on 31 May from the MOA Arena in Manila, Philippines. Read More »
With one simple tweet, 38-year-old former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin has announced his retirement from professional mixed martial arts... Read More »
After more than two years on the sidelines athletic heavyweight Chris "Beast Boy" Barnett (7-1) will have to wait even longer for his return to MMA action. In fact, his career as a pro mixed martial arts fighter could be in serious jeopardy. Read More »
UFC commentators Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are a large part of the UFC Pay-Per-View experience. With their combined knowledge and chemistry they often make what they do seem easy. They are generally perceived as the best in the business and that's why they have been calling the biggest fights in the world's premiere MMA organization for many years. What UFC fans normally don't get to see is all the preparation and behind-the-scenes work that is required of Goldy and Rogan leading up to the fights. Read More »
This last weekend, it was my pleasure to coach my student Ovince Saint Preux in his first UFC fight. I have been the chief second three times before with Rafaello Oliveira, but this was the first time I had taken a guy from zero martial arts knowledge all the way to the UFC. Read More »
The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that they have just signed a broadcast agreement with BT for its UK and Ireland television rights. Originally produced UFC programming will be shown on the new BT Sport channels, which are due to be launched very soon. Read More »
