by:  Cory Brady, Jack Bratcher The UFC is reporting that Karo “The Heat” Parisyan has been forced to scrap his UFC 88 bout with Japanese veteran Yoshiyuki Yoshida. It seems that Parisyan has suffered a last minute back injury while ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Ken Shamrock appeared on Fight Network Radio today speaking with the Maestro of the Microphone, Mr. Mauro Ranallo about his upcoming fight with Kimbo Slice on October 4th in the next installment of Elite XC’s Saturday Night ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher He is a mixed martial arts legend.  He is the only person ever to hold the UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight titles.  He is a trainer, coach, entrepreneur, and actor.  He is a race car driver?  Well sort of.  Randy Couture will serve as honorary race official and will drive the pace car at the Pepsi 500 NASCAR Sprint ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has joined fellow fighters Michael Bisping and Paul Kelly at the Wolfslair fight team according to Fighters Only. Gym owners, Anthony McGann and Lee Gwynne confirmed he has signed a three-year deal with the ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher In February of this year, “Razor” Rob McCullough lost his WEC lightweight title to Jamie Varner in an upset.  The odds were stacked against Varner but he was able to pull out the win and take home ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher PRO MMA has just learned that the Xtreme Couture BJJ instructor and grappling phenom, Robert Drysdale is set to make his amateur MMA debut at Tuff-N-Uff’s Future Stars of MMA on October 17 at the Orleans Hotel ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher In April of 2007 Leonard  “the Bad Boy” Garcia was called into the UFC on short notice to fight Roger Huerta in what became one of the most exciting fights in UFC history.  Garcia stepped onto the ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher On August 24, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, Frank “Twinkle Toes” Trigg stepped back into the ring after an eight month layoff to face Japanese Olympic gold-medalist Judoka, Makoto Takimoto. Trigg was a ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher During an Olympic Taekwondo bronze-medal match, Cuba’s Angel Matos acting out in frustration, deliberately kicked a referee in the head after the athlete was disqualified. In response, the World Taekwondo Federation has recommended that he be banned ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher If you are looking to make a few dollars on UFC 88: Breakthrough on Sept 6, 2008, there’s a few good picks that could prove beneficial if you have some money to play with.  To start, let’s ... Read More »

Georges St. Pierre talked about his fight with Jon Fitch at UFC 87 with Toronto Sports Radio a few days ago. GSP compared Fitch to “The Terminator” and said it was “very discouraging” because he could not finish him. At ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher In our first Xtreme Couture Amateur Spotlight, we interviewed Jimmy Johnson who had his very first MMA fight on the Tuff-N-Uff card on August 8. This week our Amateur Spotlight is with Weston Duschen, another rising star ... Read More »

Scouting out the world of Professional Mixed Martial Arts: Kimbo Slice is in a new Nike commercial working with San Diego Chargers running back, LaDainian Tomlinson, doing some straight up gangsta training. If you are part of the Elite XC ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Reigning IFL Welterweight Champ and Xtreme Couture resident badass, Jay Hieron has signed a three-fight deal with Affliction Entertainment.  Although an opponent has not yet been named, Hieron is expected to fight at Affliction 2: Day of ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Lots of people train in martial arts all over the world but far fewer ever take that step into the ring to test their skills against an oppoent.  Is it a certain gene or personality trait produced ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher The ShoXC card that took place in Friant, California at the Table Mountain Casino, aired live tonight on Showtime. Here’s the official PRO MMA play-by-play and results. It was a really good show; EliteXC and Showtime have ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher The Xtreme Couture gym located in Las Vegas is famous for having one of the best MMA training facilities in the world.  Not only do they have the highest quality training equipment money can buy, but the ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher As most MMA fans know, the leading MMA clothing line and UFC sponsor, Tapout, has a television show that airs on Versus.  On the show, the Tapout crew made up of Mask, Skyscrape, and Punkass, travel around ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher On Friday, August 8, 2008, TUFF-N-UFF’s Future Stars of MMA event took place at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  Although not all the fighters were from the Vegas area, local gyms such as Xtreme ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher The UFC wasn’t the only MMA event happening on August 9th.  The ARENA VII was held this past Saturday night in Wise, Virgina.  One match in particular on that card featured Josh Stepp (who is Greg Maynard’s ... Read More »

by: Jack Bratcher Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia (middleweight) Rd.1 – They both come out trading punches. Maia pulls guard. Maia looking for a triangle. Rogan has already called it over. MacDonald is out of the triangle and takes Maia’s ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher On Friday, August 8th, 2008, TUFF-N-UFF will showcase a men and women’s amateur Mixed Martial Arts extravaganza in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Hotel and Casino.  Founded in 1994, TUFF-N-UFF received one of the first mixed ... Read More »