Surging KO artist Chris “Gritz” Gruetzemacher (11-1) of Glendale, Ariz. will square off with fellow fast-rising star Jerrod Sanders (11-1) of Oklahoma City, Okla. in a World Series of Fighting featherweight (145 pounds) preliminary card bout at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, June 14. Read More »

World Series of Fighting announced today a new co-main event matchup between welterweight (170 pounds) Tyson “Man of” Steele (10-1) and Steve Carl (19-3) for the professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion’s highly-anticipated fight card at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, June 14, live on NBC Sports Network, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT. Read More »

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 16, 2013) –World Series of Fighting will hit The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with a stacked world-class Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, headlined by a welterweight (170 pounds) rematch between superstars Jon Fitch (24-5) of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Josh “The People’s Warrior” Burkman (25-9) of Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, June 14, live on NBC Sports Network, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT. Read More »

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 »

The World Series of Fighting 2 event took place on Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and former UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch was in attendance. WSOF President Ray Sefo announced that Fitch would make his WSOF debut in June against the winner of the Josh Burkman/Aaron Simpson fight that was set to take place on Saturday night. Read More »

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 »

Jon Fitch (25-5-1) has signed a a deal with World Series of Fighting that will see the welterweight back in action on June 14th at WSOF 3. The first, and most high profile of the UFC's recent rash of fighter cuts, the 35 year old Fitch has yet to be matched with an opponent; however, at a pedestrian 2-2-1 in his last five fights, he will undoubtedly need a strong debut to justify his high going-rate to his new employers. Read More »

British welterweight fighter Dan Hardy recently gave his thoughts on the UFC's recent string of fighter releases. He spoke about Jon Fitch, the need for entertaining fights and gave his opinion on fighters that enter the octagon to simply win rather then put on an impressive performance. Read More »

We reported that the UFC released top 10 ranked welterweight Jon Fitch and a slew of other fighters earlier in the week. UFC President Dana White has basically indicated that that was only the beginning, citing that the UFC roster has over 100 fighters too many at the present moment. Read More »

Dana White talked with the media today leading up to UFC 157 and addressed several hot topics that are on the forefront of the sport right now. Dana discusses Liz Carmouche and the fact that she is openly gay. He assures any male fighters that if they come out they will no be treated any different or promoted any different. He talks at length about the recent cuts and speaks on the backlash from fans for releasing Jon Fitch. Read More »

We reported last night that Jacob Volkmann announced that he had been released from his UFC contract after his loss to Bobby Green at UFC 156. Well, it looks like the UFC has released 16 more fighters, including former number one welterweight contender Jon Fitch. Read More »

ProMMAnow.com's Official World MMA Welterwight Rankings. Georges St. Pierre is still the king, but there's a ton of change in the division since our last update. Read More »

The UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event took place on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It was a night of upsets and overall an excellent event except for the co-main event between former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Let's take a look at the top five moments of the event. Read More »

UFC 156 takes place this evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and features a Featherweight Championship main event between reigning title-holder Jose Aldo and former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar in his 145 pound debut. In the co-main event Rashad Evans faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in a light heavyweight match-up. Read More »

Demian Maia gave Jon Fitch a taste of his own medicine, dominating the action on the ground with superior grappling and stifling top control en route to a unanimous decision victory with scores of 30-27 across the board. Read More »

The ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) staff weighs-in with their thoughts and predictions for the UFC 156 fight card headlined by Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar. Will the champ retain his title? How will Edgar look at 145? Can Lil' Nog foil the 185 title talk for Evans? Can Bigfoot stop the Reem? Can Maia submit Fitch? Can Ian McCall put his personal issues aside to focus on the task at hand? Can Tyron Woodley bounce back after his brutal loss to Nate Marquardt? So many questions... and they all get answered on Saturday. Read More »

Today's UFC 156 fighter weigh-ins are being held at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. A LIVE STREAM of today's proceedings will begin at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT local time). UFC 156 is headlined with a UFC featherweight championship bout between reigning champion Jose Aldo and former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, in his first move to 145 pounds. Read More »

The UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar fight card will take place on Saturday in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It's a stacked card with nine ranked fighters on the main card. The lone un-ranked fighter is Antonio Rogerio Nogueira who isn't ranked anymore basically because of inactivity. It should be a great card, so I'm provide a quick synopsis for our fans that like to win money. Read More »

The UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar PPV event is set for Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will look to defend his title against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. Former champions Rashad Evans and Alistair Overeem will be returning to action against dangerous opponents after long layoffs. Also, an intriguing welterweight fight between former number one welterweight contender Jon Fitch and former number one middleweight contender Demian Maia. Read More »

The UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event will take place on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will look to defend his title against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will take on MMA veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Also, former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will return to action against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva. Read More »

The UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event is set for February 2 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It should be a great event with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar dropping down to his more natural weight class to challenge Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight title. Read More »

UFC officials have announced that tickets for the upcoming UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event on Super Bowl weekend will go on sale Friday, November 30th. Read More »