This week's Independent MMA Link Club features Alyssa Vaszquez talking about her fight with transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox, results from Shock'n'Awe 13 in the U.K., the winner of the recent XFC tryouts, thoughts on the point-fighting trend in MMA, an interview with ONE FC's Ronald Low and a complete breakdown of the BJJ/Abu Dhabi connection. Read More »
Well I certainly have been surrounded by some enthusiastic chatter during my travels in MMA since my last entry. I had the pleasure of working in Miami last week covering the CFA show. It was a fantastic experience and I look forward to future events with them. Read More »
Bas Rutten, MMA legend and longtime co-host of Inside MMA on AXStv, is a guest Monday on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Tune in as Bas recounts some of the most memorable moments throughout his career and discusses today's MMA landscape. Read More »
(PRESS RELEASE) COLUMBUS, Oh. – After a massive return to the capital city in February, Ultimate Victory Challenge is poised to take yet another giant leap forward with UVC 23: Invasion, a professional and amateur mixed martial arts event set ... Read More »
Australian heavyweight fighter Soa Palelei recently signed a four-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. At UFC 161 "The Hulk" is set to return to the octagon for the first time since UFC 79 back in December 2007, where he dropped a third round TKO loss against Eddie Sanchez. He will face American born Croatian fighter Stipe Miocic on June 15. Read More »
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will look to defend his title against arch nemesis Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 158 on Saturday night. Former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit will look to squash any hopes that Johny Hendricks has of receiving a title shot in the co-main event. Follow the fighters as the show goes behind the scenes of training camps with each fighter as they prepare to do battle on Saturday night. Read More »
All good things must come to an end -- or so the saying goes. For his sake, Anderson Silva better hope Georges St-Pierre is better at fighting than he is at predicting fights, because the UFC welterweight champ doesn't see a bright ending for "The Spider's" upcoming bout with No. 1 185-pound contender, Chris Weidman. Read More »
ROAD Fighting Championship is proud to announce that South Korean Whi Seung-Bae will face Thierry Sokoudjou at ROAD FC 011 at Seoul Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korea on April 13, 2013. Whi Seung-Bae (7-3) is a Spirit MC Inter ... Read More »
The "Inside MMA" weekly TV show that airs on AXStv went against the grain a little this past week. The show featured a writer who isn't a MMA fan. In fact, Dave Begel doesn't even think MMA is a sport. Read More »
Tonight's lineup is sure to bring every MMA fan something. From the passion and determination of Soa "The Hulk", the BJJ lineage of Igor Gracie or the tales of champion Jessica Penne we have something for you. Read More »
UFC vet and former Tachi Palace Flyweight and Bantamweight champ Ulysses "Useless" Gomez (9-4) has signed a three-fight deal with Southern California-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Pandemonium Fights. Read More »
BAMMA 12 took place today at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. The event was headlined with a welterweight match-up between one of England's premiere welterweights "Judo" Jim Wallhead (24-7) and UFC veteran Matt Veach (16-5). Read More »
Everyone seems to be on point, including Nick. He’s blessed to have a good support system and I feel blessed to be a part of it. I say what’s up to everyone and when I approach Nate, I pick up on a weird vibe from him. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t approve of me working with the camp at the American Kickboxing Academy headquarters, where I’m a combat sports recovery coach. Nate is hardcore like that. 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 »
Our old pal Aaron Tru recently caught up with Cris Cyborg -- the one woman in the world right now MMA fans think might be able to dethrone UFC women's bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey. However, that fight is still only a dream as Cyborg gets ready to make her Invicta FC debut on April 5 against Ediane Gomes in Kansas City. Read More »
In today's UFC 158 conference call things got more then heated as Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz engaged in a tense war of words. The call which eventually lasted just over 45 minutes was quite calm to begin with, but then Nick Diaz made some comments about UFC welterweight champion GSP. Read More »
This is the fifth episode of The MMA Review Radio Show hosted by Jay Cee. This show features an interview with Cathal Pendred, who will take on Gael Grimaud this weekend for the CWFC welterweight title at Cage Warriors 52. Jay also speaks with British welterweight fighter, Jimmy Wallhead, who is set to face Matt Veach in the main event at BAMMA 12, and Emma Whitton, the owner of Body Armour UK. Read More »
London, England (March 7, 2013) - BUILD UP to CWFC’s first event of 2013 with Cage Warriors: Countdown to 52, the official preview show for Cage Warriors 52. Hosted by John Gooden, the programme offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the stars of Cage Warriors 52, which takes place this Saturday night, March 9, at The Forum in London. Read More »
TWO of the UK’s top bantamweights will collide at Cage Warriors 53 in Scotland. James Doolan will face James Pennington when CWFC returns to Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall on Saturday, April 13, an event that will be headlined by a featherweight title bout between ... Read More »
So I was going to make this a three-part series but this blog is longer than I expected so I’m going to have to make this a four-part series. In this blog I’ll talk about what I did on the day of the fight and in the fight in general. In the fourth blog I’ll talk about what happened after the fight, handling the loss, getting released by the UFC and what my plans are for the future. Read More »
(March 3rd.13) The UK’s premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, is proud to announce that World Class Ring Announcer Mike Markham has been named the official “Voice of BAMMA”. BAMMA 12 is scheduled for March 9th in Newcastle, England and ... Read More »
Middleweight matchup added to stacked True Grit lineup The Maximum Fighting Championship is excited to announce the addition of a middleweight bout to the lineup for MFC 37: True Grit taking place on Friday, May 10 in Edmonton, Alberta. Hometown ... Read More »
