Officials have confirmed the first batch of fights for Cage Warriors 57, which is set for Liverpool’s iconic Echo Arena on Saturday, 20 July, 2013. Liverpudlian trio Danny Roberts, Lee Chadwick and Chris Fishgold will all feature on the event’s main card, while two very attractive bouts have also been confirmed for the prelims. Read More »
Seven more fighters have today been added to Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s roster of talent. Five-fight contracts have each been signed by Steven Ray, Shaj Haque, Mick Sinclair, Carl Noon, Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Bryan Creighton and John Redmond. The deals will commit all seven fighters exclusively to Cage Warriors over a minimum period of 18 months. Read More »
KSW 23 took place this past weekend at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland, on June 8. The event featured a headline bout between Mamed Khalidov and Melvin Manhoef, who engaged in a middleweight showdown. Read More »
As he prepares for his World Series of Fighting main event, welterweight Jon Fitch took some time to respond to Dana White over some comments made about money. Fitch released a YouTube video earlier today. White issued a statement regarding the discretionary bonuses the UFC had given Fitch during his tenure with the company. In all those figures totaled just over $300, 000. Read More »
The following quotes are from tonight’s UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW ON FUEL TV for UFC ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM. The show was hosted by Jay Glazer, with UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen and UFC middleweight Brian Stann offering analysis. Karyn Bryant conducted fighter interviews on-site. Read More »
UFC on FUEL TV 10 has lost one of it's preliminary card matchups after Ronny Markes' (14-1) involvement in a car accident earlier today. He was scheduled to face Derek Brunson (10-2) at the event, but their fight has now been cancelled. Read More »
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson made his Impact Wrestling debut Thursday night on Spike TV. Take a look as Bellator MMA's newest signee has a face to face with one of Impact Wrestling's biggest stars, Mr. Kurt Angle, who at one time had his own MMA aspirations. Read More »
Ronnie Mann (21-6) has signed a multi-fight deal with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (CWFC) that will see the bantamweight back in action on July 20th at Cage Warriors 57. Read More »
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bellator MMA front man Bjorn Rebney, TNA President Dixie Carter and Spike TV President Kevin Kay took part in a media conference call Wednesday to announce the former UFC light heavyweight champion's signing. Read More »
A wrist sprain has forced Rolles Gracie out of his heavyweight bout with Dave Huckaba at WSOF 3. The bout was scheduled as part of World Series of Fighting's main card to be televised live on NBC Sports Network from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, June 14. Read More »
UFC 164 officially has its main event when UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson will look to defend his title against the quickly surging TJ Grant. Read More »
A new bout has been formed for the UFC on FOX 8 card as Robbie Lawler's (10-9) opponent Tarec Saffiedine (14-3) has suffered an injury, which has forced him to withdraw from their scheduled matchup. Siyar Bahadurzada (21-5-1) has stepped in as a replacement and now faces Lawler at UFC on FOX 8, which takes place at the Key Arena in Seattle, Wash., on July 27. Read More »
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, the mixed martial arts icon and action-movie star has agreed to a monumental, multi-year partnership with Bellator MMA, TNA Wrestling and Spike TV as it was jointly announced today by Bjorn Rebney, Bellator CEO, Kevin Kay, Spike TV President, and Dixie Carter, TNA Wrestling President. Read More »
The former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been relatively quiet since parting ways with the UFC after his unanimous decision loss against Glover Teixeira in January. It was his third consecutive loss in the UFC, including losses to Ryan Bader and UFC champ Jon Jones. However, Jackson hinted at a possible fight in the near future via his Twitter account Read More »
A new bout has been added to the UFC on FOX 8 card as Liz Carmouche (8-3) faces Jessica Andrade (9-2) in a women's bantamweight matchup. The event is set to take place at the KeyArena in Seattle, Wash., on July 27. Read More »
(London.3rd June.13) Today, the recently formed SAFE MMA- Ireland has issued the statement below urging the Irish MMA community to action. The group has negotiated with SAFE MMA so that fighters, gyms and promotions from the Republic of Ireland can now also register to the central database housed at 76 Harley Street, London (UK) and apply by the same guidelines. Registering Irish promotions and gyms will have a voice in the development of SAFE MMA alongside their British counterparts. The SAFE MMA -Ireland task force has volunteered to provide information and outreach services specific to Ireland and will work to develop a medical network in the country. A few minor equivalency modifications will be made to SAFE MMA UK guidelines. For example, blood results printed on HSE (Irish NHS) paper will have NHS equivalency. Read More »
The UK MMA Expo debuts at Manchester’s Event City on the weekend of 20th-21st July to showcase the best of British MMA. By sharing the passion that drives the sport in this country, the exhibition organisers hope to extend its reach to benefit a wider audience. With an advertising campaign ran in conjunction with Peel Holdings, the UK MMA Expo team aim to attract large numbers to the event. Read More »
A new bout has been added to the UFC 163 card as Lyoto Machida (19-3) faces Phil Davis (11-1-1) in a light heavyweight battle. The event is set to take place at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 3. Read More »
June 3, 2013 It’ll be some good, old-fashioned home cooking for Cleveland’s Tiawan “The Iron Dragon” Howard when he competes in his home state of Ohio against Quinton McCottrell in the main event of Rocktagon XXVII “Way of the Warrior.” The backdrop for this bout is like something made out of a Hollywood movie. Read More »
UFC President Dana White was inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame Friday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Other sports figures inducted along with White included tennis star Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Motor Speedway chief Chris Powell, pro golfer Stephanie Louden, high school basketball coach Bill Bobier and Las Vegas Events chief Pat Christenson. Read More »
A new bout has been formed for Bellator 97 as lightweight champion Michael Chandler's (11-0) opponent for Bellator 96, Dave Jansen (19-2), has suffered an ACL injury, which has forced him to withdraw from their scheduled matchup. Chandler will now face David Rickels (14-1) at Bellator 97, which takes place at the Santa Ana Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on July 31. Read More »
Cage Warriors Fighting Championships (CWFC) held their fifty-fifth event at the Helix in Dublin, Ireland, this past Saturday, June 1. In the headline bout of the evening current Cage Warriors welterweight champion Cathal Pendred scored one of his biggest victories to date, defeating former UFC fighter Che Mills via third round TKO. It was Pendred's take-downs and strength that allowed him to stay dominant for the majority of the fight. Read More »
