NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- ProMMAnow.com is on scene for "V3 FIGHTS: LAWRENCE VS. LUA" taking place this evening at Marathon Music Works in downtown Music City. The card is stacked with top amateur mixed martial arts talent from Middle Tennessee and the surrounding region. Read More »
UFC veteran Leonard Garcia was released from the promotion, but it didn't take him long to find a new home according to the Legacy Fighting Championship Twitter account Read More »
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 »
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 »
USA Wrestling, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports combine to present “The Rumble on the Rails,” live wrestling featuring the national teams from the USA, Iran and Russia, from Vanderbilt Hall in historic Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Wednesday, May 15. 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 »
Today New England Fights! (NEF) announced that siblings Jeremy and Jarrod Tyler of Winterport, Maine will compete alongside each other on the same fight card when each steps into the cage to make their respective amateur mixed martial arts debuts on May 18 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. 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 »
In 2001, Florida became home to professional sports greatest nickname, when Lakeland’s own Rod “He Hate Me” Smart captivated football audiences in the XFL. On June 14th, Smart will have to concede that title, when Xtreme Fighting Championships presents a ... Read More »
North Carolina fighter D'Juan Owens (7-4) is starting make some strides in the MMA world coming off a big win at XFC 22 in February against previously undefeated Nate Landwehr. Owens enters the biggest test of his young career as he's set to take on Shooto and WEC veteran Alexandre Franca Nogueira (14-6-2) on May 19 for the Inka Fighting Championship featherweight title. Owens talks about how this fight came about and why a win in this fight will put him a step closer to reaching his goal in fighting on the big show. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT SPECIAL EDITION: TITO ORTIZ FIGHTER’S CUT, the UFC Hall of Famerrelivestwo of his biggest fights. First, The People’s Champ talks through his fight at UFC 51 where he faced Vitor Belfort. “This was one of the most memorable fights for me. Everything was on the line. I knew I had to push the pressure as much as possible and wait for him to make a small mistake.” Read More »
ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) reporter Daniel Theodore recently sat down with UFC veteran Karo Parisyan to discuss his bout with fellow judo specialist Rick Hawn which took place at Bellator 95 last month, his battle with addiction and what his plans for the future are. Read More »
Anderson Silva was fined $50,000 for a media event no-show in Los Angeles. The event was set to help promote Silva's upcoming title defense on July 6 at UFC 162 against up and comer Chris Weidman. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com talks with Ovince Saint Preux following his win at UFC 159 to get his take on how the fight played out, his nerves going in, those first time "UFC jitters" and generally just how it felt to finally step inside that special cage that every MMA fighter dreams about, the UFC Octagon. Read More »
