This Thursday, Bellator MMA returns to Spike TV. The card, which takes place at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga., features the first round of this season's featherweight tournament as well as a middleweight title fight between tournament winners Alexander Shlemenko and Maiquel Falcao. Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionMann Talk – Bellator 72 Preview
Bellator 72, which takes place this evening at the USF Sun Dome, features a welterweight tournament finale, two light heavyweight tournament semifinals as well as some interesting fights featuring UFC and Strikeforce veterans. As always the main card airs live on MTV2 and EPIX, while the undercard can been seen on Spike.com. Read More »
The MMA Outsider Podcast Episode 36 – UFC on FX/ProElite 3 Review and Aggression MMA 9 Preview with Ryan Ford and Tyson Steele
In this episode we spoke with two top Canadian fighters: Ryan Ford -- a soon-to-be Bellator fighter looking to prove he can beat the best in the world -- and top prospect Tyson Steele. The two will square off in the main event at Aggression MMA 9 in Edmonton. Read More »
MMA Outsider Podcast Episode 31 – UFC 140 Preview
Richard Anderson Mann and John Buhl return to discuss the upcoming UFC 140 card. For perhaps the first time in show history, Richard is more excited for a UFC main event than his elder colleague. Read More »
The MMA Outsider Podcast Episode 28 – Sergio Pettis and UFC on Fox 1 Preview
There have been a few sets of brothers that have managed to reach the UFC level, and with a little luck, bantamweight prospect Sergio Pettis could join that list along with his brother Anthony, a current lightweight title contender. Read More »
The MMA Outsider Podcast Episode 27 – Looking back at UFC 137 and forward towards UFC 138
I am probably busier than I have ever been in my life. I work five jobs and still need to find time to embarrass myself on the streets of DC. To help lighten the load, I asked my compatriot, John ... Read More »
Mann Talk – Bellator 36 Predictions
Bellator’s fourth season presses on with Bellator 36. The card, which features first-round matches in the lightweight tournament, takes place at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La. on Saturday. Read More »
Mann Talk – K-1 World Grand Prix Contest
“March Madness” mostly baffles me. Every year tons of people fill out brackets and compete against friends and coworkers. Invariably, someone without any basketball knowledge takes home the money. For example, my friend Dan, who once scored on his own ... Read More »
Mann Talk – A gamer’s view of EA Sports MMA
Recently, the award winning “Madden Football” video game series has been receiving a great deal of credit for introducing fans to the X’s and O’s side of the game. Anyone who plays the game can tell you the difference between ... Read More »
Mann Talk – The Championship Round Effect
Lost in the sublime of the recent title fight between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen is the fact that the challenger had never fought past the three round mark in his whole life. It is rather ridiculous that a veteran ... Read More »
“Dream 15″ live results and play-by-play
Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) will provide live results and play-by-play commentary for tonight's "Dream 15" taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Read More »
Mann Talk – Fun with Lineal Championships
About a year ago, I wasted about and hour of my life and tracked the lineal UFC heavyweight championship through the sport’s history. Since, Fedor Emelianenko lost his status as such champion recently when Fabricio Werdum applied a timely triangle ... Read More »
The Cageside Beat July 1, 2010: UFC 116 preview
Join Brian and Jack tonight at 10 PM ET for a special edition of The Cageside Beat, the official radio show of Pro MMA Now. Tonight’s episode has been subtitled “The Four Horsemen of the MMApocalypse” as Brian and Jack ... Read More »
Mann Talk – Frank Shamrock, the self-proclaimed legend
In a lot of ways, Strikeforce simply does not get it. On Saturday, we were treated to one of the most awkward retirement ceremonies of all time. Of course, viewers were forced to watch Frank Shamrock talk about himself instead ... Read More »
Travis Paulson and Brent Metcalf shine at USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials
Travis Paulson put together quite a weekend a the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials. After finishing second last year, Paulson defeated 2008 Olympian Ben Askren and his twin brother to take the challenge tournament. He then won two straight matches ... Read More »
Weekend fight recap featuring Paulo Filho, Satoshi Ishii and more
Paulo Filho takes out a heavyweight in Brazil Former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho defeated Chilean heavyweight Daniel Gabriel. Gabreil submitted to punches inside the first round. The win marked Filho fourth-straight victory since dropping a decision to Chael Sonnen ... Read More »
KJ Noons will now face Conor Heun on June 16
Two weeks ago, ProMMANow.com reported that KJ Noons would get a second chance to conquer the fighting enigma known as Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett. Now, Noons will instead take on Conor Heun since Bennett has been forced off the card ... Read More »
Dustin Hazelett to return against Rick Story at UFC 117
Dustin Hazelett’s time away from the UFC might not be as long as he hoped. The fighter will return to the Octagon at UFC 117 and take on fellow prospect Ricky Story. Read More »
The Gracie family’s six best performances
This weekend Kazushi Sakuraba takes on another member of the legendary Gracie family when he meets Ralek Gracie at Dream 14. There is not any fighter that has caused more damage to the reputation of MMA’s first family. If Ralek ... Read More »
Marcus Sursa to step in for Wayne Cole at Bellator 20
Marcus Sursa will be replacing Wayne Cole on this Thursday’s Bellator 20 card. Sursa will now face Eddie Sanchez in a heavyweight bout on the main card. The card will take place at the Majestic Theatre in San Antionio, Texas. Read More »
Shoulder injury will keep Forrest Griffin out until October
The Las Vegas Sun has reported that former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin will be out of action until at least October. The article cites trainer Jimmy Gifford who says the fighter underwent minor surgery to correct a right-shoulder ... Read More »
Mann Talk – Steve Cofield, Tara LaRosa and Reality
According to Urban Dictionary a Pot Stirrer is “A person who feels it is necessary to try and create more drama in regards to a situation/argument/debate in which they are an outside observer. Usually by way of comment or statement.” Read More »