“UFC 112: Invincible” was a historic event in many respects. Main event notwithstanding, what the Ultimate Fighting Championship along with their new partner Flash Entertianment pulled off, was significant not only for their own company but for the sport of ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionFinal Decision on Penn vs. Edgar
It is becoming clearer every day that MMA judges are out to lunch. Anyone who watched BJ Penn successfully defend his title against Frank Edgar and thought that the challenger deserved the decision is missing something. Doug Crosby threw up ... Read More »
Frank Mir talks Carwin loss and who he may fight next *VIDEO*
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir seems to give an honest assessment of what went down in his fight at UFC 111 against newly-crowned UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin. Mir said he focused so much on wrestling and stopping ... Read More »
Manager Ed Soares defends Anderson Silva’s UFC 112 performance *VIDEO*
Ed Soares, the manager of UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, shares his thoughts on his fighter’s main event performance against Demian Maia at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. Soares said Anderson told him after the fight that he tried to ... Read More »
ProMMAnow.com UFC 112 staff picks
The ProMMAnow.com staff comes together once again to give you our predictions for “UFC 112: Invincible“, which takes place Saturday, April 10, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This should be a fun card, with three high-profile fights. Can Anderson ... Read More »
UFC 112 weigh-in results & video
ABU DHABI – While most of us here in the United States were sleeping early this morning, the professional mixed martial arts fighters at “UFC 112: Invincible” were stepping on the scales at Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ... Read More »
Chuck Liddell honored at Madame Tussauds as first MMA sports personality immortalized in wax
UFC Pioneer on Hand for Figure Unveiling (Las Vegas, NV, April 8 2010)—Celebrity athlete and UFC sports legend Chuck Liddell will be immortalized in wax May 29 at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas (www.madametussauds.com/lasvegas). The 40 year-old athlete will be the first ... Read More »
Talking knockouts with Shane Carwin – ProMMAnow.com exclusive interview
Shane Carwin is a knockout machine. Since joining the UFC in May 2008, he has knocked out four straight opponents in the first round. His professional MMA record currently stands at 12-0. He has finished every single opponent in the ... Read More »
Can Demian Maia dethrone The Spider?
ABU DHABI – On Saturday, April 10, 2010, three years and seven fights since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Demian Maia will get a middleweight title shot. The only problem is, his opponent makes Ultimate Fighters look like amateurs. He ... Read More »
Meet “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ cast – Jamie Yager *VIDEO*
Jamie Yager (2-1) defeated Ben Stark with a head kick knockout just 26 seconds into round one in his episode one elimination bout to get into “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ house. Yager, a 6’2″ middleweight nicknamed “The Chosyn 1″, is ... Read More »
Meet “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ cast – Rich Attonito *VIDEO*
Rich Attonito: Jersey Boy UltimateFighter.com See More: Rich Attonito • interviews • bios • TUF 11 Madison New Jersey’s Rich Attonito (7-3) has football and wrestling in his blood. He trains out of American Top Team and seems to have seen ... Read More »
Time.com interview with Chuck Liddell *VIDEO*
Now that the readers of Time magazine have voted Dana White to the top of their “most influential people in the world” poll they must want to find out more about this thing called the Ultimate Fighting Championship and MMA. ... Read More »
Justin Wren’s manager releases official statement – “The Viking” could be fighting as early as January 2010
As we reported on Friday, Justin “The Viking” Wren was released by the UFC following an impressive showing on “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” and a subsequent loss at the “TUF 10 Finale” against Jon Madsen. Wren’s manager, Greg Bloom, of ... Read More »
Ultimate Fighting Championship announces dates for next UFC Fan Expo
(LAS VEGAS, NV) – This past July, the first-ever UFC Fan Expo took the sports world by storm, as fans celebrated the past, present, and future of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. So by popular demand, the UFC, in partnership with ... Read More »
Countdown to UFC 107 (full episode)
“Countdown to UFC 107″ takes a look at the Dec. 12 lightweight title fight between champion B.J. Penn and Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez. Penn’s strength and conditioning training has been taken to a whole new level, and he looks to ... Read More »
Two legends collide at UFC 109 as Couture takes on Coleman
Live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center – Tickets on Sale Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. PT Las Vegas, NV (USA) – In 1998, two of the United States’ greatest amateur wrestlers – Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark ... Read More »
UFC 107 conference call with B.J. Penn & Diego Sanchez – quotes & audio
B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez fielded questions from the media on today’s UFC 107 conference call in anticipation of their lightweight title bout taking place this weekend at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. Sanchez earned his title shot after ... Read More »
MMA superstar and former U.S. Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson signs with Strikeforce
NEW YORK (December 7, 2009)-Four-time mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion and two-time United States Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson will enter a new chapter in his legendary career after signing a multi-fight agreement with world championship MMA promotion STRIKEFORCE. Henderson, ... Read More »
Remaining bouts for UFC 106 confirmed
(PRESS RELEASE) – With the return of UFC superstar Tito Ortiz engaged in a rematch with former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and two of the welterweight class’ most exciting knockout artists, Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson, ready to trade ... Read More »
Karo Parisyan tests positive for painkillers following UFC 94
On Tuesday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revealed UFC welterweight, Karo Parisyan, tested positive for pain killers following his UFC 94 split decision victory against Dong Hyun Kim. The report stated that unacceptable levels of Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone and Oxymorphone were ... Read More »
Don’t expect the UFC in Hawaii anytime soon
by: Jack Bratcher At a time when MMA is legal in almost every state in the Union and the sport’s largest proponent, the UFC is poised to take over the world, one place the UFC will not be holding an ... Read More »