To say that Antonio McKee is confident or even cocky would be an understatement. He's taken the notion of "believing in yourself" to a new level and says he will retire if he can't finish Luciano Azevedo. Read More »

On Thursday's UFC conference call, middleweight Nate Marquardt responded to Dan Hardy's recent comments about the growing use of boring wrestling inside the Octagon. Read More »

High level Greco-Roman wrestlers have been a part of MMA since the beginning. Wrestlers like Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland and Joe Warren have all competed at the highest levels of the sport. The new Bellator featherweight champion even ... Read More »

On Monday Sept. 6, the 2010 FILA World Wrestling Championships will kick off. International wrestling has been one of the many proving grounds for future MMA prospects. Several fighters have competed in this tournament during their wrestling careers including Muhammed ... Read More »

Undefeated Bellator featherweight champion Joe Soto will defend his title tonight for the very first time, as he takes on Bellator's season two 145-pound tournament champion Joe Warren. Read More »

This film is about Kyle Maynard, a born quadruple amputee, and his incredible accomplishments as a nationally-ranked wrestler and his journey to becoming an MMA fighter. Read More »

Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo has said that he will return to freestyle wrestling. In an interview with Wrestling Insider News magazine, the wrestler indicated that he plans to win another gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. Read More »

CHICAGO, Ill. (August 09, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the signing of former Arizona State University wrestling prodigy and fast-rising mixed martial artist Eric Larkin to its rapidly expanding roster. The 2003 recipient of the illustrious Dan Hodge ... Read More »

2009 heavyweight NCAA champion Mark Ellis has reportedly signed with Zinkin Entertainment and joined American Kickboxing Academy with the intention of starting an MMA career. Read More »

Ohio State four-time All-American Lance Palmer has signed a management deal with MMA Incorporated. He will train with Urijah Faber’s Team Alpha Male before making his MMA debut. Read More »

Joe Warren was almost not able to even participate, much less win his fight against Patricio "Pitbull" Freire due to a case of apparent food poisoning. Read More »

Although former WWE heavyweight champion Batista told TMZ reporters this weekend that he would be fighting for Strikeforce and already knows his first opponent, Strikeforce officials have denied any contract has been signed. Read More »

Ben Askren indicates that he is going to focus solely on MMA for the time being. He credits his success in MMA and the rule differences between folkstyle and freestyle wrestling as the reasons for the change. Read More »

On Thursday, Ben Askren will take on Dan Hornbuckle for this season’s Bellator Fighting Championship welterweight tournament title. He also wanted to make the U.S. World Team in freestyle wrestling, but he fell short last weekend. Read More »

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 »

On the latest episode of The Cageside Beat, the official radio show of Pro MMA Now, Brian and guest co-host Jack Bratcher were joined by Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. Instructions on how to listen to and ... Read More »

In preparation for the 2010 World Team Trials, USA Wrestling has released an updated version of the Senior Level Rankings. The rankings rank the top-ten in each weight class of the three different wrestling styles, freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle. Read More »

On Sunday, USA Wrestling announced five wildcards for the 2010 World Team Trials. The tournament, which determines the country’s representatives at the 2010 FILA World Championships, will take place in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11 and 12. Read More »

There is a chance, although a small chance, that Matt Lindland will lose to Spencer Pratt’s homeboy this weekend, so let’s take a little trip down memory lane. Before coming to MMA, Lindland competed extensively in Greco-Roman wrestling. He won ... Read More »

Last Thursday, the Beat the Streets Gala took place aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City. The event raised funds for high school and middle school wrestling programs in the city. Some of the nation’s top wrestlers took part ... Read More »

MONROE, La. – Thursday night at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, La., wrestling crossover star Joe Warren (4-1) continued his assault on professional mixed martial arts. Matched up against the much more experienced Georgi Karakhanyan (13-2-1) at Bellator 18, ... Read More »

This past weekend Shawn Bunch dominated the field en route to winning the U.S. National title in freestyle at 60 kg/132.25 lbs. In the finals, he took a 3-0, 2-1 decision over the man who defeated him in last year’s ... Read More »