The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will face the toughest test of his MMA career when he takes on former Olympic wrestler and Strikeforce Heavyweight GP winner Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 182 on January 3 in Las Vegas. The build up for this fight has been incredible with both fighters throwing … Read more
BJ Penn talks training camp and VADA testing as he preapares for UFC 152. Penn will face Rory MacDonald at the Air Canada Center in Toronto September, 22nd live on pay per view.
Lavar “Big” Johnson served notice to the UFC heavyweight division in his Octagon debut Saturday night with this first round knockout of the incredibly durable Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran.
Shark Fights light heavyweight champ Trevor Prangley faces Keight Jardine in the “Shark Fights 13” main event this Saturday, Sept. 11. Prangley talked to us about facing “The Dean of Mean”.
Fedor Emelianenko and his entourage arrive at American Kickboxing Academy just a few days prior to his fight against Fabricio Werdum. Fedor does a light bare-knuckle boxing workout in front of the media.
UFC’s number one welterweight contender, the man who will fight champion Georges St-Pierre (20-2 MMA, 14-2 UFC) for the title at the culmination of their coaching duties on “The Ultimate Fighter” season 12, apparently got wind of a recent interview with UFC President Dana White, in which he said Josh Koscheck (15-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) … Read more
It has been a while since my last column. My life has been extremely busy, and my Advanced Reporting Methods class is slowly killing me. Anxiety, caused by the class, has given me Fight-Club-level insomnia. Even though I would only wish insomnia on my worst enemies, it also has a few perks. Staying up all … Read more
NEWARK, N.J. – After his complete domination of Dan Hardy Saturday night in Newark, N.J., UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre is in need of a new challenger. Jon Fitch, who won a unanimous decision over Ben Saunders, said at the UFC 111 post-fight press conference that he had won four fights in a row … Read more
American Kickboxing Academy’s Luke Rockhold earned his seventh professional victory and his sixth straight win in Strikeforce last weekend at “Strikeforce Challengers 6” in San Jose. For some odd reason, his opponents just can’t seem to make it out of the first round. Whether by submission, and now TKO, Rockhold keeps proving he is the … Read more
As UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre prepares to defend his title against Dan Hardy on March 27, there are those who feel Hardy is not deserving of a title shot. In a blog post entitled, “Dan Hardy: It’s fun being in the spotlight,” published Monday on thisisnottingham.co.uk, “The Outlaw” addresses some of those critics. I am … Read more