The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 199 is in the books and according to the salaries (via MMAfighting) Ryan Bader got paid $10,000 a second. He crushed King Mo in the main event in an astonishing 15 seconds and netted $150K for it. Jon Fitch scored a cool $120K by defeating Paul Daley who pulled in $30K himself. Check out … Read more
MMA Fighting is reporting that Jon Fitch is headed to Bellator. Fitch was often criticized for being a human blanket in the cage just taking opponents down and keeping them there. UFC head Dana White agreed with the criticism and when Jon lost to Demian Maia he was released. He was 1-2 and that was … Read more
Nudie pics, out of control tweets, pushing a ref? These are just a few of the things that have gotten people fired from the UFC over the years. Montage King put together a list of the Top 10 UFC Firings and/or suspensions. See if you think they left anyone out. 10. Chandella Powell 9. Miguel … Read more
World Series of Fighting brings both a Heavyweight Championship and Flyweight Championship to Foxwoods Resort Casino Saturday night in Mashantucket, Conn. Blagoi Ivanov will defend his heavyweight title against Derrick Mehmen, and Magomed Bibulatov faces Donavon Frelow for the inaugural WSOF featherweight title. WSOF 24 is headlined with a welterweight match-up between top WSOF 170-pound … Read more
So yeah, there is this lawsuit that was filed by Cung Le, Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry. Early headlines read that it was a game changer and was a huge step in the direction of fighter’s rights. I am no lawyer but I have seen nearly three complete seasons of Jack McCoy in action and … Read more
Cung Le, Nathan Quarry and Jon Fitch are among the plaintiffs named in a class action antitrust lawsuit against the UFC. Their agenda was laid out in a press conference held Tuesday in San Jose, Calif. In short, the suit claims the UFC has created a monopoly of the market and fighters aren’t paid what they deserve … Read more
At World Series of Fighting 16 this Saturday Rousimar Palhares will put his Welterweight strap on the line against Jon Fitch. Palhares obtained the WSOF Welterweight title when he defeated Steve Carl via Heel Hook at WSOF 9. Palhares has proven to be an absolute nightmare on the mat winning 13 Mixed Martial Arts bouts … Read more
World Series of Fighting (www.wsof.com) announced today a highly-anticipated, welterweight (170 pounds) world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) main event showdown that Bleacher Report has dubbed a “must see’ fight, between dangerous, reigning champion Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares(16-6) of Dores Do Indaia, Minas Gerais Brazil and fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and superstar Jon Fitch (26-6-1, 1 NC) of … Read more
Hello world or at least to the world that has the NBC Network. World Series of Fighting debuts on the big network today as Nick Newell looks to add another title to his collection but faces one of the best lightweights in the business in Justin Gaethje. Melvin Guillard will try to impress Ray Sefo … Read more
It wasn’t what you would expect after a victory. Rousimar Palhares submitted Mike Pierce back in October in his welterweight debut. It took half a minute for him to lace his signature heel hook to get the win. He also held on to the submission just a little to long, a signature move in his career as well.