The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 220’s main event ended in bizarre fashion with welterweight champ Rory MacDonald fighting Jon Fitch to a majority draw. This was a bout in the organization’s welterweight tournament no less. Because Rory was champion and the fight was ruled a draw he made it through to the next round. Told ya it was bizarre. … Read more
The Bellator welterweight challenger, Jon Fitch, believes that introducing yellow cards in MMA fights would greatly benefit both the fighters who are really looking to fight and the quality of the fights. Fitch has been part of many fights in which opponents have tried to do anything but fight and he thinks that introducing yellow … Read more
Bellator welterweight champion “Red King” Rory MacDonald, or Ares, will be defending his belt against another 170 pound great in April. “The Blue Blanket” (we kid about his wrestling) Jon Fitch will get a shot at Rory’s belt in the Bellator Grand Prix Tournament. The situation is kind of confusing so we’ll break it down. … Read more
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