The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
The mixed martial arts industry has seen its ups and downs over the years. What began as a fringe sport outlawed all over the country is now mainstream and a big part of that success is due to the world’s foremost MMA promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, who first began promoting fights back in 1993. … Read more
Andy Foster and the California State Athletic Commission didn’t appreciate Bellator’s Tito Ortiz after he narrowly defeated Stephan Bonnar at Bellator 131 Saturday night. Ortiz’s “Stone Cold” Steve Austin routine cost the lad $2500.00. That’s not much when you consider he made an event high $300,000 for his 15 minutes of work Saturday night. Ortiz … Read more
Bellator 131 takes place this evening from San Diego’s Valley View Casino Center and features UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz taking on The Ultimate Fighter season 1 runner-up Stephan Bonnar in the main event. The co-headliner features Will Brooks defending his lightweight title in a rematch against Michael Chandler. Melvin Manhoef takes on Joe Schilling, … Read more
Two UFC Hall of Fame fighters will be fighting under the Bellator MMA banner on Saturday night in San Diego, California. Tito Ortiz will look to take on Stephan Bonnar in a light heavyweight showdown. Check out behind the scenes footage of how the ‘bad blood’ has formed over the past few weeks and months … Read more
Stephan Bonnar pulled off one of the cheesiest promos in MMA history when he had a masked man in a suit show up inside the cage to confront his newly minted, trash talking nemesis Tito Ortiz . The masked man stood beside him until he was ready to dramatically unmask. His identity was kept so … Read more
What does it say when Royce Gracie, the man who first put the UFC on the map — who introduced MMA to the world — aligns himself with your biggest competitor? You’re telling me the UFC couldn’t find a spot on the payroll for the Godfather of MMA? C’mon son. If you’re Dana White, why … Read more
It’s now official, UFC Hall of Famers Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar will face off at Bellator 131 on Nov. 15 in San Diego. Also, Michael Chandler and Will Brooks will rematch for the vacant lightweight title on the card. Otiz and Bonnar came face to face in the Bellator cage Friday night on Spike TV … Read more
Many fans were shocked when it was announced last week that UFC Hall of Famer and TUF 1 runner-up Stephan Bonnar had come out of retirement to sign with Bellator and was campaigning for a potential fight against fellow Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz. Bonnar lobbed the first shots: “I want everyone to know I’m … Read more
UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar has signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA and a bout with fellow Hall of Famer and former UFC light heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz is being discussed. Bellator officials announced the news on Wednesday. Bonnar commented: “I want everyone to know I’m coming out of retirement because it’s time … Read more
UFC light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski (26-12-1) has retired from fighting. The 37-year-old Pole made the announcement on AXS TV’s Inside MMA Friday night, citing short term memory loss as one of the primary reasons. Kyzysztof suffered a KO loss to Igor Pokrajac at UFC 140 in Dec. 2011, and he said it was the first … Read more