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Cyborg On Last Night’s Loss: ‘I’m so happy’
“I’m so happy because I gave her five rounds with her, a champion of Muay Thai. No girl wants to fight her. She hasn’t fought in three years. She’s had eight belts and 38 fights, zero (losses). She’s never lost. I have two fights in Muay Thai. She had a good gameplan against me. She’s […]
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.gif’s | Cyborg Gets Roughed Up In Greatest Female Fight Ever
With little experience as a professional kickboxer, last night, Cris Cyborg took on the sports most feared female champion. She lost in a decision, but it was an amazing bout. Here are some highlights: The MMA champion definitely had her moments too and you can see them in the fight’s full replay HERE.
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VIDEO | ‘Metamoris 3: Bravo vs. Gracie’ Preview
LIVE STREAMING THIS SATURDAY (March 29th) 4PM/pst exclusively on Metamoris.com. The live event is SOLD OUT so purchase your stream ticket now and sign on event day with no hassle.
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Nogueira’s Huge KO Over Brendan Schaub
For the first time in his illustrious career Minotauro Nogueria was fighting in his home country. He took full advantage of the local stage and landed a huge knockout at UFC 134.
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McGregor Calls Aldo ‘Basic’, Blasts Sanchez, Swanson, Poirier, More
By Evan Stoumbelis Featherweight Conor McGregor may not have stepped in the Octagon to fight recently, since August to be exact, however that hasn’t stopped him from trying to pick fights outside of the Octagon with his fellow UFC peers. McGregor went on a rant (transcribed by) MMAFighting.com about several of his UFC peers including, featherweight […]
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VADA Responds To Fertitta’s Comments
By Evan Stoumbelis The Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) has responded to UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta’s comments regarding the potential for a third-party, in this case VADA, to test fighters year round. Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is a very adamant supporter of third party testing. While training for his bout with Johny Hendricks Georges underwent […]
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EFC Africa’s President Cairo Howarth Defends Yesterday’s Controversial Stoppage At EFC Africa 28
Last night in Johannesburg, South Africa EFC Africa 28 went down. There were three incidents that happened during the fights that caused a bit of controversy. One was a referee’s decision to reset the fighters after a stoppage due to a groin shot. Another was the discovery of extra padding underneath a fighters ankle guard. […]
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VIDEO | Five-Minutes Of Mesmerizing YouTube MMA Instruction From Fake ‘Master’
Let me preface this write-up by saying that I do kind of take issue with posting this video here. But at the same time, I can’t ignore the entertainment factor found within. So, against my better-judgement, I decided to do it for you guys. Part of me wants to poke fun, and the other part […]
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Retired Boxing Legend Marvin Hagler Compares MMA To Bar Fighting
Yes, the man known as Marvelous Marvin Hagler (that’s his legal name) recently spoke to reporters in Malaysia and the topic of MMA came up. Here’s what the former world champion had to say: “That sport right there, I can’t see any art inside. If you wanna teach a kid how to fight (in MMA), […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Watch Roy Nelson’s Brutal Stoppage Over Stefan Struve
Roy Nelson knocks down the towering Stefan Struve with a big overhand right in the UFC’s move of the week.
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Boxing Beat: Prominent Manager Arrested For Involvement In A Murder-For-Hire Scheme
Marlon Sullivan is an NFL agent and manager of boxer Karim Mayfield, who fights tomorrow night on HBO. Sullivan was arrested Wednesday morning on charges related to the arrest of California State Senator Leland Yee. Here are some of the details of Yee’s arrest thanks to San Francisco Magazine. “Yee told an FBI agent to […]
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Cyborg: ‘Dana White No Longer Has Excuses’
Former Strikeforce champion and current Invicta FC champ, Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino (formerly Santos), is one of MMA’s most feared athletes. Her reign of dominance has, so far, spanned the course of nine-straight-years. Let me repeat that. She hasn’t lost in nine-years!!. Her only defeat came in her pro-debut via submission, and ever since, she’s been […]
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Pearson vs. Sanchez Added To Fight Night 43
By Evan Stoumbelis TUF winner Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson is set to face MMA veteran Diego Sanchez at UFC Fight Night 43 in Albuquerque New Mexico on June 7th. The card will be headlined by Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov. TUF 1 middleweight winner Diego Sanchez has had difficulty finding success in the Octagon […]
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Rousey Enters Arbitration Over Dispute With Management
By Evan Stoumbelis UFC Women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey entered arbitration today to settle a dispute with the champ and her former management firm. California State Athletic Commissioner Andy Foster will hear the dispute between Rousey and Fight Tribe Management. Fight Tribe Management sent the request for a neutral party to overhear the arguments between […]
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Saffiedine Out, Lawler Steps In Against Ellenberger
By Evan Stoumbelis Tarac Saffiedine has been forced off April’s UFC 172 card, and has withdrawn from his bout against Jake Ellenberger. Stepping in is none other than “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler, the bout has been moved to May’s UFC 173 card. Lawler found himself on the wrong end of a controversial decision against Johny Hendricks […]
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Chicago Cagefighting Championship’s APFC 16 Preview
By Evan Stoumbelis Next Saturday, April 5th, the Chicago Cagefighting Championship will be presenting fight fans with American Predator Fighting Championship 16 (APFC) live from the Odeum, in Villa Park Illinois. This card will have professional, as well as amateur fights, and will have local standout fighters, such as Dennis Dombrow and Carson Beebe. Headlining […]
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VIDEO | Jiu Jitsu Demonstration from the Year 1919
Alright, who’s ready for a history lesson? In the video above, we see Viking Cronholm; A man who introduced the Japanese Martial Art of Jiu Jitsu to Sweden, in the early 20th century. The video, taken in Sweden, demonstrates a few simple techniques used in the art of self defense. Cronholm boxed in his spare […]
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QUICK TWITT | Kimbo Slice Spotted With Lombard And ATT
Somewhere in South Florida, the hitters got together for a cool photo op. Former UFC heavyweight, Kimbo Slice, is a rare site these days. Think he and Lombard were mixing it up? Here’s the full post: Can someone tell me where is Kimbo? http://t.co/dvHBLCHJ5t — Hector Lombard (@HectorLombard) March 28, 2014
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Filming Complete For ‘The Rise of BJ Penn’ Documentary – Releases This Fall On FOX
ReelTime Rentals, Inc (otc pink:RLTR) (pinksheets:RLTR) announced today the completion of filming of “The Rise of B.J. Penn” a documentary feature, featuring [former] Mixed Marital Arts lightweight champion B. J. Penn. The program profiles how he grew, became a champion, and a true hero to his home town Hilo Hawaii. Included are special never before […]
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Who’s The UFC’s Hardest Hitter? Florian & Sonnen Weigh In
Out of the UFC’s 400+ fighters currently signed to the roster, who hits the hardest? That’s essentially like asking, who that hardest trained puncher in the world is, right? At any rate, during last night’s UFC Tonight broadcast, hosts Kenny Florian & Chael Sonnen, discussed this very topic. Some of the fighters mentioned were Dan […]
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Mark Munoz On Gegard Mousasi: ‘I’m going to light him up’
On May 31, Mark Munoz headlines UFC Fight Night 41 in Berlin, opposite, Gegard Mousasi. Both men are top middleweight contenders, and both are coming off losses to Lyoto Machida. The winner moves forward and etches himself one-step closer to a title shot, and Munoz told ‘UFC Tonight’, that it is he, who will be […]
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Nelson Gives ‘Nog’ Grappling Edge But Says He Hits Harder
Last night on FOX Sports 1’s ‘UFC Tonight’, Roy Nelson, stopped by to discuss his upcoming headliner against Minotauro Nogueira. The two heavyweights face-off on April 11 from Abu Dhabi exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. Here’s what ‘Big Country’ told the panel during his stint on last night’s show: Roy Nelson on his training camp […]
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Sonnen: ‘Maybe Hendo Was Drinking When He Called Out Machida’
…and not because he wouldn’t take the fight. “He was probably riding high after his victory. When we interviewed him after the fight, he said he was going out to celebrate. Then, he posted some photos of him with cervezas”, Sonnen said with a grin. “He probably tweeted out that challenge then, not realizing that he’d have […]
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GSP Going In For Surgery, Suffers Second Torn ACL
Well fight fans, the wait for GSP’s return just got pushed out a little bit, whether the former champ wanted it or not. Former UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, announced, just moments ago, that he tore his left ACL in training. Tore my left ACL in training. Surgery in a few days. Rehab, pain, hard […]
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.gif | Horrible Ref, Illegal Shots, Bad Stoppage
As if the reffing at Bellator 113 wasn’t bad enough (click HERE if you missed it), this event scoops in and takes the cake. Christophe ‘Bomaye’ Walravens has to practically stop the fight himself, after delivering some mean punishment to Bernardo ‘The Black Panther’ Mikixi, today at EFC Africa 28. And I’m no expert, but […]
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Throwback Thursday | Michael Bisping Spits In Australia, Has It Out With Rivera After Win (Video)
Throwback Thursday… I love it. Even casual fans should remember this one. After a long and bitter pre-fight feud that saw, Jorge Rivera, really get under the skin of Bisping. Michael went out and absolutely annihilated his Bostonian foe in route to a second-round TKO win. The fact that he won wasn’t enough vindication for […]
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Palhares Tests Clean, Tomorrow’s WSOF Title Fight A Go
Good news for fight fans today. Former UFC fighter, Rousimar Palhares, was recently hit by the NSAC with a surprise/random drug test as part of their licensing requirements for tomorrow’s WSOF main event title fight. The lab results cut it close, but have confirmed that Palhares did indeed test clean and as a result will […]
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Silva Doesn’t Believe Dream Fight With Roy Jones Jr. Will Happen
“I don’t think this is going to happen. It’s not an idea politically well received by Dana and Lorenzo. I’m trying, I always bring that subject but they are irreducible. It would be historical Roy spanking of me but this is my dream. He is also very excited to do this but it is a […]