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Devastating Flying Knee Knockout At RFA 17
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Brian Ortega tests positive for Drostanolone following UFC on FOX 12
The California State Athletic Commission announced today (via MMAJunkie) that UFC featherweight Brian Ortega (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) tested positive for the steroid drostanolone following his first-round submission victory over Mike De La Torre at last month’s UFC on FOX 12 event in San Jose. Ortega has subsequently been suspended from action for 9 months and fined […]
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Daniel Aguiar Frustrated Over Timidity Disqualification
Last month veteran referee Mike Beltran disqualified Danny Aguiar at RFA 15 for ‘timidity’ something rarely seen in the MMA world. Yesterday Aguiar joined MMAJunkie.com to speak about the incident, and why he doesn’t deserve the hate he is receiving because of it. What happened in the fight against Sam Toomer? The referee said you […]
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Fighter Disqualified For Timidity, Referee Explains
Veteran referee Mike Beltran disqualified a fighter for timidity (not fighting) at RFA 15 earlier this month. This past weekend Mike Beltran joined Bas Ruten and Kenny Rice on Inside MMA to explain why he disqualified Danny Aguiar for timidity. Check out the video below.
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A Day In The Life Of Ed Soares (Video)
Ed Soares, longtime manager of Anderson Silva is now the head promoter for RFA, and leading up to RFA 15 where the promotion crowned its first middleweight champion. Check out the behind the scenes video below.
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Soares Talks About Fighter Collapsing During RFA 14
By Evan Stoumbelis Ed Soares, president of Resurrection Fighting Alliance spoke to Bloodyelbow.com’s John Nash on an incident that occurred this past weekend in which a fighter collapsed unconscious off his stool in his corner and was allowed to continue fighting in the upcoming round. Soares had the following to say about the incident: I […]
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Replay | RFA Fighter Allowed To Continue After collapsing on Stool between rounds
Last night’s RFA event is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. As seen in the video above and the .gif below, Junior Maranhao collapsed on his stool between rounds. He was then put back into the fight where he lost via decision. Many are calling this negligence. Do you agree?
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Report: Sergio Pettis signs a multi-fight deal with the UFC
Sergio Pettis (9-0 MMA), the younger brother of newly-crowned UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, has reportedly signed a multi-fight contract with the UFC and will likely make his promotional debut in around seven weeks time. The report surfaced late Monday night from Globo.com who announced the signing. The Brazilian news outlet confirmed the news with Pettis’ […]
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Resurrection Fighting Alliance Inks Multi-year Deal With Adidas Double-D Combat Sports
Ed Soares, President of Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) today announced that in an exclusive multi-year deal with Double-D, the adidas Combat Sports licensors for over a decade, that one of the most iconic and recognized brands in sports will now stripe the RFA cage. “RFA is honored to have an exclusive multi-year deal with Double-D […]
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March 17, 2013 Sergio Pettis, Danillo Villefort, Chidi “Chidi Bang Bang” Njokuani, & Ryan Martinez Join BJPenn.com´s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 181
Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio Our first guest this week is a Phenom. Sergio Pettis is stopping back in the shop and the last time we talked to him he was stepping into the cage with Jimmy Jones for RFA. Sergio was set to step back in […]
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March 17, 2013 Chidi “Chidi Bang Bang” Njokuani Joins BJPenn.com´s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 181
Our third guest this week for FIST-ta-CUFF Radio on BJPenn.com is a bad man, don’t believe me watch his last fight for RFA! Chidi Njokuani is back on the show and ready to talk his upcoming fight for RFA 8. Chidi is riding a 4 fight win streak coming into this fight, with 3 of […]