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30Sep/100

WEC 51: George Roop knocks out the Zombie

The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung came into tonight’s fight with George Roop on a high. His was coming off his lose to Leonard Garcia at WEC 48, which many believe is the fight of the year and a quickly growing fan base.

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30Sep/100

CageSport XII returns to the Emerald Queen Casino

On Saturday, October 2nd, Brain Halquist Production is bringing CageSport XII back to the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. This card is headlined by CageSport Heavyweight Champion Matt “The Attack” Kovacs as he looks to defend his belt for the first time against Number One Contender, Nick Braker of

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30Sep/100

UFC 123: Joe Lauzon vs George Sotiropoulos official

The rumored bout between lightweight Joe Lauzon (19-5) and George Sotiropoulos (13-2) was made official today by Lauzon. Posted on his website, Lauzon announced the fight with Sotiropoulos will take place November 20th at UFC123 in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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29Sep/100

TUF 12 Episode 3 Recap: The antics begin

Episode three starts off with a recap of last week’s fight between Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres and Jeff Lentz. Caceres defeated Lentz with a second round submission, forcing Lentz tap after he told his housemates he’d never tap. When the fighters got back to the house the drinking started and

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29Sep/100

Picture of the day: Jon Jones vs. The Spider

Jon Jones put this out on his twitter today with the caption: “Bones vs The Spider”. Looks like it has already happened in the streets! Make this happen, now.

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29Sep/100

WEC 51: Former champ Mike Brown appears on the Undercard

Mike Brown is a MMA Veteran, fighting out of American Top Team Florida. In 2001 Brown made his pro MMA debut, but it was not until November 5th 2008, that he became a household name. He defeated “The California Kid” Urijah Faber, in Hollywood Florida that night by first round

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29Sep/100

WEC 51: Main card Breakdown and Predictions

On Thursday, September 30th, the WEC invades the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado for their first ever event held in the state. What better way to do it than with a Championship bout, three former champions and two possible candidates for Fight of the Year all on the same card.

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28Sep/100

Are Varner and Cerrone Fighting for a Title Shot?

One of the most highly anticipated rematches in WEC history will finally happen as Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone takes on Jamie Varner in the co-main event of WEC 51.

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28Sep/100

Where to go next with rising star Ryan Bader

Ryan Bader co-headlined UFC 119 in Indianapolis, Indiana, going the distance with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and winning unanimous decision. The win improved Bader to 12-0 overall and 5-0 in the UFC. Bader burst on the scene when he defeated Vinny Magalhaes by first round TKO to win season 8 of

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27Sep/100

Matt Mitrione is a meathead but also an improving fighter

Matt Mitrione was picked second to last by Coach Rashad Evans during the Ultimate Fighter season 10 and he has been widely ridiculed for his performance. After his first fight, Mitrione began to complain about migraines and dizziness which caused his coaches, team mates, Dana White and UFC fans around

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27Sep/100

WEC 53 will feature two title fights

The World Extreme Cagefighting today finally made official, the Lightweight title fight between Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis for WEC 53 in Arizona. While the announcement came as no surprise, the WEC did have one thing up their sleeve. Also headlining the card will a bantamweight title fight featuring champion

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27Sep/100

The Challenge: Training MMA at the Lions Den

Like many people out there, I love to watch a good fight. People can’t help but stare, whether it’s a boxing match, a scrap in a hockey game or a couple of idiots swinging wildly at each other in a bar. There is some deep instinct in all of us

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27Sep/100

Lets recap the First Ever MMA Expo in Detroit

The first ever MMA Expo in Detroit, MI was held on Sunday, September 5th , 2010 at the MGM Grand Casino in downtown Detroit. The event featured meet and greets and autograph signings with special guests “Suga” Rashad Evans, Muhammed “KingMO” Lawal, Referee Herb Dean and Michelle “The Karate Hottie”

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27Sep/100

Interview: Gabe Ruediger is not bringing a cake to UFC 123

Gabe Ruediger’s return to the UFC didn’t go exactly as planned for the dismissed TUF season 5 fighter. He faced off at UFC 118 against fellow season 5 alum Joe Lauzon in his return and was completely dominated.

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26Sep/100

TUF 6 fighter Richie Hightower released by MFC

The Canada based MMA promotion Maximum Fighting Championship announced today that is has released former Ultimate Fighter contestant, Richie Hightower from the organization. Hightower was part of the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighter and fought on the finale show where he lost to Troy Mandaloniz by first round TKO.

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26Sep/100

UFC 119 Aftermath: Mirko Cro Cop has lost the killer instinct

Last night in the main event of UFC 119, there was something missing in the fight. Something that turned the fight into a slow and boring fight, that something is a killer instinct. To be more specific, the killer instinct from a man that used to be one of the

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26Sep/100

UFC 119: Fight of the Night Evan Dunham vs Sean Sherk

If you were at a family gathering, friend’s party or any place else that prevented you from watching UFC 119, you missed an action packed and very exciting fight between Evan Dunham and Sean Shrek. The bout easily won Fight of the Night as Sean Sherk (34-4-1) won the fight

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25Sep/100

Dream 16 Quick Results

Last night kicked off Dreams 16th installment, a jam packed MMA card out of Japan that had some of the MMA elitist clogging up the late night twitter feeds. The event is showcased very differently from the big dogs like UFC, WEC, and Strike Force but is a visual masterpiece.

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25Sep/100

UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop Live results

The time is finally her, fans are starting to pack the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana for UFC 119. Headlined by former heavyweight champ Frank Mir and pride open weight champ Mirko Cro Cop. The rest of the main card includes TUF season 8 winner Ryan Bader against “Lil Nog”

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25Sep/100

Question of the day: Will UFC 119 break 440k PPV buys?

We are just hours away from UFC 119 going live on pay per view from Indianapolis, Indiana. The fight card is pretty solid with two former UFC champs, but it’s with a title fight. Historically cards without a title fight have a much lower PPV buy rate than those with

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