Courtesy of mmaweekly.com Michael Kirkham died Monday following his professional mixed martial arts debut on at the Dash Entertainment and King MMA co-promoted “Confrontation at the Convocation Center” event at the USC Aiken Convocation Center in South Carolina on Saturday night, according to a report by the Associated Press. The Aiken County coroner, Tim Carlton, [...]
Continue reading …Seven years and four months. Flip the pages on a calendar – it will take a while – but it has been that long since Antonio McKee suffered a loss. The reigning MFC lightweight champion is a consummate pro and an intellectual fighter, but also a title-holder currently wearing an undefendable belt. The one opportunity [...]
Continue reading …CHICAGO, Ill. (June 29, 2010) — There were times last Thursday — in the hours leading up to his Featherweight Tournament Championship fight with Patricio Pitbull — when the people around Joe Warren began to wonder if the much-anticipated showdown would ever even take place. Warren, the former NCAA all-American and two-time Greco-Roman wrestling world champion, [...]
Continue reading …CHICAGO, Ill. (June 28, 2010) — Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto, who shocked the MMA world with her stunning KO of the world’s top-ranked and heavily favored Rosi Sexton at Bellator 23 last Thursday, has been added to Bellator’s upcoming Women’s Tournament. Frausto, a 26-year-old Central California native who improved her pro MMA record to 7-1 with [...]
Continue reading …The contest is not over and has just begun several girls from last week’s semifinals were chosen to move on to this week’s finals, plus we will be holding a second semifinal prior to the finals on the same night. So come out July 2 and you still have a chance at the $500.00, year [...]
Continue reading …Courtesy of cagepotato.com Frank Shamrock spoke with Ben Fowlkes over the weekend about his announcement during Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum broadcast that he would be hanging up his four ounce gloves permanently and according to the now former fighter, his fight with Nick Diaz a year ago this past April had a major influence on [...]
Continue reading …The attention of the MMA world once again turns to Las Vegas this Fourth of July weekend, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” event sees a heavyweight score settled on Saturday night, 16 female competitors from across the nation take center stage on Friday night for Las Vegas’ premier amateur [...]
Continue reading …Courtsey of mmaweekly.com “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammed Ali Hard training has become an essential part of every MMA fighter’s life, but when a title is on the line – in possibly the biggest heavyweight [...]
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