By Frank Curreri NASHVILLE, January 20 – Jim Miller weathered an early storm Friday night at Bridgestone Arena that saw him eat some heavy knees from Melvin Guillard, but he turned the tables with a textbook rear naked choke that earned him the victory in the UFC on FX main event, vaulting him right back [...]
Continue reading …Las Vegas, Nevada –Leading UFC light heavyweight contender Rashad Evans has warned the middleweight division that his teammate Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson will make ‘an immediate impact’ on the 185lbs weight class this weekend. Johnson collides with MMA icon Vitor Belfort in the co-main event of UFC RIO in Brazil tomorrow night, and his ‘Blackzilian’ teammate [...]
Continue reading …Two of the most exciting strikers in the lightweight division have verbally agreed to throw down in Montreal, Canada at UFC 145 as Anthony “The Assassin” Njokuani takes on John “The Bull” Makdessi.” Both men are coming off of disappointing December losses to high-level wrestlers, but should be able to show off their kickboxing chops [...]
Continue reading …CHICAGO, Ill. (1/9/12) — As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again added a premier talent from across the globe, this time signing undefeated Russian welterweight phenom Andrey “Spartan” Koreshkov. Last year, Bellator signed highly-touted Douglas Lima, who went on to win the Season 5 Welterweight Tournament [...]
Continue reading …BUY THIS FIGHT NOW! Bangkok, Thailand – DARE is back on January 7 to start 2012 off with a bang! Continuing the tournament that began in 2011, DARE is ready to make its mark in the MMA world by putting $1 million dollars on the line for the winners’ of DARE’s 8 weight division. January [...]
Continue reading …By Thomas Gerbasi A little over a year ago, Canadian welterweight Sean Pierson had gotten his dream gig – a shot in the UFC after more than a decade of toil in a sport that wasn’t even legal in his home province of Ontario. Since then, he’s split two fights in the Octagon, fought [...]
Continue reading …CHICAGO, Ill. (December 17, 2011) — In a continuing effort to scout and sign the world’s best talent, Bellator Fighting Championships has added two dynamic bantamweights in Masakatsu Ueda and Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura. Both will compete in the promotion’s upcoming Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament, joining Alexis Vila, Marcos Galvao, Ed West, Rodrigo Lima, Luis Nogueira [...]
Continue reading …For Immediate Release: Dec. 8, 2011 NEWLY-CROWNED STRIKEFORCE® MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION LUKE ROCKHOLD DEFENDS HIS TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AGAINST DANGEROUS VETERAN KEITH JARDINE WHEN STRIKEFORCE INVADES HARD ROCK ON JAN. 7 PLUS: ROBBIE LAWLER vs. ADLAN AMAGOV ‘KING’ MO LAWAL vs. LORENZ LARKIN TAREC SAFFIEDINE vs. TYLER STINSON STRIKEFORCE®: ROCKHOLD vs. [...]
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