Lemoore, Calif. – If there is one fight that isn’t getting the “hype” that it deserves, it would certainly be a welterweight showdown between Las Vegas, Nev.’s Jorge Lopez and San Diego, Calif.’s Waachiim Spiritwolf. The pair clash on Friday, May 6th at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif. in what will [...]
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CHICAGO, Ill. (April 21, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the Local Feature Fights for Bellator 44 taking place at Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ on May 14th. Headlining will be welterweight prospects Sam Orepeza and Giedrius Karavackas. Orepeza (4-1) is a veteran of both King of the Cage and [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com It’s obvious that Team Dos Santos is in a good mood following Ryan McGillivray’s upset win over Brock Lesnar’s number one pick Len Bentley. The win helped moved Junior dos Santos’ team 2-1 over Lesnar’s squad. Lew Polley, the assistant coach for Team Dos Santos, has had his issues with his [...]
Continue reading …Gilbert Melendez impressed everybody last weekend with his first-round drubbing of former Pride and Dream fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri to solidify his place among the best lightweights in the world. Following a year layoff, Melendez came back guns blazing and didn’t stop until Kawajiri was finished. In the end, he laid claim to the top [...]
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Welterweight prospects Alexander Yakovlev and Christian Eckerlin are slated to hook up April 28th as part of the deep M-1 Challenge XXV undercard. It’s a battle between two fighters that prefer to avoid the judges’ scorecards in favour of managing their own destinies. At 10-3, Yakovlev is doing all he can to build momentum within [...]
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – An exciting UFC® card featuring fights with high-stakes is heading to Pittsburgh this summer. The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that tickets for its June 26 event at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh will go on sale to the public Saturday, April 23 at 10 a.m. ET. In the [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com Now that the UFC and Strikeforce are under the same ownership, the talk of super fights to merge titles somewhere down the road simply can’t be avoided. As much as UFC president Dana White says everything is “business as usual,” no one can help but think about match-ups like dueling lightweight [...]
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I found out yesterday…but its official today. The Tachi Palace Entertainment coordinator say’s… Jamie Yager has pulled out of his fight with Alan Jouban at Tachi Palace Fights on May 6th. Jouban now faced Chidi Njokuani (4-2) … “on such short notice we are happy to be able to have a fighter of Chidi’s caliber compete on our show. I think this is a great match up of two rising welterweight prospect” - Jeremy [...]
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Creeping under the radar of the entire North American continent, Russian welterweight fighter, Arsen Temirkhanov has amassed an 8-1 record since making his first professional appearance in October 2002. He’s quiet, stealth and has mopped the mat with virtually every opponent he’s faced. In only his second outing under the M-1 Global banner and part [...]
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Showdown Fights returns to the UCCU Center in Orem on Saturday, April 16 for a pair of highly-anticipated fights featuring a mixture of veteran fighters and highly-touted prospects. In Showdown Fights: Shootout main event, former UFC and WEC fighter Tim “The Wrecking Machine” McKenzie (12-8) and Jordan “Mata Ele” Smith (15-1) will face off [...]
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