Kim Couture vs. Miesha Tate at ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers on May 15th
Miesha Tate Strikeforce recently announced a match up between two of female MMA’s brightest rising stars. Kim Couture will face off with Miesha Tate on May 15th in a 135 pound showdown. ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers will take place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Couture showed that she is tougher than nails in her mixed martial arts debut with Kim Rose when her jaw was shattered... [Read More...]
Gilbert Melendez vs. Rodrigo Damm will be for Strikeforce lightweight interim title
Rodrigo Damm recently stepped up on less than a weeks notice to replace Josh Thomson in a lightweight match up against Gilbert Melendez scheduled for this Saturday night’s Strikeforce card. Melendez was originally scheduled to face Thomson in a rematch for the promotion’s 155 pound title on the card before the current champion Thomson was forced to withdrawal from the bout due to a broken... [Read More...]
SNMMA Heavyweight Champion Chris Tuchscherer returns to action Saturday night at “Extreme Beatdown”
Flying under the radar because of this weekends Strikeforce card, newly crowned SNMMA heavyweight champion Chris Tuchscherer is set to return to action against undefeated Jamie Klair. The two heavyweights will collide at Saturday evening’s SNMMA “Extreme Beatdown” card set to take place at The Apache Gold Casino in San Carlos, Arizona. Tuchscherer is a massive two time NCAA Division... [Read More...]
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz; Preview & Predictions
From one of the sport’s most respected and well rounded veterans taking on a controversial and skilled brawler in the main event to a pair of undefeated heavyweights that have combined to knock out nearly every single one of their opponents rounding out the card, Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz will undoubtedly feature a little something for every mixed martial arts fan when it’s all said... [Read More...]
Five intriguing bouts added to the highly anticipated UFC 100 card
Today the UFC made a bundle of match ups official for their much speculated upon UFC 100 card which is set to take place on July 11th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Yoshihiro Akiyama, a former Asian Games Judo gold medalist and top rated veteran of the Dream promotion, will be making his highly anticipated UFC middleweight debut when he faces off with Alan Belcher, who has gone 5-3... [Read More...]
Paulo Filho to move up to 205 pounds and fight at Dream 9
Former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho, who has had more than his share of ups and downs over the past eighteen months, will be making a return trip to Japan at Dream 9 May 26th. Tatame.com is reporting that Filho will fight a yet to be named opponent in the light heavyweight division. Fihlo made his name fighting for Pride FC where he 8-0 by defeating such stars as Kazuo Misaki, Ryo Chonan... [Read More...]
House filled for TUF 9….well, almost
Following the conclusion of the second episode of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, fourteen of the sixteen cast members have been selected during a survival of the fittest elimination round of fights conducted in both the U.K. and the U.S.A. Why only fourteen of the sixteen? Well it’s kind of a long story but I’m going to break it down as simply as I can. In the opening moments... [Read More...]
Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100
Former UFC and Pride FC heavyweight champion, Mark Coleman, is all set to face off with The Ultimate Fighter season one runner up, Stephan Bonnar, at UFC 100. UFC 100 is scheduled to take place on July 11th from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Both men recently suffered defeats after trying to rebound after extended layoffs, and this bout will undoubtedly be a must win situation for both... [Read More...]
Are UFC’s Titles Defended Enough? The Long and Short of Each Division’s Title
April represents the first of three of the next four months where at least one UFC title will be defended. Starting with Anderson Silva defending his middleweight championship against Thales Leites at UFC 97, we the fan have a lot to look forward to. While that may placate a lot of us, I for one have a much stronger thirst to see the UFC’s titles defended more often. Since the inception of The... [Read More...]
Prospect Alert: Phil Davis and Paul Bradley to put undefeated records on the line in April
Phil Davis is one of the most decorated wrestlers to have ever made the transition to mixed martial arts and has been creating an unbelievable buzz in the MMA community since his professional debut in October of 2008. It’s not hard to see why the the twenty four year old light heavyweight has been turning so many heads in recent months, he was a four time NCAA All-American and 2008 NCAA national... [Read More...]
Junior dos Santos vs. Justin McCully Sometime This Summer
Brazilian heavyweight, Junior dos Santos, will be making his return to the octagon this August at either UFC 101 or 102. The Brazilian website, Tatame.com, recently spoke with dos Santos who went on to say that his opponent would be Justin McCully. Dos Santos made a surprising entrance into the UFC when he knocked out top ten heavyweight and fellow Brazilian, Fabricio Werdum, at UFC 90in October of... [Read More...]
Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove On Tap For UFC 101
It didn’t take long for the UFC to let Ricardo Almeida know that they didn’t approve of his plans to drop down to welterweight. FightHype.com is reporting that while nothing is official, Almeida will face Kendall Grove at UFC 101 which is scheduled for August 8th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Almeida recently made known his desire to drop down to 170 known after defeating Matt Horwich... [Read More...]
Celebrating the Two-Year Anniversary of the Death of PRIDE: Ten Reasons Why I Miss PRIDE
April 8 is the two year anniversary of the last Pride FC show, Pride 34. These things tend to make me nostalgic, especially when it comes to my favorite MMA promotion of all time. When I watch my library of old Pride DVDs, I am overcome with memorable moments, things that define the sport at the time for me. I tried to list ten of the more memorable characteristics that made Pride the spectacle we... [Read More...]
Winners and Losers for the Month of March
It’s been an interesting month in the MMA world with a wide variety of winners and losers. Without wasting anytime let’s dive right in. Winners… – Mike Thomas Brown: If you thought his win over Urijah Faber was a fluke think again. It took just 1:57 for the WEC featherweight champion to defeat Leonard Garcia in his first title defense at WEC 39. Now a rematch with Faber looms... [Read More...]
Report: Larson to step in for Koscheck vs. Wilson at UFC 98
With Josh Koscheck on the shelf due to a foot injury and unable to compete as scheduled at UFC 98 on May 23, UFC officials were forced to seek out a replacement to fight Chris Wilson. According to a report by MMAjunkie.com, that replacement will be none other than former WEC welterweight title challenger Brock Larson. Larson, 25-2, began his third tour of duty under the UFC banner by recording a submission... [Read More...]
California State Athletic Commission Updates Rules/Regulations
In a press release today, CSAC Executive Officer Bill Douglas announced changes to a number of policies relating to combat sports in California. As many fans of the sport had been hoping for, the athletic commission will now have the power to overturn a fighter’s victory if said individual tests positive for drug use. The entire list of updates is as follows: Rule 227: Arbitration Procedures This... [Read More...]
Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard added to UFC 101
The card for UFC 101 is starting to round out nicely as a welterweight bout between New York native Tamdan McCrory and John Howard is currently being negotiated. MMAMania is reporting that the two have not yet signed agreements but that the fight should be announced very soon. McCrory who made a strong debut at UFC Fight Night 10, where he defeated veteran Pete Spratt by triangle choke. The 20-year... [Read More...]
Frank Shamrock: “Odds are, I’m probably going to knock Nick Diaz out”
Frank Shamrock has nothing left to prove in mixed martial arts. The UFC‘s first ever light heavyweight champion (at the time referred to as middleweight championship), Shamrock went on to defend the the title four times from 1998 through 1999, cementing his place as one of the organizations most dominant champions of all time. Having retired from MMA as a UFC champion, Shamrock returned to this... [Read More...]
UFN 18 and TUF 9 Premiere Deliver Ratings for Spike TV
The UFC attracted over 1.9 million viewers on Wednesday night for their UFC Fight Night card that aired live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, TN. The ratings news comes according to a press release issued by Spike TV. The card which featured a main event pitting former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit and Xtreme Couture member Martin Kampmann was a lead in for the ninth season of The Ultimate... [Read More...]
Evangelista vs. Aina set to headline first-ever ShoMMA event on May 15
On the heels of Showtime’s April 4 announcement about SHO MMA: Strikeforce Challengers, the cable premium has officially signed Billy Evangelista (9-0) vs. “Iron” Mike Aina (11-6-1) as the series’ inaugural main event. As speculated, it will take place on May 15 at the Save Mart Center in Evangelista’s hometown of Fresno, CA. Aina and Evangelista has previously been rumored to compete on... [Read More...]
