Alistair Overeem scores first round stoppage during K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama
Alistair Overeem recently returned to the kickboxing arena during K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohoma, Japan and further established himself as one of the undisputed most dangerous strikers in the business. It took Overeem all of two minutes and thirty seconds to send home the fight endning right knee to the chin of Dzevad Poturak for the TKO victory. The recent K-1 victory for Overeem brings The... [Read More...]
Tears for Torres
Low pay for MMA competition makes perfect sense given its current state, but that is a hard thing for a lot of fans (and fighters) to accept. There seems to be a resurgent outrage over published salaries like UFC lightweight Ronys Torres’ $4000 payout for UFC 110. But fact is, despite being the greatest sport in existence, MMA is not established enough for fighters to be paid big bucks. Part... [Read More...]
Hidehiko Yoshida to face student Kazuhiro Nakamura in retirement fight
Japanese MMA icon Hidehiko Yoshida is scheduled to face long time student and teammate Kazuhiro Nakamura in his highly anticipated retirement fight at the April 25th ASTRA event at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The former Olympic Judo gold medalist, who holds notable victories over Don Frye, Mark Hunt and Maurice Smith, is coming into the match fresh of a unanimous decision nod over Satoshi Ishii... [Read More...]
Grappling With Issues – 4/2/10
Are you excited for the new season of The Ultimate Fighter? Is Georges St. Pierre a boring fighter? Do Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck need to fight one another? Who will hold the UFC Heavyweight Championship once Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez fight one another? What’s the value of having Takanori Gomi in the UFC? Since the last edition of this feature we’ve witnessed two title fights,... [Read More...]
Dana White in the running for 2010 “Time 100″ list of influential people
Dana White is among an extremely prestigious society as Time Magazine recently revealed that the President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship is among 200 finalists for 2010′s extremely popular “Time 100“. Every year Time Magazine reveals a credible list of 100 human beings that they deem to be the most influential currently walking the planet earth, and if things go accordingly,... [Read More...]
Kenny Florian earns first “Submission of the Night” of career
Kenny Florian once famously told fans he finished fights in hopes of rallying support for an eventual title shot. On Wednesday night he let his technique do the talking instead and made a clear statement even opponent Takanori Gomi could understand. Along with procuring his third consecutive win via rear-naked choke in the process, Florian also earned ”Submission of the Night” honors and a $30,000... [Read More...]
