XTREME CAGE WARZ 2
Saturday, February 10th, 2007 Saskatoon, SK CANADA
Fighting in a 20x20 ft Cage, on the card there will be Mixed
Martial Arts plus Muay Thai &...
UFC 67 Parties this weekend
This Saturday night all Denver sports fans are invited to UFC 67:
ALL OR NOTHING parties at various locations hosted by RING OF
FIRE.
This...
Pictures: Lindland and Newton Make Weight; IFL Bouts Set
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The athletes of the International Fight League stepped on the
scales Thursday evening at Hooters of Kirby in Houston, Texas.
The evening's main event featuring Matt Lindland (Pictures) and Carlos Newton (...
Title Fight and Debut of Two Stars Highlight UFC 67
Saturday’s UFC 67 card in Las Vegas features a middleweight title
fight between champion Anderson Silva and a man looking
to complete an improbable run to the title, Travis Lutter (Pictures).
Also on the anticipated pay-per-view event, 2006 PRIDE Open-Weight
Grand Prix...
Fight Promoter University Update
Though boxing and mixed martial arts are loved by millions because
of the one-on-one nature of the combat, putting on a successful
promotion in either...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
This week, Sherdog.com’s column devoted to the Canadian mixed
martial arts scene includes perspectives of the UFC, MFC and IFL;
news updates on Jeff Joslin
(Pictures) and Georges St. Pierre
(...
"Team USA vs Team Asia" Update
January 30, 2007...Virginia USA... On Saturday, February 3, 2007,
the "WORLD'S BEST FIGHTER (WBF) - TEAM USA vs TEAM ASIA"
Professional MMA and...
MFC "Gridiron" This Weekend!
Tickets @ Ticketmaster 780.451.8000 www.ticketmaster.ca
Tickets @ Maximum Fighting Inc. 780. 504.2024 / 995.9095...
Cung Le Gets Role in Never Submit
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--— Jan 30, 2007 Imperia Entertainment, Inc.
(Pink Sheets:IPEI) President President James Hergott announced
today that the he has cast undefeated MMA fighter and three time
world Kickboxing Champion Cung
Le...
Koubousen Companion: News and Notes from Japan
By: Jordan Breen
The old maxim says that planning is everything, and it certainly
doesn't cease to be the case just because kicks to the face are par
for the course....
UFC 67 All or Nothing Undercard Preview
It’s Super Bowl weekend and sports fans couldn’t be happier. Not
only do the Indianapolis Colts and my hometown Chicago Bears (who
will win)...
Commentary on Top of Commentary
By: Jake Rossen
Loyal Sherdog.com visitors had much to say about January’s batch of
op-eds, much of it printable. What better way to spend a Monday
than to argue...
Monday Morning Reverie: Who Woulda Thunk It?
By: Mike Sloan
What a difference a week makes. This column was unfortunately
absent last week due to the fact that nothing happened event-wise
for me to write about....
Elite XC Adds Local Fighters To Showtime Card
Four popular local fighters are scheduled to compete in the
history-making EliteXC mixed martial arts (MMA) 10-bout fight card
on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven,
Miss.
Area favorites Adriano Nasal, Mike Powell and John-David
Shackelford, all of Memphis,...
"KID" Yamamoto Injured in Olympic Wrestling Bid
By: Jordan Breen
Japanese mixed martial arts superstar "KID" Norifumi Yamamoto
(Pictures) suffered an unceremonious
setback to his Olympic wrestling dream on...
Chute Boxe Academy Unveils New Headquarters
By: Gleidson Venga and Ivan Canello
Chute Boxe, the famed Brazilian mixed martial arts camp that plays
home to PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva (Pictures) among others, opened its new...
Shooto "Battle Mix Tokyo" Pictures
Shooto on Friday made its 2007 debut with "Battle Mix Tokyo,"
headlined by fights featuring Megumi Fujii (Pictures), Atsushi Takeuchi and Hayate Usui (...
Cage of Fire V Tonight
KRO1 PROMOTIONS presents CAGE OF FIRE in its 5th installment of
professional MMA bouts in a circular cage. The venue “El Auditorio...
K-1 Elite to Yokohama
K-1 announced today it will launch its World Grand Prix 2007 season
with an All-Star event in Yokohama. The fightsport organization
also...
Mega Megu Racks Up Another Victory
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Jan. 26 — After a quiet couple of weeks here in the Land of
the Rising Sun, the 2007 mixed martial arts scene kicked off with...
Evans Punctuates UFC Fight Night with Classic KO
By: Josh Gross
It’s amazing what two stoppage wins will do for your
reputation.
Following Rashad Evans’
(Pictures) stint on Spike TV’s
The...
Just My Thoughts: Scattered Platter
By: Mike Sloan
Not a whole heck of a lot has happened over the past seven
days.
Let’s see. There was the start of the IFL season on Friday and
WEC’s debut in Las Vegas, which I didn’t attend, the following
night. Don't forget about the “official” announcement for Randy Couture (...
The WCL on Versus
VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition in all its
forms, today announced that it will televise the inaugural season
of the World Combat...
IFL-Themed Episode of Modeling Agency
By: Getty Images and Tom Hauck
NEW YORK, January 24, 2006- A special episode of the popular
reality series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency will premiere
on the cable...
Rage in the Cage Update
Tickets on sale through TicketMaster ( 480-784-4444 ) and at the
Fort McDowell Casino Gift Shop. Call 1-800-THE FORT for details.
Discounts for Winners...
Sherdog.com Preview: UFC Fight Night 8
The latest installment of Spike TV’s UFC Fight Night features a
card headlined by undefeated wrestler Rashad Evans (Pictures) taking on Octagon neophyte and
fellow grappler Sean
Salmon (Pictures) in a light heavyweight
battle.
The undercard focuses on the lighter weight divisions....
Frank Shamrock to Hold Open Tryouts
San Jose, CA - Razorclaws coach Frank Shamrock (Pictures) has announced that he will hold
open tryouts this weekend for his Shamrock Submission...
Jenna Jameson Hosts "Surprise" Party
Jenna will host an open-to-the-public "surprise" birthday party for
Mixed Martial Arts sensation Tito
Ortiz (Pictures) who will be 32-years-old.
Worlds Best Fighter "Fearless One"
Atlantic City, NJ – World Mac Entertainment and Ro-Ro Productions
presents the World Best Fighter “Fearless One” featuring...
Clanging Cajones
By: Jake Rossen
So Olympian Matt Lindland
(Pictures) — for my money, the best
middleweight in the game — has confirmed he’s inked a bout with
vaunted heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko
(...
WEC Pictures
Zuffa unveiled the new WEC last Saturday at the Joint inside the
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and was headlined by Rob McCullough (Pictures)'s victory over...
IFL Teams up with Time Warner
BURBANK, Calif., January 22, 2007 --Warner Home Video (WHV) and The
International Fight League, Inc. the world's first professional
team-based...
Cage of Fire V Update
KRO1 PROMOTIONS presents CAGE OF FIRE in its 5th installment of
professional MMA bouts in a circular cage. The venue “El Auditorio...
IFL Oakland Pictures
Jeremy Horn (Pictures) edged Falaniko Vitale (Pictures) Friday night at the Oracle Arena
in Oakland, California in the International Fight League's 2007
Team Championship Series event, which also featured Marco Ruas (Pictures)' Southern Calif. Condors and...
Koubousen Companion: News and Notes from Japan
By: Jordan Breen
When the calendar turned over to 2007, the first story to emerge
from the Japanese fight scene was the enormous scandal involving
Kazushi Sakuraba
(Pictures) and Yoshihiro Akiyama
(...
McCullough Gains, Faber Retains WEC Title
By: Greg Savage
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 20 — “Razor” Rob McCullough (Pictures) came to Sin City for one thing:
the WEC lightweight belt. He accomplished his mission in stellar
fashion, running through fellow Thai boxer Kit Cope in just under three
minutes.
The co-main event featured WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (...
IFL Oakland Results
OAKLAND, Calif., January 19, 2007 - The Condors, based in Southern
California and coached by Marco
Ruas (Pictures), and the Lions, based in Reno,
Nev., and coached by Ken
Shamrock (...
Horn Victorious, Condors and Lions Win IFL Debuts
By: Greg Savage
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 19 — The International Fight League kicked
off its 2007 Team Championship Series before a crowd of 5,005 at
the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
The first of nine regular season events featured Jeremy Horn...
WECs Departure Opens Door for Palace Fighting
LEMOORE, Calif., Jan. 18 — Eric "Butterbean" Esch was able to help
put the Palace Fighting Championship on the map and in the history
books on...
Quad Cities Looks to Repeat as IFL Champs
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The first full season of the International Fight League begins
tonight in Oakland, Calif. with a twin bill featuring the debut of
two teams — the...
More Auditions Announced for "Never Submit"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., January 18, 2007 (PR NEWSWIRE) – Imperia
Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IPEI) President James Hergott
announced...
Alternates Take Their Spots in Fridays IFL
By: Jeff Sherwood
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 18 — Usually weigh-ins come and go without a
hitch, but not Thursday’s for the opener of the 2007 International
Fight League season.
The California State Athletic Commission would not allow Reno Lion
Vernon White to fight San
Jose Razorclaws light...
Two Wrestlers Need Help ...
Two Berthoud Wrestlers Tyler Carron and Niko Landeros were
seriously injured late monday night in a car accident. Both the
wrestlers had pulled...
Dennis Siver signed UFC 3 fight deal!
Dennis Siver (OC Fight
Team) - one of the best german MMA welterweights - will soon fight
at the UFC! Untiring training, the good fights in the...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Last weekend we were disappointed when APEX canceled its card just
four days prior to the planned Saturday show. Canadian promoters
make up for...
GCM Hopes Tournament Talent Will Be UFC-Bound
By: Jordan Breen
When the Worldwide Cage Network formed last September, there was
considerable intrigue over the international union and its goals of
cross-promotion....
Update: High Fashion Meets Fighters
Local photographer, April Pishna from Pishna Photo in Denver, CO
recently teamed with the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and the
International...
Pure Force V "Vendetta"
HCX International, LLC-Entertainment presents Pure Force V
"Vendetta" at the Holiday Inn Tinley Park Convention Center in
Tinley Park Illinois on...
IFL Heads to Reno on June 16
NEW YORK and RENO, Nev., January 17, 2007- The International Fight
League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world's first team-based professional
mixed...
Desert Quest Championship
Tournament starts 12:00pm
Weight Classes : 135-147 / 148-160 / 161-173 / 174-187 / 188-201 /
202-213 / 214 over....
WEC Makes Las Vegas Debut on Jan. 20
Las Vegas, NV – The World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) organization
has announced the complete card for the organization’s...
IFL Reaches Deal with FSN & MyNetworkTV
New York & Los Angeles, January 16, 2007 - FSN and MyNetworkTV
have reached a strategic, three-tier television and new media
programming alliance with...
2007 Midwest Grappling Open Update
Cleveland, OH: There is less then one week left for competitors to
pre-register for the first ever Midwest Grappling Open. This highly...
Pancrase USA Submission Championship
It's that time again. In less than two months many of the world’s
best combat grapplers and submission fighters will descend on
Broomfield,...
Un-Natural Selection
By: Jake Rossen
Less than a year removed from his defeat at the Lloyd’s of
London-insured hands of Chuck
Liddell (Pictures), Randy Couture (Pictures) announced...
High Fashion Meets Fighters
Local photographer, April Pishna from Pishna Photo in Denver, CO
recently teamed with the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and the
International...
OSU Wrestler Gets Title Shot
Former Ohio State University wrestler Tony Sylvester has been
unstoppable since he started competing in the Fightfest mixed
martial arts (MMA)...
Cage Of Honor Returns in February
On Friday, January 26th, 2007 Cage Of Honor will arrive at the
historic Blue Note in Columbia, MO for a huge night of mixed
martial arts action!...
Sakakibara on PRIDE: We Are Here to Stay
By: Josh Gross
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 — Standing at the dais during Thursday’s press
conference to officially introduce PRIDE’s Feb. 24 main event
between Wanderlei Silva
(Pictures) and Dan Henderson (...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Hi everyone, welcome back to the first MM-Eh! of 2007. Carrying on
from last year, the status of mixed martial arts in Canada remains
as healthy...
More Auditions Announced for "Never Submit"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., January 11, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Imperia
Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IPEI) President James Hergott
announced today the...
K-1 Invades London
K1 Fighter Ernesto Hoost
(Pictures) is set to take the show by
storm this year. He will be around for the whole weekend teaching a
seminar...
Team Quest Hosts Japanese National Team
Team Quest MMA & Fitness in cooperation with USA Cobra
Wrestling Club has invited the 2007 Japanese National Wrestling
Team, 18 and under, for a...
Just My Thoughts: Couture, HBO and Awards
By: Mike Sloan
What is it with the UFC these days? It seems like when absolutely
nothing worthwhile happens inside a cage or mixed martial arts
ring, Zuffa unfurls...
Not So Slick: Akiyama-Sakuraba Ruled No Contest
By: Jordan Breen
Seeking to bring resolution to the controversy that has embroiled
mixed martial arts in the early days of 2007, K-1 and HERO'S parent
company Fight Entertainment Group has announced that Dec. 31's bout
between Kazushi Sakuraba
(Pictures) and...
EFC XVI Hits Columbus On January 27
Come and see our fight in EFC XVI at the LC Pavilion, (former
PromoWest) Columbus Ohio, Saturday, January 27th doors open 7 pm
and fights start...
MSNBC's "Warrior Nation" Debuts Tonight
MSNBC's "Warrior Nation," takes viewers inside the world of MMA,
mixed martial arts, beginning January 9th at 10 p.m. ET. MMA, one
of the...
APEX: CAGED INFERNO POSTPONED
APEX Championship Fighting regrets to inform fans and fighters that
the event scheduled for January 13th, 2007 has been postponed due
to circumstances...
BodogFIGHT Offers 12-week Tour
From January 6-April 15, BodogFight, the emerging force within
mixed martial arts (MMA), will be the exclusive sponsor of the
T.M.C Roadshow as...
IFL Coaches to Offer Self Defense
NEW YORK, January 8, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's first team-based professional mixed martial arts
league,...
SportFight XVIII "Turning Point"
Randy Counture and Matt
Lindland (Pictures) once again produce an incredible
SportFight show at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon....
FIGHTFEST Rounds Out 2006, Welcomes 2007
Fightfest closed out 2006 with strong shows in Cleveland and
Canton, Ohio. The promotion is poised to make even more noise in
2007.
The fans at...
The Monday Morning Reverie: Back and Forth We Go
By: Mike Sloan
Every now and then I seem to write a column that incites hostility,
anger and, more importantly, a string of hate mail.
To be honest, it’s...
Premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Site Announces Partnerships
LOS ANGELES, CA - January 5, 2007 - After beta launch of their
mixed martial arts community site, www.mymmaspace.com, on December
6th, 2006,...
The Jerry Maguire of Mixed Martial Arts
By: Mike Sloan
From an outsider’s perspective, it would seem like a Hollywood
story. You know: graduate from a university, open up a sports
management...
The Savage Truth: When is a Loss a Win?
By: Greg Savage
As I watched events unfold during the light heavyweight showdown
between Chuck Liddell
(Pictures) and Tito Ortiz (Pictures) this past Saturday night in...
bodogFIGHT Teams with SportFight
BodogFight, the mixed martial arts (MMA) reality television
phenomenon and brainchild of digital entertainment mogul Calvin
Ayre, will be the...
BIOGENENETIX Partners with King of the Cage
January 4, 2007: BIOGENETIX™, engineers of the new, scientifically
advanced Total Body Transformation Kit that includes BIOBURN-D2T™,...
EliteXC Presents Shamrock vs. Gracie
SHOWTIME and EliteXC present the first live fight featuring
Frank Shamrock
(Pictures) vs. Renzo Gracie (Pictures) as they make history in the...
APEX Caged Inferno Getaway
On Saturday January 13th 2006 APEX Championship Fighting returns to
Robert Guertin Arena in Gatineau, Quebec for a night of nonstop
Mixed Martial Arts...
Buffer Gets Role in Never Submit
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 3, 2007 (PR NEWSWIRE) -- Imperia
Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets IPEI) President James Hergott
announced today that...
The New Years Reverie: A String of Answers
By: Mike Sloan
Any casual follower of the fight game will quickly heed that the
knockout is the definitive way to end a fight. It’s the single most
dramatic...
2007 NAAFS Opener Announced
After a very successful debut season in 2006, the nation’s premier
amateur MMA organization has announced its first three events for
the...
Casey Olson Added to UFC Fight Night
(Fresno, Calif.) ~ Fresno’s own Casey “The Underdog” Olson (5-0-0;
Win-Loss-Draw) is slated for a major bout with Josh Smith...
IFL Announces Four Additional Teams
NEW YORK, January 2, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's first team-based professional mixed martial arts
league,...
Alvin Robinson looks back on 2006
If you haven't heard of Alvin KID Robinson yet, trust us, in 2007
you will. He is one of the most promising 155 lb fighters to emerge
in quite...
PRIDE "Shockwave 2006" Pictures
PRIDE Shockwave 2006 was headlined by Fedor Emelianenko's
(Pictures) submission victory over
Mark Hunt (Pictures) and featured popular fighters
such as Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures), Takanori Gomi (Pictures), Shinya Aoki (Pictures), Gilbert Melendez (Pictures) and former UFC...
Pictures: UFC 66 "Liddell vs Ortiz II"
UFC 66 "Liddell vs. Ortiz II" was headlined by Chuck Liddell's (Pictures) TKO victory over Tito Ortiz (Pictures) and featured The Ulitmate
Fighter veterans Chris
Leben (Pictures), Michael Bisping (Pictures), Forrest Griffin (Pictures), Keith Jardine (...