Bodog Fight Returns To Olympic City
The hardest-hitting show on television is spending this summer in
the Great White North.
With the excitement of last December's sold-out...
ProElite.com Partners with Grappler's Quest
We are excited to tell you ProElite.com members that ProElite.com
has partnered with Grapplers Quest, the world's leading grappling
organization...
ROF 29 and COWBOY featured
Last April, The Tapout crew were on their way to Iowa and stopped
in Denver to see their sponsored fighter Duane BANG! Ludwig. Ludwig
was in the...
Teams Make Weight with Eye on IFL Finals
By: Scott Holmes and Dave Mandel
SECAUCUS, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- Weigh-ins for Thursday's
International Fight League semifinals were held today as media,
fans, fighters and IFL...
MMA Pipeline: ICON and ProElite Still Talking
By: James Meinhardt
With Robbie Lawler
(Pictures) pulling out of his ICON
title defense last month and Rumble on the Rock seemingly halting
their promotion of...
Pictures: IFL Pitbulls Training Session
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel shot this exclusive photo gallery of
Renzo Gracie (Pictures)'s New York Pitbulls, who are busy
preparing for the IFL...
IFL Adds New Corporate Partner
NEW YORK, July 31, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's number one professional mixed martial arts
league,...
European Throwdown: From Iberia to Siberia
By: Tim Leidecker
Though the next UFC is not taking place before the end of August,
there is plenty of MMA action in the Old World.
European Throwdown brings you...
Jovial Shamrock Discusses Future in and of MMA
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Frank
Shamrock (Pictures) opened the doors to his
sun-drenched Shamrock Martial Arts Academy a week ago Sunday for a
reality...
The Fight Stuff
By: Jake Rossen
Sherdog Economics 101: with financial success in a newly paved
genre come ancillary parasites (and I use the word with affection,
promise) that...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
With 48 professional mixed martial arts fights under his belt,
Joe Doerksen (Pictures) knows what it takes to step into
a cage across from a guy...
IFL Anacondas Training Pictures
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel was in Southern California to shoot this
exclusive photo gallery of the Shawn Tompkins-coached Los
Angeles Anacondas, who are preparing to square off against...
BORN TO FIGHT VII
Born To Fight is an annual national amatuer tournament (day) and
super fight night event that has grown each and every year. The
tournaments...
ShoXC Pictures
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel was cage-side at the Chumash Casino
Resort in Santa Ynez Calif. to witness the debut of ShoXC,
headlined by Karl James
Noons' knockout of James Edson Berto
(...
A Different Kind of Fight: Title IX and MMA
By: Jake Rossen
The pugilistic pride of Oklahoma State University, UFC heavyweight
champion Randy Couture
(Pictures) originally began his
college studies at Washington...
"Doctor" Prescribes Tough Love
If you have seen Michael Moore's scathing 1989 documentary Roger
& Me, the environment in which Indiana's David Love grew up will seem
familiar....
K-1 World Max '07 Final Elimination Press Conference
TOKYO, June 27, 2007 -- Action in this year's K-1 World Max series
heats up tomorrow with a do-or-die showdown featuring 18 of the
best fighters...
Noons Dominates Berto on ShoXC Debut
By: Josh Gross and Dave Mandel
SANTA YNEZ, Calif., July 27 -- The last time we saw Karl James Noons (Pictures) he was flat on his back as
Charles Bennett
(Pictures) did back flips in...
Inoue Takes Interim King of Pancrase Title
By: Jason Nowe
TOKYO, July 27 -- It was a busy night for Pancrase this evening
within the confines of MMA Mecca Korakuen Hall.
Not only was the battle for...
Finkelstein Discusses UFC, Fedor Emelianenko
By: Evgeni Kogan
Sherdog.com recently caught up with Red Devil Manager Vadim
Finkelstein, who oversees the M-1 Mixfight promotion and the career
of PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko
(...
PFC 3 "Step Up" Pictures
Palace Fighting Championship held its third show at the Tachi
Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, Calif.
Sherdog.com's Jeff Sherwood was ringside to document popular
fighters such as Shawn Bias
(Pictures), Casey Olson (Pictures) and Dewey...
Gary Shaw Teleconference Quotes
The individuals most responsible for bringing Mixed Martial Arts
(MMA) to national premium television - Senior Vice President and
General...
Sherdog Preview: ShoXC Debuts
With the UFC's HBO deal seemingly on the brink of falling apart, if
it hasn't already, the task of selling MMA to the premium channel
viewer...
Anacondas Looking to End Silverbacks Run
By: Scott Holmes
Ask any championship caliber coach how he got his team to battle
through the playoffs for a title and they usually say something
along the lines...
Evangelista and Maxwell Victorious
By: Joseph Zigler
FRIANT, Calif., July 24 -- Before a sold-out crowd, Billy Evangelista
(Pictures) scored a unanimous decision
win over Ryan Bixler in
the...
Ortiz to Visit Troops
ARLINGTON, Va. - Mixed martial arts champion Tito Ortiz (Pictures), also known as "The Huntington
Beach Bad Boy," and Justin
McCully (Pictures),...
IFL Announces GP
NEW YORK, July 25, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI) today announced the dates, venues and rosters for the 2007
IFL World...
Final Words: In the Devils Own Backyard
By: Evgeni Kogan
The time had come.
The little red lights on the cameras were on; the red velvet tunnel
leading up to the pontoon was billowing out smoke;...
Patient Wanderlei Still Wants Liddell
By: Gleidson Venga
Former PRIDE middleweight ace Wanderlei Silva (Pictures) is coming to America.
"I'm moving to the U.S., but I still don't know where I'll live....
TapouT TV Schedule
Los Angeles, CA. From the producers of American Chopper and Dirty
Jobs, the VERSUS original series TapouT follows Mask, Punkass and...
Valor Recent Results/Bookings
Valor Fighting brought several fighters to the July 14 Cage Rage
show and proved why Valor Fighters are some of the best:
ENTERTAINMENT! Valor's Herb
Dean (...
Edwin Babyface Dewees set for GFC
Last week, it was announced that by way of his recent stunning
victory over Wes Sims
(Pictures), Chris Guillen (Pictures) will battle Jeff "The...
So, About Those Steroids
By: Jake Rossen
Tumultuous times for the barely-potty-trained sport of MMA: in a
first of its kind, two UFC main event fighters have tested positive
for unpronounceable...
Jose "Pele" Landi Gets His Kicks in Bodog Fight's Paradise Lost
His name suggests he should be using his powerful legs to direct
soccer balls past helpless goalkeepers, but Jose "Pele" Landi
prefers to use...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Vancouver's Kultar Gill
(Pictures) went into his K-1 Hero's
154 pound tournament quarterfinal rematch against Hideo Tokoro (Pictures) as the...
Sefo Battles Bregy In Las Vegas Superfight
Hard-hitting K-1 superstar and four-time world kickboxing champion,
Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo (61-15-1 (49 KO's), will take on 2006 K-1
Amsterdam...
Shooto "Battle Mix Tokyo 4" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez was ringside at the Tokyo Cinema
Club in Japan's capital city to witness Shooto's "Battle Mix Tokyo
4," which saw Rambaa
Somdet defeat Takehiro Harusaki
(...
Emelianenko Takes Out Late Replacement with Ease
By: Evgeni Kogan
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 21 -- The waterfront of historic St.
Petersburg was the setting for Saturday's M-1 vs. Europe event.
Aleksander
Emelianenko (...
Diesel Victorious in Edmonton
By: Chris Harding
EDMONTON, Alberta, July 21 -- The River Cree Resort and Casino
played host to the Hardcore Championship Fighting.
The 1,560 patrons were treated to 10 mixed martial arts bouts
including an appearance by UFC veteran Joe Riggs...
CageWarriors: Kelly, OToole Claim Victories
By: Matthew Freeman
NOTTINGHAM, July 21 -- The third instalment of the CageWarriors:
"Enter The Rough House" series featured a number of great domestic
match ups.
The main event saw the ever charismatic Sami Berik (...
IFL Sabres Training Pictures
Check out this exclusive photo gallery from Sherdog.com's Dave
Mandel, who captured a training session featuring the International
Fight League's Tokyo Sabres, who are preparing to face the New York
Pitbulls in the 2007 playoff semi-finals.
How do...
Blog Day 3: In the Devils Own Backyard
By: Evgeni Kogan
No one does VIP like Russia in the 21st century. We're on the
Flying Dutchman, a replica of the seventeenth century schooner
Amsterdam which is...
Aleksander: MMAs First Sibling
By: Evgeni Kogan
From sharing jackets with his brothers in the bitter Russian winter
to seeing his hand raised in rings around the world, Aleksander Emelianenko
(...
Fletcher: Inching Toward the Big Time
By: Mike Sloan
According to trainer and promoter Eddy Millis, middleweight prospect
Jaime Fletcher
(Pictures) can do it all. If you want
a fighter who can...
Red Devil: A Word with Voronov
Sherdog.com's Evgeni Kogan caught up with Red Devil grappling
trainer Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov, who leads his team into
battle Saturday in...
Blog Day Two: In the Devils Own Backyard
By: Evgeni Kogan
Black eye count = 0. Broken limb count = 0. Rear naked choke count
= 1.
Though it's probably not a technique taught by most Brazilian Jiu...
Klarcyk, Bias Capture PFC Crowns
LEMOORE, Ca. - There was no quit in Shawn Klarcyk (Pictures).
BATTLEQUEST Returns this Weekend
Local promoter Carlos Carvalho has done a great job of building an
awareness of MMA in the Vail Valley and plans to expand that a bit
as the...
ART OF WAR 3 "USA vs BRAZIL"
DALLAS, TX --- Tickets go on sale this Saturday, July 21st for ART
OF WAR 3, USA vs Brazil, International Mixed-Martial-Arts event
scheduled for...
Fight Night 2 at The Park Sports
HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 20, 2007 - Xfight, LLC, American Top Team
(ATT), and The Park Sports Club present Fight Night 2 at The Park
Sports Club at...
Somdet decisions Harusaki at Battle Mix Tokyo
By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Japan, July 20 -- 2007's fourth iteration of the unique
Shooto series, Battle Mix Tokyo, has not only been the shortest
yet, but arguably the...
An Open Letter to Dana White
By: Josh Gross
Dear Dana,
We have a problem.
Not sure if you recall, but I broached the subject of steroids with
you way back when, well before we faced the...
Klarcyk and Bias Take Home PFC Gold
By: Jeff Sherwood
LEMOORE, Calif., July 19 -- Palace Fighting Championship 3: "Step
Up" brought a 17-fight card highlighted by a bountiful crop of
young and...
Koubousen Companion: Shooto Returns to U.S.
By: Jordan Breen
After a busy weekend in the Japanese mixed martial arts world,
quiescence hasn't quite crept up yet.
Sustain just put on a solid card with its...
The Brazilian Notebook: Stormy Seas Ahead
By: Gleidson Venga
The Brazilian MMA scene is growing and the number of events
sprouting up almost daily is tangible proof. Most of these events
are well...
ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series
NEW YORK -- Showtime Networks Inc. and mixed martial arts
organization EliteXC officially announced today the debut of a new
series on the...
CASTING CALL: SHAMROCKS SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
Frank Shamrock
(Pictures)'s premier fight team, the
Shamrock Submission Fight Team, will hold a try out/casting call on
July 22, 2007. A month after defeating Phil Baroni (...
Black Kobra Set for MMA Debut
By: Mike Sloan
Dewey Cooper (Pictures) has always been that hard luck
type of fighter. Sure he's surrounded by his Kobra Girls and
rappers whenever he enters...
Blog: In the Devils Own Backyard
By: Evgeni Kogan
The point at which my bravado started failing me, just a little,
was when the PR director of M1Mix Fight -- Russia's premiere MMA
event which...
FURY FC4 Update
GSE event manager announce a international fight for the 77 kg
belt, on the main super fight of the event, the challenge will be
between one of...
Devil's in the Details Says Fedor's Striking Trainer
By: Evgeni Kogan
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 18 -- In the first of several
interviews focusing on the Red Devil fight team, most notably
Fedor Emelianenko
(Pictures),...
Dopey: CSAC Releases Drug Testing Results
By: Josh Gross
Twenty-eight fighters licensed by California have violated the
state's anti-doping policy from March 31 through July 6 of this
year, the...
Fighters Make Weight for Thursday's PFC
By: Jeff Sherwood
LEMOORE, Calif., July 18 -- Weigh-ins for Thursday's Palace
Fighting Championship at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino took
place on what was a...
IFL BATTLEGROUND Update
The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world's number
one professional mixed martial arts league, takes a look at the
matchup between the unbeaten New York Pitbulls,...
PRODIGY KID IS THE NEWEST KORAL TEAM MEMBER
Lucas Leite, Master Leozinho Vieira from Brasa Team Black Belt, Pan
American champion in 2007 and owner of one of the biggest USA
submission...
K-1 HERO's Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez was on-location in Yokohama, Japan
to document the action from the opening round of HERO's lightweight
tournament, which saw Vitor
Ribeiro (Pictures) and Kultar Gill (...
Mixfight M-1 Russia vs. Europe"
On July, 21st, 2007, in the most beautiful place of St.-Petersburg,
in water area of Neva, will take place MMA Championship Mixfight
M-1 "Russia...
HCF Unfinished Business
Hardcore Championship Fighting is set to take centre stage in 4
days. The River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta will host
one of...
Southwest Scene: The Desert Digest
By: Tommy Messano
Mixed martial arts is growing in all quarters, nowhere more than
the harsh terrain of the American Southwest.
With Rage in the Cage, one of the...
Mail Sacked
By: Jake Rossen
Never let it be said that Sherdog.com readers are a shy lot: a
recent round of op-eds on the lightweights, Fedor Emelianenko
(Pictures), Frank Shamrock (...
Cage Rage 22 "Hard as Hell" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jim Page was cage-side in London, England to witness
Cage Rage 22 "Hard As Hell," which featured Mario Sperry's (Pictures) submission of Lee Hasdell (Pictures).
Also on the card, Tengiz
Tedoradze (Pictures), Gary Turner (...
First Casino MMA Show A Big Winner
Friant, CA: If their first mixed martial arts show is any
indication, Roy Englebrecht Events and Table Mountain Casino have a
winner on their...
Say it Ain't So, Royce! Notes on a Scandal
By: Jake Rossen
Here is the man, lean, lithe, and stoic. In a field of eight, he's
a physical anomaly, with shoulders as narrow as his hips; a bulky
pair of white...
Shooto "Back To Our Roots 4" Pictures
Shooto "Back To Our Roots 4" feauted popular Japanese fighters such
as "BJ" Shinichi Kojima
(Pictures), "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (Pictures) and Yuki Shoujou (...
FFF 2 "Crystal Brawl" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel was cage-side in Compton, Calif. to
witness Fatal Femmes Fighting's "Crystal Brawl," which was
headlined by Lisa Ward's
(Pictures) submission of...
Alvarez, Prangley Victories Highlight Bodog Fight's American Debut
Following unforgettable mixed martial arts events in Vancouver,
Canada and St. Petersburg, Russia, Bodog Fight finally made its
much-anticipated...
Guillen defeats Sims, replaces him in Global FC
As announced two weeks ago, the first ever Global Fighting
Championships Heavyweight Champion will be crowned on August 17 at
Mohegan Sun Arena....
UFC 75: CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION ON SPIKE TV
New York, NY, July 16, 2007 -- Spike TV will telecast "UFC 75:
Champion vs. Champion," its most star-studded fight card ever,
including the...
HEROS 154-lb. Tournament Kicks Off
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, July 16 -- With anticipation and rumors swirling for the
last two weeks, Fight Entertainment Group finally displayed their
brand of mixed martial...
Brazilians Best at Hero's in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, July 16, 2007 -- Maybe Hero's should be renamed "Heróis",
in Portuguese, because the boys from Brazil owned the mixed martial
art...
MM-Eh! KOTC Canada Aftermath
By: Andy Cotterill
King of the Cage Canada had a great show in Halifax this weekend,
and there was some interesting news in the aftermath.
Cory MacDonald
(Pictures) can be a major force at
170. In his match with Jonathan Goulet (...
Tedoradze Defends Cage Rage Title
LONDON, July 14 -- Returning to Wembley Arena for another night of
action, Cage Rage 22 "Hard as Hell" delivered some spectacular
finishes, including the shocking knock out of James Thompson (Pictures) on a card headlined by Eric Esch (Pictures) taking on...
Bahadurzada Takes Shooto Title
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, July 15 -- Despite losing the Shooto featherweight title
fight between current champion Akitoshi Hokazono
(Pictures) and former champion
Ryota Matsune
(...
Alvarez, Larosa Win in bodogFIGHT
By: Steven Curtis
TRENTON, New Jersey, July 14 -- What a difference a year makes. In
2006, when Bodog-sponsored a fight card on the east coast, it was
littered with...
Goulet and Grant win at KOTC Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 14 -- King of the Cage Canada brought
its traveling road show east of Quebec for the first time tonight,
and treated...
Hero's Middleweight Final Elimination Press Conference
TOKYO, July 15, 2007 -- As "Man-Yi" -- Japan's strongest summer
typhoon ever -- drove sheets of rain across Tokyo today, 16 of the
world's...
Ward Wins While Eying Mega Megu
By: Josh Gross and Dave Mandel
COMPTON, Calif., July 14 -- With an early submission under the
stars Saturday at the Crystal Park Casino, American Lisa Ward (Pictures),...
Back To Our Roots Returns
By: Jordan Breen
Leading pro Shooto promoter Sustain is back, with the fourth
installment of 2007's "Back To Our Roots" series.
If the sentence above excites...
Sherdog Preview: Bodog Arrives in U.S.
If Dana White is the Dr. Evil of MMA, then Calvin Ayre is
definitely Scott Evil -- younger and filled with hatred for his
predecessor yet unwilling to...
KOTC Canada Supremacy Weigh-In Results
By: Andy Cotterill
HALIFAX, July 13 -- Fighters from across Canada arrived in Halifax
and gathered today to treat fans to an outdoor weigh-in for their
fights...
Kate Martinez to compete in National Tournament
Business owners: Get your gear, products, clothing, and brand name
noticed at a big IKF World Kickboxing Tournament on August 10th -
12th in...
Hard as Hell Weigh-Ins
LONDON, July 13 -- In preparation for Saturday's Cage Rage 22 "Hard
as Hell," the entire card turned up in top condition and, most
importantly, all making weight -- aside from those unfortunate
fighters stranded on the M25 motorway.
Eric...
Alvarez Would've Bood Santa Claus, Too
By: Jordan Breen
Some months ago, your average Eddie Alvarez (Pictures) article followed a template.
There was much to rave about when it came to the...
Tsunami of MMA Regulation Hits Hawaiian Shores
By: James Meinhardt
HONOLULU, July 12 -- A defining moment in Hawaii's journey towards
regulation of mixed martial arts competition -- a journey that has
seen...
Bias is heavy favorite over unknown Maldonado
LEMOORE, Ca. - Oroville California's Shawn Bias (Pictures) doesn't necessarily feel like the
favorite for his featherweight title showdown with Minnesota's...
IFL Meet and Greet
NEW YORK, July 12, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's number one team-based professional mixed martial
arts...
Sakakibara Speaks On The Record
By: Jordan Breen
To say it's a busy couple of days for Japanese MMA would be an
understatement, and that goes for both in the domestic product and
the exports.
One of Japan's top welterweight talents, Kuniyoshi Hironaka
(...
Electric bantamweight title tilt to highlight PFC 3
LEMOORE, CA - Sacramento bantamweight David Espinosa (Pictures) has quickly become one of the
Palace Fighting Championship's favorite fighters....
IFL "USO Fleet Week"
NEW YORK, July 11, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's number one professional mixed martial arts
league, takes a...
IFO To Air on HDNET
Las Vegas, Nevada - July 11, 2007 - Hall of Fame Boxing Referee
Richard Steele and Steve Oshins, co-owners of Steele Cage
Promotions, LLC...
Team-Based MMA Arrives in Brazil
By: Gleidson Venga
Who would have thought that Wanderlei Silva (Pictures), Murilo Bustamante (Pictures), Pedro Rizzo (Pictures) and Antonio Rogerio
Nogueira (...
Cage Rage Aims to be Hard as Hell
With the polished spectacle of the UFC returning to London in
September and the difficulties of legal action looming, UK
promotion Cage Rage is under...
DEEP "30th Impact" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Daniel Herbertson was ringside in Osaka, Japan to
witness DEEP "30th Impact," which featured a 170-pound clash that
pitted Jutaro Nakao
(Pictures) against Kiuma Kunioku.
Also on the card, PRIDE Bushido veteran Seichi Ikemoto (...
Total Combat Joins Forces with ...
July 10, 2007 San Diego - Total Combat, Southern California's
premier mixed martial arts promotion, has joined forces with the
mastermind behind...
Levy & Good to Take the Stage
July 10, 2007 - The elite "Team Tiger Schulmann" Fight Team
recently announced that on Thursday, August 2nd, young gunners
Nissim Levy and Lyman...
Cage Rage Defiant in Face of UFC Suit
With more money and interest in mixed martial arts than ever
before, it's clear the global expansion of the UFC has had a
massive affect on the growth...
RITC 98 - Fort McDowell Casino
RITC 98
Fort McDowell Casino
Saturday July 21, 2007
Fountain Hills, AZ
Doors Open: 6:00 PM Fight Time: 8:00 PM...
Minute-by-Minute: "Stacked"
By: Jake Rossen
With two UFC titles on the line and two marquee names from both
sides of the Atlantic, UFC's Saturday entry -- with the subtle
subtitle "Stacked" --...
Butterbean Set for Clash with Gamlin
Last week, it was announced that on August 17 at Mohegan Sun Arena
either Jeff "The Snowman" Monson or Wes "The Project" Sims will be
crowned as...
Monday Morning Reverie: True Champions
By: Mike Sloan
In a weekend filled to the brim with fight action, Zuffa once again
showed why it has taken the mantle as the top mixed martial arts
promoter in the...
Explosive Superfight Highlights K-1s Return To Vegas
Hard-hitting demolition man and two-time K-1 tournament champion,
"Mighty Mo" Siligia, will face off with 2006 K-1 North America
tournament...
UFC 73 "Stacked" Pictures
"Stacked" was headlined by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva's first round TKO
of Nathan Marquardt
(Pictures) and featured a lightweight
title fight that saw Sean
Sherk (Pictures) retain his crown with a
hard-fought victory over Hermes Franca (Pictures).
Also on the card, Rashad
Evans (...
MM-Eh! Bocek Falls Short
By: Andy Cotterill
Mark Bocek (Pictures) went into his first UFC match
this weekend against Frank
Edgar (Pictures) with a lot of confidence and
determination, saying...
Shooto Brazil Eletrifies in Rio
By: Gleidson Venga
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 -- Shooto Brazil once again congregated an
army of quality fighters, the majority still searching for a place
in the sun
FX3 "Fight Night 5" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jim Page was cage-side in Reading, England to
document FX3's "Fight Night 5," headlined by Andre Winner's (Pictures) victory over...
FightFest Rocked Cleveland
Fightfest made a successful debut at the House of Blues in
Cleveland on July 6. The fights took place on the stage, where so
many musical acts...
Kunioku and Nakao Fight to a Draw
OSAKA, Japan, July 8 -- Headlined by a "dream fight" that promoter
Shigeru Saeki said came four or five years too late, the 30th
installment of DEEP featured former Shooto contender Jutaro Nakao (Pictures) against ex-King of Pancrase
Kiuma...
Winner and Fernandez Take Home FX3 Titles
READING, England, July 7 -- Andre Winner (Pictures) claimed the vacant FX3
Lightweight title with a mature performance as he handled UFR fight...
UFC 73: Silva, Sherk Retain Titles
By: Josh Gross
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 7 -- Anderson Silva and Sean Sherk (Pictures) retained their respective UFC
middleweight and lightweight titles Saturday in...
Eastman Escapes Controversy, Nabs Vacant IFO Title
By: Mike Sloan
LAS VEGAS, July 7 -- The International Fighting Organization's
Steele Cage-promoted "Fireworks in the Cage" was one of the better
events for a...
WKA North American Amateur Combat Sports Championships
All registered fighters will receive an arm band that will be used
for tournament entry and as a General Admission ticket for the
Combat Sports...
Brazilians View U.S. as MMA Home
By: Josh Gross
LOS ANGELES -- Since its inception, the Ultimate Fighting
Championship has been a platform for Brazilian fighters.
The organization's first star, Royce Gracie (...
The Moment of Moments for Marquardt
By: Jordan Breen
"My next fight is always my most important fight, and I'm
ready."
It's forthright, without a hint of pretense. It's exactly the
response you'd expect from Nathan Marquardt (Pictures),...
Tiger Schulmanns Strikes Hard Against Obesity!
The nation's premier martial arts organization runs Fitness
Challenge to motivate adults to shape-up.
July 6, 2007 - Today, Tiger Schulmann's...
Living in "Taradise"
Her parents would prefer that she didn't beat people up for a
living, but Tara LaRosa is quite happy doing what she loves.
Its payback time for Antuna
LEMOORE - He was a high school state wrestling champion and an
All-American that had scholarship offers lined up from some of the
top colleges...
Cooper, Smith clash in light heavyweight thriller
LEMOORE - Adam Smith knows
very little about his opponent for his pro mixed martial arts debut
at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino on July 19
Great Sherdog Debate: UFC 73
By: Mike Fridley and Mike Sloan
After a relatively lengthy hiatus, the Great Sherdog Debate has
returned with full force and this one promises to be a
foul-infested slugfest.
...
Enthusiastic Steele Switching Gears to MMA
By: Mike Sloan
No matter what he does with the rest of his life, Richard Steele
will be inexorably linked to boxing.
But this Saturday, the Hall of Fame...
Jackson: Finding Artistry in MMA
By: Greg Savage
When mixed martial arts trainers discuss the inner workings of the
still-evolving sport, many will break down fighters and techniques
with the...
Sherk to Offer Franca Eye Opening Experience
By: Mike Sloan
UFC lightweight champion Sean
Sherk (Pictures) doesn't plan on letting Hermes Franca (Pictures) leave Sacramento with the belt
around his waist....
Koubousen Companion: News and Notes from Japan
By: Jordan Breen
Popsicles (and MMA) are for the summertime.
Two of Japan's premiere promotions have had some recent hiccups
with title clashes
IFL BATTLEGROUND Update
NEW YORK, July 4, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's number one professional mixed martial arts
league, takes a...
Steele Cage Promotions Releases Theme
Las Vegas, Nevada - July 4, 2007 - Hall of Fame Boxing Referee
Richard Steele and Steve Oshins, co-owners of Steele Cage
Promotions, LLC...
Pancrase Official Rankings
Considering Fabricio
Nascimento (Pictures)'s (Nova Uniao-Italia/ bodog) past
achievement, we would like to announce the latest rankings...
Bodog's Former Welterweight Champ Wants His Belt Back
Philadelphia has long been a fertile breeding ground for some of
the world's best fighters, both real and fictional - boxers like
"Smokin" Joe...
Global FC to Crown Heavyweight Ace
As announced last week, Global Fighting Championships will hold its
inaugural event, a night of live Mixed Martial Arts fighting on
August 17...
Stacked UFC Offers Two Title Fights
Thankfully, UFC 73 "Stacked" isn't some sort of bizarre cross
promotion with Pamela Anderson's failed Fox sitcom (is there any
other kind?)....
Franca Ready to Make His Dream a Reality
By: Mike Sloan
Who knows what would have happened if Gabe Ruediger (Pictures) scored a victory over Hermes Franca (Pictures) when they fought on a WEC card...
Evans Confident for the Ortiz Test
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- He walked into the dojo with a certain
swagger about him. Cool. Calm. Collected. His walk turned in to a
strut. He...
Fight Night UK on Eurosport
Fighters Inc are proud to announce that Fight Night UK is receiving
an extended run on Eurosport, starting Thursday 5th July at
11.00pm,...
J.G.s Massive Tuesday Mailbag
By: Josh Gross
We've got it all covered in this latest mailbag. Steroids. (Lots on
steroids.) Joe Rogan. Where B.J.
Penn (Pictures) goes after soundly defeating
Jens Pulver (Pictures).
Thoughts on Frank
Shamrock (...
Premature Thoughts on UFC 73
By: Jake Rossen
From Sherdog's Ceaseless Bitching Dept: Thanks to the diluted
offerings of the UFC's frenetic television schedule, a card that
promises three marquee...
IFL To Launch Photo Store
NEW YORK, July 2, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI), the world's number one professional mixed martial arts
league, today...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Speaking from a warm Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mark Bocek took time out of his busy
training schedule to discuss how things are going just a week away
from his UFC lightweight debut against Frank Edgar (...
Penn, Rutten & More to Host Paradise Warrior Retreat
The Paradise Warrior Retreats Center welcomes you to join a 2
night, 3 day martial art seminar-retreat given at the Grand Vista
Hotel located in Simi Valley, California.
The seminar features legends such as Bas Rutten (...
Sherk and Pulver To Appear
Richmond, VA; July 1, 2007 - UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk (Pictures) and UFC Champion/Ultimate 5 coach
Jens Pulver (Pictures) are...
Q&A: Shamus on the State of the IFL
By: Scott Holmes
Consider what the International Fight League -- A 12-team league
that allows competition for 50 or so fighters that are salaried,
fully benefited and...