Pro Elite Conference Call Quotes
The America Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas, will rock
like it never has before when Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, presents
"EliteXC:...
Bodog Fight Joins "Revolution"
From the CN Center in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada,
Bodog Fight is proud to present Extreme Fighting Challenge 5:
Revolution on November 3
X-1 World Events Hits Nov. 9
X-1 World Events and 102.7 The Bomb proudly presents the Mixed
Martial Arts Event "New Bloods" November 9th at the Blaisdell Arena
in Honolulu...
RITC schedule
RAGE IN THE CAGE #102 - Saturday Nov 3rd / Casa Grande Fairgrounds,
will featured Mauy Thai and MMA fights in a Ring. This event will
featured...
Sherdog.coms Guide to TUF 6
By: Scott Holmes
Last week on TUF, Ben
Saunders from Team Serra used his range and accuracy to knock
Dan Barrera out of the competition and hand Team Hughes another
loss. Matt Hughes
(...
K-1 HERO's Pictures
Joo-Young Jung captured this exclusive photo gallery in Seoul,
South Korea, where K-1 HERO's held a card headlined by Yoshihiro Akiyama
(Pictures)'s knockout of Denis Kang (...
Showtime for Kimbo, Noons
By: Jake Rossen
As EliteXC's first year as premium cable's only MMA attraction
draws to a close, company president Gary Shaw and a host of
athletes sat in on a...
IFL Goes Live This Weekend
NEW YORK, October 31, 2007 - The International Fight League
(OTC.BB: IFLI), the world's number one team-based professional
mixed martial arts...
IFO Moves Decmeber Date
Las Vegas, Nevada - October 31, 2007 - Hall of Fame Boxing Referee
Richard Steele and Steve Oshins, co-owners of Steele Cage
Promotions, LLC...
Inside the Standard Zuffa Contract
By: Adam Swift
The dispute between Randy
Couture (Pictures) and Zuffa over his departure from
the UFC has brought the terms of UFC contracts to the forefront of
the...
Matyushenko Meets Schoenauer for IFL Grand Prix 205-Pound Title
By: Scott Holmes
The IFL returns Saturday with its first Grand Prix, which was
supposed to be the perfect way to push the promotion to the next
level
MMA Sports Combat Pictures
Check out this exclusive picture gallery from Rio das Ostras,
Brazil, where Sherdog.com's Gledison Venga witnessed MMA Sports
Combat from ringside
White, Fertitta Fire Back at Couture
By: Jake Rossen
The war of words between UFC officials and Randy Couture (Pictures) continued Tuesday.
At a news conference in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana...
Bodog Fight "Webisodes" Airing Online
Not since Geraldo Rivera unearthed Al Capone's underground safe
more than 20 years ago has the opening of a vault promised to
captivate an...
Kickboxer set for MMA Debut at Strikeforce
San Jose, CA….Undefeated World Light Heavyweight Kickboxing
Champion Brian "The Mad Stork" Schwartz (18-0) will step in the
cage for the...
IFL Storms into Chicago
NEW YORK, October 29, 2007 - The International Fight League
(OTC.BB: IFLI), the world's number one team-based professional
mixed martial arts...
IFL's Huen to Compete at OctoberFist
A good MMA show just got better, as MMA promoter Roy Englebrecht
announced today that Conor Huen, a member of this year's LA
Anacondas from the...
Pure Force VI
Pure Force, the premier mixed martial arts organization of the
Midwest, presents Pure Force VI "The Return" December 15, 2007.
This event will...
Heroic Blitz: Akiyama KOs Kang
By: John Lee and Joo-Young Jung
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 28 -- In a steaming, filled Jang Choong
Stadium on Sunday, an electrified audience bore witness to the
redemption and birth of a heroic figure, Yoshihiro Akiyama
(Pictures), who knocked out Denis Kang...
Weighty Matters
By: Jake Rossen
As many of its participants are fond of pointing out -- clichés be
damned -- fighting is 90 percent mental. Some might add that the...
MMA Sports Combat Debuts in Brazil
By: Gleidson Venga
RIO DAS OSTRAS, Brazil, Oct. 27 -- MMA Sports Combat held its
inaugural event Saturday, filling the main gym in Rio das Ostras
and thrilling...
SportFight 20 Homecoming
Saturday night October 27, 2007 at the Portland, Oregon Rose Garden
Arena was "Homecoming" for SportFight 20. Matt Lindland (Pictures) and his...
Outsider Cup 7
On the 8th of December 2007 the Outsider Cup Freefight for
Newcomers will take place within the range Bielefeld/Germany (the
location adress...
Akiyama Beats Kang at HERO'S Korea 2007
SEOUL, October 28, 2007 -- Yoshihiro Akiyama
(Pictures) spoiled Denis Kang (Pictures)'s HERO'S debut with a KO victory
tonight at the HERO'S...
Souwer Triumphs at Shootboxing
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct. 28 -- The giants of sumo were replaced by fists and
feet on Sunday as Japan's Shootboxing promotion held its biggest
show of the year at...
Sonnen Dominates Uscola at Sportfight
By: Chris Ryan
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 27 -- Chael Sonnen (Pictures) knows whom he wants to fight
next.
Seconds after he delivered a convincing victory over Kyacey Uscola (...
EliteXC ShoXC Pictures
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel was cage-side at the Chumash Casino &
Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. to capture ShoXC through the lens of
his camera.
The event saw Javier
Vazquez (Pictures) and Jared Hamman (...
Kang: Fighting for Pride
By: John Lee
With the dissolution of PRIDE, there has been a mass exodus of the
organization's top fighters to once-rival promotions K-1 and UFC --
and there...
HERO'S Korea 2007 Press Conference
SEOUL, October 26, 2007 -- The Main Event in this weekend's HERO's
Korea 2007 has captured the attention of fightsport fans in Korea
and Japan....
`Tap or Snap 29`
Colorado Springs, Colorado -- The Douglas County Event Center will
be host to some of the toughest men in the world who also have the
softest...
Money Matters
By: Josh Gross
From the moment Randy
Couture (Pictures) tendered a faxed letter of
resignation to the offices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship,
both sides have...
Showtime Calls it Quits on SHOWTIME
By: Mike Fridley and Dave Mandel
Javier Vazquez
(Pictures) was full of surprises
Friday night at the Chumash Casino & Resort in Santa Ynez,
Calif., first submitting JC
Pennington (...
Kang, Akiyama Collide at K-1 HEROS
By: John Lee
SEOUL -- The anticipated K-1 HERO'S Korea main event on Sunday
between Denis Kang
(Pictures) and Yoshihiro Akiyama
(Pictures) should be a barn burner
Marvelous Melvin Racks Up Knockouts
By: Tim Leidecker
The K-1 HERO'S show in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday will be the
promotion's first event this year in which Melvin Manhoef (Pictures) is not...
Southwest Scene: October Edition
By: Tommy Messano
Aaron Rosa (Pictures) of San Antonio, Texas, is the
newest member of Tito Ortiz
(Pictures)'s Team Punishment. The
unbeaten light heavyweight meets Jared Hamman (...
White Addresses Everything UFC
By: Jake Rossen
In a none-too-likely coincidence, Ultimate Fighting Championship
President Dana White headed a conference call Thursday afternoon
only 30 minutes before an upset UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture (...
ProElite.Com to Provide Couture Presser Coverage
LOS ANGELES - So, what were the real reasons why he left Ultimate
Fighting Championships? Is the Mixed Martial Arts legend really
retired? What...
Bodog Fight to Air Never Before Seen PPV Bouts
It is a shame for mixed martial arts fans, but every Pay-Per-View
broadcast there are always some outstanding undercard fights that
simply do...
The Spider Tops Fedor in Sherdog P4P Rankings
An incredible run by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva combined with a
long period of inactivity by Russian heavyweight stalwart has
resulted in...
Sherdog.coms Guide to TUF 6
By: Scott Holmes
This week's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter" wasted no time
getting down to business by announcing the fight match-up. Ben Saunders from Team...
Hergott to Apear on Sirius Radio
Owned Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it's president and
writer/director of the feature film 'Owned' will be answering
questions on...
Tito Ortiz to Host Canadian Seminar
On Saturday, November 10, the ultimate icon of mixed martial arts
and former UFC champion Tito
Ortiz (Pictures) will be coaching a seminar from...
Camoes Hopes to Shine in ShoXC
By: Gleidson Venga
Fabricio Camoes makes
his ShoXC debut Friday against Josh Gaskins (Pictures). A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black
belt, "Morango" gained recognition in...
HDNet Taps Andrew Simon as CEO, HDNet Fights
DALLAS (October 24) - HDNet has named Andrew Simon CEO of HDNet
Fights, the high definition network's new venture into Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA)
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Jason MacDonald
(Pictures) and Kalib Starnes (Pictures) both dropped middleweight bouts
Saturday in Cincinnati, losing to stiff competition from Yushin Okami (Pictures) and Alan Belcher (...
M-1 Globals Maxwell Means Business
Mitchell Maxwell, chairman of M-1 Global, doesn't know much about
MMA. Just ask him, and he'll be the first to tell you that his past
10 weeks...
European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia
By: Tim Leidecker
The latest edition of European Throwdown is jam-packed with news
and notes from upcoming shows in Germany, Switzerland, Poland,
Lithuania and England
AMC - GENESIS
AMC founder and former PRIDE fighting trainer and director,
Matt Hume (Pictures), will present the new and
exciting "up and comers" series, "Genesis."
PFC 4 'Project Complete' Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jeff Sherwood was cage-side in Lemoore, Calif. to
witness PFC 4 "Complete," which featured UFC veteans Lodune Sincaid (Pictures) and Justin Levens (...
BUENTELLO BATTLES OVEREEM FOR WORLD TITLE
October 23, 2007; San Jose, CA….Heavyweight superstars Paul "The
Headhunter" Buentello (23-9) and Alistair "The Demolition Man"
Overeem...
HDNet to Cover Couture Presser Live
A special live edition of "INSIDE MMA" will feature the national
press conference of MMA legend Randy Couture (Pictures). At the press...
Emelianenko Ready to Seize Marquee
By: Josh Gross
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 -- During his 34 years working in the
entertainment industry, Mitchell Maxwell has seen many
contracts.
So Vadim Finkelchtein, the Russian manager of Fedor Emelianenko
(...
Manager, Promoter, President: Monte Coxs Multiple Roles
By: Joe Hall
NEW YORK -- Monte Cox was wearing a suit.
At a news conference Monday, the prolific manager sat beside the
top-ranked heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emelianenko
(...
HDNet Fight Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jeff Sherwood was cage-side at the American Airlines
Center in Dallas, Texas to shoot the debut edition of HDNet Fights,
headlined by Erik Paulson
(Pictures) versus...
Project completes MMA journey
LEMOORE, Ca. - The fighting sports writer created his own
story.
Jeremy Luchau won by
submission in the first round over Lemoore's
M-1 Global Press Conference Pictures
Matthew Kaplowitz was on hand at Mark Ecko's office in New York
City to capture the M-1 Global press conference through the lens of
his camera...
Shooto 'Shooting Disco 3' Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez was ringside at the Shinjuku FACE in
Tokyo, Japan to document Shooto's Shooting Disco 3, which featured
Yuki Shoujou (Pictures) versus Junji Ikoma (...
IFL to use STATS LLC
NEW YORK and NORTHBROOK, Ill. - October 22, 2007 - The
International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world's number one
team-based professional...
Minute-by-Minute: UFC 77
By: Jake Rossen
Some may have interpreted UFC 77's subtitle, "Hostile Territory,"
as anticipating Cincinnati's boo-heavy reception for defending
middleweight champion...
Monday Morning Reverie: Spider Venom
By: Mike Sloan
Rich Franklin (Pictures) must be wondering what in the
world he has to do to beat the Brazilian bomber known as Anderson Silva. Franklin was...
Tournament Fighters Decided for Strikeforce
San Jose, CA….Wrestling powerhouse Trevor Prangley (Pictures) (16-4) along with rising star
Jorge Santiago
(Pictures) (14-7) and seasoned road
warrior Yuki Sasaki
(...
NAAFS Events Calendar UPDATE
Tickets on Sale for NAAFS "Night of Champions": The NAAFS caps off
a memorable 2007 with its year end national finals as 6 champions
will be...
Silva Puts 'Ace' in the Hole, Again
By: Joe Hall
CINCINNATI, Oct. 20 -- Much was made of Anderson Silva having to defend
his UFC middleweight title in the hometown of his opponent,
Rich Franklin (...
Polley Upsets Hollett at ECC 6
By: Andy Cotterill and Chris Harding
HALIFAX, Oct. 20 -- American Top Team had a great night in Canada,
as Lew Polley stunned the
disbelieving Halifax crowd with a stoppage of fan favorite Roger Hollett (...
IFL Draft Update
MAMARONECK, N.Y., October 20, 2007 -- Nearly 150 mixed martial
athletes residing in 20 U.S. states - hailing from at least 10
other countries -...
Fedor vs. Lindland on Free Tv
It was one of the most talked about fights ever when it aired on
pay-per-view last April. Now, you can see it free!
Tuesday, October 23 at 11...
Shoujou Climbs Ranks at Shooting Disco
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct. 20 -- Shooting Disco, the Gutsman dojo produced and
International Shooto Commission sanctioned show, returned Saturday
with a main event featuring a 123-pound battle between Yuki Shoujou (Pictures) and Junji Ikoma...
SHOXC RETURNS TO SHOWTIME
NEW YORK - Two undefeated 205-pound fighters with nearly identical
records will clash when Aaron
Rosa (Pictures) (10-0) faces Jared Hamman
CSL PURE FIGHT
The Combat Sports Leagues CSL - "PURE FIGHT" television show begins
airing on regional FOX TV and My Network TV on October 20th and
October...
Ace Looks to Trump Middleweight King
By: Greg Savage
They are two minutes and 59 seconds that Rich Franklin (Pictures) has been dwelling on for a year.
In that short time, the Ohio native went from...
Once-Bitten Franklin Tries to Squash The Spider
Sometimes a failed game plan leaves egg on your face. Then there
are those times it leads to a sadistic feng shui facial
rearranging, which is exactly what Rich "Ace" Franklin (...
Homecoming King?
By: Jason Stern
On Oct. 14, 2006, UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (Pictures) entered the Octagon as a winner.
With a record of 20-1 and 19 wins by...
Jason MacDonald Training Pictures
Sherdog.com's Andy Cotterill captured this exclusive photo gallery
of Jason MacDonald
(Pictures) at Titan's MMA in Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Lister Gets Supporting Role in "Owned"
AUSTIN, TX. - Owned Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it has
cast Dean "The Boogyman" Lister in a supporting role in the feature
film...
CELEBRITIES TO FIGHT IT OUT ON TV
Stars to be coached by professional fighters to fight in a mixed
martial arts reality show Atlanta, GA - October 18, 2007 -
Intuition Media...
Silva-Franklin II: Unlike Any Other
By: Jordan Breen
In sports, reference and comparison are inevitable. If the Patriots
win another Super Bowl, they will be linked to the dynasties of the...
Wildman Beats Crazy Man
By: Jeff Sherwood
LEMOORE, Calif., Oct. 18 -- Thomas "Wildman" Denny
(Pictures) took a hard-fought
unanimous decision over Olaf
Alfonso (Pictures) Thursday at the...
Hitman Relegated to Watchman
By: Tim Leidecker
Of the interested observers for Saturday's UFC middleweight title
fight, it will be impossible for Martin Kampmann (Pictures) to avoid imagining...
Coutures Agent Refutes Report as War of Words Continues
By: Adam Swift
The old adage goes, "what's in a name?" Apparently, the answer is a
lot, at least when it comes to describing Randy Couture's (Pictures) departure from...
Henderson to Appear at NHRA Event
It's the perfect combination: the speed and power of a 7000+
horsepower top fuel dragster and the quickness and strength of
mixed martial arts champion "Dangerous"...
Bodog Fight's Welterweight Champ No Longer "Fainting Goat"
Some guys fight over women. Nick Thompson (Pictures) became a fighter just to impress
one.
"A few years ago I went to see a mixed martial arts...
Bodog Fight to Sponsor SportFight
Mixed martial arts powerhouse Bodog Fight is teaming up with an
organization founded by two of the biggest names in the sport
STRIKEFORCE FOUR MEN ENTER, ONE MAN SURVIVES
San Jose, CA….Mixed martial arts star Falaniko "Niko" Vitale (24-7)
and has been the first combatant selected to throw down in a
four-man,...
Sympathy for the Giant
Giants are supposed to win. David knocks off Goliath, and it's a
story for the ages. If it had gone the other way, it would have
been chalked up to physics and forgotten.
And so goes life for Tim
Sylvia (...
MacDonalds Plan Against Okami: Push the Pace
By: Andy Cotterill
It was just over a year ago that Jason MacDonald (Pictures) came seemingly out of nowhere and
scored an easy submission victory over popular "The Ultimate
Fighter 3" finalist...
Sherdog.coms Guide to TUF 6
By: Scott Holmes
Last week on TUF, Mac Danzig
(Pictures) was disgusted by Blake Bowman's effort in defeat.
This week he questions why Bowman is even on the show
FightZone TV Announce TV Deal
SARASOTA, FL. -- A growing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) team fighting
league, Bonecrunch Fighting and FightZone TV are pleased to
announce an...
From Writer to Fighter, seriously
LEMOORE, Ca. - Jeremy Luchau never really intended to be a
writer.
And he surely never planned to be a fighter....
Behind the Curtain: Zuffa's Finances Come Into Focus
By: Adam Swift
Randy Couture's
(Pictures) resignation from the UFC
and subsequent speculation about the company's pay scale have
shoved Zuffa's finances back into the...
Cage Warriors ETRH 4 Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jim Page was cage-side in Nottingham, England to
shoot Cage Warriors' Enter the Rough House 4, which was headlined
by Jim Wallhead
(Pictures)'s first round submission of...
TAPOUT VISITS THE BLUEGRASS STATE
Alexandria, KY- The trio equaling the TapouT Crew are no strangers
to the fanfare surrounding autograph sessions, nor too shy to
strike their...
FFF 3 War of the Roses
VANESSA PORTO VS. ROXANNE MODAFFERI for the Fatal Femmes Fighting
Lightweight Championship of the World. Brazil and the USA meet toe
to toe in...
Cuban Critiques Inaugural HDNet Fights
By: Scott Holmes
Anyone eager to start promoting in the ever-expanding world of
mixed martial arts will certainly run into obstacles.
In fact, separating...
Spirit MC Grand Prix Pictures
Joo-Young Jung was ringside in Seoul, South Korea to capture the
Spirit MC Heavyweight Grand Prix, which saw Takada Dojo's Ryuichi Murata (...
Angrrr Management 13 Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jim Page shot this exclusive photo gallery of Angrrr
Management 13, which featured a headlining bout that pitted
Marc Goddard against
Ivan Serati (...
MMA Big Show Returns in November
Former New York Giant Bobby
Jones will be making his pro MMA debut after recently
dominating in his last amateur fight winning in 34 seconds by...
Emelianenko Highlights Bodog Episode
He may be Fedor's "little brother", but when it comes to fighting,
Aleksander
Emelianenko (Pictures) is creating a big stir of his own
Rushed? How MMA Fighters Climb the Ranks
By: Joe Hall
Sean Salmon (Pictures) believed mixed martial arts was
barbaric.
When a local promoter offered him money to fight, though, Salmon
said he'd...
Petty Cash
By: Jake Rossen
Does Sean Gregory know something Dana White doesn't?
In a July profile of the rapid ascension of mixed martial arts to
the top of pop culture
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
This coming weekend is a huge one for Canadians Jason MacDonald (Pictures) and Kalib Starnes (Pictures), as both look to continue their
winning...
Wallhead Wipes Out Lynch
NOTTINGHAM, England, Oct. 14 -- Rightly elevated to headliner
status after a string of impressive wins, Jim Wallhead (Pictures) wasted no time in his match
against UFC veteran...
Murata Captures Spirit MC Heavyweight Grand Prix
By: John Lee and Joo-Young Jung
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 14 -- Ryuichi Murata (Pictures), star pupil of the Yoshida dojo,
claimed the Spirit MC Heavyweight Grand Prix belt with...
Pancrase "Rising 8" Pictures
Pancrase Rising 8 was headlined by PRIDE and UFC veteran Yuki Kondo's (Pictures) hard-fought victory over Yuji Sakuragi (Pictures)....
MARS "Blown Away" Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez captured this exclusive photo
gallery from Tokyo, Japan, where MARS held a fight card headlined
by Hiroyuki Nozawa
(Pictures) versus Do Hyung Kim (...
MFC to Air on PPV
The Maximum Fighting Championship will give fans from coast to
coast in Canada the chance to get lucky with terrific mixed martial
arts action...
Kondo Scores First Win of 07
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct. 14 -- Despite losing the heavyweight King of Pancrase
title match between champion Assuerio Silva (Pictures) and former champion Kestutis "Tiger" Arbocius
(...
Paulson Scratches Seven-Year Itch with Victory
By: Greg Savage and Jeff Sherwood
DALLAS, Oct. 13 -- Former Shooto Champion Erik Paulson made his return to
fighting a smashing success with a quick armbar victory over
Jeff Ford at the...
Goddard Triumphs at Angrrr Management
KIDDERMINSTER, England, Oct. 13 -- In the main event of Angrrr
Management 13, well-supported local fighter Marc Goddard delivered a very
solid performance. He came back from heavy punishment to overwhelm
his Italian opponent, Ivan
Serati...
TapouT Reigns in Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH- The trio equaling the TapouT Crew are no strangers
to the fanfare surrounding autograph sessions, nor too shy to
strike their...
Rio Heroes 10 on Tuesday!
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - The cage is set and the fighters are
ready. As the sun goes down on the east coast of South America,
eight warriors...
Nozawa, Kaminishi Victorious at MARS 9
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct .13 -- MARS, the relative newcomer on the Japanese MMA
scene, held its "Blown Away" event within the confines of fighting
hotspot Shinjuku...
Paulson, Ford Meet in Unlikely HDNet Main Event
By: Mike Sloan
HDNet, a television network founded by billionaire business mogul
Mark Cuban, is primed to host its inaugural mixed martial arts
event tonight in...
White Responds to Couture Resignation
By: Greg Savage
A clueless Hollywood agent, Internet Web sites, Fedor Emelianenko's
(Pictures) management team and
Randy Couture's
(Pictures) age top UFC...
"Professional" Comes Tailor Made
When devising a game plan, most mixed martial arts fighters play to
their strengths - brawlers brawl, wrestlers wrestle and grapplers
grapple. Clearly, middleweight sensation Trevor Prangley (...
Reflections of a Legend: Coutures Top 10
By: Mike Sloan
If Randy Couture
(Pictures) never fights in the UFC
again, I'm fairly certain that the fight world would forgive him
Koubousen Companion: PRIDE Replacement?
By: Jordan Breen
After six months of anxiety, vacancy and speculation your "new
PRIDE" may be here
ELITEXC SIGNS NICK DIAZ TO LONG-TERM EXTENSION
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 11, 2007) - Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.,
which celebrated its first birthday recently, received a belated
present from Nick Diaz
(...
Kimbo Signs with EliteXC
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 11, 2007) - The notorious King of Street Fighting
and one of the meanest, roughest, toughest, baddest brawlers in the
history...
Amateur Tour 2007/2008
On November 11th 2007 Shidokan Germany will host the second event
of the Amateur Tour 2007/2008 in Mainz. Amateur Fighters from all
over Europe...
Couture: The UFCs Ultimate Threat
By: Jake Rossen
In an industry where every move is plastered over Web pages before
gas has even entered the bowels, the exodus of Randy Couture (Pictures) from...
MMA Pipeline: A Ruthless Return
By: James Meinhardt
Fresh off his impressive TKO over Murilo "Ninja" Rua, EliteXC and
ICON Sport middleweight champion Robbie Lawler (Pictures) will return to ICON on Dec. 15 to
defend his belt against Waianae, Hawaii's Kala Kolohe Hose (...
Sherdog.coms Guide to TUF 6
By: Scott Holmes
Previously on TUF, John
Kolosci (Pictures) of the Serra squad took out
Billy Miles (Pictures) from Team Hughes
DEEP '32nd Impact' Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez was ringside in Tokyo, Japan to
witness Hidehiko
Hasegawa (Pictures)'s draw with Dong Hyun Kim (Pictures) at DEEP: 32nd Impact. The card
also featured PRIDE veterans Masakazu Imanari (Pictures), Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures) and...
HDNet Fights Card Finalized
DALLAS, TEXAS---Matchmaker, Guy
Mezger (Pictures), of HDNet Fights has announced
the final Fight Card for Saturday nights HDNet Fights event at...
XFIGHT Promotions
San Francisco, CA. Promoter Mr. Michael Borbet of XFIGHT Promotions
is bringing one of the most exciting ring sports - Muay Thai to the
Bay...
Shooto 'GIG Central 13' pictures
Sherdog.com's Daniel Herbertson was ringside in Naogya, Japan to
capture Shooto 'Gig Central 13' through the lens of his camera. In
the main event, Jong Man
Kim (Pictures) upset PRIDE veteran Hatsu Hioki (...
Two new Champions crowned at CCFC
Cage Combat Fighting Championships crowned two new champions
Saturday night at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. In the night's co-main
event, Oakdale MMA fighter Rolando Velasco (...
Hasegawa Keeps DEEP Title with Draw
By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct. 9 -- DEEP welterweight champion Hidehiko Hasegawa
(Pictures) met Dong Hyun Kim (Pictures) in a rematch this evening, this
time defending his...
Ento says hell stand, Levens smiles
LEMOORE, Ca. - Kenny Ento
(Pictures) says he is always looking
for some one to stand and trade with him.
Total Combat Postponed
Due to issues out of Total Combat's control, the Oct 13th event is
being postponed to Nov 4th and being held at a new venue The Show
Palace...
European Throwdown: Notes from Iberia to Siberia
By: Tim Leidecker
Fight fans unfamiliar with the smaller Japanese leagues like GCM or
Pancrase will most likely know Artur Oumakhanov (Pictures) only from his devastating...
EFWC 'The Untamed' Pictures
Sherdog.com's Dave Mandel was on location at the Anaheim Convention
Center in Southern Calif. to document EFWC: The Untamed, which was
headlined by Nam Phan's
(Pictures) knockout of Shad Smith (...
Hioki Drops Decision to Kim
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 8 -- It's been a busy few weeks in Shooto, and
with the annual rookie tournament finals getting closer, it didn't
get any quieter over the long weekend.
On Monday...
WFC V: Cage Wars
WFC to feature Marcus Jones in Cage Wars V Tampa, FL October 2007
-World Fighting Championships (WFC) has signed up Marcus Jones...
BodogFight Update
Tuesday, October 9 at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central on the ION
Television Network (and The Fight Network in Canada) tune in for
the first of three...
International Fight Agency Launched
It is with great pride that we announce the launch of the
International Fight Agency. IFA's international team of
highly-experienced agents will...
MM-Eh! News and Notes from Canada
By: Andy Cotterill
Until very recently the name Hardcore Championship Fighting was
known mainly to a few Canadian MMA fans.
But recent signings of PRIDE veterans Aleksander Emelianenko
(Pictures) and Antonio Rogerio
Nogueira (Pictures) and UFC veteran Renato...
Brazilian Notebook: Shaolin Recovering
By: Gleidson Venga
Rumors have been swirling about Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro's future
after his eye surgery to fix an injury suffered in the Sept. 17
HERO'S...
Mail Call
By: Jake Rossen
Second only to the requisite Monday morning steroid scandal, there
is no better way to fill precious Sherdog.com real estate than with
a...
Gracie Proving Ground Pictures
Check out this exclusive photo gallery from Sherdog.com's James
Meinhardt, who was ringside in Honolulu, Hawaii to witness Gracie
Proving Ground, which saw Koa
Ramos knockout Rhalan
Gracie (...
Young Gracie Goes Down in Hawaii
By: James Meinhardt
HONOLULU, Oct. 6 -- The Ohio-based Gracie Fighting Championships
made its initial foray into the Hawaiian market Saturday night with
Gracie Proving Ground at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena.
In the evening's main event, Rhalan Gracie...
Phan Reverses Fortune with EFWC Win
By: Greg Savage and Dave Mandel
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 6 -- Nam
Phan (Pictures) got back on the winning track
Saturday night by knocking out Shad Smith (Pictures) just over a minute...
Primal MMA November 3, 2007 Noche de los Muertos
Tijuana, Mexico- In the United States we have Halloween. In Mexico
at the same time of the year a similar holiday is celebrated, "Dia
de los...
Extreme Challenge 85 Tonight!
Extreme Challenge 85 at the Bismarck, N.D., Civic Center on
Saturday will be all about the beef - and fast action. Mixed
martial arts heavyweights Chris Tuchscherer and...
PFC Wants Kimbo-Tank
In light of the recent news that the CFFC 6 event, which was
scheduled to take place on October 12th in Atlantic City, New
Jersey has been...
Live Support: Why IFLs Recent TV Deal Matters
By: Scott Holmes
At first glance the recent announcement that one hour of the Nov. 3
IFL 2007 World Grand Prix semifinals will be televised live on
MyNetworkTV seems...
Promising Brit is a Winner
The Rough House gym in Nottingham, England, is known primarily for
two things: having a virtual stranglehold on the U.K. welterweight
scene with their deadly trio of Paul Daley (Pictures), Dan Hardy (Pictures) and Jim Wallhead...
Koubousen Companion: Euthan-Asia
By: Jordan Breen
Some six months after it was announced at a press conference in
Tokyo that Dream Stage Entertainment had agreed to sell control of
the PRIDE...
Pancrase Official Rankings
Considering the result of the 30th of September 2007 fight at Umeda
Stella Hall, we would like to announce the latest rankings
including the new...
Ken Shamrock's MMA Xtreme Cage Fighting
The most talked about fight production in 2007 featuring famous
fighters and incredible action! Autograph signing and pics with
Ken Shamrock (...
HEATH vs. HAYNES card grows in Stockton
JG Promotions returns to the beautiful Stockton Arena in Stockton
California on October 12th 2007 with an amazing line up of Mixed
Martial Arts...
Meet the Man of Stone
Joe "Homem de Pedra" Mac didn't know what his nickname meant.
A boxer since the age of five, Mac got the name when he began
training with...
K-1 MAX Final Pictures
Sherdog.com's Stephen Martinez was on location at the Nippon
Budokan in Tokyo to witness the 2007 K-1 MAX tournament final,
which was captured by Dutch Shootboxer Andy Souwer (...
Sponsorships Available for "Kid" Robinson
Denver, Colorado based fighter Alvin KID Robinson is offering a few
remaining sponsorship opportunties for his upcoming UFC 77: HOSTILE...
Update: CCFC 5 "UNDEFEATED"
Cage Combat Fighting Championships heads to San Mateo for CCFC 5
UNDEFEATED. Champions will be crowned in the Welterweight and
Bantamweight...
Knuckle Down: Oktoberfest
By: Mike Fridley
Feast or famine, all or nothing. Luckily for mixed martial arts
fans, the world of combat sports does not apply.
Sherdog.coms Guide to TUF 6
By: Scott Holmes
Last week Dorian Price
(Pictures) left us with some
inspirational parting words. After tapping out to a choke, he
wished he'd have at least been...
Souwer Reclaims K-1 MAX Crown
By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, Oct. 3 -- After a night of feverish fisticuffs and knockouts
at the Nippon Budokan in central Tokyo, kickboxing's "Elite Eight"
field of...
Sweet 'n Souwer K-1 World Max Final
TOKYO, October 3, 2007 -- Shoot boxer Andy Souwer (Pictures) turned aside three challengers to
win the K-1 World Max '07 Final tonight at the...
Wildman vs. Crazyman?
LEMOORE, Ca. - Thomas
Denny (Pictures) is known as the Wildman. And the
Hesperia brawler is dubbing his opponent for the Palace Fighting...
Oh, What a Month: September in Review
By: Jordan Breen
September is supposed to mark a transition. It is nature's turning
point, from summer to fall.
Mixed martial arts, though, clearly didn't give...
Improving Gill Eyes 08 Return
By: Freddie DeFreitas
Step one: end three-fight losing skid. Check.
Step two: dash the hopes and dreams of Japanese mixed martial arts
fans while punching a ticket...
CCFC 5 UNDEFEATED
San Mateo - On Oct 6th Cage Combat Fighting Championships come to
San Mateo for the first Mixed Martial Art event in San Mateo. CCFC
will crown...
Shooto 'GIG West 8' Pictures
Sherdog.com's Daniel Herbertson was ringside in Osaka, Japan to
capture the action at Shooto GIG West 8, which was headlined by
Yasuhiro Kanayama
versus Junya Kudou
(...
SpiritMC CEO Speaks on MMA in Korea
By: John Lee
After earning an MBA at Vanderbilt University, Kwang Hyun Park
worked as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. However something
pulled him...
Pancrase 'Rising 7' Pictures
Sherdog.com was present at the Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Japan to
document Pancrase "Rising 7."
MMAagents.com Adds New Talent
MMAagents is proud to announce the addition of six elite athletes
to our current roster of fighters. With the addition of Renato
"Babalu"...
Sam Caplan Joins Pro Elite
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 2, 2007) - Versatile, award-winning freelance
sports writer Sam Caplan of Philadelphia has been hired to serve as
lead...
World Max Final Press Conference
TOKYO, October 2, 2007 -- The popularity of the K-1 World Max
70kg/154lbs weight class now rivals that of the World GP. Where the
heavyweights...
Hardcore Championship Fighting Update
The Worlds fastest growing sport is coming back to Calgary in the
largest display of talent in Canadian history. Fighters from
Russia, Croatia,...
CCFC 5 UNDEFEATED
San Mateo - On Oct 6th Cage Combat Fighting Championships come to
San Mateo for the first Mixed Martial Art event in San Mateo. CCFC
will crown...
Strikeforce Playboy Mansion Pictures
Sherdog.com's Jeff Sherwood was cage-side at the Playboy Mansion in
Beverly Hills, Calif. to shoot Strikeforce's 12-bout fight card,
which saw Gilbert
Melendez (Pictures) and Joe Riggs (...
Bushido Team Shines in Night of Quick KOs
By: Tim Leidecker
LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 30 -- After running its first shows at
"Haus Auensee," a small location for only 1,000 fans, the Free
Fight Championship...
Jacare Continues Climb, Denies UFC Signing
MANAUS, Brazil, Sept. 29 -- As the featured attraction for the
first Amazon Challenge, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza proved that the
local fight scene...
Bodog Fight Crowns Middleweight Champion
Two of the worlds most formidable fighters will do battle on the
next episode of the hit mixed martial arts series Bodog Fight: New
Jersey, with...
Bobish in for Cabbage
Due to unforeseen circumstances Wesley Correira (Pictures) is out of our main event for
October 19.
PRIDE and Prejudice
By: Jake Rossen
Ricco Rodriguez
(Pictures) should've been our first
clue.
The wild card UFC heavyweight was coming off both a knockout loss
to Tim Sylvia (Pictures) and an eight-month sabbatical in
2003 when he agreed to face PRIDE star Antonio Rodrigo...
Avalanche Overwhelm Tsunami
By: Gleidson Venga
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 29 -- The second Mo Team League event
repeated the success and drama of the first one, as the contest
between the...
Mo Team League Picture Gallery
Sherdog.com's Gledison Venga was ringside in Sao Paulo, Brazil to
witness the Mo Team League through the lens of his camera