(PRESS RELEASE) -- Undefeated rising mixed martial arts (MMA) star
Issac
de Jesus (11-0) from Stockton, California, will replace injured
Eddie...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Extreme Cagefighting® proudly confirms the
remaining bouts of an exciting card headed to San Antonio, TX on
Oct. 10.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Budding superstar and two-time All-American
wrestler at the University of Missouri, Tyron "T-Wood'' Woodley
(5-0) of St....
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet presents exclusive LIVE coverage of "HDNet
Fights Presents: XFC 9: Evolution" from the St. Pete Times Forum in
Tampa,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Raging Wolf Productions is hosting its fifth
sanctioned mixed martial arts (MMA) event, “Mayhem in the Mist,” on
Saturday...
By: Jordan Breen
In his epic strategy-and-swordsmanship treatise “The Book of Five
Rings,” Musashi Miyamoto writes
Antonio
Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira outpointed Randy
Couture in the main event at UFC
102 in Portland, Ore.
By: Tim Leidecker
In retrospect, UFC
102 “Couture vs. Nogueira” was a solid card with some
entertaining fights that ultimately provided no clear direction in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Tuff N Uff Productions’ USA vs. Canada event at
the Orleans Hotel and Casino delivered 15 action packed fights,
highlighted...
By: Loretta Hunt
In the span of fifteen minutes, two of the UFC’s most distinguished
heavyweights decisively answered one of the sport’s longstanding
debates.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal showed stateside fans
exactly what all of the hype surrounding him was all about as he
made...
By: Sherdog.com Staff and Dave Mandel
Randy
Couture and Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira will meet next in the Octagon
By: Jack Encarnacao
The next fight for the sport's top heavyweight was set this past
week. Fedor
Emelianenko will make his debut under the Strikeforce banner
against mohawked slugger...
Sherdog.com is pleased to offer a free live stream of tonight’s M-1
undercard.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today that
it is returning to the Lone Star state on Saturday, Oct. 10 with an...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- American Steel Cagefighting (ASC) was
established to entertain New England fight fans as well as to
provide a stage where...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- For fight fans in the Ottawa/Gatineau region,
Christmas comes early in 2009. On December 12th, the Robert Guertin
Arena is...
By: Mike Sloan
How great might this fight have been back in 2004? Back in the days
of the old UFC vs. Pride Fighting Championships cold war, one of
the dream...
By: Greg Savage
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Much ink has been spilled over the likelihood of
World Extreme Cagefighting being absorbed by its parent company,
but UFC
UFC President Dana White was joined by Randy
Couture, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, Nate
Marquardt and Demian Maia
at Thursday’s UFC
102 pre-fight...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- One week after a sold out show featuring Ryan
Couture, the son of legendary fighter Randy
Couture, Tuff N Uff Productions is...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Considered by many pundits to be nothing more
than an opponent for Karl "Psycho" Amoussou, John "The Iron Bull"
Doyle sent a...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC), the
premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization on the East Coast
announced today a...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Combat Sports Challenge (WCSC), a rising
fight promotion based in the Bay Area, is proud to present the
first-ever...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- "Inside MMA," HDNet's original weekly program
devoted completely to news and highlights from the world of Mixed
Martial Arts welcomes a pair of former UFC champions, Tito Ortiz and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Owned Entertainment Inc. announced today that
armored vehicle parts manufacturer U.P.I. and TapouT clothing are
now...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Atlanta’s top fight promotion returns on
Saturday, Sept 12 at Wild Bill’s Fight Night, as two men will step
in the ring...
Dave Mandel was present at Wednesday’s open workout for UFC
102, which was hosted by heavyweights Randy
Couture and Antonio
Rodrigo...
By: Marcelo Alonso
Viewed by many as the premier Brazilian jiu-jitsu player in mixed
martial arts, Demian Maia
will face perhaps his stiffest challenge when he takes on Nate
Marquardt at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Gladiator Challenge (GC), one of the
longest-running MMA promotions in existence, proudly presents
“RETALIATE” on...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) phenomenal
card, Shine 2: American Top Team vs. The World, will now be
available to...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The NAAFS returns to the Nautica Pavilion in
Cleveland, OH this Saturday for one of the most stacked fight cards
of the year
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Owned Entertainment Inc. announced today that
president James Hergott, Reporter Aaron Tru and Prime 1 Productions...
Flying ninja robots, mutant monkey assassins and … wait, that’s
next month’s UFC. No worries.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- It’s been more than two years, but the Ultimate
Fighting Championship® (UFC®) is finally bringing world-class mixed...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today the
postponement of its Sept. 2 card. An injury to main event fighter
Ben...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet will feature exclusive coverage of "HDNet
Fights Presents: M-1 Global Breakthrough," LIVE from the historic
Memorial...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Come out and join us this weekend for the 2009
IMMAE show. See top celebrities and athletes like BJ Penn, Cung Le,
Tito...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- – The Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC), the
premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization on the East Coast,
announced today a second title fight for their October 3rd “UWC 7:...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Ryan "The Lion" Couture wins a tough and
exciting fight in Las Vegas at Tuff-N-Uff "Future Stars of MMA"...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- K-1 legend and five-time world kickboxing
champion, Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo (1-0), will make his STRIKEFORCE
mixed martial arts...
Two of the heavyweight division’s most legendary fighters, Randy
Couture and Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, will spit on their birth certificates and try
for another round of Octagon glory at...
Randy
Couture trained for his Aug. 29 UFC
102 bout with Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira at Xtreme Couture headquarters in Las Vegas
In preparation for his UFC
102 bout against Nate
Marquardt, undefeated middleweight contender Demian Maia
trained at Wanderlei
Silva's Las Vegas gym
By: Jake Rossen
At 46 years old, Randy
Couture has outlasted most of his contemporaries and many of
the men who followed after him
This week, readers weigh-in on the UFC’s heavyweight division and
Strikeforce’s pay scale.
Sherdog.com was spread across the globe to capture the week in
mixed martial arts through the art of photography.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- This Saturday, August 22nd, Tuff ‘N’ Uff brings
another installment of its Future Stars of MMA amateur fight series
to...
Sherdog.com’s Dave Mandel visited the Black House training facility
in Los Angeles on Friday to photograph Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira’s preparation for his UFC
102 showdown with...
By: Jack Encarnacao
On the shoulders of media darling Gina Carano,
female mixed martial arts managed to command the attention of the
MMA world and, to some degree,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- On September 5th, 2009 the XFC will reward its’
fans with one of the most highly competitive fight cards of the
year.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV will air a portion of the UFC
pay-per-view undercard live to its audience for the first time
ever, as the network presents bouts from...
Isaac Hinds was cageside at the Broomfield Events Center in
Colorado to photograph Ring of Fire 35 for Sherdog.com.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Undefeated rising mixed martial arts (MMA) star
Zak
Cummings (10-0) will replace an injured Evangelista Cyborg in
the STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event matchup with American
military...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With final preparations being made for "HDNET
FIGHTS PRESENTS M-1 GLOBAL BREAKTHROUGH" on Friday, August, 28, M-1
Global...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- VISION CORRECTION SURGERY LEAVES FIGHTER WITH
TITLE IN HIS SIGHTS
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet provides exclusive U.S. coverage from the
hot spot for Asian MMA - South Korea Friday, August 21 at 10:00
p.m. ET...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Boston-New York City sports rivalry enters
the cage Friday night, September 11 as American Steel Cagefighting
(ASC)...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Art of Fighting is proud to present its fourth
mixed martial arts (MMA) event in the state of Florida and its
first event in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Boston Brawler and Front Row Productions
presents a special MMA autograph session to take place on August
22nd in Providence, RI.
By: Karl Maple
Compact within the confines of a well-made suit, Ian “The Machine”
Freeman appeals for calm from an unresponsive audience.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- LionHeart Professional Management &
Promotions is proud to announce that Paul
Bradley has signed a multi fight deal with...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Knockout Promotions returns to Boise with the
BIGGEST night of MMA in Idaho history - CCF # 20 - "ARMAGEDDON"
Friday,...
Gabriel
Gonzaga trained at Xtreme Couture headquarters in Las Vegas in
preparation for his bout against Chris
Tuchscherer at UFC
102.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Fresh off his upset win over Miguel Angel Torres
on Aug. 9, World Extreme Cagefighting® bantamweight champion
Brian
Bowles...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Boston Brawler and Front Row Productions present
a special submission grappling SuperFight between local grappling
superstar Mat Santos and
undefeated MMA prospect...
By: Tony Loiseleur
From the cozy confines of the Abe-Ani Combat Club, on the top floor
of Gold’s Gym South Tokyo Annex in Tokyo’s Ota ward, Hiroyuki Abe
and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- It is one of those highlight reels that nobody
seems to forget, unfortunately for Matt Serra,
Shonie
Carter with his...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV’s telecast of UFC 100 (originally
airing on pay-per-view July 11) drew more Men 18-34 (513,000) than
anything else...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Texas based mixed martial arts fight promotion
company, Shark Fight Promotions, announced today that Don "The
Predator" Fry...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- iBN Sports, the premiere sports broadcasting
company on the internet, is currently broadcasting on the iBN Fight
Site the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Gladiator Challenge (GC), one of the top MMA
promotions in California, proudly presents “Nemesis” on Saturday,
August...
Dave Mandel was on location in San Diego to photograph Total Combat
34.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After two high energy events, W1 MMA is back
with a vengeance on October 10th, 2009 at the Robert Guertin Arena
in Gatineau.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- “What’s in a name?” This is a question typically
applied by the literary, Shakespearian-types. However, as World...
By: Jake Rossen
The fairly predictable thesis topics for MMA media coming out of
this weekend: Severe-looking Cristiane
“Cyborg” Santos defeats dimpled, doe-eyed...
In the biggest bout in the history of female mixed martial arts,
Cristiane
“Cyborg” Santos dominated Gina Carano
to claim the Strikeforce...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With the completion of its eighth and final
regular season event of the 2009 "M-1 Challenge Presented by
Affliction," the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After being passed over in the inaugural M-1
Challenge last year, Team England made up for lost time by
clinching the Group A...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Dave Sachs (5-1) vs. Chris
Foster (5-1) To Be Main Event on August 22nd in Worcester,
Mass.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- One fighter is the current Ultimate Warrior
Challenge (UWC) bantamweight world champion looking for a big-time
win over a...
Sherdog.com's Terry Goodlad was given the rare opportunity inside
this Showtime promotional shoot with Gina Carano
at “the Boneyard” at the...
Gina
Carano and Cristiane
“Cyborg” Santos successfully made weight on Friday for their
anticipated showdown
By: Jack Encarnacao
Two divisional leaders, Anderson
Silva and B.J. Penn,
re-asserted their stature as part of the Ultimate Fighting
Championship’s debut in...
By: Mike Sloan
San Jose, Calif., will play host to easily the most important
women’s fight in the history of American mixed martial arts.
Terry Goodlad photographed Jay Hieron as
he trained for his bout on Aug. 15’s Showtime-televised Strikeforce
card.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Pay–Per-View broadcast will be available
exclusively on Fight5.com for $9.99....
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Phil “The New York
Badass” Baroni has been released by world championship mixed
martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- "Inside MMA," HDNet's original weekly program
devoted completely to news and highlights from the world of Mixed
Martial Arts...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- H.I.T Squad team member and German mixed martial
artist, Mario Stapel
has been announced as the opponent for American Top Team member,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine Fights, a rising star in the MMA promotion
arena, has teamed up with the International Conference of Brazilian
Jiu...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- He’s had a week and a half to think about his
new opponent, but Gilbert
Melendez says he’ll be ready come Saturday as he takes on
Japanese wrestling expert...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Boston Brawler and Front Row Productions
presents a special MMA autograph session to take place on August
22nd in Providence, RI.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Having been one of the few boxing promoters
around today to have witnessed the great Sugar Ray Robinson fight
live, it is no...
No matter what Strikeforce’s big shots have to say about it,
signing Fedor
Emelianenko is the biggest blow the UFC has taken in years.
Dave Mandel photographed Cristiane
“Cyborg” Santos as she prepared to face Gina Carano
on Saturday’s Showtime-televised Strikeforce card.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC & PRIDE veteran, Marcus
Aurelio has been cancelled from the Shine 2 show. As a
replacement for Aurelio, PRIDE & UFC veteran,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- "Inside MMA" to broadcast LIVE, exclusive
coverage from the weigh-ins for the "Strikeforce: Carano vs.
Cyborg" event on...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- There are only 3 days left to pre-register for
ADCC Northeast. Right now the price is $50 for kids and $75 for...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV will present a special cable telecast
of some of the most exciting bouts from UFC 100, one of the biggest
nights in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Championship Fighting today announced four
featured fights for their September 26th show at the Shriners
Auditorium in...
Brian
Bowles shocked the MMA world with his first-round knockout of
Miguel
Torres at WEC 42
By: Jordan Breen
Anderson
Silva is a great fighter. No, I know, that's not a startling
revelation, let alone an interesting one. After his three-minute
mauling of...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet is proud to announce internationally
renowned broadcaster Michael Schiavello as the new voice of MMA
events on HDNet
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine Fights, a rising star in the MMA promotion
arena, has teamed up with the International Conference of Brazilian
Jiu...
Part two of Sherdog.com’s exclusive UFC 101 gallery features all
fights not covered in the first edition. Johny
Hendricks vs. Amir
Sadollah, Ricardo
Almeida vs....
By: Tim Leidecker
In September 2007, Forrest
Griffin’s stunning upset of then top-ranked light heavyweight
Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua allowed the UFC to claim...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- One of the most popular MMA organizations in the
world during its ten years of operation (1997-2007), Pride Fighting...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) phenomenal
card, Shine 2: American Top Team vs. The World, will now be
available to the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- M-1 Global www.M-1Global.com officially
announced Monday morning that its August 28 "Breakthrough" event
scheduled to be...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Leave it to fight promoter Roy Englebrecht to
take advantage of every possible way to sell tickets or get people
to his...
Anderson
Silva and B.J. Penn put
on memorable performances Saturday at UFC 101 “Declaration” in
Philadelphia
By: Jake Rossen
In flattening Forrest
Griffin Saturday, Anderson
Silva needed only 3:23 to restore a reputation that was in
considerable danger of collapsing.
Miguel
Torres and Brian
Bowles made weight on Saturday in Las Vegas for WEC 42. Jeff
Sherwood was on location to photograph the festivities.
By: Mike Sloan
The world’s premier mixed martial arts organization will roar into
the City of Brotherly Love this Saturday with UFC 101
“Declaration.”
All fighters made weight on Friday, making official all 11 bouts
for UFC 101 “Declaration.” UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn and
challenger...
By: Jack Encarnacao
The immediate future of the sport's top heavyweight came into focus
this past week, as Strikeforce announced the signing of Fedor
Emelianenko
(PRESS RELEASE) -- One fighter is the current Ultimate Warrior
Challenge (UWC) bantamweight world champion looking for a big-time
win over a...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mixed Martial Arts’ (MMA) leading lady, the
undefeated and extremely popular Gina “Conviction” Carano will host...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The NAAFS is pleased to be partnering with
Liberty Harley-Davidson and Riverside Bar & Grille to present
Ruckus at the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- American military hero and rising mixed martial
arts (MMA) star Tim Kennedy
(10-2) will return to the cage to battle power...
Forrest
Griffin, Kenny
Florian, Kurt
Pellegrino and Ricardo
Almeida worked out for the media ahead of Saturday’s UFC 101
card in Philadelphia
By: Mike Sloan
After a forgettable performance against UFC welterweight champion
Georges
St. Pierre in January, B.J. Penn has
vowed to show up in the best...
While the average fan basks in the UFC 101 afterglow, the hardcores
will be chomping at the bit for WEC 42 “Torres vs. Bowles” this
Sunday...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) phenomenal
card, Shine 2: American Top Team vs. The World, has been enhanced
yet again...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Star of the UFC and IFL, Tim “The Barbarian”
Boetsch, takes on IFL’s Aaron Stark
in the headline bout of the evening...
UFC President Dana White, Anderson
Silva, B.J. Penn,
Forrest
Griffin and Kenny
Florian appeared at a Thursday press conference to field...
UFC on Wednesday held a photocall to showcase the athletes of
Saturday’s pay-per-view “Declaration” event, which is hosted by the
Wachovia...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet is the only place in the U.S. that MMA
fans can see the amazing knockout from the Dan
Hornbuckle vs. Akihiro Gono
fight...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK), leading U.S.
toymaker and master toy licensee for Ultimate Fighting
Championship®...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Called Out MMA brings another action packed
night of mixed martial arts action to the Citizens Business Bank
Arena on...
As usual, the undercard of UFC 101 is short on the big names that
the main card is delivering, but it makes up for it with compelling
matches...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- We’re excited to announce the ADCC Northeast
Regional Championship will be held on August 15, 2009 at the
Richard J. Codey...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Combat Sports Challenge is making its second
appearance at the Sheraton Richmond West, which was a great success
with fans at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Dream Middleweight Grand Prix runner-up and
submission wizard Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (10-2) has signed a
multi-fight...
As if it were not enough to have the World Series champions in
town, Philadelphia will also get UFC 101 “Declaration,” which will
fill the...
Ricardo
Almeida held an open workout as hre prepared for his bout at
UFC 101. Tyrone Z. McCants was on location to photograph the scene
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Warrior Roots: Giving Kenny Florian an Extra
Edge Kenny Florian used the Warrior Roots' Athletic Panel to
enhance his...
By: Loretta Hunt
If a line has been drawn in the sand between the promotion that
most thought deserved Fedor
Emelianenko and the promotion that actually got him,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet today announced the premiere of “MMA
Worldwide,” a new program giving MMA fans unprecedented,
behind-the-scenes...
Masanori
Kanehara claimed the Sengoku featherweight GP crown and
Mizuto
Hirota took Satoru
Kitaoka’s lightweight title at “Ninth Battle.”
(PRESS RELEASE) -- FightZone TV has announced the addition of two
more Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) programs to their existing lineup of
FightZone...
By: Brian Knapp
He draws strength, hope and motivation from his roots, from the
father who worked 20-hour days to provide a better life, from a
mother who spoke...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Extreme Cagefighting® proudly confirms the
remaining bouts of an exciting card headed to Youngstown, OH on
Sept. 2. In addition to the interim lightweight title bout pitting
Donald...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC veteran, Gideon Ray has
been added to what is now the most phenomenal card to ever hit
Miami, Shine 2
NEW YORK (August 3, 2009)--After a week of intense negotiations and
speculation, the hottest topic of discussion in the professional
fight world...
Kenny
Florian held an open training session last week to promote his
bout with B.J. Penn at
UFC 101
By: Tony Loiseleur
TOKYO -- In an effort to curb stalemates and promote
aggressiveness, World Victory Road employed “must decisions” in the
event any of its...
By: Tim Leidecker
The ultimate catastrophe that was the Affliction “Trilogy”
cancellation robbed fight fans around the globe of several
anticipated matchups
Anderson
Silva prepped for his battle against Forrest
Griffin at UFC 101 at Team Black House headquarters in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Jeff Sherwood was cageside at the Visalia Convention Center in
central California to photograph Pure Combat 9
By: Jason Probst
With the UFC’s re-signing of Tito Ortiz
announced, the industry-leading promotion’s move to enlist the
former champ further solidifies their...
Sengoku held a press conference on Saturday to promote its ninth
event, which is headlined by Satoru
Kitaoka vs. Mizuto
Hirota
By: Jordan Breen
At first blush, the cancellation of Affliction “Trilogy” seemed
like a blessing for World Victory Road, with Sengoku’s “Ninth
Battle”...
By: Jack Encarnacao
In perhaps the most closely watched negotiation in mixed martial
arts history, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Fedor
Emelianenko tried all week
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC veteran, Gideon Ray has
been added to what is now the most phenomenal card to ever hit
Miami, Shine 2
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Veteran Doug “Flash” Gordon (10-7-0) stunned
local favorite Nate “The Future” Lamotte (10-5-0), of Manchester
(NH),...