(PRESS RELEASE) -- Strong words indeed but former Cage Rage
mastermind and current UCMMA figurehead Dave O’Donnell rarely
minces his words.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- CHICAGO, Ill. (January 30, 2011) — In a
continuing effort to bring premier sports and entertainment to
those who serve in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Live TONIGHT on "Inside MMA" Kenny and Bas are
joined in the studio by former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
Forrest
Griffin...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada –The Ultimate Fighting
Championship®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization,
announced...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada (January 27th, 2012) – KOZ
Entertainment enjoyed success January 21st with their first MMA
event...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Nothing stirs the masses quite like the knockout, an event in which
skill, technique, speed, timing and brute force all converge in
magnificent...
By: Tristen Critchfield
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The merry-go-round began in September, as the
would-be welterweight title challenger relaxed at a popular New
Mexican...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Riding high off of his 69 second beatdown of
Nate
Jolly at XFC 14, Jamie Varner
is looking for his second straight win in the XFC cage when he
takes on...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Norman
Parke has been forced to withdraw from his highly-anticipated
lightweight clash with Brad
Wheeler.
By: Chris Nelson
The first round between Chael Sonnen
and Michael
Bisping at UFC
on Fox 2 was not, strictly speaking, the turning point of their
middleweight bout.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- This time it’s personal as Prindle faces Santos
for the Heavyweight Tournament Championship
(PRESS RELEASE) -- 1/26/11 (Morgantown, WV): With this Saturdays
Caged Fury 16 officially selling out earlier this week, the NAAFS
in...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Elyria, OH – January 26, 2012 Rocktagon MMA
Worldwide will add a stage next to the cage at Elite Series 15 on
February...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Friday, January 27, 2012 8:00pm ET featuring Cut
Throat MMA Invasion 5 Aurora, La Sierra, Aurora, Illinois....
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, NV – January 25, 2012 – Frank Trigg
announced today that he has added a new compelling element to his...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
30 January, 2012 - Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™, Asia’s
largest MMA organization, announces a 10-year media partnership
with ESPN...
UFC veterans Wilson
Gouveia and Antonio
McKee claimed victories at MFC 32
”Bitter Rivals.” Jacob Bos photographed the event for
Sherdog.com.
By: Mike Fridley
Ronda
Rousey and Rickson
Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to
execute a nasty rolling kimura at
Dynamix MMA in Santa...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Actually Chael, we were not all that mesmerized. No amount of
pre-packaged professional wrestling microphone work can change the
fact that the UFC...
By: Taro Irei
Ryo
Kawamura and Kiyotaka
Shimizu walked away from Tokyo’s Differ Ariake as Kings of
Pancrase on Jan. 28.
By: Marcelo Alonso
Pound-for-pound kingpin Anderson
Silva recently returned to training after nursing an injured
shoulder for several months. The UFC middleweight...
Kendall
Grove and Sara McMann
dominated their opponents at ProElite
3 “Grove vs. Minowa.” Dave Mandel was cageside at the Neal S.
Blaisdell...
By: Tristen Critchfield
The UFC’s first Fox appearance was short-lived, as Junior dos
Santos stopped Cain
Velasquez in a mere 64 seconds.
By: Brian Knapp
Rashad
Evans wanted Jon Jones.
Barring an injury, he will get him.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Orem, UT (USA) – Live from the UCCU Center on
the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah Showdown Fights
presents...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Michigan's premier MMA and Boxing promoter,
Joseph Donofrio of Donofrio Entertainment, will return to his
headquarters, the...
By: Mike Whitman
A year ago, few could argue that Charles “do
Bronx” Oliveira (Pictured) was one of the hottest lightweight
commodities in the
Ultimate Fighting...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In the world of MMA, it takes constant steps
forward to succeed. Today marks a major step for the organization
behind one of...
By: Todd Martin
The time has come to find out just how good “Mr. Wonderful” is
inside the Octagon. There are points in any athlete’s career when
he or she...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 6 finalist Tom Speer will
make his Cage Warriors debut next month when he tackles Mats
Nilsson in a...
By: Mike Sloan
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to America’s
Second City for another potential landmark event.
Michelle
Waterson submitted Diana Rael to
headline Jackson’s
MMA Series 7 in Albuquerque, N.M. Wilson Fox was present to
take in the action...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- This is Alistair Overeem’s first formal public
comment on his ongoing litigation with Golden Glory.
By: Tristen Critchfield
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted on Fox in November with
a single fight, and after Junior dos
Santos stopped Cain
Velasquez for the...
Junior dos
Santos training partner Kleber
Orgulho captured the Jungle Fight light heavyweight title with
a first-round stoppage of Argentina’s Emiliano
Sordi at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Last night on HDNet's "Inside MMA," the always
colorful Michael Bisping told Kenny and Bas that Chael Sonnen will
need more...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- BEGINNING at Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 in
Beirut next month, eight men will battle it out to get their hands
on the coveted...
By: Brian Knapp
Nearly 18 months have passed since Chael Sonnen
had middleweight king Anderson
Silva teetering on the brink of defeat, only to succumb to a
fifth-round triangle armbar from the Brazilian in one of the most
dramatic finishes in...
By: Joe Myers
Elite-level mixed martial artists earn enough money from fighting
and sponsorships to where they do not need to hold down a second
job to make ends meet. Welterweight prospect...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Aggression MMA, one of the very best fight
promotions in Canada, today revealed the full fight card for its
upcoming AMMA 9...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced
today that its event on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the United Center in
Chicago is...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Live TONIGHT on "Inside MMA" Mark Munoz and
Michael Bisping will talk about UFC on Fox 2...will Munoz have some
tips for...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- FIGHT UK have today officially announced the
completed card for their upcoming event which features no less than
four title...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Paradisiac Porto Seguro, in Bahia, will host a
new mark on Brazilian MMA. Next Sunday (January 29th), Pink Fight’s
first...
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Las Vegas, NV, January 12, 2012: SCC is proud to announce the final
fight card for its Las Vegas event taking place at the Orleans
Arena on...
By: Mike Fridley
Ronda
Rousey and Rickson
Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to
execute a brilliant half-guard sweep at
Dynamix MMA in Santa...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Rashad
Evans is well aware of what is potentially at stake in his
upcoming matchup with Phil Davis.
By: Tristen Critchfield
Throughout the ups and downs of a fighting career that began when
he was a teen-ager, there has been little reason to question the
talent of Melvin...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Go ahead. Count him out. Dwayne Lewis doesn’t
really mind. He’s been counted out before, and he’s been the...
By: Brian Knapp
Inside the cage, few traits are as valuable as toughness, technique
and intellect. Jim Miller
wields them all, often in concert. Such was the case against...
By: Dave Mandel
Kendall Grove and Ikuhisa Minowa made weight Friday in Honolulu to
make official the main event of ProElite
3
By: Sherdog.com Staff
From its very first day, when Frankie
Edgar and Gray
Maynard staged a 25-minute classic for the ages at UFC
125 in Las Vegas, it was clear that...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Melvin
Guillard gave Jim Miller a
small window of opportunity, and the New Jersey native blasted
through it, submitting “The Young Assassin” with a rear-naked choke
in their...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship®, in
conjunction with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) and
NCM Fathom,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Mahalo! LIVE from Hawaii, HDNet will broadcast
"ProElite Presents: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman" tomorrow night,
January 21 at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Two of Tennessee’s most popular fighters will
collide in the Knoxville Civic Coliseum at XFC 16: ‘High Stakes’
when...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- ESPN Deportes brings the next two seasons of
Brazil’s Jungle Fight Championship to U.S. viewers beginning
Saturday, January...
By: Jack Encarnacao
Melvin
Guillard and Jim Miller
collide on Friday in Nashville, Tenn., in the UFC on FX
1 headliner.
By: Brian Knapp
Charlie
Brenneman had won nine of 10 fights, scored an upset over the
world-ranked Rick Story on
short notice and found himself on the cusp of...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Absolute returns with top
lightweight competitors on the grappling scene. The 16-man No Gi
invitational...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Season 5 Featherweight Tournament
winner Pat Curran stands one win away from realizing his dream.
After a brilliant...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- USA-MMA is returning to Lafayette, LA to bring
the excited MMA fans Night of Champions 3. This is our 17th USA-MMA
event and...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA will launch their amateur national
program with Elite 12 this Saturday in Cleveland.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Jackson’s MMA Series returns January 21st!
The Jackson’s MMA Series has become the premiere MMA fight
promotion in...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Melvin
Guillard is familiar with the feeling of invincibility that can
accompany extended success inside the cage. He is also well aware
of what...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announces that
The Score Fighting Series (SFS) will be returning to Hamilton,
Ontario,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced
today the addition of two new staff members who will play key roles
in the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- A highly-anticipated and exciting title fight
featuring two of the world’s elite mixed martial artists will take
place when...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Southern California based fight promoter and
Fight Promoter University founder Roy Englebrecht announced today
that the next...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Continuing a commitment to the health and safety
of its athletes, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced
today that...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Friday nights are going to feature plenty of mixed martial arts
action in 2012, including an updated format of “The Ultimate
Fighter” and Season 6 for...
Sherdog.com's press release service will return to its usual
information flow Jan. 20
By: Keith Mills
Bellator
Fighting Championships titleholders and sixth-season tournament
competitors converged in Orlando, Fla., in mid-January and...
By: Joseph Santoliquito
There was always that reflexive twinge, the slight moment’s pause
just before he turned the key in the ignition. Dan Miller
could not pull out...
By: Dave Mandel
Sherdog.com photographer Dave Mandel was cageside for BAMMA USA
“Badbeat 4” in Commerce, Calif., where bantamweight prospects
Chris
Beal and Jimmy Jones
took center stage after...
By: Tristen Critchfield
In the grand scheme of things, Erick Silva
is going to be just fine.
By: Mike Fridley
Ronda
Rousey and Rickson
Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to
execute a knee-triangle sweep at
Dynamix MMA in Santa...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Jon
Jones began 2011 as one of mixed martial arts’ people to watch.
He ended it as a champion and author of one of the greatest years
in the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In a who’s who of up and coming talent into the
big leagues, Xplode Fight Series seems to have more than just a few
big...
By: Brian Knapp
On Jan. 1, 2011, Frankie
Edgar and Gray
Maynard shared something special, something life- and
career-altering. It turned into a 25-minute...
Shooto Pacific Rim 143-pound tournament finalists Guy
Delumeau and Wataru Miki
faced off Sunday in the main event of
Shooto’s “Survivor...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Thanks to back-to-back five-round decisions in his first two
featherweight title defenses in the UFC, people seemed to forget
about Jose...
By: Brian Knapp
Vitor
Belfort routed Wanderlei
Silva in 44 seconds back in 1998, and fans have pined for a
rematch ever since.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions
are proud to announce the full card for February 11th’s Fight Night
I...
Jose
Aldo and Chad Mendes
stood face-to-face on the eve on battle Friday in Rio de Janeiro.
Mendes will challenge for Aldo’s featherweight title at...
By: Brian Knapp
When Gabriel
Gonzaga leveled Mirko “Cro
Cop” Filipovic with a head kick in April 2007, it felt as if a
star had been born. Reality has a way...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA will open their 2012 series at the
Ohio City Masonic Temple on Saturday, January 21st with Elite 12
Pro-Am.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With several injuries to contend with, the
Maximum Fighting Championship has made some swift and impressive
changes to the...
Jose
Aldo and Chad Mendes
stood face-to-face on the eve on battle Friday in Rio de Janeiro.
Mendes will challenge for Aldo’s featherweight title at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) is
starting 2012 with a bang when CFFC 13: Gambino vs. Foster hits the
boardwalk with...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Matrix Fights (www.MatrixFights.com) officially
announced Monday that it will be returning for its fifth-ever
event, Matrix...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV will celebrate the career of one of
mixed martial arts’ most exciting fighters, Melvin “The Young
Assassin”...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions
are proud to announce the addition of a bantamweight bout between
Portland,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- JUHA-PEKKA VAINIKAINEN insists he won’t be
daunted by the prospect of taking on a UFC veteran in next month’s
CWFC Fight...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Wreck MMA is proud to announce our next event
entitled Wreck MMA: Road to Glory will take place on April 20th,
2012 at the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Aggression MMA, one of the top MMA promotions in
Canada, today announced that the promotion has signed rising
welterweight...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Anthony
Johnson was one of the
UFC’s most imposing figures in his previous weight class, a
monstrous welterweight who normally carried upwards...
By: Tony Loiseleur
When it comes to obnoxiousness, perhaps nothing can approach
meeting that one person who will tell you, in all seriousness,
“Hey, man. I do UFC.”
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Special Free Weekly View’s of previous PPV
fight/events at GFL’s Facebook.com/GFLiTV and Ustream.com/GFLTV
Jose
Aldo and Chad Mendes
faced off Thursday in Rio de Janeiro just 48 hours before they’ll
clash at UFC
142.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- American Top Team is changing the rates it
charges for management and training. The prior rates of 20% for...
By: Mike Sloan
Stacked with Brazilian fighters, UFC
142 “Aldo vs. Mendes” on Saturday at the HSBC Arena in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, will be headlined by a five-round title bout
matching reigning featherweight king and pound-for-pound luminary
Jose
Aldo with undefeated...
Sherdog.com was on hand at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro
to photograph the open workouts for UFC
142. Fighters in attendance included Jose Aldo,
Chad
Mendes, Vitor
Belfort, Anthony
Johnson, Wanderlei...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Prior to UFC
134 in August, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship had not hosted an event in
Brazil in 13 years. Its return -- featuring frenzied...
Featherweight ruler Jose Aldo
focused primarily on his wrestling as he trained to face Chad Mendes
at UFC
142. Marcelo Alonso photographed the UFC 145-pound champion at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Fighter
Chad Mendes was born and raised in Hanford, CA where he posted many
wrestling...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- THE main event for Cage Warriors Fight Night 3
in Beirut, Lebanon on February 11 will see two CWFC debutants going
head-to-head.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In Australia MMA is still in its infancy, but
emerging as the style of choice for fight fans. On Saturday,
January 21st Perth...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- 2011 was a banner year for the Roufusport.
Nominated for “Gym of the Year” by the World MMA Awards…opened up
the...
By: Brian Knapp
The HSBC Arena, a 15,000-seat multi-purpose facility in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, sits roughly 6,500 miles away from Hanford,
Calif., the hometown of...
By: Jordan Breen
Nobody was banking on Frank Mir’s
luggage out of including the legendary Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira’s right arm, taken violently in the first...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd will be Joined
by UFC’s Dana White for Wednesday’s Episode Live from Las Vegas
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The premiere episode of “Caged” introduces us to
friends in small town Louisiana who struggle with their futures
amidst...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Daiju Takase, who holds a submission win over
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, won a hard fought
decision over...
Pictures: Legacy FC 9
Brazilian veteran Jorge “Macaco”
Patino added another win to his ledger and defended his Legacy
Fighting Championship welterweight title against Mike
Bronzoulis at...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for
its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again
added a...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Tonight on HDNet's "Inside MMA" LIVE at 8:00
p.m. ET, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson joins his Wolfslair MMA Academy
training...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- WBC Interim World Light Heavyweight Muay Thai
Champion Joe Schilling (12-1 (10 KO’s), one of America’s premiere
American...
By: Chris Nelson
Insomuch as the sight of one man concussing another can be
considered beautiful, what Lyoto
Machida did in Toronto on April 30 was exactly that.
By: Tristen Critchfield
It was but a brief segment in the
Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Jardine” event on Saturday, but it
held significance nonetheless.
By: Mike Fridley
Ronda
Rousey and Rickson
Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to
finish a crossed-legs ankle lock at
Dynamix MMA in Santa...
By: Jack Encarnacao
It was an idle Thursday afternoon in August.
UFC President Dana White, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, Georges
St. Pierre, Rashad
Evans, Frankie
Edgar and...
By: Brian Knapp
Much like fellow Strikeforce champion Gilbert
Melendez, Luke
Rockhold has the look of a very big fish in an increasingly
smaller pond.
By: Tristen Critchfield
Luke
Rockhold may not yet be a household name in mixed martial arts,
but he has made it clear that he doesn’t plan on giving up his...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Brian Cobb could have a lot to say, but he
chooses to take a different path … a very different path from that
of his...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Showdown Fights presents “Breakout” February
24th 2012 at 6:30pm live from the UCCU Events Center in Orem, Utah....
(PRESS RELEASE) -- As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares to
make the jump to Friday nights, the tournament fields are beginning
to take...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- EFC AFRICA recently took first place in two
categories of the MMA: Inside the Cage 2011 Awards. EFC AFRICA won
both...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Stars and Stripes, the independent news media of
the U.S. Armed Forces, has added a new weapon to its publishing
arsenal:...
By: Jordan Breen
For those sick of mid-fight hugs and high fives, this is the list
you waited all year for. This is the second annual All-Violence
team, the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Octagon® returns to Omaha, Neb. on
Wednesday, Feb. 15, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® presents
an intense...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After making their 3D debut this past December
on satellite television, BAMMA USA will feature live cage fights at
the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- King of the Cage, Inc and Magnaflow Exhaust
products presents, “ALL IN”. Saturday, April 21st at Gold Country
Casino in...
By: Mike Whitman
Strikeforce
returns to Showtime on Saturday, marking the Zuffa LLC-owned
promotion’s first effort of 2012 after negotiating a new deal to
stay...
By: Chris Nelson
With a matchup like Nick Diaz
versus Paul Daley,
jaw-dropping and brain-rattling exchanges were not only predicted
or expected, they were all...
By: Jordan Breen
MMA, like other sports, is littered with tales of car accidents,
messy divorces and substance abuse that have besieged its athletes.
Some recover, some never do. Top-ranked flyweight...
By: Tristen Critchfield
When Greg Jackson reflects back on the night that Jon Jones
became the youngest light heavyweight champion in UFC history, a
specific word comes...
Sherdog’s 2011 Event of the Year: UFC 134
By: Jordan Breen
The year past was filled with plenty of thrilling cards, as well as
major events. However, those two distinct qualities were found
together in no greater instance than the UFC’s long-awaited awaited
return to Brazil...
By: Brian Knapp
At the start of 2011, he was a hot prospect with an impressive
collegiate wrestling pedigree and seemingly unlimited promise. By
the end of the...
By: Joe Ortiz
What started out as a story of Bellator champion Joe Warren’s
uncanny sway with mixed martial arts judges would end up a bizarre
tale of a single small town’s repeated injustice toward Brazilian...
By: Jordan Breen
When 2011 began, Tito Ortiz was
an afterthought at 205 pounds, a fading draw past his expiration
date. When 2011 ended, people thought virtually...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- SHOWTIME® will be available in a record 60
million households during Free Preview Weekend that features two
live events from...
By: Tristen Critchfield
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Keith
Jardine has worn a lot of different hats in his life: college
football player, bounty hunter, firefighter, actor and,...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- For the fifth year, The Gracie US Nationals
along with The Gracie Kids Worlds will continue to set the standard
for Jiu-Jitsu...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Former Ultimate Fighter star and UFC veteran
Corey Hill will take on Nicolae Cury Feb. 10th live on HDNet, in a
highly...
By: Tristen Critchfield
Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Jardine” marks the first of at least
six offerings from the promotion on Showtime in 2012.
By: Tim Leidecker
Considering the UFC’s ambitious schedule and with the Viacom-backed
Bellator Fighting Championships set to pick up where it left
off, the...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- DARE is back on January 7 to start 2012 off with
a bang! Continuing the tournament that began in 2011, DARE is ready
to make...
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) may be
one of the best-kept grappling secrets in New England.
At Impact
MMA's inaugural effort on Dec. 10 in Pleasanton, Calif.,
Cesar
Gracie product Roy
Boughton capped a night of interesting finishes by stopping...
By: Brian Knapp
From the rise to superstardom of Jon Jones and
Junior dos
Santos to the retirement of Randy
Couture and Brock
Lesnar and everything in between,...
By: Mike Fridley
Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk
displays variations off of his special “penetration step” in this
edition of Sherdog.com's...
Fedor
Emelianenko returned to Japan with a bang as he dispatched
Satoshi
Ishii at Dream’s
“Genki Desu Ka! New Year’s Eve! 2011”
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Rocktagon MMA announced today that they would
kick off their 2012 season on January 21st in Cleveland, OH.