War Machine, the man formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver, will lock horns with EliteXC and Bellator Fighting Championships veteran Mikey Gomez in the main event at Xtreme Fighting Championships 9 “Evolution” on Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. The event will air live on HDNet at 9 p.m. ET.
Machine will carry a four-fight winning streak into the bout and has not tasted defeat since he was choked unconscious by a Yoshiyuki Yoshida anaconda choke at UFC 84 in May 2008. One of the sport’s polarizing figures, the brash 27-year-old welterweight last appeared at Total Combat 33 in July, when he submitted Erik Montano with a third-round armbar. Spawned by Season 6 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, he still has never gone to a decision in his 11-fight professional career. A bloody and memorable technical knockout victory over Jared Rollins at “The Ultimate Fighter 6” Finale highlights his resume. ... Read More
ONTARIO, Calif. –- Joe Soto brutalized Yahir Reyes into a rear-naked choke submission 4:11 into the second round Friday at the Citizens Bank Arena ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Combat Sports Challenge (WCSC), one of the top Muay Thai promotions in North America, will debut its first event with MMA fights at “THE AWAKENING” on Saturday ... Read More
CHICAGO -- Omar de la Cruz crashed the party on Friday at the Aragon Ballroom, as he stopped former UFC champion Dave Menne on first-round strikes in the Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight tournament ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In front of a deafening standing room only crowd in the windy city, the Bellator Welterweight semi-finals rocked the historic Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships continues its 12 week nationwide world championship series with its seventh event taking place at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on May 15, 2009 ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships held Bellator II (the second event of the highly anticipated 3 month tournament series) at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut on April 10, 2009 ... Read More
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