Cage Fighting Championships middleweight kingpin Hector Lombard struck UFC veteran Kalib Starnes into verbal submission in the first round of their CFC 11 main event on Friday at Big Top Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Unbeaten in 16 fights, Lombard, who also holds the Bellator Fighting Championships middleweight crown, has posted 11 consecutive victories. Based at American Top Team, the 31-year-old Cuban judoka grounded Starnes early in their encounter and dropped punches and elbows until “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 3 semi-finalist asked the referee to intervene. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- USA Grappling is pleased to announce the 2009 U.S. Grappling World Team, which will compete in the FILA World Grappling Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 12-13. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Philadelphia, PA-MMA promoter Tara Galvin of Extreme Force Productions teams up with established
fighter/promoter Fran Evans, (Bentley Promotions) to give Philly fans the highest level of talent in MMA
than previously offered by local promoters. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- 2008 Olympic freestyle wrestler Ben Askren (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) defeated 2008 Grappling World champion Jacob Volkmann (White Bear Lake, Minn./MMMA) for the 84 kg/185 lbs. title at the U.S. Grappling World Team Trials in No-Gi Grappling on Friday. ... Read More
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos celebrates her victory. Photo by Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com.
It could be argued that Strikeforce’s most valuable asset isn’t Fedor Emelianenko, hyper-competent CEO Scott Coker, or the tremendous access allowed by CBS/Showtime; it’s their lockdown on female mixed competition, which has outdistanced early catcalls, derision, and fan immaturity to become one of the most entertaining and dynamic divisions in the sport.
For the holdouts, Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Carano vs. ‘Cyborg’” put the defense on permanent rest. 145 lb. contenders Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos spent some of the most torturous five minutes in recent memory slugging, shooting, and swelling; it was Santos who wanted it more, muscling Carano in the clinch, landing the bigger power shots, and finally beating a grounded Carano like it was personal with only one second left in the round. (An MIA Carano unable to be interviewed due to medical intervention backstage should suffocate any idea that it was a premature stoppage.) ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Lyle Howry Productions in partnership with Momentum
Entertainment & Sports Network is proud to announce the syndication of Ultimate Women’s
Combat (working title). Executive Producers are Lyle Howry, Dallas Tanner, and Jeff Rice ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- In Caged Combat's MMA doubleheader on June 5-6 there will be plenty of both. Combined there will be 21 fights in the two-night event at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City ... Read More
While other promotions falter and degenerate into the mixed martial arts’ rear view mirror, Strikeforce soldiers on, the little engine that most decidedly could ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Los Angeles, CA: Ultimate Women’s Combat is proud to announce it’s recently signed broadcasting
deal as well as it’s newly formed relationship with Reed Wallace and White Chocolate management ... Read More
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