For a fight that was not supposed to rest atop the marquee, the rematch between former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 this Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center ... Read More
Travis Lutter and Keith Florian are coming in to support a Cancer Event, and as a way to raise money, they are holding seminars at one of each of our Gracie Barra schools. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The stakes will be high when STRIKEFORCE closes out a spectacular 2009 with the return of one of the most prolific and exciting fighters in Mixed Martial Arts - unbeaten former STRIKEFORCE world middleweight champion Cung Le ... Read More
The expectations created by Fedor Emelianenko’s media profile make it impossible for him to perform in a way that pleases everyone: if he had crumbled Brett Rogers Saturday in a manner akin to Tim Sylvia -- women sobbing cageside, Medivacs hovering overhead -- fans would sigh and complain that Rogers never belonged in the ring with him.
In taking nearly seven minutes to finish Rogers off, gushing blood all the while, Emelianenko is instead viewed by a portion of the audience as a less-than-prime fighter. The paint, some would argue, is coming off the pedestal.
There is some truth in the idea that we don’t yet know how impressive it really was to beat Rogers: maybe he’s a devastating heavyweight who hasn’t had much of a chance to show off. (His lone win over a top-10 opponent, Andrei Arlovski, earned him this slot.) Maybe he’s a one-dimensional athlete who won’t go much further. ... Read More
FRISCO, Texas -- While the UFC aired a highlight show featuring some of its recent main events and Strikeforce showed off its stars on network television, Richard Steele’s Steel Cage MMA tried to break into a mixed martial arts hotbed near Dallas on Saturday.
The Steel Cage 2 main event featured Mikel Bronzoulis and Cleburn Walker in what was supposed to be a welterweight bout. However, Bronzoulis could not make weight, and the two men agreed to a catchweight match at 176.5 pounds. Bronzoulis proved any naysayers wrong with one swift movement of his left leg, as he battered Walker’s face with his shin and scored the technical knockout victory at 4:39 of the opening round ... Read More
Dream middleweight grand prix finalist Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will meet Matt Lindland in a featured bout at the year-end Strikeforce show on Dec. 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker informed Sherdog.com of the matchup on Thursday. ... Read More
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Texas based mixed martial arts fight promotion company, Shark Fight Promotions, announced today that local fan favorite Marcus "Money" Sursa will take on UFC veteran Trevor Prangley in the main event at Shark Fight 7. ... Read More
Fedor Emelianenko, the man most agree is the world’s best heavyweight, returns to action Saturday in Hoffman Estates, Ill., against the less experienced but still dangerous Brett Rogers. ... Read More
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