Five More Things That Dana White Would Be Pretty F*cking Stupid Not to Do
As soon as Joe Rogan put the mic in Chael Sonnen’s face for the customary post-fight comments at…
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DREAM’s “World Superman Championship” Will Be the Greatest MMA Freak Show in History
(Photo courtesy of Kamipro via N.o.B.) Faced with sub-par TV ratings, DREAM is responding by giving Japanese MMA fans what they need…
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Strikeforce Results: Josh Barnett chokes out Sergei Kharitonov in Round 1
After long months of speculations, polls and opinion articles – the final of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix is finally set. Josh Barnett will meet Daniel Cormier, after booking his place with a convincing performance against the fellow PRIDE veteran Sergei Kharitonov.
The Russian Mercenary (that’s according to Mauro Ranallo) was better on his feet, managing to hurt Josh Barnett with various striking combinations. But the turning point was when Josh Barnett got his takedown, immediately finding -
Phil Baroni: Nobody dry humps the New York Bad Ass and gets away with it! (Exclusive Interview)
Asia, the true Mecca of Martial Arts. Before the time of Christ, historical studies have shown that the earliest recorded proof of Martial Arts is as old as late 1st Millennium BC. Who knew thousands of years later, Martial Arts and combat sports as a whole would be as big as it is in the world today. But the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is still in its infancy stages in a continent that is home to 3/4 of the earth’s population. ONE FC looks to change that, featuring the best fighters in all of Asia.
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CagePotato Stats: The MMA Weigh-In Failure Leaderboard
(The moral of the story? When Gina Carano does it, it’s awesome. When Paulo Filho does it, it’s…
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Bellator 47 makes Canadian debut with a stacked card
Bellator Fighting Championship makes it’s long awaited debut in ‘The Great White North’ in Rama, Ontario on July 23th with a stellar night of fights featuring many familiar names among fans. Originally the card was headlined by the main event of Joe Warren vs. Patricio Freire was supposed to go down, but ‘The Pitbull’ broke his hand during training with the fight due to take place on a later date. But even without the high profile main event, we’ll still be treated to the continuation of the feather
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DREAM Fight for Japan GP Finals Results & Post-Fight Interviews
DREAM yesterday morning pacific time held a spectacular Fight for Japan GP finals card. Unfortunately, for many people from English speaking countries we couldn’t witness this event live from the Ariake Colisium in Tokyo. Only Japanese TV station SkyPerfecTV had the live fights and our way of keeping up to date with the event was through Twitter. The results are in and the post-fight interviews have been released.
145 lb. title: Hiroyuki Takaya def. Kazuyuki Miyata via split decision135 lb. Tournament -
What’s wrong with JMMA?
Once upon a time, the center of the Mixed Martial Arts universe was the land of the rising sun. During the late 90’s / early 2000’s while MMA was struggling to be a legitmate sport in North America, it was a hot ticket in Japan with many options to watch. PRIDE of course was the best known and most popular brand of MMA to come from the country, but pioneers Shooto, Pancrase, and RINGS paved the way. Many of the greatest fighters this sport has ever seen made their name in PRIDE, but many of those same
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JMMA Lives!: Alex Soto talks about fighting at DEEP 54 (Exclusive Interview)
Alex Soto is a name fans aren’t very familiar with yet, but he’ll be someone the people will recognize very soon. Born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, Alex immigrated to the United States and joined the Army to give back to his adopted country in times of need after 9-11. After four years of service, Alex returned to his hometown of San Diego, and got a job training dolphins for the US Navy.
When Alex isn’t working with the military, he’s training in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, -
Total Horseshit: Jon Fitch Dropped From UFC Over Video Game Licensing
Yeah, about that Fitch/Gono fight: It’s not going to happen because Jon Fitch, the UFC’s former #1 welterweight contender,…