Apex Sports Agency announced the placement of UFC veterns Karo Parisyan, Andrew Fickett and undefeated Rage in the Cage Champion Anthony Birchak on Amazon Forest Combat’s Sept 14th card in Brazil.

Karo “The Heat” Parisyan is looking to silence the critics and remind the world why he was once the #2 ranked Welterweight as he takes his high flying Judo skills to the city of Manaus, Brazil. “ I feel great about fighting in brazil, I’m excited to fight Jordan Smith it, bottom line I’m ready to dump someone on their head.” said Parisyan. Read the rest of this entry »

On Friday September 16th, the American Fighting Organizations returns to the Wonderland Entertainment Complex in Revere, MA an evening of mixed martial arts featuring the region’s best fighters.

“We’ve got some excellent prospects on this show”, said AFO President Pete Dilorenzo,” Including the pro debut of Ricardo Georges and fights featuring several of his teammates at Team Pradal Seray located in nearby Lynn.” Read the rest of this entry »

Los Angeles, Calif., Aug,16 – Actor, television host, former professional mixed martial artist and Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers announced today the formation and official arrival of Apex Sports Agency, a top-tier sports marketing, entertainment and media agency set to redefine the professional representation process of today’s mixed martial artists. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Bobish’s Ultimate Cage Battles is pleased to announce the UCB Champions Seminar Series in conjunction with the finest mixed martial arts event in Northeast Ohio.

Kicking off the series on April 9, 2011 prior to the “Stars and Stripes” mixed martial arts event will be MMA legend Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva. A former PRIDE Fighting Championships middleweight champion, Silva is one of the most popular fighters of all-time and his name is synonymous with the sport. Read the rest of this entry »

At the finish, even before the official announcement was rendered, Antonio “Big Foot’’ Silva walked across the cage, got down on his knees and bowed at the feet of Fedor Emelianenko.

“I told him he was No. 1, that he is still No. 1 and that he would always be No. 1,’’ Brazil’s Silva (16-2) said. “There will never be a fighter like him.’’

Silva, a near 5-1 underdog, turned the STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament and the Mixed Martial Arts world upside down Saturday by scoring a second-round TKO (doctor’s stoppage) over the legendary Russian to advance to the next round of the tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Mixed Martial Arts comes to New York and New Jersey in a spectacular way next week beginning Tuesday with back-to-back major events in downtown Manhattan and culminating Saturday with a sensational fight card highlighted by the return of Fedor Emelianenko and the beginning of the eagerly anticipated STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix — Heavyweight Tournament live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Read the rest of this entry »

Former champ replacing injured Al-Hassan at MFC 28

A newly re-focused and re-dedicated fighter is hoping to re-establish himself as an elite fighter in the Maximum Fighting Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Rodney David Falberg – Here, lets I examine all the middleweight champions of the world and come to a conclusion as to who is the number 1 Middleweight in the World. Here we ignore all former champions and contenders; we are only looking at the champions. Champions are higher than everyone else on the list because they are CHAMPIONS, the best in the world. A champion is the best in the best in their organization because they have a belt, a representation of being the best fighter in their weight class in their organization. However, we always wonder which champion in which organization is the best? Which champion is the best champion? Now, because these organizations will probably be unable to come to an agreement and have a champion vs. champion SuperFight, we have to look at the fighters themselves to see who is better. Now this doesn’t mean one fighter couldn’t beat another, it just simply means, based on who the fighter has fought, beaten, and been defeated by, a completely impartial examination. First, we examine each Champion. Read the rest of this entry »

The eight fighters who will compete this Saturday, Jan. 29, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) and STRIKEFORCE CEO Scott Coker participated Thursday in a final press conference for the eagerly awaited event at HP Pavilion.

Saturday’s event will be highlighted by a STRIKEFORCE World Championship Doubleheader. STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz (23-7, 1 NC) will seek his ninth consecutive victory when he makes his second title defense against Brazilian powerhouse Evangelista Cyborg (18-13) in the main event. Read the rest of this entry »

Herschel Walker is preparing for his second professional MMA fight THIS Saturday, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Not only is Walker (1-0) a professional MMA fighter but he’s also an ambassador for MMA to general sports fans nationwide.

This week, Walker has appeared on The Dan Patrick Show and The Jim Rome Show and been featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle and numerous other publications as the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner gets ready to face Scott Carson (4-1) in a STRIKEFORCE heavyweight bout. Read the rest of this entry »

Patiently waiting for a chance to face the top 125 or 135-pounders in the world, Alexis Vila has taken his anger out inside the cage, dominantly finishing every fighter put in his path.

Vila entered the mixed martial arts foray in 2007 as one of the most highly touted prospects to enter the sport, a former Olympic bronze medalist and multiple time world champion in freestyle wrestling. In fact, Vila was ranked as the most dominant wrestler in the world for three years running from 1993-1995. Read the rest of this entry »

January 26, 2011 (Hong Kong) – It’s all systems go for tomorrow night’s groundbreaking professional mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament Legend 4 with 17 of 18 athletes successfully making weight this evening.

Main Event competitor, Nam Yui Chul of South Korea, 29, was unable to make the required 70 kg for his Lightweight category. Nam’s competitor, Australian Adrian Pang, 33, has agreed to compete against Nam in a rematch of the inaugural Legend 1 Main Event, but Nam will no longer contest the Legend Lightweight Title. Pang, who earned the Legend Lightweight Title in Legend 2, will retain his title ahead of the hotly-anticipated rematch, regardless of the outcome. Read the rest of this entry »

Fans wishing to purchase tickets for the blockbuster Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) mega-event featuring the return of legendary Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko and the kickoff of the STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 12, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., won’t have to wait long.

A special ticket pre-sale for “STRIKEFORCE Insiders,” begins Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. ET and ends Thursday at 10 p.m. Fans can sign up to become an “Insider” at STRIKEFORCE.com

Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. ET at the IZOD Center box office, online at Ticketmaster.com and Strikeforce.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Read the rest of this entry »

(Hong Kong) – When the thrilling first clash between Adrian Pang and Nam Yui Chul resulted in a majority draw at Legend 1, the deafening roar for a rematch from MMA fans across Asia was heard loud and clear by Legend’s organizers.

One year after the inaugural Legend Fighting Championship, they will get their wish when Australia’s Pang and South Korea’s Nam fight for the Legend Lightweight Title. The men will meet again on January 27, 2011, at the AsiaWorld-Expo, in one of the most highly anticipated MMA contests ever held in the Asia-Pacific. Read the rest of this entry »

Eclectic and iconic veteran Thomas “Wildman” Denny has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with the Maximum Fighting Championship and will make his organizational debut at MFC 28: Supremacy.

The alternatively-coiffed Denny (27-18) will step into the spotlight on Friday, Feb. 25 when he matches up against promising prospect Sheldon Westcott (4-1) of Edmonton, Alberta, in a main-card bout featured on HDNet Fights’ live broadcast. Read the rest of this entry »