ProElite.com and Grapplers Quest Join Forces
July 31st, 2007
Recognizing the dedicated grappling fan base worldwide, ProElite.com, the comprehensive and inclusive online community for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, fans and organizations, announced today a landmark partnership with Grapplers Quest. Under the terms of the five-year deal, ProElite.com will be the exclusive social networking sponsorship home to Grapplers Quest participants, events and products.
Spike TV Announces UFC Fight Night Card
July 31st, 2007
For The Ultimate Fighter® alumni Din Thomas (Season 4), Nate Diaz (Season 5 champ) Chris Leben (Season 1) and Mike Swick (Season 1), the Ultimate® Fight Night™ on Spike TV Wednesday, September 19 at 9:00pm ET/PT will provide a golden opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a nationally televised audience. Each fighter [...]
UFC Announces Season Six Of The Ultimate Fighter
July 31st, 2007
UFC® Welterweight Champion Matt Serra and former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes will serve as coaches for Season 6 of Spike TV’s highly-rated series, “The Ultimate Fighter®,” premiering Wednesday, September 19 at 11:00pm ET/PT.
“The Ultimate Fighter: Team Serra vs. Team Hughes” features sixteen of the best up-and-coming mixed martial artists in the 170 [...]
“Doctor” Prescribes Tough Love for Bodog Fight’s Paradise Lost
July 31st, 2007
If you have seen Michael Moore’s scathing 1989 documentary Roger & Me, the environment in which Indiana’s David Love grew up will seem familiar. Before gaining notoriety as a mixed martial arts athlete, Love spent the early 1980’s roaming the bleak streets of Marion, Indiana. Much like the Flint, Michigan depicted in Moore’s film, Marion’s [...]
IFL Adds CytoSport’s “Muscle Milk” as Official Corporate Partner
July 31st, 2007
The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, announced that CytoSport’s “Muscle Milk” brand has joined as the latest IFL corporate partner. The partnership will include in-arena and television signage, a year-long promotional campaign and a national grassroots campaign involving IFL athletes and coaches. [...]
World Extreme Cagefighting: Four Fights Added To WEC
July 28th, 2007
Las Vegas, Nev. (USA) – With two World Extreme Cagefighting® titles on the line, the August 5th WEC™ card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is already packed with world-class mixed martial arts excitement. Add four more evenly matched battles pitting a mix of established contenders and rising stars against each [...]
KJ Noons scores knockout over Edson Berto
July 28th, 2007
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (July 28, 2007) – In a scintillating finish to a thrilling, crowd-pleasing and exciting debut of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series, KJ Noons bounced back to register an impressive third-round knockout over Edson Berto Friday on SHOWTIME.
In the co-feature of a live two-hour telecast that featured five competitive, evenly-matched fights between determined, well-conditioned [...]
UFC 74 Website
July 27th, 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization has launched the official site for UFC 74: RESPECT featuring the championship main event Couture vs. Gonzaga and the special feature Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck live from Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, August 25. Having earned the respect of sports fans everywhere, both Couture and [...]
Tito Ortiz Visits Troops
July 26th, 2007
ARLINGTON, Va. – Mixed martial arts champion Tito Ortiz, also known as “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” and Justin McCully, a member of Ortiz’ Team Punishment fight camp, will soon kick off their USO/Multi National Corps - Iraq entertainment tour with a trip to the Washington Metropolitan area. Ortiz and McCully will visit with wounded [...]
Injin Chi Retires From Boxing And Enters K1
July 26th, 2007
The World Boxing Council has received a note containing that former Featherweight World Champion INJIN CHI had announced his retirement from professional boxing and his entrance to K1 in South Korea, in order to set himself up for MMA fights, fact that would indicate both, a piracy act and a direct action against professional boxing [...]
UFC 76: Knockout
July 26th, 2007
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell is wasting no time returning to the Octagon™ to fight his way back to a title shot, and he has made his mission clear: he wants his title belt back. But standing in his way, with the power to stop the former UFC® 205-pound champion, is [...]
ShoXC Quotes: Ken Hershman-Doug DeLuca-Gary Shaw
July 26th, 2007
The individuals most responsible for bringing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to national premium television - Senior Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports Programming Ken Hershman, ProElite CEO Doug DeLuca and EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw - were featured in a national media conference call to discuss the debut of SHOWTIME’s exciting, new prospect-oriented [...]
Seats available for Proelite/EliteXC Cage card
July 26th, 2007
The main event will feature Edson Berto (11-3-1) of Orlando, Fla., against KJ Noons (3-1) of San Diego (155-pound match). In the co-feature, Aaron Wetherspoon of (5-2) of Irvine, Calif., will meet hometown champion Jeremiah Metcalf (5-2) of Santa Ynez in a King of the Cage/Gladiator Challenge welterweight championship unification match. .
In other fights, Jefferson [...]
A Boxing Writer’s Crash Course on the International Fight League
July 26th, 2007
By Christopher Roche - Commentary - Brand identity, international teams and championship rings are no longer exclusive to leagues such as Major League Baseball or the NBA. The International Fight League (IFL) is capitalizing on the worldwide hunger for warrior sports, and it is breaking new ground with every show that takes place. [...]
KJ Noons Faces Stiff MMA Test Against Edson Berto In ELITEXC Main Event
July 25th, 2007
LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2007) – After suffering a shocking defeat to “Krazy Horse’’ Charles Bennett in the first-ever Mixed Martial Arts fight shown on premium television (SHOWTIME), KJ Noons, of San Diego, Calif., was determined to return to action as quickly as possible. When Noons came back, four months later, however, it was not [...]
IFL Announces Venues, Rosters, Dates for 2007 World Grand Prix
July 25th, 2007
The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) today announced the dates, venues and rosters for the 2007 IFL World Grand Prix, the individual all-star competition for the world’s number one mixed martial arts league. The semifinals will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Sears Centre in Chicago and the finals will take [...]
TapouT Returns On Versus
July 24th, 2007
Los Angeles, CA. - From the producers of American Chopper and Dirty Jobs, the VERSUS original series TapouT follows Mask, Punkass and Skyskrape-the crew behind the premier mixed martial arts clothing and gear line TapouT-on their cross country travels in search of the next MMA superstar. After a great series debut in June- which included [...]
Stevenson-Pellegrino, Grove-Cote added to UFC 74
July 24th, 2007
Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced the final two bouts that complete the UFC 74: RESPECT main card with match-ups between Joe “Daddy” Stevenson vs. Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino and Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove vs. Patrick “The Predator” Cote. These fights add to the exciting line-up of fights for UFC 74, including the heavyweight championship [...]
Pele Gets His Kicks In Bodog Fight’s Paradise Lost
July 24th, 2007
His name suggests he should be using his powerful legs to direct soccer balls past helpless goalkeepers, but Jose “Pele” Landi prefers to use them to punish his opponents in the ring. Raised in Brazil, Landi eschewed his country’s national sport (despite being quite good - hence his nickname), instead choosing a career in mixed [...]
UFC 74: Huerta vs Crane
July 20th, 2007
Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced that Roger Huerta has been added to the UFC 74 fight card and that he will take on Alberto Crane, a Jiu-Jitsu black belt from New Mexico. This matchup joins the exciting lineup of fights for UFC 74, including the heavyweight championship fight Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga [...]
