Martial arts mega-star featured on History Channel’s hit documentary series
September 28th, 2007
Undefeated World Kickboxing Champion and Strikeforce mixed martial arts superstar, Cung Le (20-0), will be featured during a segment of The Human Weapon, The History Channel’s hit martial arts documentary series, on Friday.
Le’s appearance on the 9th episode of the 17 part weekly series, will showcase the 34-year-old middleweight (185 lb. limit) knockout artist as [...]
STRIKEFORCE Hits the Playboy Mansion
September 27th, 2007
Yahoo! Sports To Stream the Event Live to a Worldwide Audience
Beverly Hills, Calif., September 26, 2007 – World championship mixed martial arts federation, Strikeforce, will stream its September 29th “Strikeforce at the Mansion” event live to a worldwide audience exclusively at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com).
Strikeforce will be the first mixed martial arts event held at the [...]
First Cage Fighting Championships Hit the new Nova SE University Center Arena
September 26th, 2007
Move over UFC, there’s a new league entering the fastest growing sport in the world, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and it’s called Cage Fighting Championships (CFC). Rage in a Cage Promotions has assembled some of the finest up and coming talent in MMA to kick off its first ever CFC fights at the new [...]
IFL To Hold Three Tryout/Draft Sessions at L.A. Boxing Locations in Oct.
September 25th, 2007
NEW YORK, September 25, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, will conduct IFL 2008 Draft, a series of combine-style workouts for aspiring professional mixed martial artists to be held in conjunction with L.A. Boxing on successive Saturdays in October in Southern California, Metro New York, [...]
IFL, MyNetworkTV Present First-Ever Live MMA Fight on Prime Time Broadcast TV
September 25th, 2007
The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and broadcast partner MyNetworkTV announced that they will present live the World Grand Prix semi-finals from the Sears Centre in Chicago on Saturday, November 3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CT/MT). This is the first time a Mixed [...]
Bodog Fight Becomes Presenting Sponsor Of Next Strikeforce
September 25th, 2007
What happens when two of the undisputed heavy-hitters in mixed martial arts join forces? Fans of the world’s fastest growing sport are about to find out!
MMA powerhouse Bodog Fight has signed on to become a Presenting Sponsor of three upcoming Strikeforce promotions, including the first-ever mixed martial arts event to be held at the [...]
Melendez “Pumped” for Strikeforce Playboy Mansion showdown with Kato
September 24th, 2007
Beverly Hills, CA; September 23, 2007…. Undefeated Strikeforce World Lightweight (155 lb. limit) Champion, “El Nino” Gilbert Melendez (12-0), will take on former Shooto star, Tetsuji Kato (18-7), in a non-title bout during the highly-anticipated Strikeforce extravaganza at The Playboy Mansion on Saturday.
“This is definitely a challenge because it’s a bigger guy dropping down [...]
UFC 76 Results: Liddell suffers split decision loss to Jardine!
September 23rd, 2007
- Keith Jardine beats Chuck Liddell via Split Decision after 3 Rounds
- Forrest Griffin beats Mauricio Rua via Submission at 4:45 of Round 3
- Jon Fitch beats Diego Sanchez via Split Decision after 3 Rounds
- Ryoto Machida beats Kazuhiro Nakamura via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds
- Tyson Griffin beats Thiago Tavares via Unanimous Decision after [...]
MMA: Bodog Fighters To Determine Best Fight Club
September 22nd, 2007
Where is the best mixed martial arts training facility in the world? The next episode of the hit series Bodog Fight: New Jersey, may answer that question.
Airing Tuesday, September 25 at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central on the ION Television Network, the episode features a pair of middleweight fighters, from two of the [...]
UFC Welterweight Champion & T.U.F. 6 Coach Matt Serra arrives soon
September 22nd, 2007
Colorado Springs, CO — September 21, 2007 — Before deciding that MMA (mixed martial arts) is nothing but a violent and barbaric sport, check with the current UFC Welterweight Champion of the World, Matt Serra. Whether you are a fan or a critic, Matt can show you just why mixed martial arts is the fastest [...]
IFL Names Jay Larkin President and COO
September 21st, 2007
The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, today announced that longtime television executive, event producer and boxing industry icon Jay Larkin has been named to the newly-created position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Larkin will report directly to IFL CEO Gareb Shamus and will [...]
Pitbulls Defeat Silverbacks for IFL World Championship Title
September 21st, 2007
The New York Pitbulls completed an unbeaten season, topping the two-time defending champion Quad Cities Silverbacks, 3-2, to claim their first International Fight League World Championship, before 3,470 at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla. Delson Heleno, Deividas Taurosevicius and Andre Gusmao recorded wins for the second-seeded Pitbulls, coached [...]
Teams for the Rings in IFL World Championship Finals on “IFL Battleground” Monday
September 19th, 2007
For the past seven months, “IFL Battleground” viewers have followed the 12 teams from the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, through the regular season and the 2007 World Championship semifinals. This Monday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CT/MT), the program chronicles [...]
Live Internet PPV to Feature Pro MMA Fight Debuts of Hendricks and Roller
September 19th, 2007
Team Takedown, an elite MMA fighter management company, today announced that its “Ultimate Night of Champions” fight card (part of the “Masters of the Cage XVI” series) will be broadcast live on the Internet as a streaming-video Pay-Per-View (PPV). The event takes place Friday, September 28th and is close to selling out the Coca-Cola Bricktown [...]
Strikeforce champ Southworth clashes with The Butcher at Playboy Mansion
September 17th, 2007
Strikeforce World Light Heavyweight (205 lb. limit) Champion and The Ultimate Fighter reality series semifinalist Bobby Southworth (7-4) will square off with Canadian striker Bill “The Butcher” Mahood (15-5-1) in a non-title bout during the highly-anticipated Strikeforce mixed martial arts event at The Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, September 29th. Undefeated heavyweight [...]
Lawler Knocks Out Rua!
September 16th, 2007
In dramatic and convincing fashion, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler captured the EliteXC middleweight championship with an exciting third-round TKO over defending champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua in the EliteXC main event Saturday on SHOWTIME.
Southpaw Lawler, who entered the cage as the ICON Sport middleweight titleholder, rocked and mocked Rua (14-8-1) on several occasions before dropping him with [...]
Ring of Fire 30: Domination
September 16th, 2007
by Bill Chamberlin – Easily the biggest MMA nights of the year in Colorado are Sven Bean’s Ring of Fire promotions. Last night was no exception as we were treated to an 11 fight card that had it all.
The main event, was between UFC veteran Duane “Bang” Ludwig and rising European star, Mario Stapel. Mario [...]
EliteXC/Showtime Weigh-In Photos
September 15th, 2007
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC
All 24 fighters who will compete in Saturday’s EliteXC “Uprising” cage fight card in Honolulu made weight at Friday’s weigh-in. The highly anticipated event, the biggest MMA card in Hawaii’s history, will mark the initial collaboration between EliteXC, ICON Sport, Rumble On The Rock (ROTC) and SHOWTIME. Robbie Lawler (left) and “Ninja” [...]
EliteXC: Final “Uprising’’ Quotes and Photos
September 15th, 2007
ProElite’s respected live fight division, EliteXC, led by Gary Shaw, in association with Hawaii-based promoters ICON Sport and ROTR (Rumble On The Rock), and SHOWTIME, will present “Uprising’’ – the biggest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event in the history of Hawaii —Saturday, Sept. 15, on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
In a [...]
UFC Announces Remaining Bouts For UFC 76
September 15th, 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced the remaining lineup of fights for the upcoming UFC 76: KNOCKOUT featuring former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell vs. “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine. Also on the card are exciting match-ups between Lyoto Machida vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura; Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares; Diego Saraiva vs. [...]
