Archive for October, 2007

The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) today announced that Fox Sports World Canada will air this Saturday’s “IFL World Grand Prix” live from the Sears Centre in Chicago from 9-11 p.m. ET/8-10 CT. It will mark the first live national broadcast of MMA in Canada on broadcast television. Read the rest of this entry »

Some promotions are spectacle, some keep a lid on the emotions of fighters, and some are pretty cut and dry. Then you have Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz and Premier Championship Fighting: they kick the lid off, shove the can over, and run like hell down the street screaming. No one is mixed up or confused about why they bought a ticket. They came to see some damn fighting and fighting they saw. The last show Bad Boyz had in Denver was held at Red and Jerry’s and to describe how the night unfolded would be like describing the legendary Lawrence Taylor, the original LT. Read the rest of this entry »

The fight of the night was the war between Chris Camozzi and Tony Barker. In the first minute, Chris and Tony went back and forth trading huge bombs. Not combinations or jabs but giant hits that made that unmistakable sound of leather against flesh. Eventually Camozzi found himself in mount position on Barker and landed some vicious elbows and even a double fisted hammer strike ala Kazushi Sakuraba. Not to stop the there, with Barker on his back, Chris stood up and delivered an axe kick to Tony’s midsection much like Wanderlei Silva used to do against Sakuraba during the Pride days. Barker fought back admirably and even cracked Camozzi in the face with his heel while he was on the ground and Chris was standing over him. Chris took the heel and looked surprised before laughing it off. Chris repeatedly took Tony down and then stood up and motioned to Tony to stand up. The MMA Times scored this 10-9 for Camozzi but Barker fought back very well. He looked good on his back and counter-punched strongly. Read the rest of this entry »

After being named in a lawsuit filed by New Era Fighting (NEF) for $500,000,000, embattled California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) Executive Director Armando Garcia responded by announcing a review of NEF’s promotional licensing renewal, incredibly, 10 months after the CSAC cashed NEF’s check for its 2007-2008 promoter’s license, and two weeks after a legal claim had been delivered to the State. Read the rest of this entry »

The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, will hit the Chicago area hard with a week of partner activations and media activity, all leading up to Saturday night’s live broadcast on MyNetworkTV at the Sears Centre in suburban Hoffman Estates, Ill., the first-ever live Mixed Martial Arts event on primetime broadcast television. The IFL “World Grand Prix,” which will air on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, will feature the light heavyweight title fight between Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko and Alex Schoenauer, and a highly-anticipated rematch between undefeated lightweight Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki and local favorite Bart “Bartimus” Palaszewski among the nine bouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Spike TV, a division of MTV Networks, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization have agreed to a new, three-year extension of their strategic partnership, it was announced jointly today by Kevin Kay, President, Spike TV and Dana White, President, Zuffa, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship. The deal maintains Spike TV as the basic cable home to the UFC, the premiere brand in mixed martial arts, the fastest growing sport in America, through 2011. The deal was brokered by the Endeavor Agency. Read the rest of this entry »

On a night when Tito Ortiz’s protégé Aaron Rosa suffered his first loss to undefeated Jared Hamman, Javier “Showtime” Vazquez shocked the Mixed Martial Arts world by announcing his retirement Friday on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series on SHOWTIME. “I am better suited as a coach than I am as a fighter,” said Vazquez (12-2) following a 1:15, first-round victory by way of submission (rear-naked choke) over JC “Crayola’’ Pennington (14-4-1). “When the sport feels like it’s a job and you’re clocking in, then it is time to go

“Win or lose, I knew this was going to be my last fight. I signed for this fight about a month ago. But I actually knew before that this would be it. I just wanted to give myself one more chance to make sure that I was doing the right thing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Douglas County Event Center will be host to some of the toughest men in the world who also have the softest hearts, on Saturday November 3, 2007. During “Tap or Snap” mixed martial arts event, Matt Serra, the current UFC Welterweight Champion, will be presenting Trevor Carron and Nikko Landeros gifts that were sent by the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture. Read the rest of this entry »

Two undefeated 205-pound fighters with nearly identical records will clash when Aaron Rosa (10-0) faces Jared Hamman (9-0) in one of the co-featured bouts on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series on SHOWTIME Friday, Oct. 26, at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). In another excellent matchup in the other co-feature, Javier “Showtime” Vazquez (11-2) will meet JC “Crayola’’ Pennington (14-3-1) in a 150-pound fight. Read the rest of this entry »

Due to injury, Brad Blackburn will not compete at welterweight; he will be replaced by Gideon Ray, who will battle Delson Heleno.

Also because of injury, Reese Andy will not fight; he will be replaced by Shane Ott, who will fight No. 1 seed Antoine Jaoude. The other heavyweight bout pits No. 2 Roy Nelson vs. No. 3 Bryan Vetell. Read the rest of this entry »

So, what were the real reasons why he left Ultimate Fighting Championships? Is the Mixed Martial Arts legend really retired? What is his opinion of his former boss, Dana White, and his reaction to the UFC president bolding proclaiming he “owned him’’?

Was his intention to resign to put pressure on White to let him out of his contract so he can get a much-desired fight against Fedor? Was he making, as reported, millions of dollars per fight? What are his plans for the future? Read the rest of this entry »

It’s official. Tonight during the on 2007 Scream Awards on the Spike TV, UFC President Dana White made the official announcement that the long-awaited light heavyweight clash between Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell will occur on December 29th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada at UFC 79: “Nemesis”.

For years, UFC” fight fans have speculated about the outcome of a historic dream matchup between two legendary figures in the sport of mixed martial arts, Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. Tonight, on Spike TV”s 2007 Scream Awards, UFC President Dana White announced that dream will finally become a reality when UFC and PRIDE former champions Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva face each other at UFC 79: NEMESIS live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, December 29, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and STATS LLC, the world’s leading sports information provider, today announced the creation of FiteStats, the most comprehensive statistical analysis program in the history of fight sports. Read the rest of this entry »

It was one of the most talked about fights ever when it aired on pay-per-view last April. Now, you can see it free! Tuesday, October 23 at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central, tune in to the ION Television Network in the U.S. and The Fight Network in Canada for a special presentation of Bodog Fight: Clash of the Nations, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Lindland.

Widely regarded as the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter, indomitable Russian Fedor Emelianenko (24-1) squares off against 2000 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland (20-4) in a colossal heavyweight battle from the famed ICE Palace in St. Petersburg. Read the rest of this entry »

Nearly 150 mixed martial athletes residing in 20 U.S. states – hailing from at least 10 other countries – came to the L.A. Boxing gym in Mamaroneck, N.Y. today, looking for spots on International Fight League teams at the IFL 2008 Draft. It’s likely that none of those had a more rewarding trip to the New York suburb than Levon Maynard, a civilian Air Force computer technician who drove all night from Norfolk, Va., sleeping in his car before standing out among the more than 30 welterweights with an impressive showing in all phases that earned him a spot among the pool of 18 athletes selected by the coaches. Read the rest of this entry »