Fedor vs Sylvia: Tickets On Sale Today at 10am
May 20th, 2008
“Affliction Banned” will be distributed on Pay-Per-View and air live (9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT) on cable and satellite viewing in the USA and Canada via iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications, Viewer’s Choice Canada, DirecTV, DISH Network, Bell ExpressVue and Star Choice for a suggested retail price of $39.95. The telecast will be available in both [...]
“The Ultimate Fighter 7″ Finale Undercard
May 20th, 2008
UFC lightweight contender Spencer “The King” Fisher will battle fellow Iowa native and up-and-coming mixed martial artist Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens Saturday, June 21 at 9:00 pm on the undercard of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ finale. The live three hour fight card will emanate from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in [...]
EliteXC’s Robbie Lawler On “CBS 2 Sports Central” Sunday
May 18th, 2008
Fans in the Southern California area can catch EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler live on “CBS 2 Sports Central” with Jim Hill and Steve Hartman tomorrow/Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m. PT. Lawler, of St. Louis, will defend his EliteXC belt against Sacramento’s Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith in the co-featured fight on [...]
Real Fighting Championships XII: “The Comeback” May 23rd
May 18th, 2008
FightZone TV is once again proud to announce another partnering with one of Tampa Bay’s Pioneer MMA Promoters - Real Fighting Championships (RFC). RFC’s next event RFC XII “The Comeback” on Friday, May 23, 2008, at the A La Carte Pavilion in Tampa will continue this unparalleled tradition of bringing their fans another night of [...]
Nelson, Schultz Defend, Miller Submits McGivern For First Belt
May 17th, 2008
Heavyweight Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) and lightweight Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) defended their respective International Fight League titles while Dan Miller (Sparta, N.J.) scored a victory over defending middleweight champion Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa) before 4,530 tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Nelson capped the evening with a victory over Brad Imes (Kansas [...]
Kaitlin Young, Phil Baroni Featured This Monday On Yac & J’s Show
May 17th, 2008
TWO of ELITEXC’S Main Card fighters scheduled for the momentous Mixed Martial Arts, network TV debut May 31st on CBS, will first be appearing on an increasingly popular internet TV network. And while they won’t be fighting online, both Kaitlin Young and ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Phil Baroni are scheduled to share their thoughts [...]
Donruss Creates Cung Le Trading Card
May 16th, 2008
Newly crowned Strikeforce World Middleweight Champion, Cung Le (22-0), has been selected to appear in the first-ever mixed martial arts trading card series manufactured by Donruss Trading Card Company. Slated for release in mid-July, “Ring Kings,” produced as an insert series for the larger Donruss “Americana II” set, will be comprised of approximately 30 [...]
Lawler-Smith-Baroni-Villasenor-Shaw Quotes
May 16th, 2008
Crowd-pleasing EliteXC Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler of St. Louis will defend his title against exciting, hard-hitting Scott Smith of Sacramento, Calif., while fast-talking, colorful, controversial Phil “NYBA” Baroni of Long Island, N.Y., will meet determined, dedicated, world-class Joey Villaseńor of Albuquerque, N.M., in a 185-pound scrap in two of the five fights on the [...]
Affliction Banned NYC Presser
May 15th, 2008
Affliction Banned fightcard
Saturday, July 19
Honda Center / Anaheim, California
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell vs Andrei Arlovski
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama
Mike Pyle vs. Brett Cooper
J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
WCF Announces the filming of the “Tapout” reality show June 20th
May 15th, 2008
The Tapout Crew returns to film another episode of their self-titled reality show on the Versus network at the World Championship Fighting (WCF) event in Wilmington, Mass., on Jun. 20 where local Mixed Martial Arts star Mike Campbell will be the featured fighter for the episode which documents the Tapout Crew’s quest to search for [...]
Carano, Shamrock Sign Autographs Monday At 6 At Hollywood Best Buy
May 15th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, California – EliteXC in conjunction with Image Entertainment and Best Buy will be holding an autograph signing with EliteXC superstars on Monday, May 19th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the La Brea Best Buy store in West Hollywood, California. Fighters scheduled to appear include:
“Affliction Banned”: Fedor Emelianenko Returns
May 14th, 2008
Affliction, the premier fashion label for men who love hard rock and fast living, will make history presenting its own Mixed-Martial-Arts pay-per-view event in association with M-1 and Roy Englebrecht Events, appropriately named “Affliction Banned,” featuring the much-anticipated return of Russian heavyweight superstar Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko, supported by an All-World caliber undercard, July [...]
CBS/EliteXC Conf. Call Quotes: Gina Carano, Kaitlin Young, Gary Shaw
May 14th, 2008
Popular, unbeaten women’s superstar Gina Carano of Las Vegas will face hard-hitting, confident Hook ‘n Shoot champion Kaitlin Young of Circle Pines, Minn., in one of five fights on the inaugural “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” on Saturday, May 31 (9-11 p.m. ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The first mixed martial event [...]
Noguiera And Frank Mir Announced As TUF 8 Coaches
May 13th, 2008
The coaches for season eight of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter,” the most successful original series in network history, will feature two of the UFC’s all-time top heavyweights. Interim UFC heavyweight champion, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, will star in the new season featuring light heavyweights (205 lbs) and lightweights [...]
Profile: Gina “Conviction” Carano
May 13th, 2008
Bio: Gina Carano is a Muay Thai specialist who got her start fighting out of the famed Master Toddy Gym in Las Vegas, NV. Under Master Toddy, Gina competed multiple times internationally, garnishing a 12-1-1 Professional Muay Thai Kickboxing record.
Carano started in MMA in 2006 and became the first woman, along with Leiticia Pestova to [...]
Promising East Coast Fighters Top Stacked EliteXC Undercard May 31
May 10th, 2008
With no less than 11 fighters scheduled to fight, there will be a distinct East Coast flavor to the six announced undercard bouts that will immediately precede the highly anticipated, first-ever mixed martial arts fight card shown live in primetime on network television Saturday, May 31, at the Prudential Center at Newark, N.J.
Tickets [...]
“E:60″ To Profile EliteXC’s Gina Carano Next Tuesday On ESPN
May 10th, 2008
For the second time in a week, an EliteXC fighter will be featured on “E:60.”
The most recognizable face in women’s mixed martial arts, the incredibly popular and talented Gina “Conviction” Carano, of Las Vegas, will be profiled on “E:60″ next Tuesday, May 13, on ESPN.
The multi-subject newsmagazine show starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 [...]
Brad Imes to Replace Injured Branden Lee Hinkle on IFL Mohegan Sun Card May 16
May 9th, 2008
Mixed martial arts veteran Brad Imes (Sacramento, Calif.) will challenge Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) for the heavyweight championship as part of the nine-bout card as the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Friday, May 16. Imes replaces Branden Lee Hinkle (Weirton, W. Va.), who was [...]
IFL Puts “The Hex” on MMA with New Six-Sided Ring
May 9th, 2008
The International Fight League today announced it is in the process of developing a hexagon-shaped mixed martial arts ring, to be used in future IFL competitions. The new ring, created in conjunction with Throwdown Industries, the makers of Throwdown Energy Drink, will debut on Friday, August 15, at the Izod Center in East [...]
World Extreme Cagefighting: more tickets for Faber - Pulver
May 7th, 2008
After a sell out of almost 8,000 tickets in the lower bowl of the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) announced today that it is opening the upper sections of the arena for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver. The additional seating will be priced at $35 (not including applicable services or taxes). On [...]
