Archive for February, 2009

Former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson believes his March 21st fight against former UFC title challenger Jeff “The Snowman” Monson has all the makings of a classic match-up between a pair of world-class grapplers that all fight fans — mixed martial arts and boxing — will truly appreciate. Read the rest of this entry »

A massive two-day Mixed Martial Arts and Extreme Sports extravaganza, “The Fight Expo,” is coming to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the weekend of March 21-22, in Del Mar, California.

“The Fight Expo” is the first event of its kind, infusing MMA, Grappling, Pankration, and several Extreme Sports — Motocross, Skateboarding, Harley Davidson Pulls and much more — into one giant entertainment supershow. “The Fight Expo” has chosen The Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego as its beneficiary with portions of proceeds from every ticket sold, charity auctions, and MMA seminars going to this worthwhile cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Spike TV’s coverage of UFC 95 on Saturday, February 21 (9:00pm-Midnight) delivered more Men 18-34 (634,000) and Men 18-49 (1,244,000) than anything else on television (broadcast or cable) in its timeslot. The action-packed fight card peaked at 11:30pm with 3 million viewers for the main event featuring former “The Ultimate Fighter” champs and current lightweight contenders Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez and Joe “Daddy” Stevenson. With a bevy of exciting early-round knockouts, the three-hour Spike telecast included an unprecedented nine fights, five from the main card and four undercard bouts. The previous high for a Spike TV fight card was seven fights. Read the rest of this entry »

Roy Englebrecht Events is on a role having teamed up with Sutra Lounge to not only give fight fans a great night of fights but an MMA lifestyle in an all in one package. SpringFist will feature some of the best local MMA talent Orange County has to offer on its March 7th Card. Read the rest of this entry »

Known to many as the “face of female mixed martial arts,” Gina “Conviction” Carano has parlayed great ability in the cage and a glamorous look out of it to burst onto the MMA scene and in many ways transcended the sport. Now, the unbeaten star has announced she will be working with Round 5, the leader in collectible MMA figurines, to produce a figure that reflects her stardom. Carano joins an All-Star lineup of 13 MMA standouts who currently work with Round 5. Read the rest of this entry »

In the Main Event, 2X UFC veteran Alberto Crane ( 11-3 ) faces rugged Eric Regan who lost, by decision, less than one year ago to 7X UFC veteran Melvin Guillard. Eric Regan is the current NoLimit ( TX ) Welterweight Champion. In a Co-Main Event, hailing from Brazil, 5X World BJJ Champion Romulo Barral, in just his second mma fight, takes on Adrian Valdez. In the 2006 World BJJ semi-finals, Barral choked out UFC veteran Damien Maia ( 9-0 ) in one minute. Read the rest of this entry »

Shark Fights Promotions returns March 14th to the Azteca Music Hall in Amarillo Texas. Sponsored by Affliction & TapouT, the main event will feature a match-up between Shannon “The Cannon” Ritch and Eric “Big Head” Davila, to crown the first Texas Welterweight Champion recognized by the Texas State Athletic Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

Tickets for “Shamrock vs. Diaz,” the Strikeforce mixed martial arts (MMA) mega-event that will take place at San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, April 11th, are officially on sale.

Priced from $30, “Shamrock vs. Diaz” tickets are available for purchase at the HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070) as well as at all Ticketmaster locations (408-998-TIXS), Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com), and Strikeforce’s official website (www.strikeforce.com). Read the rest of this entry »

- Diego Sanchez beats Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision
- Dan Hardy beats Rory Markham via knockout in round one
- Nate Marquardt beats Wilson Gouveia via technical knockout (strikes) in round three
- Demian Maia beats Chael Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) in round one
- Paulo Thiago beats Josh Koscheck via knockout in round one
- Terry Etim beats Brian Cobb via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
- Junior dos Santos beats Stefan Struve via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
– Evan Dunham beats Per Eklund via knockout in round one

London, February 20, 2009—Paulo Thiago brought a whole team with him from Brazil to help him in his fight with Josh Koscheck at UFC 95 in London. Thiago is managed by the legendary Wallid Ismail and is being sponsored by MMA apparel company, Basthardt.

With him are Head coach and 4th degree jiu-jitsu black belt Ataide Junior, who has been with Paulo for 15 years, Claudio Moreira (take down and ground specialist), Alex Nacfur (sparring partner), Luis “Lula” Eduardo (conditioning trainer). Rodrigo Aguiar (Muay Thai) is also part of the team but did not make the trip. They all have varying specialties, but work together to share their experience. Read the rest of this entry »

“NEW BEGINNINGS” featuring the highly anticipated MMA local favorite Falaniko Vitale, takes place 7:00 PM Friday February 27, 2009, at the Maui War Memorial Gym. Falaniko Vitale a former college standout football player and UFC veteran will take on EliteXc veteran and
Renegades Extreme Fighting Middleweight Champion Jon “El Jagur” Kirk of Houston, Texas. Kirk is a pure striker and looks forward to going head to head with Vitale. Read the rest of this entry »

World Championship Fighting, New England’s leading mixed martial arts promotion is pleased to announce that it has produced its first television program, WCF Rewind, which will debut on Comcast SportsNet New England on Sunday, March 1st at 6:30 PM. The show will be rebroadcast on Monday, March 2nd at 9:00 PM, and again on Sunday, March 8th at 9:30 PM. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 18, 2009)-VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will air its second fight of the year on Sunday, March 1, at 9 p.m. ET live from the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas. The main event of the night will feature recently crowned featherweight champion Mike Brown as he battles Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia in his first attempt to defend his title. All WEC events are presented in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. Read the rest of this entry »

With attractions like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Parliament, there’s no doubt that London is one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the world. But when Paulo Thiago makes the trip to London he won’t be seeing any of it. He’s there for one thing and one thing only—to kick some butt at UFC 95.

As a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Thiago is obviously a phenomenal fighter. In fact, he’s managed to rack up a 10-0 record in Brazil’s Jungle Fight League and has picked up MMA apparel company, Basthardt, as a sponsor. Now he’s bringing his undefeated record to UFC 95 in London on Saturday, February 21st and putting it all on the line against the always-dangerous Josh Koscheck. Read the rest of this entry »

Tattoo-less Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon, coming off his impressive win against Jeremy Stephens, headlining the February 7th “UFC Fight Night 17” in Tampa, has positioned himself for a future UFC title run in the highly competitive lightweight division. Lauzon (18-4, 5 KOs, 13 submissions), star of The Ultimate Fighter 5 television reality show, put on a classic Brazilian Jui-jitsu demonstration against Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens (14-4, 10 KOs, 2 submissions), who was a late replacement for injured Hermes Franca (20-7). Read the rest of this entry »