Archive for March, 2009

The next generation of mixed martial arts action is finally here, as the Bellator Fighting Championships arrive at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, April 3rd with an action-packed card featuring the rising stars of MMA. Read the rest of this entry »

March 30th, 2009 – San Luis Obispo, California – Chuck Liddell is getting some extra help on his boxing skills from 1976 Boxing Olympic Gold Medalist – Howard Davis Jr., who has been in Chuck’s training camp for the past month in California. Read the rest of this entry »

Legendary mixed martial arts fighter and four-time world champion Frank Shamrock officially added new talent to his fight team on March 21st after holding open tryouts at his newest training facility in San Jose, California. Team Shamrock gained six new talented MMA fighters and a Strikeforce contract was awarded to the standout athlete. Read the rest of this entry »

New York (March 27, 2009)–Heavyweight mixed martial arts (MMA) forces, Brett “The Grim” Rogers (8-0) and “Abongo” Humphrey (12-0) will put their unbeaten records on the line when they face off on the live SHOWTIME televised portion of Strikeforce’s “Shamrock vs. Diaz” mega-fight card at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, April 11. Read the rest of this entry »

W1 – INCEPTION is here. On Saturday March 28th, the cage door is finally open to twenty four of the toughest fighters the country has seen. The event is headlined by former UFC Champion CARLOS ‘THE RONIN’ NEWTON facing Ottawa’s own NABIL ‘THE THRILL’ KHATIB. Also featured on the event is MARK ‘BOOTS’ HOLST, MARTIN ‘THE HAMMER’ GRANDMONT, GLENN ‘THE KULKSTER’ KULKA, CRAIG ‘FARMER’ BROWN, REMI ‘BAM BAM’ MORVAN and some of the top talent the country has produced. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW TOWN, North Dakota (March 24, 2009) – North Dakota-native Chris Tuchscherer captured the first Sovereign Nations Mixed Martial Arts (SNMMA) title by defeating veteran heavyweight Brandon “The Iron Lion” Lee Hinkle, headlining “Beatdown 4” last Saturday night before a sold-out crowd at 4 Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota. Read the rest of this entry »

FightEngine.com, featuring legendary superstar and MMA fighter Bob Sapp as one of its principal board of advisors, today announced the launching of its state-of-the-art website, www.fightengine.com, revolutionizing the way mixed-martial-arts fighters market themselves, promoters and managers scout fighters, and fans become legitimate matchmakers. Read the rest of this entry »

Los Angeles, March 23, 2009 Basthardt, a Los Angeles based company that specializes in designing MMA sportswear announced today that it has signed five jiu-jitsu black belts to promotional contracts during the 2009 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships. Basthardt recently made headlines by sponsoring UFC fighter Paulo Thiago in his first UFC fight at UFC 95 in London, England where he defeated Josh Koscheck via TKO. Read the rest of this entry »

All photos by Matt De La Rosa of PROMMA – Three-time world champion and mixed martial arts (MMA) legend, Frank Shamrock (24-9-1), welcomed the media to his new Shamrock Martial Arts Academy in San Jose during an open workout on Wednesday, March 18, three and a half weeks before his highly anticipated showdown with bitter rival Nick Diaz (18-7, 1 NC). Read the rest of this entry »

One week to go and W1: INCEPTION is poised to be the leading event in Gatineau/Ottawa history. Already over 3000 tickets sold, the event will be a massive success with an exciting night of top level Mixed Martial Arts bouts. W1: INCEPTION is headlined by the first Canadian UFC Champion CARLOS ‘THE RONIN’ NEWTON facing one of the country’s top welterweights, Ottawa’s own NABIL ‘THE THRILL’ KHATIB. Read the rest of this entry »

At the final press conference in Pensacola yesterday, Bobby Lashley read some excerpts at the podium of what Jason Guida had been saying in the press. At that time, Guida shot back with, “This is a real fight. Not what you have been used to. This is not fake – these are real punches.” When it was time to do the “face-off” photo, the matter escalated to the point where Guida grabbed Lashley by the throat. “Promoter” Roy Jones, Jr. had to get between them to break it up.

When Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) president John Prisco brought the Southeast’s largest Mixed Martial Arts promotion to Knoxville’s Thompson-Boling Arena on February 20, his goal was to introduce live MMA to Tennessee sports fans by producing the first-ever professional MMA fight card in Tennessee state history. The Knoxville News Sentinel declared XFC 7: “School of Hard Knox” an “entertaining show,” remarking: “Thompson-Boiling Arena – like the state of Tennessee – has seen its share of sporting events through the years. But never anything like this.” Leading MMA website FightTicker.com raved: “Tennessee’s first sanctioned Pro MMA card saw a lot of action and some exciting upsets. Overall, a great event.” Read the rest of this entry »

Gabe Lemley: MMA and boxing, the best of the worlds. This is Don’s first fight at 145 (pounds). I’m excited because I’ve been fighting at 155. We’re meeting where I’m comfortable. We’re going to put on a good show.”

Dennis Hallman: I’m happy to be fighting again – 16-month layoff. I would have liked to have met my opponent (Pensacola’s Danny Ruiz) today, but I guess he couldn’t get here. We’re going to put on a good show.” Read the rest of this entry »

by Adrian Neely – On Tuesday, The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended UFC welterweight Karo “The Heat” Parisyan for nine months. Karo tested positive for three banned painkillers following UFC 94 “St-Piere Vs. Penn 2.” Parisyan was also fined $32,000 and his split decision victory against Don Hyun Kim at UFC 94 was reversed, and ruled a no decision.

The 26-year-old Judo black belt will also have to submit random drug testing during the nine month duration. Although Karo was not forced to forfeit the $40,000 win bonus he received , The NSAC instead deducted 40-percent of his total $80,000 purse he earned at UFC 94. Read the rest of this entry »

by Adrian Neely - Training out of San Diego, California, Gugerty (11-3), will square off against Oklahoma native Matt Grice (9-2) at UFC 100. Both of these young fighters are going to try and bounce back from tough losses in their last fights. Gugerty suffered defeat against a solid UFC veteran in Spencer Fisher. “The King” caught Shannon in a beautiful Triangle Choke at UFC 90.

In his first fight back since taking a year off from the sport, Grice loss to Matt Veach in a very controversial stoppage back at UFC Fight Night 17 in February. Read the rest of this entry »