2000 U.S. Olympic Silver Medal Wrestler, Matt “The Law” Lindland would bring the same dogged determination that made him one of the world’s top professional mixed-martial-artists to a job in the Oregon House of Representatives.
The 38-year-old resident of Oregon City may be near the end of his fighting career, but his political life is just beginning. Recently winning the Republican nomination for House District 52 in Oregon, Lindland received 58-percent of the votes in the primary and has begun his campaign for the general election in the fall. Read more
Posted June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
On a night fit for a King, not even a post-fight scuffle could ruin the moment for KJ Noons, who retained the EliteXC lightweight title with a devastating 48-second, first-round TKO over Yves Edwards Saturday at the Blaisdell Arena on SHOWTIME.
In the co-feature on a card billed as “Return Of The King,’’ Nick Diaz registered a third-round TKO over Muhsin Corbbrey. Read more
Posted June 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
A capacity crowd of 18,000 is expected to attend promoter Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions’ sensational event – “Free for All, A Night of Combat” - Las Vegas’ first combined professional boxing and mixed martial arts show on Friday, June 20, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The boxing main event and co-featured bout will be televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.” Read more
Posted June 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC - Challenger Yves Edwards (left) and EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons pose after Friday’s weigh-in at Fashion 45 in Honolulu. Noons, who weighed the division-limit 160 pounds, defends against Edwards, who weighed 158 1/2, in the main event of “Return Of The King” Saturday at the Blaisdell Arena on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Read more
Posted June 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Jason Guida has managed to cram an entire mixed martial arts career into less than five years.
Known as a hard-nosed competitor who never turned down a fight, Guida was a natural replacement when a broken hand forced Jeff Monson to withdraw from the main event of this Saturday’s Adrenaline MMA show near Chicago. Read more
Posted June 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC - One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card tomorrow, June 14 (10 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) that will feature an EliteXC lightweight championship fight between defending champ and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (5-1) of San Diego, Calif., and rejuvenated, world-class Yves Edwards (34-13-1) of Coconut Creek, Fla. Read more
Posted June 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Las Vegas, NV – In late June, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization and World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) will send UFC and WEC superstars BJ Penn, Michael Bisping, Urijah Faber, and Carlos Condit across the globe to meet and greet the troops of the United States Military stationed in Afghanistan. The fighters will have the honor of visiting with various units during this trip, and Penn, Bisping, Faber, and Condit will tour a total of six military bases. Read more
Posted June 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
UFC Veteran Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon returns to World Championship Fighting on Friday June 20th at the Shriners Auditorium. Lauzon is the youngest fighter to have ever fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the age of 18. Lauzon, a native of East Bridgewater Massachusetts, is also the younger brother of UFC fighter Joe Lauzon who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter reality TV series which airs on Spike TV. Lauzon will be making his third appearance for World Championship Fighting and is entering the ring riding a five fight winning streak having ended four of the fights by TKO and his last fight via triangle choke submission. His win streak comes as no surprise as Lauzon is one of the most well rounded fighters in all of MMA using his strength, wrestling, submission and striking skills to attack his opponent’s weaknesses. Lauzon is confident about his skills saying, “I don’t really care where the fight goes, but when I see a weakness in my opponent I go after it, I move in to finish the fight.” Read more
Posted June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
HDNet Fights today released its June schedule for MMA coverage - including live events from all over the country AND the world.
“HDNet Fights is thrilled to announce this awesome schedule,” said Andrew Simon, CEO of HDNet Fights. “I believe the live events that HDNet is offering FREE to subscribers during the month of June are even better fights than many of the Pay-Per-View offerings we’ve seen recently!” Read more
Posted June 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ATLANTIC CITY- After convincing Carlos Moreno not to come out for round 2 at CBS - Elite XC in May Carlton “The Convincer” Haselrig will return undefeated to the BCX Cage to take on Joe “Apocalypse” Abouata on July 12th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. Haselrig returns to defend his USKBA/BCX titles won at BCX IV April 19th. Read more
Posted June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
 SIGNAL HILL, California (June 11, 2008) – Affliction Entertainment will make MMA history with the greatest line-up of mixed-martial-arts fights ever presented in one night. Live on July 19th, from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, “Affliction Banned” will showcase talent from around the world in the fastest growing sport on earth.
The superstar-studded card is so stacked with talent that it had to be separated into two live shows produced for broadcast. The night’s activities will kick off with a one-hour, free live telecast on FSN (Fox Sports Net) starting at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM/ET), dubbed “Affliction Live.” Following that is “Affliction Banned”—five incredible fights on pay-per-view starting at 6 PM/PT (9 PM/ET) via iN DEMAND, TVN, Shaw Communications, Viewers Choice Canada, DirecTV, DISH Network, Bell ExpressVue and Star Choice in the United States and Canada for a suggested retail price of $39.95. Read more
Posted June 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week at a press conference in New York City, Affliction, the premier fashion label for men who love hard rock and fast living, announced its partnership with Donald J. Trump. Today, Michael D. Cohen, Executive Vice President & Special Counsel to Mr. Trump, was named Chief Operating Officer for Affliction Entertainment. Read more
Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
The International Fight League today announced that it has canceled its scheduled August 15 event at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in light of the company’s current financial condition. IFL continues to explore options for maximizing shareholder value. However, if the IFL is unable to successfully leverage any of those options, the company may seek protection from its creditors through a court proceeding. Read more
Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
Mr. International” Shonie Carter (39-17-7), a star on Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T.)’s new “Iron Ring” mixed martial arts (MMA) reality series, will return to the cage to battle rising star, Luke Stewart (5-1), in a welterweight (170 lb. limit) showdown at Strikeforce’s “Melendez vs. Thomson” mega-fight card on Friday, June 27th. Read more
Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
HDNet, the first national television network broadcasting all of its programming in the high-definition format, will give fans an all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the lives and training camps of Strikeforce World Lightweight (155 lb. limit) Champion, Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (14-1), and challenger, Josh “The Punk” Thomson (14-2), during a special 30 minute program that premieres Friday, June 13th at 12 a.m EST/9 p.m. PST, two weeks before the two rival forces collide at San Jose’s HP Pavilion. Read more
Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
In an eagerly-awaited, pick ‘em matchup, EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., will defend against rejuvenated Yves Edwards (33-13-1) of Coconut, Creek, Fla., in the main event this Saturday on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
In the co-feature, world-class Cesar Gracie jiu-jitsu black belt Nick Diaz (16-7) of Stockton, Calif., faces dangerous, up-and-coming ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series alum Muhsin Corbbrey (7-2) of Hilton Head, S.C. Read more
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Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2008) – One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card on Saturday, June 14, that will feature EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., against rejuvenated Yves Edwards (33-13-1) of Coconut Creek, Fla. Read more
Posted June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
Boston, MA— World Championship Fighting (WCF) announces the full fight card (see below) for its June 20th show in Wilmington, MA. In one of the night’s featured fights, UFC veteran Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon returns to the ring riding a five fight win streak and having stopped his last four opponents in the first round. In another featured fight is a match-up of two local Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstars in Mike Campbell and Rich Moskowitz. Campbell is an undefeated fighter and one of the area’s most promising talents ending his last two fights in knock out while Moskowitz has made his name by fighting some of the area’s toughest fighters and winning most of his fights in dominating fashion. Also on the card are local fighters including Jamie Campbell, Dan Bonnell, John Benoit and many more. Read more
Posted June 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
Thiago Alves beats Matt Hughes via TKO (Strikes) at 1:02 of Round 2
Michael Bisping beats Jason Day via TKO (punches on the ground) at 3:42 of Round 1
Mike Swick beats Marcus Davis via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27 and 29-27)
Thales Leites beats Nate Marquardt via Split decision (28-27, 28-27 and 27-28)
Fabricio Werdum beats Brandon Vera via TKO (Punches on the ground) at 4:40 of Round 1
Martin Kampmann betas Jorge Rivera via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:44 of Round 1
Matt Wiman beats Thiago Tavares via KO at 1:57 of Round 2
Kevin Burns beats Roan Carneiro via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:53 of Round 2
Posted June 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
EliteXC will return to SHOWTIME with back-to-back mixed martial arts telecasts beginning Friday, June 13, at 11 p.m. ET/PT with a replay of the May 31 landmark MMA event, “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights.” Each of the five fights that made up the CBS broadcast will be shown in their entirety on SHOWTIME, including the impressive performance by Gina Carano, the thrilling EliteXC middleweight title brawl between champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith, and the main event of Kimbo Slice against James Thompson. Read more
Posted June 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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