Matt Flynn’s metamorphosis from successful real estate developer with a degree in finance to EWFC — Director of Operations and one of the hardest working men in MMA began over breakfast one fateful Sunday morning.

“I’m the youngest of seven kids and my family goes to breakfast together once a month,” Flynn explains. “At one of the breakfasts, my nephew, who I babysat since I was 14, said ‘Uncle Matt, I fought in a cage last night.’ I said ‘you did what?’ ‘I fought in a cage at The Palace!’ This is my nephew. I’ve watched him grow up and now he’s getting into a cage fighting?” Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim “Main-iac” Sylvia feels disrespected regarding his May 21st showdown against the first 5-time World’s Strongest Man, iconic Polish powerhouse Mariusz “Dominator” Pudzianowski, headlining the “Moosin: God of Martial Arts” pay-per-view event, at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Sylvia (25-6-0), a natïve of Eastbrook, Maine, has defeated many of the top MMA heavyweights and super heavyweights – Andrei Arlovski (2) Brandon Vera, Jeff Monson, Wes Sims, Ricco Rodriguez, Mike Whitehead (2), Ben Rothwell and Jason Lambert. On the other hand, the 6-1, 275-pound Pudzianowski (1-0), a national hero in Poland, has had only one pro MMA fight. Read the rest of this entry »

In front of the largest weigh-in crowd in the organization’s history, all the fighters hit the scale on Thursday afternoon in preparation for the Maximum Fighting Championship’s MFC 25: Vindication. Before a huge throng of media and fans, the fighters were on stage inside City Centre Mall in the heart of the downtown Edmonton, Alberta, and all but one of the 18 fighters assembled for the best card in MFC history met their contractual weight target. Right on the money for his middleweight main-event spot was Jesse “JT Money” Taylor who weighed in at 184 1/2 pounds, while his opponent, Brazilian star Thales Leites, hit at 185 1/2 pounds. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the biggest weekends in mixed martial arts history just got even bigger.

Memorial Day weekend 2010 has long been circled on many fight fans’ calendars, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship brings “UFC 114: Jackson vs. Evans” to Las Vegas, along with the second annual UFC Fan Expo. Read the rest of this entry »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 4, 2010) – After months of anticipation, the world’s No. 1 heavyweight and pound-for-pound Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (31-1), will make his eagerly awaited return to the cage to face two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and top-ranked superstar Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (13-4) in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL co-promoted event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, June 26, live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

The Fedor-Werdum match will headline an event which will feature up to five televised fights on SHOWTIME and several non-televised undercard bouts that will be announced in the coming weeks.

A special pre-sale ticket purchase opportunity for the event will take place for “STRIKEFORCE Insider” e-newsletter subscribers (http://strikeforce.com/insider.html) from 10 a.m. PT Monday, May 10, until 10 p.m. PT on Thursday, May 13. Insiders will receive an e-newsletter with the pre-sale code. Read the rest of this entry »

STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Champ Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem and heavyweight powerhouse Brett “The Grim” Rogers will collide at the upcoming STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery event at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. on Saturday, May 15 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

The May 15 event will be the start of a slew of heavyweight showdowns in the next month and a half that will feature some of the best and most accomplished MMA heavyweights in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Knockout artist “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (17-5) will collide with former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) at a catch weight of 195 pounds in the main event when STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) hits Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, June 16.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. PT tomorrow/Saturday, May 1, at STAPLES Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCE’S official website (www.strikeforce.com). Tickets will also be sold at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE box office on days when events take place there. Read the rest of this entry »

Unbeaten Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sensation Roger Gracie (2-0) submitted all eight of his opponents en route to winning the coveted ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2005. The second degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt’s submission skills have proven their worth in MMA competition as the 6-foot-4 heavyweight has won his two professional fights via submission.

Gracie’s opponent Kevin Randleman (17-14) captured back-to-back NCAA Division I national wrestling titles in 1992 and 1993 while attending Ohio State University. His stellar collegiate career gained him entry into the school’s Hall Of Fame in 2004. Randleman has been a force in MMA for years, winning the UFC title in 1999 and competing in Japan’s PRIDE Fighting Championships. Read the rest of this entry »

Knockout artist and former middleweight world champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (17-5), ex- WWE wrestling champion-turned-undefeated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) heavyweight star Bobby Lashley (5-0) and former lightweight world champion KJ Noons (8-2) will fight in the featured bouts when STRIKEFORCE hits Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE here on Wednesday, June 16.

The first-ever STRIKEFORCE event scheduled for mid-week will take place in the midst of the E3 Expo, the premier trade show for computer and video games. During E3 Expo 2010 at the L.A. Convention Center, EA SPORTS™ will exhibit its highly anticipated title, EA SPORTS MMA, in which STRIKEFORCE is featured as a premier league. Read the rest of this entry »

The countdown has started and the anticipation is building towards the biggest Maximum Fighting Championship event in the organization’s stellar 10-year history.

MFC 25: Vindication on Friday, May 7 from the Northlands Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, will feature the best lineup of MFC talent ever assembled in one night and that packed roster will be showcased live on HDNet Fights. Read the rest of this entry »

The first 5-time World’s Strongest Man, Polish icon Mariusz “Dominator” Pudzianowski, makes his United States debut May 21 against 2-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim “Maine-iac” Sylvia (25-6-0) in the super heavyweight main event, headlining the first major mixed-martial-arts show in Massachusetts history, “God of Martial Arts” pay-per-view event, at the DCU Center in Worcester.

“God of Martial Arts” is being presented by Moosin, the South Korea-based promotional company, which has promoted MMA shows in South Korea and the United States. Moosin, in conjunction with the International Taekwon-Do Federation, plans expansion into to China, Poland and Australia. Read the rest of this entry »

Submission Ink announced today that the lineup for the Submission Ink MMA Autograph Session is complete. The lineup will consist of Former WEC Lightweight Champion and current assistant coach on the The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 “Razor” Rob McCullough, WEC Featherweight contender Cub Swanson, StrikeForce Middleweight fighter Benji “Razor” Radach and Jamie “The Chosyn 1″ Yager from the UFC Reality TV hit The Ultimate Fighter Season 11. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (April 27, 2009) – In a clash of explosive light heavyweights (205 pounds), Antwain “The Juggernaut” Britt (11-3) will collide with Rafael “Feijao’’ Cavalcante (8-2) at STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. on Saturday, May 15.

Vitor “Shaolin’’ Ribeiro (20-3) of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil will make his anxiously awaited STRIKEFORCE debut against undefeated Lyle “Fancy Pants’’ Beerbohm (13-0) of Spokane, Wash., in a lightweight (155-pound) matchup on the event’s preliminary card. Read the rest of this entry »

With the incredible MFC 25 card fast-approaching, it’s time once again for the Z-Files to take an in-depth look at each fight with the usual Top 10 Questions.

This is without a doubt the most-talent laden lineup ever for an MFC fight card and there’s high expectations on the roster coming off the unbelievable action at MFC 24 so hopefully these fighters will take a peek at the last show, get fired up, and deliver in just same style of action that the Maximum Fighting Championship wants for its awesome loyal crowd. Read the rest of this entry »

By MFC Staff – All the talent in the world won’t get a fighter very far if he doesn’t complement his skills with all the necessary intangibles.

Emanuel Newton is easily one of the MFC’s most-talented fighters with an incredible amount of athleticism. But what Newton has lacked at this key time in his career is the mental game plan to keep himself on the right track. That, says trainer and MFC lightweight champion Antonio McKee, is about to change. Read the rest of this entry »