by Alex mattis One couldn’t help but applaud and smile last Friday night as Jorge Rivera won the final fight of his MMA career. For a man who has had such an up-and-down career, and personal life, it felt just that he would go out with his hand raised. “El Conquistador” made his MMA debut [...]
By Monta Wiley Since the introduction of the bantamweight division in the UFC, fans have witnessed some of the most exciting, fast paced action from the most talented fighters in the world. Apart of this wave of rising talents is San Francisco native, Chris Cariaso. Beginning a professional career in 2006 and compiling an overall [...]
Earlier in the week we had a chance to pay UFC welterweight Mike Pierce a visit at the Affliction Gym in Seal Beach, CA. Pierce was in town to do a bit of media and upon meeting him and speaking to him, came to a strong conclusion. Mike Pierce is perhaps one of the nicest [...]
UFC on Fox 2 goes down this weekend in Chicago, Illinois with Phil Davis and Rashad Evans main eventing the second Fox card. The semi main event is one that is highly anticipated as the trash talking Chael Sonnen takes on Michael Bisping in a number one contender match-up for the right to face UFC [...]
Reagan Penn, the brother of BJ Penn had a rough start to his MMA career. Losing in only his second professional fight at Pro Elite 2 in Hawaii, Reagan was forced to take some time off due to injury. With a successful surgery out of the way, Penn was spotted at the Pro Elite 3 [...]
Weights from Chicago: Phil Davis (205) vs. Rashad Evans (205) Michael Bisping (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185) Demian Maia (186) vs. Chris Weidman (185) Evan Dunham (155) vs. Nik Lentz (155) John-Olav Einemo (253) vs. Mike Russow (251) George Roop (145) vs. Cub Swanson (145) Charles Oliveira (144) vs. Eric Wisely (145) Michael Johnson (156) [...]
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After delivering one of the best fights of 2011, former WBC Welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2; 22 KO) will face off against Andre Berto (28-1; 22 KO) in a rematch from which Ortiz became the only man to defeat Berto, winning the championship as well. Coming back from a controversial loss against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the [...]
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I couldn’t figure out if I wanted to cover MMA’s most popular female fighter or MMA’s most popular ring girl this week, so to prevent my two girlfriends from tearing each other’s clothes off (because that would be bad…), I am covering both of them in this month’s Babe Watch Episode #1. I was feeling [...]
continue reading After delivering one of the best fights of 2011, former WBC Welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2; 22 KO) will face off against Andre Berto (28-1; 22 KO) in a rematch from which Ortiz became the only man to defeat Berto, winning the championship as well. Coming back from a controversial loss against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the [...]
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I couldn’t figure out if I wanted to cover MMA’s most popular female fighter or MMA’s most popular ring girl this week, so to prevent my two girlfriends from tearing each other’s clothes off (because that would be bad…), I am covering both of them in this month’s Babe Watch Episode #1. I was feeling [...]
Weights from Chicago: Phil Davis (205) vs. Rashad Evans (205) Michael Bisping (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185) Demian Maia (186) vs. Chris Weidman (185) Evan Dunham (155) vs. Nik Lentz (155) John-Olav Einemo (253) vs. Mike Russow (251) George Roop (145) vs. Cub Swanson (145) Charles Oliveira (144) vs. Eric Wisely (145) Michael Johnson (156) [...]
by Alex mattis One couldn’t help but applaud and smile last Friday night as Jorge Rivera won the final fight of his MMA career. For a man who has had such an up-and-down career, and personal life, it felt just that he would go out with his hand raised. “El Conquistador” made his MMA debut [...]
After delivering one of the best fights of 2011, former WBC Welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2; 22 KO) will face off against Andre Berto (28-1; 22 KO) in a rematch from which Ortiz became the only man to defeat Berto, winning the championship as well. Coming back from a controversial loss against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the [...]
On Tuesday, former welterweight champion Andre Berto held a private media workout in anticipation of his rematch with Victor Ortiz. Berto moved around, hit the mitts and worked the bag in anticipation of this upcoming rematch
Jason Nawara from Middle Easy and Jeremy Botter from Heavy MMA are this episode’s special guests who give their insight and picks on 3 upcoming fights: 1.) UFC on Fox 2: Rashad Evans vs Phil Davis 2.) UFC 143: Nick Diaz vs Carlos Condit 3.) UFC 144: Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson The odds breaker [...]
By Monta Wiley Since the introduction of the bantamweight division in the UFC, fans have witnessed some of the most exciting, fast paced action from the most talented fighters in the world. Apart of this wave of rising talents is San Francisco native, Chris Cariaso. Beginning a professional career in 2006 and compiling an overall [...]
Earlier in the week we had a chance to pay UFC welterweight Mike Pierce a visit at the Affliction Gym in Seal Beach, CA. Pierce was in town to do a bit of media and upon meeting him and speaking to him, came to a strong conclusion. Mike Pierce is perhaps one of the nicest [...]
Traveling to the windy city on Saturday January 28th, The UFC will be live and free for the second time on FOX and is not coming short with amazing fights for the causal and hardcore fan alike. Featuring three bouts to be aired on the national broadcast, two middleweights will pave the way for a [...]
UFC on Fox 2 goes down this weekend in Chicago, Illinois with Phil Davis and Rashad Evans main eventing the second Fox card. The semi main event is one that is highly anticipated as the trash talking Chael Sonnen takes on Michael Bisping in a number one contender match-up for the right to face UFC [...]
Reagan Penn, the brother of BJ Penn had a rough start to his MMA career. Losing in only his second professional fight at Pro Elite 2 in Hawaii, Reagan was forced to take some time off due to injury. With a successful surgery out of the way, Penn was spotted at the Pro Elite 3 [...]
Fresh from her dominating win over Hitomi Akano, Olympic medalist Sara McMann talks to our fight correspondent Ken Yates about her Pro Elite 3 victory this past Saturday as well as what she expects is next in terms of fights in the months ahead.
The majority of the fighters on UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller card put on a great show. 6/10 of the fights finished in the first round (2 KO’s and 4 submissions). Here are the fighters who were awarded $45k in fight bonuses: Fight of the Night: Pat Barry vs. Christian Morecraft Knockout of the [...]
From the beautiful islands of Hawaii, we put together the weigh in highlights from Pro Elite’s 3rd show with Kendall Grove and Minowaman duking it out in the main event. It was a pleasant surprise to be informed that Lenne Hardt, “the screaming pride lady” was on hand to emcee the weigh ins as well [...]
In this Fight Hub TV archive video, Bantamweight boxer Yonnhy Perez talks about the respect he has for Erik Morales. Morales, whose career achievements include four titles in four different weight divisions will certainly be a first ballot shoe in for the boxing hall of fame. Morales most notably is the last man to officially [...]
Since debuting on the mainstream MMA scene on the third season of UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter”, Grove has been a fan favorite and evolving fighter. Being released from Zuffa after dropping two losses in a row, Grove debuted in the resurgent ProElite organization with a submission victory over another former UFC fighter, Joe Riggs. Now facing off [...]
Debuting onto American soil for the first time this Saturday and known by worldwide MMA fans (and those who love Japanese pro wrestling) Ikuhisa Minowa will not be disappointing anyone by the video below. Facing off against the taller opponent in Kendall Grove for ProElite 3, Minowa is not scared of the size difference and will use [...]
by Monta Wiley Controversial wins, bad officiating, and poor judging are common occurrences fighters may encounter while competing in the sport of mixed martial arts. On the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine event, the night featured an exciting under card match-up between American Kickboxing Academy Fighter James Terry squaring off against Nah-Shon Burrell. In what seemed [...]
Results from Nashville, TV: Jim Miller def. Melvin Guillard via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:04 Josh Neer def. Duane Ludwig via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:04 Mike Easton def. Jared Papazian via majority decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-29) Pat Barry def. Christian Morecraft via KO (punches) – Round 1, 3:38 Jorge Rivera [...]
As the sport we love and adore continues to evolve by leaps and bounds, so has the need for honest, professional and true representation for the athletes themselves. The modern day warriors we cheer and embrace, whom through blood, sweat and tears – step into a cage to make their living. In years past, managers [...]
