By Will Gray “I have an opinion that a higher level of consciousness can be achieved through discomfort or suffering” – Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy How true this opinion is when you look back at people who have built themselves from nothing to become the icons they are today. Bruce Wayne went from being a [...]
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UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche – full card results
f=”http://ox-d.mmaadnet.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=5102bcc44e8f5&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” > Ronda Rousey def. Liz Carmouche via submission (armbar), R1 Lyoto Machida def. Dan Henderson via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Urijah Faber def. Ivan Menjivar via submission (rear naked choke) R1 Court McGee def. Josh Neer by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Robbie Lawler def. Josh Koscheck by TKO, R1 Bredan Schaub def. Lavar [...]
Jon Fitch, Michael Bisping, Roy Nelson, and Donald Cerrone: Contenders who could become champions
Close your eyes and go back in the day, back to your freshmen year and you are at the prom/ homecoming/ winter wonderlust – whichever dance the ASB decided to terrorize the school with, and you see the girl of your dreams across the floor. You feel good, looking fresh in a clean Van Heusen [...]
Ricardo Lamas trainer Mac Ramos “Edgar won a championship, had the right to challenge Aldo, Anthony Pettis has not”
The fight game. A game that is played by two men after an agreement is reached, licenses are granted, and gloves are strapped on. Although only those two bodies are inside the cage/ring at that moment, they did not get there alone. Many times we see faces of: corner-men, training partners, cutmen, etc gathered [...]
Alistair Overeem: How the “mighty” have fallen
The lights went out inside MandalayBay long before they shut down Super Bowl XLVII in The Big Easy for a few moments on Saturday night. With a head kick followed by sasquatchian fists, Antonio Silva demolished the “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem and erased all mysticism surrounding the Blackzilian that fans have held him in [...]
Dan Henderson feels Chael Sonnen does not deserve Jon Jones fight; would fight him if need be
Let’s say you and your good friend are unstoppable forces on the local wrestling team. You guys go in there, tear it up, leaving bloodied, battered, and terrified opponent’s in your path. All the while, everyone looks at you like “oh snap! These dudes are a sick team! A sick team on a quest!” Hearing [...]
UFC on FOX 6: Weigh-In results
Full weigh in results for UFC on FOX 6 from Chicago, IL Main Card: UFC Flyweight Championship bout: Demetrious Johnson (champion) (125) vs. John Dodson (124) Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (204) vs. Glover Teixeira (206) Anthony Pettis (155) vs. Donald Cerrone (155) Erik Koch (145) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145) Preliminary Card: TJ Grant (155) vs. Matt [...]
Frank Mir “Cain Velasquez showed that Junior Dos Santos has no ground defense”
Speaking in the third person, this is something that Big Willy does not do because, well honestly – Big Willy has no reason to do this. One person that does and does it well is, The Rock. The Rock can do that because he is the great one and will layeth the smacketh down on [...]
King Mo Lawal “Imagine King Mo vs. Kimbo Slice?” Bellator allows for Pro Boxing match, Lawal dreams of regional titles and speaks on TNA Wrestling
“He’s got that ambition baby, look in his eyes” – Kanye West; Gold Digger Looking at King Mo AKA Muhammed Lawal, first things first – he has ambition. He has already won a world title (Strikeforce; LHW), has secured a dual promotion contract with Bellator and TNA Wrestling, that will showcase his legitimate MMA skills [...]
Stitch Duran talks Cain Velasquez win over Dos Santos, Manny Pacquiao, BJ Penn and women’s MMA and knowing when to walk away from fighting
Almost anytime you turn on an episode of TUF, order a UFC card or watch other promotions across MMA territory, there are always going to be familiar faces on the tube. Whether it is the training camps (Jackson’s, TriStar, AKA for example) or referees like Herb Dean or Mario Yamasaki, there will be people we [...]
Daniel Cormier – “After Strikeforce fight, I want Frank Mir in San Jose on April 20th” talks Dion Staring and Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
2012 was the year that saw Daniel Cormier win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix in dominant fashion over former UFC champion and veteran, Josh Barnett. September of last year was supposed to usher in the UFC debut of DC, against another former UFC champion, Frank Mir. Then injuries happened…twice…and the AKA standout was forced [...]
UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez full card results
Cain Velasquez def. Junior dos Santos via Unanimous Decision (50-45 x3) becomes UFC heavyweight champion for the second time Jim Miller def. Joe Lauzon via Unanimous Decision (29-28 x3) Constantinos Philippou def. Tim Boetsch via TKO; R3 Yushin Okami def. Alan Belcher via Unanimous Decision (30-27 x3) Derek Brunson def. Chris Leben via Unanimous Decision (29-28 x3) [...]
Fight Hub TV’s Top 5 MMA Knockout’s of 2012
Growing up in Queens, NY with James Todd Smith must have been rough if you were a kid who got on his bad side, because we all know what his mama would tell him to do. Looking back at MMA this year, it seems like some of the men on this list must have gone [...]
Fight Hub TV’s top 5 MMA Fights of 2012
By Alex Mattis This Saturday night, Dana White and the fine folks over in the Ultimate Fighting Championship give us their annual year-end card with UFC 155. This loaded card boasts the colossal main event (and rematch) of Junior dos Santos defending his heavyweight title against Cain Velasquez. The co-main may end up an instant [...]
Greg Jackson – “Chael Sonnen is a tougher fight than people think”
A hard look to pull off: bald head/ full beard. When you go back in history, who has really pulled it off? The Amish have that stache-less look that they kind of own, any rap-rock band of the nineties wore just the chin rug and some still opt for the “Rick Ross” look. You know [...]
Showtime Sports VP Stephen Espinoza addresses Strikeforce death rumors says regardless “Showtime will continue with MMA”
The conversation nobody wants to have sometimes is the one that needs to be had. Breaking up is never easy, look what happened to the NWO when they went separate ways: Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) turned into a junkie and got his own ESPN special, Hulk Hogan was forced to do reality shows on VH1 [...]
UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz – Full Results
Full results from the Key Arena in Seattle, WA for UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz -UFC Lightweight champion Benson Henderson def. Nate Diaz by Unanimous Decision (50-43, 50-45, 50-45) -Alexander Gustafsson def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) -Rory MacDonald def. BJ Penn by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27) -Matt Brown [...]
Mike “Fairly Quick” Swick?
At this point, Mike Swick’s return to the Octagon after being tormented by illness, misdiagnosis and a knee injury that kept him out of the cage for two and a half years has been well documented, and you can look up all the nitty gritty details yourself. What matters is that Mike “Quick” Swick is [...]
Anthony Pettis talks Henderson vs. Diaz – “Not trying to concern myself with the outcome”
by Petey Jones Anthony Pettis is intimately familiar with UFC champion Benson Henderson. He is, after all, the man who dethroned Henderson from the top of the WEC food chain way back when in the WEC’s final show in December, 2010 (remember the Showtime kick off the cage? Of course you do.) Showtime was greeted [...]
Lorenz Larkin vs. Jacare Souza scheduled for Strikeforce card in January
by Petey Jones After the confusion that was Lorenz Larkin Vs. Luke Rockhold for the Strikeforce middleweight belt (which we detailed in length with Luke himself), it looks like Scott Coker has finally found an opponent for Larkin and it’s none other than former middleweight champ Jacare Souza. This will only be Larkin’s second fight [...]