If my upbringing full of hard working values, Oscar De La Hoya fights and Manny Pacquiao beatings taught me anything; it’s that you always listen to your elders – especially if they’re Freddie Roach and he wants to discuss the UFC welterweight division. You must always take value from a fighting Roach brother, especially when he’s held pads [...]
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Freddie Roach “Georges St-Pierre sick for Diaz fight; Johny Hendricks not hard to figure out”
Danny Garcia sees no new improvements in Amir Khan, favors Peterson over Matthysse
Over the past two years Danny Garcia has come up from relative obscurity and slowly worked his way to the top of the junior welterweight division quietly dispatching the likes of Nate Campbell and Kendall Holt while scoring spectacular KO wins over Amir Khan, and Erik Morales. With Garcia now at the top of the [...]
Ronda Rousey and Vic Darchinyan sparring session highlights.
Just a few days removed from Vic Darchinyan walking out of Laredo, Texas with the NABF Super Bantamweight title wrapped around his waste after a 4th round TKO over Javier Gallo, we have exclusive footage of Ronda Rousey and Vic going at it while sparring in Glendale, California. Ronda has said it before: she believes [...]
Vic Darchinyan on Ronda Rousey “she was throwing me one side to another.”
Everyone is always asking “what’s going on with Ronda Rousey’s striking,” or some variation of that question. As if she couldn’t get along with her judo alone as she has with seven first round armbars. But, it’s good to know that she’s supplementing every facet of her game by sparring with some of the [...]
Dan Hardy talks hallucinogens, Peru, and not being done with martial arts
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 [...]
Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero post fight press conference highlights
Another day, another dollar in the life of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last night at the MGM Grand, Mayweather put on a clinic, and quelled the doubters who said at the age of 36, he was losing his edge. Mayweather blended agility, defense, offense and smarts and he was simply on another level im comparison to [...]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. “You got a guy acting like a pastor and he got a gun on him. These guys are hypocrites” Talks Guerrero gun incident
By Mick Akers With the media circus surrounding Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero in their media days Tuesday and Wednesday, it was new to Guerrero and just another day at the office for Floyd Mayweather Jr. In this interview with Marcos Villegas, Mayweather talks about how he had to prolong his training camp for this [...]
Let Uriah Hall teach you the spinning hook kick (broken faces and dreams not included).
It sent fellow TUF contestant Adam Cella to the hospital and it made about a million or so fight fans drop their collective jaws to the floor – the spinning hook kick, courtesy of Urijah Hall. Dana White called it the most devastating knockout in the history of TUF, and now you (yes, you) can [...]
“If the choice is to have surgery of not fight again, that’s a tough decision, but I know which way I’m leaning.” We talk to Dan Hardy.
Imagine being Dan Hardy; 31-years-old, over the four-fight losing streak that plagued your mind for the better part of two years with two back-to-back impressive wins, then you take your physical and like the snap of fingers, it’s all gone. All of it. Dan Hardy has Wolff-Parkinson-white (not the syndrome, just the pattern), which is [...]
Fight Hub TV Gear Review: Grips Athletics Secret Weapon 2.0 Jiu-Jitsu Gi
Summary: A few weeks back we had the chance to test out the new Grips Athletics Secret Weapon 2.0 Gi. We spent some quality time with the product, testing it out and rolling with it. The Secret Weapon 2.0 adds new innovations that we personally have not seen in competition Gi’s and it gave us [...]
Tito Ortiz wants a Ronda Rousey vs. Cyborg super fight for NYE 2013.
Well, well, well. It turns out Cyborg’s manager, Tito Ortiz, isn’t resting on his laurels, satisfied with signing Cris Cyborg to a 3-fight deal to Invicta. Nope, the former UFC light heavyweight champion and legend of the sport has a plan — and it’s a Cyborg/Rousey super fight on New Year’s Eve. That’s right, Cyborg/Rousey [...]
Bob Arum feels NSAC fined Chavez Jr. excessively because he is a Mexican national
By Mick Akers Bob Arum sounding off on the stiff fine handed down from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. last month after testing positive for marijuana after his bout with Sergio Martinez last fall had its points that make sense and ones that don’t. First off, the $900,000 [...]
Get back into summer shape with Revgear’s essential fitness wish list!
With spring quickly approaching we all know it is crunch time to get back into beach ready shape. Looking at your current form, it could be possible that you may not look like your favorite athlete right now. Put in some hard work for the next few months and it will not matter that you [...]
Ronda Rousey tells Frank Mir she can not watch his armbar highlights, talks HBO Real Sports
We are one week away from Ronda Rousey and Rouseymania going wild in Anaheim, CA as the UFC’s women’s bantamweight champion and her legions of male teenage followers anticipate her first UFC PPV debut and title defense against Urijah Faber…ahem we mean Liz Carmouche. (We joooke! we only said it because everyone else said it…come [...]
50 cent “If you are a boxing fan, you should not dislike MMA”
The man known as “50 Cent” aka Curtis Jackson is one savvy business man. Having ownership stakes in Vitamin Water, multiple stints in Hollywood and releasing his Street Kings energy drink you can say Jackson has a sense of what has the ability to turn over a good profit. It came as a surprise to [...]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. “I wish Manny Pacquiao the best, He can bounce back”
By Mick Akers As Floyd Mayweather begins to show his face more and more to the press after being somewhat of a recluse since his release from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. in early August, questions surrounding Manny Pacquiao will continue to plague his interviews. The questions surrounding Pacquiao will not [...]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. opens up about his jail time and his relationship with 50 Cent
It has been quiet some time since Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been released from jail and since then, the undefeated fighter has kept a tight lip about his experiences since completing his sentence for a misdemeanor domestic battery case. Today in Los Angeles, Mayweather was on hand for the 8th annual Watson Celebrity Charity basketball [...]
Amir Khan vs. Carlos Molina full Results
Full Results from Los Angeles: Amir Khan def. Carlos Molina via referee stoppage in end of R10 Alfredo Angulo def. Jorge Silva via UD (97-93, 97-93, 97-93) Deontay Wilder def. Kelvin Price via KO in R3 (0:51) Shawn Porter and Julio Diaz fight to a draw (96-94, 96-94, 95-95) Leo Santa Cruz def. Alberto Guevara [...]
GSP vs. Nick Diaz in Montreal on March 16th? Dana seems to think so…
Could the fight that enraptured an audience for almost all of 2011 actually happen in 2013? It looks like it. Dana White recently told MMAFighting.com that a fight has been offered to both “The King of PPV” Georges St. Pierre and Mr. 209 himself, Nick Diaz for UFC 158 March 16th in GSP’s home of [...]
Showtime Sports VP details Ronda Rousey leaving to the UFC- “It was difficult to see her go”
With the recent news that the UFC has introduced a women’s division into the mix with Ronda Rousey as the centerpiece, we all wondered how and why Strikeforce decided to let go one of their crown jewels. In Los Angeles yesterday, Stephen Espinoza, the VP of Showtime Sports was in town to promote Showtime’s weekend [...]