By Will Gray Standing at 6’4” and possessing some of the best striking in the UFC heavyweight division, long time contender Cheick Kongo (17-6-2) heads into his match against PRIDE veteran Mark Hunt at UFC 144 this Saturday, live from Japan. Coming off of an impressive year, that saw him win in legendary fashion by [...]
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley: Los Angeles Press Conference Highlights
Fight Hub TV was at the historic Beverly Hills Hotel as Top Rank Boxing officially announced the June 9th title showdown between the current WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Sit back and relax a we bring you full video highlights of the press conference from earlier today.
ONE FC President Victor Cui “If anyone is going to be able to commercialize martial arts in Asia, it is me”
Fight Hub TV contributor Pete Tarpin had the opportunity to speak with the head of ONE FC, Victor Cui in depth. Cui shares the origins of the Asian based organization, his future plans for ONE FC and how he plans to turn the company into the biggest Asian based promotion for MMA. By Pete Tarpin [...]
Fight Hub TV’s UFC Undisputed 3 video game review part duex
By Will gray A week solid has passed since we at Fight Hub TV were able to get our hands on UFC Undisputed 3 and in addition to our first review this is a continuation of what we stated last week; this game is freaking awesome. For those who are familiar with the submission system [...]
Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire talks Guillermo Rigondeaux “I was not impressed”
Super bantamweight boxing champion Nonito Donaire is looking to have a big 2012. Riding off his knockout of the year win against Fernando Montiel in February of 2011 and chalking up two wins against Omar Navarez and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. since then, “The Filipino Flash,” has begun to make some major waves in terms of [...]
Fight Hub TV Video Game Review: UFC Undisputed 3
By Will Gray Today has finally arrived, not in anticipation of a diapered angel type creature shooting people with arrows but the day UFC Undisputed 3 arrives in the hands of MMA and video games fans across the world. THQ revitalized the UFC gaming franchise with “UFC Undisputed 2009” which introduced an overhauled system that [...]
Dan Hardy Shares his thoughts on Amir Khan, Ricky Hatton, British boxing legends Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn
Practically every athlete on the planet has sporting idols they looked up to growing up. MMA fighters are no different than basketball players in this respect and when Dan Hardy was asked this question recently it was apparently clear that at his core he shares a love for the sweet science. Growing up in England [...]
Freddie Roach breaks down Nick Diaz’s boxing, “St-Pierre a more complete fighter than Diaz”
So with Nick Diaz losing to Carlos Condit and talks of the rematch not going thru, it sadden a whole mess of MMA fans that they would not get to see Nick Diaz take on UFC welterweight champion Geroges St-Pierre. To many, Carlos Condit the new interim champion holds an even bigger challenge than Diaz [...]
Todd Duboef “Once we get the greenlight for Kelly Pavlik, we will book him a fight”
Top Rank President Todd Duboef spoke to fight correspondent Michael Mardones about a few interesting tid bits. The first of which being if the boxing outfit has any plans to broadcast fights on a terrestrial TV station. “There are always plans, we are always having discussions,” Duboef is quoted as saying during the interview and [...]
Lorenz Larkin opens up on King Mo Lawal’s drug result; Welcomes rematch
Over the past few years, PED usage in combat sports has become an hot issue. It has mainly stemmed from fighters claiming that testing procedures athletic commissions have in place are a complete farce. Over the past few years we have seen fighters such as Chael Sonnen, Cyborg Santos, Nate Marquardt and others busted for [...]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio full results
Results from San Antonio: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. def. Marco Antonio Rubio via decision (118-110, 116-112,115-113) Nonito Donaire def. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. via SD (115-112, 117-110, 117-110) Raul Hirales def. Shawn Nichol via SD (59-55,59-55,58-56) Adam Lopez def. Richard Hernandez via TKO in R1 Vanes Martirosyan def. Troy Lowry via TKO in R3 Wale Omotoso [...]
Ronda Rousey and boyfriend grill “Cyborg” Santos “Oh I was taking a supplement..biggest BS excuse”
By Will Gray: Olympic medalist, judoka and rising star of women’s Mixed Martial Arts, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is not scared to speak her mind. Fight Hub TV was able to catch up with the StrikeForce bantamweight who will be challenging current champion Meisha Tate on March 3rd for the title and she was kind enough [...]
Reagan Penn “I Just want to show better than my last fight,” talks recovering from injury and more
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 [...]
Michael Chandler talks UFC, Bellator and life changing win over Eddie Alvarez
Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler left 2011 with one of thee most exciting fights of the year against Eddie Alvarez for the Bellator lightweight title. We recently caught up with Chandler who talks about the chances of himself going into the UFC, how his life has changed since the win over Alvarez and his opinions [...]
Erik Paulson on Brock Lesnar defeat “get a foot of your colon taken out, you will not be healed in six months”
Fight Hub TV fight correspondent Marcos Villegas caught up with the founder of Combat Submission Wrestling Erik Paulson as he talked about the outcome of the heavyweight match up between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. Paulson, who assisted Lesnar in a coaching capacity for Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez dissects Overeem’s gameplan coming into the [...]
Tito Ortiz on fighting Quinton “Rampage” Jackson ” I would only fight him for a world title shot”
Tito Ortiz is one of the most recognizable UFC stars, having the most fights with the organization as well as helping create the 205lbs division. We recently caught up with him and somehow the topic of conversation turned to him meeting Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Ortiz reveals that he meet Jackson in Huntington Beach and was [...]
Gina Carano’s New GQ Photos and Bonus Photo Shoot Video
GQ recently released new photos of sexy MMA/movie star Gina Carano as part of a campaign to promote Haywire. The movie releases January 12th of this year and she plays the main character Mallory Kane. I don’t know about you, but to me there’s nothing more attractive than a good looking girl who REALLY knows [...]
The Top 10 MMA Fights of 2011
By Alex Mattis 2012 has officially begun. Apparently, we are all living the last year of our lives so it’s time we live it up! Before we do that, however, it’s paramount that we reflect upon the last year in MMA fighting. By gosh, we had a plethora of news, fighters, and fights to discuss [...]
Michael Bisping credits Van Damme for entry into martial arts, talks Amir Khan and British Legends
Michael Bisping sure knows his British Boxing history. Our fight correspondent Marcos Villegas recently caught up with him in Newport Beach, CA and the two chatted about British Boxing and of all things, Jean Claude Van Damme! Bisping idolized heavyweight boxers Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno growing up but it was not them that got [...]
Oscar De La Hoya “Canelo Alvarez could do damage against a Mayweather Jr.”
Oscar De La Hoya talks to our cameras about what is next for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. A month back, Alvarez overwhelmed former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron and in his post fight interview called out Floyd Mayweather Jr. De La Hoya as quoted in the interview would like to see the young Mexican champion take on [...]