Strikeforce has come out with matches announced for the upcoming January 29th event in San Jose, CA on Showtime. The first of which comes by way of a middleweight bout with champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (13-2 MMA) defending his belt against Robbie Lawler. Jacare captured Strikeforce gold in August beating Tim Kennedy for the vacant […]
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A UFC bantamweight match between Takeya Mizugaki (13-5-2 MMA) and so-cal native Francisco Rivera (5-1 MMA) will be added to March’s UFC on Versus 3 event on march 3rd in Louisville, Ky. Both fighters are looking to get back in the win column as Mizugaki’s last fight was a lost to Urijah Faber via submission. […]
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Sengoku officials finalized their year end card with the addition of two bouts. Dan Hornbuckle, whose most memorable oversees performance was a right head kick knockout of Akihiro Gono, will fight veteran Ryo Chonan in a welterweight bout. Megumi Fujii has also been added as she will take on Emi Fujino at the December 30th […]
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Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion’s inaugural Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament which will take place in Bellator’s much anticipated fourth season. The eight-man 205 lbs. Tournament will start in March, 2011. The eight Light Heavyweights will determine their own destiny in the cage on the road to the first Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship […]
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Four-time U.S. National Judo Champ and 2004 U.S. Judo Olympian Dr. Rhadi Ferguson will put his perfect MMA record on the line against up-and-coming undefeated light heavyweight Ion Cherdivara on the STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, […]
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As first reported by ProMMAnow.com prelims are set for the official non-televised preliminary card of “Strikeforce Challengers 13” being held Jan. 7 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville and headlined by Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine. An opponent for UFC veteran John Salter should be announced within the next few days as well as at least […]
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The ageless wonder of boxing, Bernard Hopkins took another young student to school this past Saturday at the Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City, Canada. Despite surviving two knockdowns in which he was never really hurt, the WBC light heavyweight strap would still be around the waist of hometown boy Jean Pascal as in two out […]
Mexican legend Erik “Terrible” Morales (51-6, 35 KOs) won a unanimous decision over late replacement Francisco Lorenzo (35-9, 16KOs) Saturday night at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. It was not one of Morales best performances though, as Lorenzo was the aggressor for the majority of the fight walking through Morales power punches. For […]
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WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) made a fifth successful title defense in Berlin on Saturday night when he clinched a split decision victory over mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KOs). After 12 brutal and bruising rounds, Huck was ahead 115-113 on two cards, while the third judge ruled it 116-112 […]
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Full weights below: Main Event: WBC light heavyweight championship Bernard Hopkins 174.6 vs. Jean Pascal 174.10 Undercard: Paulie Malignaggi 148.8 vs. Michael Lozada 148.6 Peter Quillin 164.14 vs. Martin Desjardins 164.5 Pier Olivier Cote 138.12 vs. Cesar Soriano 138.12 Tyson Fury 268.14 vs. Zack Page 212.3 Kevin Bizier 148.10 vs. Ronnie Warrior 149.2 Daniel Jacobs […]
