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After a two month break from pay per view, the UFC is back on the big stage tonight in Atlanta. BlackSportsOnline MMA Insider Alex Donoo looks at UFC 145 featuring long anticipated light heavyweight title fight between friends-turned-enemies: Jon “Bones” Jones and “Suga” Rashad Evans. It will be Jones’ third title defense, and likely his [...]
The rematch more than three years in the making finally culminated as former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez, and current DREAM Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki, met in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. The finals of the Bellator Season 6 Middleweight and Lightweight Tournaments are now set as Andreas Spang, Maiquel Falcao, [...]
UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans goes down tonight live from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event pits former teammates Jon Jones and Rashad Evans against each other for Jones’ UFC light heavyweight title. Preliminary action is set to begin at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET on Facebook and the main card goes down at [...]
The summer of 2009 was one of the most interesting times to be a fan of combat sports, Zuffa’s short-lived rival organization Affliction had just went under leaving numerous talented fighters as free agents, none more important than Fedor Emelianenko. UFC President Dana White met with Emelianenko and his representatives on many occasions offering him [...]
When an athlete can’t take criticism, the one thing that gets said with great regularity is, “how would that reporter know, he has never played the game.” Yes there are reporters out there who are great at what they do and have never played the sport they are covering at a high level. There are [...]
The six-week hiatus of the Ultimate Fighting Championship© (UFC®) is finally over, but during this time they have managed to complete some spring cleaning – pairing up quite a few dance partners for upcoming fight events. Also, the folks at Bellator© have been hard at work setting up a few tournament finals and championship bouts, as [...]
Dantas submits Makovsky to become new Bellator Bantamweight Champion, Straus advances to meet Sandro
Galvao and Nogueira advance to semi’s of the Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament! In one of the most memorable title fights in Bellator history, Eduardo Dantas reigned supreme as he became the new Bellator Bantamweight Champion. Daniel Straus earned his spot in the finals of the featherweight tournament with an impressive victory and Marcos Galvao [...]
By Jillian Bullock What do MMA fighters Tim Sylvia, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Mo “King Mo” Lawal, Sean Sherk, Josh Barnett, Cris “Cyborg” Santos, and several other fighters have in common? All of them have tested positive to using illegal performance enhancement drugs (PEDs) at some time during their fighting career. Once fighters are caught and… [...]
Categories: MMA, MMA training
Las Vegas, NV – The Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s leader in mixed martial arts MMA, applauds the announcement made earlier today of the creation of the new International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). The UFC wholeheartedly supports this new initiative as well as its leader, IMMAF President August Wallén, who will spearhead the initial [...]
