I can recall that many UFC fans told me ten years ago that it would be run so much more smoothly than boxing. Having one promoter and a numbered amount of regulated fight cards, it would even feature fewer divisions, and talent would be built up locally, then regionally, and nationally… rather than based on fame and [...]
It’s really hard to not be impressed with the forty seven year old WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins. They say records are made to be broken, but Hopkins’ record of being the oldest champion in boxing history will be very hard to break, and it looks like it will be secure for years to [...]
Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe (43-1, 33 KOs) still has some fight left in him and is preparing to launch a comeback to the sport that made him famous. “Well, you know, I’ve been training, and I decided to make a comeback. So, I’m in the process of gettin’ myself on weight,” said Bowe this past [...]
(By Mike Dinovo, US Presswire) (PhatzRadio / MMA) — CHICAGO — Experience trumped previously unblemished youth Saturday in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Chicago. Former champion “Suga” Rashad Evans (22-1-1) dominated Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis (9-1) en route to a unanimous decision victory in the main event of UFC on Fox 2. In inflicting [...]
Undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade believes his February 10th main-event fight against former USBA junior middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis, for the vacant North American Boxing Organization (“NABO”) junior middleweight title, is a continuation of a well designed plan, eventually landing him a world title fight later this year or in early [...]
At first, 2012 was shaping up to be an entertaining year. Fight fans have been waiting for years to see some dream matchups – and it looked like they were about ready to make them happen. Then, the matchmakers started disappointing. Some of the matchmaking being conducted behind the scenes already has many boxing fans [...]
Jake “The Snake” Smith of Baltimore Boxing Promotions and Scott Wagner’s Ballroom Boxing will present the area’s top amateur fighters to battle the Naval Academy’s best boxers on Thursday, January 26 at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD. Smith is a close friend of Navy Coach Jim McNally, a man who has been developing [...]
(PhatzRadio / MMA) — Kendall Grove continued his attempt to re-establish himself as a middleweight to be reckoned with by beating another grizzled veteran on Saturday. Grove dominated positions on the ground to earn a unanimous decision against popular Japanese fighter Ikuhisa Minowa in the main event of ProElite 3 in Honolulu. With the result [...]
(PhatzRadio / MMA) — Jim Miller brought out the best and worst of Melvin Guillard as a fighter. Miller submitted Guillard with a rear-naked choke 2:04 into the first round of their main-event bout at UFC Fight Night on FX 1 in Nashville. But Miller had to survive an early blitz before getting in position [...]
Written by: Kevin Early 1) Anderson Silva Silva really is the baddest guy on the planet. He holds two UFC records for longest winning streak and most title defenses. He is unbeaten in the UFC and is #1 P4P. In other words, he is the best fighter of all time. 2) Chael Sonnen In Sonnen’s [...]
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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 [...]
Raise your hand if you know Caleb Truax. Don’t worry my hand is down as well. I watch a lot of boxing, but even I knew little to nothing about Truax. I did a little research before the Jermain Taylor fight and the only relevant information I could find was that he was about the [...]
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 [...]
Every Former Light Heavyweight Champ Pumped for “Bones” vs. Rashad. Former Champs Weigh-In on Biggest 205lbs Fight in Years! Las Vegas, Nevada – Some of the greatest names in the sport’s pantheon have held and fought for the UFC’s 205lbs title since its inception in 1997, including Hall of Famers Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell [...]
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