Best of Mixed Martial Arts

By Kid Nate The Association of Boxing Commissions, through its President, Tim Lueckenhoff, has formed a nine member committee to conduct a thorough study of the current rule set for professional mixed martial arts to determine what, if any, justification may exist for amendment to the Uniform Ru...

Well, thankfully the show will go on for Lambert(so put down the cookies) , as Canada offers up another Middleweight Jason in the form of ‘The Athlete’, Jason MacDonald. (is that enough Jasons for you yet…?)  It’s somewhat short notice for MacDonald, with UFC 88 scheduled to take place on...

Jason Day Withdraws, Jason MacDonald Takes Place At UFC 88. - The MMA News

Jason MacDonald vs Jason Lambert UFC 88 fight booked with Jason Day injury - MMAmania.com

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The UFC was recently in Chicago as part of a press conference to promote and support their UFC 90 event scheduled to take place at the Allstate Arena on  October 25th.  The PPV event features a Middleweight title match between the dominant champion, Anderson Silva and the hard hitting Pat...

UFC 90 Nearing Sell Out - MMAFrenzy.com

UFC 90 Already Nearing a Sell-Out in Chicago - Cage Potato

UFC 90 tickets near sellout crowd at Allstate Arena - MMAmania.com

By ben We’ll update you if and when any of this gets resolved. In the meantime, EliteXC does have at least one major title fight booked for their third CBS show — MMAWeekly reports that welterweight golden boy Jake Shields will be facing Paul “Semtex” Daley, the Cage Rage welterweight champ who ca...

By Dorothy Willis Although I once adored you for your brash, in-your-face attitude, and your "I-don't-give-a-damn" sass with your former manager/employer Dana White, and I even wasted a few hours reading This is Gonna Hurt, I must admit that I am quickly losing interest in your drama and your welfare.

 OH - Now, many of the IFL's top fighters have dispersed throughout the world and signed with organizations ranging from the UFC to Affliction to DREAM to the WEC ...

By Steve Cofield Nelson played up the loveable fat guy image in the IFL. The Las Vegas Review-Journal referred to him as a bloated truck driver and portly. If he was a winner in the UFC, would he not be a big fan favorite? Nelson is slated to fight Buentello at Affliction 2 on Oct. 11 in Las Vegas.

By Steve Cofield There's been a great back and forth going with UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre and the former champ Matt Hughes in the aftermath of UFC 87. We mentioned last week that Hughes wrote on his blog and said during a radio interview that he thought the GSP-Fitch fight was boring.

By Steve Cofield For some reason, he went public with the claim that he had a done deal with Affliction. MMARated spoke with Affliction COO Michael D. Cohen and it sounds like the upstart MMA company is feeling some UFC-like frustration. Even if the two sides could come to a deal, it appears that the Oct. 11 Af...

By Dorothy Willis And what a surprise to see my favorite Canadian, nay, my favorite fighter bar none, regardless of country of origin: Georges "Rush" St. Pierre. Party poopers! And the most shocking thing: Georges says he "likes" BJ Penn! OMG! I couldn't wrap my mind around that at all!

MMA popular in NFL Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - By ADAM HILL Though several big strides have been taken in recent years, the sport of mixed martial arts still is trying to break into the mainstream. ...

MMA popular in NFL Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - According to the paper, the training regimen intrigued Moss because he was a fan of fighter Kimbo Slice. Slice, whose real name is Kevin Ferguson, ...

By Mark Chalifoux Tim Sylvia over Fedor Emelianenko by unanimous decision. While technically not the biggest underdog on the card, I imagine Sylvia has little chance of winning in the eyes of most MMA fans. His fights are boring, he pushes people around and then just waits for a decision. Fedor, meanwhile, i...

By Mark Chalifoux UFC heavyweight Brandon Vera is moving down to light heavyweight to take on UFC newcomer Reese Andy July 19 on Spike TV. The main event of the UFC Fight Night card is middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s debut at light heavyweight... gt;Tim Sylvia gt;Dana White

By Mark Chalifoux Has the UFC approached you about any more fights at the light heavyweight level? What challenges will there be fighting at a weight class different from your last few fights? How many fights are left on your contract? Soares (Silva): Six fights. gt;Tim Sylvia gt;Dana White

By Mark Chalifoux The reports are in and EliteXC’s "Unfinished Business" show Saturday night did not fare as well as the first time around. A slight ratings drop was to be expected as CBS no longer had the intrigue involved with the debut of the sport on network TV. Also missing in action were the two biggest sta...

By Mark Chalifoux A few odds and ends. EliteXC makes its return to CBS this weekend with a main event of Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith in what will be a rematch of the most entertaining fight from the first event in May.... A few odds and ends. EliteXC makes its return to CBS this weekend with a main event of Robbie Lawler...

By Mark Chalifoux The reports are in and EliteXC’s "Unfinished Business" show Saturday night did not fare as well as the first time around. A slight ratings drop was to be expected as CBS no longer had the intrigue involved with the debut of the sport on network TV. Also missing in action were the two biggest sta...

By Mark Chalifoux Kenny Florian did exactly what people expected him to do against Roger Huerta. He was more experienced and more technical and just a better all-around fighter. I really like Huerta and I hope he can get his contract worked out with the UFC, but Florian was the smarter fighter and the more well...

By Danny Burnham He held the light-heavyweight championship for over a year, defending it four times. He has two wins over Randy Couture and another two over Tito Ortiz. Wanderlei Silva, Kevin Randleman, Vitor Belfort, and Jeremy Horn are also on the list.

By Adam Wagner Personally, I thought Lesnar looked like a child, or at least an idiot. But then again, I enjoy the Thiago Silva throat slit or even the Tito Ortiz cemetery burial from time to time. It wasn’t so much Lesnar’s rodeo roping as it was the pointing and laughing.

By Adam Wagner Personally, I thought Lesnar looked like a child, or at least an idiot. But then again, I enjoy the Thiago Silva throat slit or even the Tito Ortiz cemetery burial from time to time. It wasn’t so much Lesnar’s rodeo roping as it was the pointing and laughing.

By Cannon J Did you like EliteXC's first, or second CBS show better?  It may be more a question of what more people like - including casual fans.  However, I tend to believe that keeping the hardcore base of MMA fans satisfied is extremely important for the sport in the long-term.  If you are one who belie...

By CagE The fact that GSP couldn’t finish Fitch is a testament to Jon’s enormous heart. Fitch was rocked and dropped several times and consistently took a beating throughout the fight. But, he never quit and never stopped moving forward. Although Fitch displayed true spirit, GSP was never in any re...

Thumbs way up. There wasn't a bad match on the show, everyone I wanted to win, did, andthe outcomes were, in some cases, better than can be reasonably expected. Any one ofthese fights was more enjoyable than Jackson/Griffin, which I've watched a couple oftimes now and just don't get. Anyway. B...

By Jesse Holland UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” is set for tomorrow (Saturday) night, August 9 from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pay-per-view (PPV) event airs LIVE at 10 p.m. ET. Prediction: Gamburyan via unanimous decision Prediction: Huerta via unanimous decision

By Jesse Holland Prediction: Gamburyan via unanimous decision Prediction: Huerta via unanimous decision That’s a wrap, folks. For the complete UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” fight card click here. Remember to come check us out this weekend for the latest results, recaps and thoughts on Saturday’s fights.

By bfowlkes Goldstein: Yeah, Herring’s probably been drilling his wrestling. You know who else has been drilling his wrestling? Brock Lesnar. I wouldn’t be surprised if either fighter pulled a win out of this match, but there’s one thing that’s guaranteed: At some point, Herring will be taken down an...

By bfowlkes Goldstein: For me, it’s still the light-heavyweights, mainly because it’s the only division where the champion looks extremely vulnerable. While it’s difficult to establish contenders who are on the level of BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva, and Minotauro Nogueira — and it’s not easy to ge...

I follow MMA pretty closely, and we sell close to as many MMA tickets as anyone but the big ticket houses like Stubhub..and have not had one inquiry on this Elite XC show, and we usually get a lot of action on Northern California shows. We get calls for most Strikeforce shows, definitely lots for...

By James Hizona Hello MMA fans and fighters! I am James "Balistik" Hizona, and this is "MMA ALL THE WAY!!" Today's topic for discussion is the Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring fight at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. When you have faced the likes of Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlai Silva, "Minotauro" Nogeira, and Fedor Emel...

By Steve Cofield Any word that Affliction "Banned" and Ultimate Fight Night 14 going at it head-to-head was bad for the sport was squashed by the Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva performances. Give the UFC announce team, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan credit, they not go into shill-mode screaming ab...

By stoker dafire After last nights results from Affliction: Banned and UFC Fight Night, there are two big name mma fighters whos careers lie in the balance and could be going in different directions. Six months after his loss to Frank Mir due to his arm being broken, Tim Sylvia returned (a titanium plate had...

By bfowlkes Given your situation with the UFC, is this fight with CB Dollaway a must-win for you? Do you think that people will always remember you as the guy who got kicked off “The Ultimate Fighter”? Is that a label you think you’ll have to work to get rid of?

By Adam Wagner Jesse Taylor just might be the most entertaining guy to ever come out of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) house. I mean, he did pee his swim trunks on national television. And who else can do better tricks on command like Coco the Monkey? Amir Sadollah? Pshaw! Jesse Taylor: (Laughs)

UFC 87: Seek and Destroy Liveblog! - Total MMA

Opinion: Exclusive Interview: Kenny Florian - Cage Potato

Opinion: Razor Sharp ‘Hell-bows:’ MMAmania.com Exclusive UFC 87 Interview with Kenny Florian - MMAmania.com

By J Wright After the event took place ESPN decided to do a little interview with Kimbo Slice on what was said about him by rival Bret Rodgers in the press conference.  Here's the deal. With ESPN doing specials on wannabes like Kimbo, they are not showing the true fighters of MMA.  

By promma A young man will make his Mixed Martial Arts professional debut tomorrow night (Friday Jul 27) at the Strikeforce event in San Jose. This MMA extravaganza will air live on HDNet at 7:30 PM PST/10:30 PM EST. As stated, this will be the young man's first professional Mixed Martial Arts event an...

By bfowlkes It isn’t as if Kim Couture was matched up with someone out of her league. According to Sherdog, that was Kim Rose’s first pro fight, just as it was Couture’s. And it isn’t about the fact that she continued after being hurt, either. This is the argument we make in favor of MMA. Why wouldn’t we make it...

By bfowlkes Other thoughts? I think we could accurately describe this video as a solid idea that needed a little more planning. As much as I like the concept of the MMA community shaming Gary Shaw into putting Kimbo Slice up against quality opponents, just pointing out the obvious about Kimbo and then t...

By Todd Martin(noreply@blogger.com) The Ultimate Fighter has played a pivotal role in the popularity rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The television show has produced a host of major stars and big money fights in the past three and a half years. However, the current season of the show has produced a feeling of genera...

According to NBCSports.com, Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre will headline UFC 83 on April 19th 2008 at Montreal’s Bell Centre for the welterweight title.  Serra confirmed to NBC Sports that he will be fighting Georges.  Here’s what NBCSports.com had to say: Serra told Winnipeg Sun,

By Bodog Sportsbook, Casino and Poker In response to recent comments made by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, Bodog Fight founder Calvin Ayre is pleased to extend a once-in-a-lifetime offer to his mixed martial arts rival. White's unfortunate public diatribe incl...

By UFCmania 205 lbs.: Chuck Liddell (20-3) vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (26-6) 205 lb.: Keith Jardine (12-2-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1) 185 lb.: Chris Leben (16-3) vs. Kalib Starnes (7-1-1) 155 lb.: Din Thomas (19-6) vs. Jeremy Stephens (8-1) 205 lb.: Thiago Silva (9-0) vs. James Irvin (12-3)