Best of Mixed Martial Arts

By rss@youtube.com (ONENEVERFOLLOWS) Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko : sometimes romanized as Fyodor Yemelyanenko (born September 28, 1976) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist, the current World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight champion and the last holder of the PRIDE heavyweight championship. E...

By Jeremy Botter Jeremy Botter is the editor-in-chief of Inside Fights, a blog title covering the mixed martial arts and boxing industries. He has been writing about mixed martial arts and the professional wrestling industry for 15 years. His weekly news column, The Botterm Dollar in MMA News, is publish...

By subo It's not necessarily because it's the UFC," Shields said. "It's because that's where the fighters are. I mean the UFC is the show. I've been watching it since I was a kid. So I do want to fight there. But I just think that it's all about fighting the top fighters.

By James Iannotti This Friday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, the 38-year-old product of American Kickboxing Academy will once again fill that role as he defends his light heavyweight strap against the uber-talented fan favorite Renato “Babalu” Sobral live in the main event of Strikef...

By Michael Rome Going forward, Nogueira-Lesnar is a classic match.  The story is perfect for Nogueira, and if they hype it right it is a gigantic fight.  I'm also very interested to see what is next for Randy.  Despite reports to the contrary, I am hearing that they want to hold Chuck off until June to fight Ran...

By Josh Nason It would have been hard for any promotion to live up to the marketing hype that UFC 91 had going into it and even though Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture wasn't a five round classic, it marked something almost as important: the passing of a torch to what could be the next great heavyweight fighte...

By Jesse Motiff Randy Couture is returning to the UFC on November 15th to face Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight title. Couture, 45, hasn't had a fight in almost 15 months, but he will be facing the strongest and quickest fighter in his career. Five days later Anderson Silva defended his UFC Middleweight...

By Steve Cofield White also broke down the Sean Sherk win over Tyson Griffin and Junior Dos Santos' shocking upset against Fabricio Verdum. He also had a good theory about how his pre-fight video blogs had a major effect in Las Vegas. Listen below to the replay of the UFC 90 post-fight show from the All-St...

By whatgloom On the other hand, I will write about the two advertised fights: 1. Josh Koscheck vs. Thiago Alves and 2. for the Middleweight Championship (185) Anderson Silva (c) vs. Patrick Cote. Josh Koscheck vs. Thiago Alves (170) Anderson Silva (c) vs. Patrick Cote (185) MiddleWeight Championship  

By Mike2GuysTalking Show Title: Ultimate Fighter: Week 6 Team Nogueira V. Team Mir - Fight, Fight, Kill Kill! Network: SpikeHD Reviewed By: Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking Overall Show Rating: We’re giving this initial episode review of “Ultimate Fighter” (Fall 2008) 3 out of 5 Savage Science Skullies.

By Martin Smith Another interesting point out of this DVD was the Lyoto Machida/Tito Ortiz fight. The undefeated Machida, very much seen as the new breed of fighter, against Tito Ortiz, a legend in this sport. The old versus the new. ...

By Nick Thomas I think the fact that EliteXC is paying a guy like Kimbo $500,000 is almost insulting to other "real" mixed martial artists. If I were Jake Shields, who is a legitimate top 170-pound fighter, I would be very upset and angry. He's supposed to be a cornerstone of the organization and he's gettin...

By Jesse Holland Jeremy Lappen, Chief of Fight Operations for EliteXC, doesn’t seem too concerned about the investigation, despite the damage an accusation like this carries in the court of public opinion. Not just to EliteXC, but to the credibility of mixed martial arts worldwide.

By Jesse Holland Jeremy Lappen, Chief of Fight Operations for EliteXC, doesn’t seem too concerned about the investigation, despite the damage an accusation like this carries in the court of public opinion. Not just to EliteXC, but to the credibility of mixed martial arts worldwide.

By Mark Chalifoux EliteXC managed to find the only person more fragile than Kimbo Slice’s last opponent, James “Colossus” Thompson, in former MMA fighter Ken Shamrock. The only problem was that Shamrock is so fragile he was injured during the warm-up, thus pitting Kimbo Slice...

By Mark Chalifoux EliteXC managed to find the only person more fragile than Kimbo Slice’s last opponent, James “Colossus” Thompson, in former MMA fighter Ken Shamrock. The only problem was that Shamrock is so fragile he was injured during the warm-up, thus pitting Kimbo Slice...

Strikeforce is an organization on the rise.  In fact, every time a new MMA outfit starts off they seem to reference the Strikeforce model, one that starts off with strong local talent and expands from there.  Said another way, besides the UFC the only MMA organization that’s known to be maki...

By Michaelthebox The dirty secret of TUF is that the UFC continues to devalue the worth of TUF exposure every season.  The first three seasons were pure gold in terms of exposure: a new concept that drew big audiences, characters that felt fresh and original, and a weak UFC roster that gave ample opportuniti...

By Dave Walsh Here at Total MMA we have sent one Andrew Wallace to Strikeforce twice now to report live on what usually are some of the more fun MMA events in the United States. He has gotten to hang out with Dave Meltzer, some girl who started a site about MMA afterparties, talked about his abs and professed...

By Luke Thomas Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald  Chris Nelson: Does the UFC honestly believe people care about Manny Gamburyan because of The Ultimate Fighter? This should be on the undercard. Of the WEC. Gamburyan via Submission, Round 1. Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno 

By Chart Topper Roger Huerta created some waves recently talking about his dissatisfaction with how the UFC has treated him, saying he doesn’t necessarily care if he keeps fighting for them or if it’s for someone else. What’s your take on that? How do you feel about the way the UFC treats its fighters? The UFC is in a position now where they can pay their fighters better and I think that’s only going to improve and I’ve always been happy with the way they’ve treated me. This is where I started and I’d love to finish here. Every fighter’s experience is different, though. People will be in your ear and tell you things about who’s getting paid what, and of course everyone always wants to get paid more. But I can’t speak for Roger. Obviously he’s disappointed, so I guess we...   [read the full post]

By news Jake Shields may not be well known by the casual MMA fan, but within the industry he is a feared competitor. Beginning his MMA training in 1999 with Chuck Liddell at his SLO Kickboxing academy, Jake went on to join the Cesar Gracie Fight team. Jake's career was put on the map by a win over Hayato "...

By Marc Staehling IL: Iain Liddle(UK) DW: Dave Walsh(USA) AC: Alan Conceicao(USA) LC: Lee Casebolt(USA) KS: Kendall Shields(CAN) JS: Jonathan Snowden(USA) MS: Marc Staehling(CAN) Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson for the first Elite XC Welterweight Title Live on CBS

By Jesse Holland The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 Finale is set for tomorrow (June 21) LIVE from the The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s a three-hour Spike TV special that will air at 9 p.m. ET. The mission: Forecast which fighters will leave the Octagon with their hands raised d...

By SamCaplan As far as the fights go, our fights continue to be every bit as competitive as anyone's, if not more so. You can take any one of our fights and lift it out of an IFL environment and drop it into the lights, the music, and the turmoil of a UFC event and nobody would ever think twice. It would probably e...

By Jordan Katz Matt Hughes’ skills are deteriorating, not the fighter he once was; Renato Sobral’s lack of striking abilities prevent him from becoming a top 5 light heavyweight; Randy Couture regains the heavyweight championship. Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture: “An Octagon Full Of Historic Drama”

Another question is, without the familiar faces of Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, will a mainstream audience be interested enough to watch IFL's show tonight? And will the effects of missing some of its top talent hurt the event?

By Sam Caplan Angle, 38, has toyed with the idea of competing in mixed martial arts since leaving World Wrestling Entertainment in August 2006 to join Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Angle said the IFL’s 12-team format is appealing because he could “start coaching and while doing that learn from my st...

By UFCmania Debut of Cro Cop. Return of Randy. Death of Aldana. Purchase of PRIDE FC. Upset of St. Pierre. Cover of Sports Illustrated. Breaking of the Ice. NBCSports.com takes a nice spin through all the top stories in the Octagon thus far in the form of photos. It’s definitely worth a look.

By Vince Chan Episode two of The Ultimate Fighter 3 suffered its largest week-to-week ratings drop in the series' history. Episode three sought to prove that the blip was not a downward trend by having a great lead-in show, UFC unleashed. UFC unleashed showcased five classic fights of the legendary, Ro...

By Vince Chan Season three of The Ultimate Fighter reality series premiered tonight. Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) is one smart guy. Tweaking the series with feuding coaches Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz may have been the smartest move to spice up the third seaso...