MMA: Mixed martial arts

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] In Part VII, with Pierce having returned home to train with his local gym, Story takes on a supporting role as UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson enters the final stages of a difficult cut to 170 pounds for a UFC 104 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida.

By Kris Karkoski Gegard Mousasi happier to see Fedor Emelianenko win than himself: Fabricio Werdum says he deserves to fight Fedor next: Jeff Curran happy to snap losing streak: Marloes Coenen says champ “Cyborg” is next: Props to MMA Fanhouse and Ariel Helwani for the videos.

By Anton Tabuena Strikeforce Post-Fight Interview: Gegard Mousasi and Scott Coker HT: MMA Fanhouse Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers coverage

By David Andrest So many things go into a MMA event,  even more when it’s broadcast on one of the largest television networks available.  Breaking down the evening into parts, let’s review and talk about the good, the not so good , and what Strikeforce/CBS needs to do to keep the momentum building  from toni...

By King J Fedor Emelianenko the greatest mixed martial arts heavyweight of all time and quite arguably the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time stopped the undefeated fast rising star heavyweight Brett Rogers tonight in their CBS broadcast Strikeforce/M-1 Global fight in his own ba...

By Chart Topper UFC president Dana White is sure that former PRIDE champion Dan Henderson has signed with rival MMA promotion Strikeforce. Meanwhile, Henderson’s business partner and manager, Aaron Crecy, has denied that his fighter has signed with anyone. UFC president Dana White is sure that former PRIDE champion Dan Henderson has signed with rival MMA promotion Strikeforce. Meanwhile, Henderson’s business partner and manager, Aaron Crecy, has denied that his fighter has signed with anyone. White told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday, “I guarantee you 1,000 percent that Dan Henderson is signed by Strikeforce.” Crecy [...]   [read the full post]

By Kris Karkoski In a matchup of heavyweight contenders making their Strikeforce debuts, former UFC contender Fabricio Werdum took out former EliteXC champ Antonio Silva, who returned to the United States after serving a one-year steroid suspension while fighting in Japan.

By Kid Nate The Strikeforce Middleweight Championship fight delivered with sustained back and forth action on the ground and standing in five tough rounds. Jake Shields took a unanimous decision despite having been saved by the bell while trapped in a rear naked choke at the end of the third round.

By Josh Nason Is Miller more of a MTV figure than a fighter? What do we really know about him? One thing: he's a talented submission artist as 13 of his 22 wins have come via tapout. The 24-year-old Mousasi is the Light-Heavyweight Champion, but the title won't be on the line.

By Flying Knee World class upper body clinchwork—a three time World Combat Sambo champion as well as a national Judo champion Explosively powerful striking that sets up clinch well Transitions between striking and grappling are perfect Excellent submission skills First fight in a cage

By Jim Genia Christmas came early for Fresno local Billy Evangelista at last night’s Strikeforce Challengers, as he was awarded a gift decision over Jorge Gurgel despite absorbing the lion’s share of the punishment. For three rounds the two warriors went toe to toe, with the undefeated Evangelista...

By Jay Bandu To understand how to beat Machida you must first understand how Machida fights. He uses a Shotokan Karate style that no one really has seen before. He is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has some Muay Thai and Sumo wrestling skills.  

By Leland Roling Featherweight bout: Casey Olson (10-3) vs. Chris Culley (4-5): Olson comes out of the same high school as Ben Holscher in Clovis High. He was a two-time All-American and state champion for Fresno City College and two-time NCAA Qualifier for Fresno State in wrestling. He'll bring his very c...

By Todd Jackson That is a very bold statement considering the story history tells.  This is not the first time an MMA event was held live on CBS.  EliteXC tried their hand in impressing the sport upon casual viewers and sadly they failed handily.  Strikeforce has something they didn't have and that is Fedor. ...

By Gary Herman Headlining the show will be the man generally regarded as the top heavyweight in the world: Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor wins by first-round submission. Is Mousasi the best light heavyweight in the world? No, but he’ll get one step closer to the top. Mousasi wins by second-round TKO.

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By Steve Cofield It hasn't been an easy five months for Michael Bisping. The British middleweight, once the toast of the town, is still dealing with his first career loss, a brutal knockout at the hands of Dan Henderson. Adding insult to injury, because of his coaching appearance on season of nine of "The Ult...

By CagE “I think my stand-up is way underrated, but I’m not going to try to prove something to show these idiots that I can stand.” Shields and Mayhem will be fighting for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight belt at Strikeforce “Fedor vs Rogers” this Saturday in Chicago.

By Euan Taylor Just because we love you, here is some bonus audio from the recent conference calls hyping up the STRIKEFORCE/M1 Fedor vs. Rogers show. We have yesterday’s fighters call with Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers and the announcers conference call from last week which included:

By Greg Riot The Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua light heavyweight title fight at UFC 104 is excellent proof of the evolution of the sport and should be used as a shining example of a fight to show people who don’t think MMA fighters are highly skilled athletes.

By Lee honish “Pro Fight Network & Fight_Net Radio makes wild allegations of the UFC: blood doping, conspiracy, rules tampering, co-ownership of Yahoo, monopolization, organized crime involvement and political tampering.” FNR & PFN long outspoken position on the UFC came to a head this S...

By Ed J Pickle McNasty III Total Wins = 305Wins by Knockout = 88 (29%)Wins By Submission = 116 (38%)Wins by Decision = 101 (33%) Light Heavyweight: (Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Hen...

By James Ryan I would agree that MMA is the ultimate martial art.  It has evolved out of a need to legitimize the sport, but also because let’s face it; a well rounded MMA fighter should have the capacity to make easy work of any opponent with a more one-dimensional fighting style.

By Tom Ngo What’s a controversial UFC weekend without two cents from one Quinton “Rampage” Jackson? The former light heavyweight champ has gone on yet another tirade, this time bashing his old company and the bogus UFC 104 show they hosted this past Saturday.

By E. Spencer Kyte 5. How Does Josh Neer Still Have No Takedown Defense? Last time he set foot in the Octagon, Kurt Pellegrino used superior wrestling abilities and myriad takedowns to score a Unanimous Decision victory over the Miletich Fighting Systems product known as "The Dentist."

By Todd Jackson See, this isn't your run of the mill, flashy casino style event.  This was MMA at its purist.  Master Shane Dunagan would not have it any other way.  He prides himself on the exciting fights he puts on.  These fights are a direct result of his hard work to pair up fighters that are equal in talent an...

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a special FREE edition of the show! We'll open with news on Jim Ross, Nigel McGuinness, another MMA group getting network TV, and more. Then we're joined by Pat Tanaka to talk briefly about his career in the AWA, WWF, WCW and ECW, with th...

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a big show running down all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA! We'll talk Raw is Snoop Dogg on Monday night, the final go-home show for Bragging Rights, what did and didn't make sense, and more. We'll also tal...

By Yael Grauer There were 9 amateur bouts. Former NFL lineman Travis Scott scored an awesome rear naked choke in a 57 second bout against Rudy Verdugo. And Stephen Watson got a nice guillotine in 2:21 versus Ashley Gagnon. Lionel Dragoh from Lion’s Den scored a decision win against Mitch Wheeler. Kevin Hend...

By Tom Grant The 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter has pitted two bitter rivals against each other as coaches, Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans. Couture's adaptive style flew in the face of the prevalent wisdom of the time; be excellent at one thing and impose your will. Fighters like Tito Ortiz, Chuc...

By Mitch Ciccarelli So it came to everyone’s surprise when it was announced that Slice would be earning an opportunity to enter the UFC—the premier MMA organization in the world—by competing on an all-heavyweight season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter.

It's the FREE bi-weekly edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We've got a fun one this week as besides Raw and Smackdown we'll also review a few of the top matches from SummerSlam 98, including Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock in a fake MMA cage fight and Rock vs. HHH in a ladder match that was pivotal...

By Michael Rome I think the best idea is a season of The Ultimate Fighter featuring the stars of the Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions.  Pay the fighters enough so it makes sense for them, and expose millions of fans to the warriors of the WEC on Spike TV.  Make Brian Bowles and Mike Brown the coaches,...

By Darren Wong Following Chuck's recent defeats, some of the imitation and emulation of Chuck Liddell has stopped, but that hasn't stopped some of Chuck's nuthuggers from telling me that they still believe that Chuck Liddell is still the best fighter in the world, but just needs to make a few small adju...

It's the FREE bi-weekly episode of Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer! Lots to tackle tonight including a full recap of Raw with Cedric the Entertainer, a look at next week's show and the Hell in the Cell PPV, the TNA tapings from Monday night, Herchel Walker goin...

By Zdot On the other hand, Sarah Kaufman was quite busy since that bout, fighting 4 times against top competition, 3 bouts in 2009. She’s coming out of a victory against the popular and dangerous Shayna Baszler. She’s now 10-0-0 in MMA and is one of the most promising female fighter in Mixed Martial A...

By AH Also, I’ll be hosting an MMA chat at FanHouse Friday 1PM ET. I’m guessing only my sister will show up, so consider this a special invitation to the Jarry Park faithful to come and take ovah! (Speaking of chats, I’ll also be live chatting UFC 101 at FanHouse, so do stop by for that, as well.)

By Lee honish returns to Fight_Net Radio! 4 hours of glorious entertainment in the world of boxing and MMA from the warped minds of Fight_Net Radio: Andrew Lapachet, Julian Kasdin, AKA Willy, Chris Greenman and Lee Honish. All of this is done with this weeks sponsors: Fonality Phone systems, least exp...

By Zdot This is the last fight from Cris Cyborg at the Shamrock vs. Diaz Strikeforce event. The Japanese was extremely courageous against the brutal Brazilian. The fight was first called off, but they made some business deal with the Japanese fighter and the fight was kept on the card. Enjoy

By Kid Nate Let's review. First Jones used the wrestling phase of the game -- a fake shoot -- to get O'Brien in position to catch him with a spinning elbow -- a second phase of the game, striking -- then when O'Brien reacted by shooting for the take down, Jones used his wrestling to stuff the shoot and set up...

By Thomas Hackett There have been a ton of autobiographies from MMA champions released in the last year or so. Here at Total-MMA we have reviewed releases from legendary champions like Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and my favorite of the bunch, Chuck Liddell. Forrest Griffin, a good-but-not-leg...

By Bryan Haas Those people now have their answer; Slice will appear on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Anyone who has seen his last two fights (last May against James Thompson and Oct. 4 versus Seth Petruzelli) knows what I mean when I say "fishy."

By Thomas Hackett In a recent interview with Fight Magazine, Lyoto Machida was asked what was in his refrigerator. The Brazilian MMA phenom known as “The Dragon” (or, as I prefer to call him, “The Next Light Heavyweight Champion of the World”) didn’t surprise me when he included açaí (pronounced a-sigh-ee...

By Jessy Morris Since first arriving in the UFC, Anderson Silva has been the most dominant fighter in MMA. He captured the UFC Middleweight championship in his second fight and hasn't let go of it since. While in the UFC, Silva has fought some very good fighters like Rich Franklin, Nate Marquardt, Dan Hende...

By info@crackle.com (TechniquePrevails) http://www.TrainFightWin.com This video shows how to set up a series of leg locks when your opponent uses the the front roll escape from your omo-plata. Tags:  rubber  front  series  guard  set  Roll  uses  escape  hook  heel  plata  submission  MMA  locks  Jiu  Jitsu  opponent  BJJ  gr...

By Luke Thomas First, no one is equating this with StandGate (at least I am not). The point about Kimbo is not his last fight's unethical nature, but the promotion as a "street fighter" he received irrespective of his late ignoble stand. It's about what sort of message his presence and stature as a street br...

By Chart Topper Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs

By Dewey Hammond MMA fighter Frank Shamrock teaches me the fundamentals of Mixed Martial Arts. If you want to learn how to dominate your opponent in the cage, these 10 videos are a good place to start. These videos are also proof positive that bloggers ...

By Bruno Bas Rutten demonstrates his version of a neck crank / body crunch in this MMA how to video. Bas Rutten demonstrates his version of a neck crank / body crunch in this MMA how to video.

By Neal Taflinger Dr. Cindy Bir wasn’t a fan of mixed martial arts before she started working on the new installment of “Fight Science.“ “Fight Science: Mixed Martial Arts” sets out to measuring the power and accuracy of MMA fighters’ punches and kicks, exploring the mechanics of grappling, and examining t...

By Greg Clark From Miami street brawler to Bangbus bodyguard to EliteXC six-figure contracted fighter, here is the documentary of the life of the one they call Kimbo Slice. Special appearances by Bas Rutten, Joe Rogan and my favorite hall of fame Tool, Tito Ortiz who does nothing more than rag on Kimbo. Here's the video that launched his career and legend in the Internet fight scene. Here's the one loss that happened against Kimbo by way of 6'3" 265Lb Sean "The Cannon" Gannon... Gannon has a 1-1 MMA record and fought in the UFC a couple of years ago. Here's the circus sideshow with Kimbo fighting former Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Merciless Ray Mercer. Here's Kimbo Slice's first MMA fight against 10-10, Bo "The Can" Cantrell in Kimbo's EliteXC debut. gt;   [read the full post]