MMA: Mixed martial arts

By ben When Sean O’Connell made his MMA debut in April of last year, he had no fight training outside of a few cardio kickboxing classes. Somehow, he knocked out his opponent in 36 seconds. Then, he knocked out his next two opponents, both early in the first round. By November, O’Connell was 5-1 and ha...

By Chart Topper “Let’s face it, the public’s perception of MMA is not exactly fantastic. Every time guys like Tank Abbot or Krazy Horse (Charles Bennett) fought or even now with Kimbo Slice; every time Kimbo fights it sets the sport back. Guys like that just reinforce the idea in the public’s eye that we are all blood thirsty barbarians who just want to pummel each other and that there is no skill required. Guys like them do the sport a disservice.” Kimbo Slice is set to return to the ring and face Ken Shamrock on October 4th, while you can catch Mir as a coach on TUF 8. Frank Mir recently talked about Kimbo Slice and how he’s affecting the perception of MMA in North America. Here’s the quote via FiveOuncesofPain.com “Let’s face it, the public’s perception of MMA is not e...   [read the full post]

By Steve Cofield Anyone who says they want to emulate Ric Flair during their MMA career is down with me. One of Kaplan's best friends from the taping TUF 8 was Tom Lawlor, who did some pro wrestling before getting into mixed martial arts. The average hardcore MMA fan or fighter may not like what his motivati...

By Maggie Hendricks With the Ultimate Fighter debuting its eighth season tonight on Spike, the show has reached a point where it has finally met its promise. Forrest Griffin, a fighter who was plucked out of nowhere and joined the UFC through TUF, is now the light heavyweight champion. Rashad Evans and Kenny Fl...

By funnytiger Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter left us with quite a few fantastic fighters who still mix it up with the best of them in the UFC including: Forrest Griffin (Season 1 Light Heavyweight Winner), Stephan Bonnar, Diego Sanchez (Season 1 Middleweight Winner), Chris Leben, Josh Koscheck, Ken...

 - For the men who have agreed to sign on, it's clear the goal is to get established inside the UFC, the unquestioned fight promotional leader in MMA today. ...

By Jonathan Snowden TUF Final: CB vs. Amir Kendall Grove v. Evan Tanner DW: I think the world needs an Evan Tanner win to reaffirm that overcoming your demons and being successful is possible. I’m not very high on Grove, so I think this could be the fight. Strikeforce: Carter out; Riggs in

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By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] The bar was set with last week's stellar lineup of reader submissions. However, plenty of hot topics developed this week: the UFC's decision to counter "Affliction: Banned" with its own July 19 event, Lorenzo Fertitta's new role as UFC CEO, the ousting of Jesse Taylor from the "TUF" live f...

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 TX - This is one of the biggest possible MMA fights to be made outside of the UFC and giving it the label of a "title fight" just makes it that much bigger. ...

MMA Junkie reports that the UFC and SpikeTV are finalizing details for UFC Fight Night 14, which will take place on September 17th and will lead in to the season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 8, which beings filming this month. Though no names have been announced yet, the UFC has already b...

By AH Why he agreed to do the show His upcoming bout against Forrest Griffin Whether Chuck Liddell deserves a third crack at him Any TUF 7 specifics See post to listen to audio] Quinton Jackson - 03/26/08 The UFC's Light Heavyweight champ talks TUF 7 & more

Before I get started, let me begin by saying that I understand the decision to put Hughes versus Serra as coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter” or as I like to call it, “The Ultimate Hype Machine.” What I don’t understand, is putting a division, arguably the deepest in MMA, on hold for a reality te...