MMA: Mixed martial arts

By Tom Ngo The 33-year-old hails from Amsterdam, Netherlands and reached the semifinals of the Dream Middleweight Grand Prix in 2008. He posted 1stRound TKOs over Dae Won Kim and legendary champion Kazushi Sakuraba. His ‘When I fight, I am willing to die’ mentality has allowed him to post W’s in 22 of...

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By Tom Ngo Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg Renzo Gracie vs. Matt Hughes Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture

By Tom Ngo UFC lightweight champ BJ Penn will be defending his strap against top contender Diego Sanchez in the night’s main event. Once again, The Hawaiian looked dominant in his last outing at UFC 101 where he submitted Kenny Florian in the 4thRound of their scrap with a sick rear-naked. Main Bouts:

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By Tom Ngo Heading into their highly anticipated matchup, most pundits believed Thiago had the best shot at jacking GSP’s strap. His combination of size, power and explosiveness was nothing the champion had ever seen, however the French-Canadian steamrolled him and remained the division’s “An...

By Tom Ngo Former WEC and now UFC fighter Jake Rosholt has been released by the world’s biggest MMA organization following his recent loss to Kendall Grove at “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II.” He compiled a 1-2 record in the UFC with his only win coming against Chris Leben. He was submitted by both Dan Mill...

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By Tim Ngo The home state of UFC president Dana White has become the 42nd state to sanction the sport of mixed martial arts. This opens up the doors for the UFC to host an event at Fenway Park, in what would be a dream come true for the long-time Red Sox fan.

By Tim Ngo M-1 Global announced early Monday morning that preliminary numbers for the “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” event showed that 25 million people worldwide saw WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko defeat Brett Rogers via a 2ndRound TKO.

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By Tom Ngo MMA needs to re-define the word “unanimous” as another UFC main event has ended with a “controversial” unanimous decision. At UFC 105 on Saturday night, it appeared as though Brandon Vera had done enough to defeat Octagon Hall of Famer Randy Couture, however all three judges once again sa...

By Tom Ngo Speaking of former light heavyweight champions, Ortiz will be returning to the Octagon after enjoying an 18-month hiatus to repair his back and re-up with the world’s biggest MMA organization. The soon-to-be 35-year-old has posted a mediocre 0-2-1 record over his last three scraps.

By Erik Fontanez Reports are surfacing that the highly anticipated rematch between UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is set to take place this May in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. UFC president Dana White spoke with Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday and confirmed the bout say...

By Tim Ngo More and more information regarding UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s health is slowly trickling out. According to doctors, Lesnar has had a problem with his intestines for over a year and that was the root cause of his contracting mononucleosis.

By Erik Fontanez Couture is usually a joy to watch, but not last night. It was hard to watch a fighter, who’s boxing is pretty precise, clinch his way to a win. Even in the clinch, there wasn’t a whole lot of dirty boxing from Couture. It was rather disappointing to watch the referee break the two fighters up, forc...

By Tom Ngo For the second consecutive show, a UFC main event has ended with a controversial unanimous decision as Randy Couture edged Brandon Vera to earn his first light heavyweight victory since February 2006. In the mind of all three judges sitting Octagon-side, Couture bested the Filipino 29-...

By Tom Ngo For the most part, Brown has had an up-and-down mixed martial arts career. He holds a mundane 10-7 record, however has won three out of his last four, including two straight. Unfortunately his success ended there as he was trounced by champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 91, then thoroughly dominat...

By Tom Ngo Due to the earlier broadcast time, it’s highly unlikely the world’s biggest MMA show would waste Lesnar’s pay-per-view drawing power on an overseas show, so that would only leave 109, which might be a little too soon for the former WWE employee.

By Tim Ngo Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. TBD Robbie Lawler vs. TBD Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (Strikeforce Women’s Champion) vs TBD Josh Thomson (Strikeforce Lightweight Champion) vs TBD Scott Smith vs. Cung Le Matt Lindland vs. Ronald “Jacare” Souza

By Tim Ngo “I fought Alistair one time in Japan and think now is my opportunity to fight against Fedor,” Werdum said at the “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” post-fight presser. “That’s something we’ll have to circle back with M-1,” Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said.

By Tom Ngo Of the four MMA broadcasts CBS had previously hosted, Fedor vs. Rogers ranks third behind “EliteXC: Primetime,” which averaged 4.85 million viewers, and “EliteXC: Heat,” which drew 4.56 million viewers. Both cards were headlined by YouTube sensation Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson.

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By Tim Ngo Unfortunately, Vitor Belfort came back to the Octagon at UFC 103 and stole Marquardt’s thunder by easily disposing of former champion Rich Franklin. A win for Marquardt should all but guarantee a rematch with arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, that is if Silva can get past...

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By Tom Ngo For those of you that missed the premiere of the highly anticipated “EA Sports MMA” trailer, check out a replay of WAMMA heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko slugging it out with Brett Rogers in the YouTube clip. The commercial made its debut this past weekend during an intermission for “S...

By Tom Ngo Prior to his “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” victory over Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Jake Shields had called out former middleweight champ Cung Le for not defending his title. Le subsequently relinquished his Strikeforce crown, something that Shields was more than happy to capture on Satu...

By Tom Ngo Fact of the matter is, you are allotted only so many mistakes in an MMA fight, and even less against a fight of Emelianenko’s caliber, so hindsight is always 20/20. The great ones are able to see things happening before they occur, it’s not a coincidence they always appear to be a step ahead of...

By Tom Ngo The only reason White is so concerned with his rival’s highly anticipated “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers ” show is because they’re hosting a fight that most MMA fans would prefer not to see. White maintains that his organization houses the world’s top heavyweight champion in Brock Lesna...

By Tom Ngo The last time CBS dabbled in the MMA arena was back in October 2008 at “EliteXC: Heat.”  That was the evening that street fighting legend Kevin “Kimbo” Slice was slapped senseless by Seth Petruzelli, however CBS still came up big scoring a 2.5 rating in the Male 18-34 and 18-49 sectors.

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By Erik Fontanez Most took Silva out of the heavyweight equation after he tested positive for steroids in July 2008, however now that he’s back, you can be sure that “Bigfoot” will be starting his hunt for Strikeforce gold shortly. We are not denying that the UFC holds the highest grade of talent in mixed mar...

By Tim Ngo UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida doesn’t know what was more hectic, the treacherous training camp he endured for his first title defense at UFC 104 or the week since the bout where he was forced to justify his controversial unanimous decision win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

By Tom Ngo If Emelianenko can keep his aura of invincibility rolling by the time White anticipates his “local-show” rivals going under, Fedor will have no choice but to FINALLY sign with the UFC and take on mixed martial arts’ most physically polarizing figure in UFC champ Brock Lesnar.

By Erik Fontanez In addition to the 5Round middleweight affair, little mention has been made about the heavyweight bout between Fabricio Werdum and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. This too is an important fight as the winner will surely be in title contention along with the winner of the Emelianenko/Rogers fi...

By Tom Ngo Preliminary Bouts: Main Bouts: Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabe Gonzaga Thiago Silva vs. Rashad Evans Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) Shane Carwin vs. Brock Lesnar (UFC Heavyweight Champion)

By Erik Fontanez Couture will be making his return to light heavyweight following back-to-back losses in the heavyweight division to current champion Brock Lesnar and former interim champ Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Dropping down a division could lead to a steady stream of victories for the five-time...

By Tom Ngo It’s been a rough week on the MMA injury-front, and you can now add Kurt Pellegrino to the UFC’s ever-growing IR list.  Frankie Edgar Tweeted that his “The Ultimate Fighter Finale 10″ opponent has suffered an injury and will be forced out of their December 5th appointment.  Main Bouts:

By Tim Ngo The battle between UFC President Dana White and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson rages on with White taking the most recent shot at his one-time homie saying, “I’m disgusted with the way [Rampage is] acting to be honest with you.”

By Tom Ngo It’s been four days since UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida controversially defended his strap at UFC 104 against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and it appears that more MMA enthusiasts are starting to see the fight a lot closer than originally thought, with some even changing their mi...

By Tom Ngo UFC president Dana White stunned the MMA world yesterday when he revealed that Lesnar had become extremely sick from a flu virus that had kept him bedridden for three-and-a-half weeks. A disappointed White informed fans that his heavyweight champ would no longer headline UFC 106 on Nove...

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 Tom Ngo Griffin was last seen sprinting to his locker room after he was knocked unconscious by UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva with the most vicious and devastating walking-away jab the Octagon has ever witnessed. Preliminary Bouts: Main Bouts:

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By Tom Ngo It is being reported that the co-main event between former UFC light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin has been bumped to the night’s featured attraction. Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz

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By 5thRound.com Staff Marcos Rosales (Machida 48-47): Cecil Peoples (Machida 48-47): 1stRound: Machida 10-9 2ndRound: Machida 10-9 3rdRound: Machida 10-9 4thRound: Rua 10-9 5thRound: Rua 10-9 1stRound: Rua 10-9 2ndRound: Machida 10-9 3rdRound: Machida 10-9 4thRound: Machida 10-9 5thRound: Rua 10-9

By Tom Ngo The planet’s biggest sports media outlet accidentally stated on their homepage that challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua took a decision over champ Lyoto Machida to capture the light heavyweight title at this weekend’s show. The only problem is, Machida successfully won a controversial...

By Tom Ngo In case you didn’t know, there was a major MMA event on Saturday night and it had nothing to do with the UFC. Actually, Dream.12 took place in the wee hours Sunday morning inside the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem trounced James Thompson...

By Tim Ngo Lyoto Machida: Yes he’s undefeated. Yes he’s been untouched while putting together a 15-0 record. But, it wasn’t until his win over Tito Ortiz that Machida became “dominant.” If Machida can somehow find a way to get past Rua in his first title defense, then he will have proven himself as the...

By Tom Ngo The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wizard ended up losing a humiliating unanimous decision the following evening when he failed to engage with Sonnen for five uneventful rounds, prompting the organization to cut ties with him immediately.

By Tom Ngo Unfortunately for “The Ultimate Fighter 2″ winner, his record and position in the lightweight pecking order isn’t where he would like it to be, but the good news is that his losses came against champ BJ Penn and top contenders Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez – the who’s who of the 155-pound...

By Tom Ngo It appears as though you can add UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida to the ever-growing list of detractors that feel Fedor Emelianenko is not the world’s best heavyweight.  In fact, the Brazilian believes that UFC champ Brock Lesnar is the planet’s top heavyweight mixed martial a...

By Tom Ngo Today, Showtime Sports announced that “Fight Camp 360º: Fedor vs. Rogers” will premiere on November 3rd at 9:30 PM ET/PT, just four days before CBS kick off the biggest primetime mixed martial arts fight card in their brief stint in MMA,  “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers.” The show will featu...

By Tom Ngo UFC 106 will be jumping off inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Here is the event’s most updated fight card: Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz Shane Carwin vs. Brock Lesnar (UFC Heavyweight Champion)

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By Marc Doche “Anderson has been the champion for a while now and defended his belt,” said the 31-year old Machida, who has vowed to never step inside the Octagon to face his amigo. “This will be my first title defense so I have to prove that I am worthy of being a champion like him.” A true champion.

By Tom Ngo Machida has silenced his critics by ending his last two scraps in dominating fashion. However, prior to his knockouts of Thiago Silva and former champ Rashad Evans, most considered Machida nothing more than a solid light heavyweight due to his inability to finish.

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By Tim Ngo Henderson recently stated he was in talks with other organizations, however always preferred to re-up with the world’s biggest MMA show. Strikeforce appears to have emerged as the front-runner to employ the 39-year old veteran if White decides to let him walk.

By Tim Ngo Henderson knows what time it is and isn’t necessarily demanding anything to be done right now. He understands that the top of the middleweight division is at a bit of a stalemate with champion Anderson Silva on the mend from elbow surgery and Vitor Belfor already assigned as his next oppone...

By Tom Ngo It’s been about five months since UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida’s life got turned upside-down.  Although he carried with him an impressive 14-0 pro record into his title fight against Rashad Evans at UFC 98, it wasn’t until after the 2ndRound TKO that MMA fans started to pa...

By Tom Ngo Talk, Forrest, Talk – It’s been two months since former UFC light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin was humiliated by Anderson Silva at UFC 101. If you recall, Forrest took off like a fart in the wind after he was jabbed to death by Silva.

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