MMA: Mixed martial arts

By bfowlkes Japanese wrestler beaten by coach. (Nothing Toxic) - Drew Fickett gets waaaaaay too personal in forum post. (UG) - Kim Couture calls Jared Shaw a perv, no one is terribly surprised. (Steve Cofield) - Kenny Florian struggles for answers on “MMA Live”. (ESPN) - Michael Bisping responds to Chri...

By bfowlkes For a guy who seemed so talented, who had such great potential, Frank Shamrock’s accomplishments have sure fallen short of his claims to greatness in recent years. His 1999 bout with Tito Ortiz was an instant classic, but instead of building on that he chose to walk away from the sport for a f...

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By ben MMA Rated has learned that Affliction’s second event will be headlined by a match between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, and will likely be held in Anaheim, California, on January 24th — a week after UFC 93 in Dublin. According to Affliction Entertainment VP Tom Atencio, the date...

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By bfowlkes So not only is CBS paying the cost to put on EliteXC events, they’re also taking all the revenue and dropping it straight into their coffers. Now, I’m no financial expert, but isn’t this basically the same as the relationship between a pimp and a prostitute? CBS funds the operation. EliteXC p...

By ben …he wouldn’t hesitate to “go to a fighter and say, ‘We’re looking for a stand-up fight.’ You’re not asking him to throw a fight. You’re talking about a fan-friendly fight, not about protecting Kimbo….I don’t see it as unethical, asking him to be TV and fan friendly.”

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By ben As for tomorrow night, if you’re in the Las Vegas area you’ll want to hit up the Thomas & Mack Center for “A Night of Combat II.” Co-promoted by Kim Couture, the event will feature Jay Hieron, Rick Roufus, Josh Haynes, Mike Pyle, Gideon Ray, John Alessio and more. Tickets range from $18-$5...

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By ben The Lowdown: Repped by a horde of West Coast fighters like Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez, and Joe Stevenson, Eternal launched a year ago with the goal of bringing street fashion and hip-hop influences to the MMA apparel scene. Their website features a “Technique of...

By bfowlkes The only thing that might make us wonder if we won’t end up paying $45 for this one is the fact that the main event for 93 is slated to be a light heavyweight clash between Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin. The card is also said to include Mark Coleman and “Shogun” Rua reprising their meeting in Pr...

By bfowlkes NBC Sports’ resident MMA expert Mike Chiapetta says Kimbo’s loss is no good for anybody in MMA, no matter what we might say to the contrary: Chuck Liddell has to nearly walk on water to get the kind of broad media coverage that Kimbo and Elite XC have gotten. They created tremendous buzz that r...

By ben — Ricardo Almeida has suffered a mystery injury and will not be able to fight former IFL middleweight champ Matt Horwich at UFC 90 (October 25th, Chicago). Replacing him will be Dan Miller, another former IFL middleweight champ. It will be Horwich’s first fight in the UFC and the second for M...

By bfowlkes Kimbo then criticizes Rogers for “just fighting to get paid,” and goes on to say that for him it’s personal. He’s fighting for a cause, and that cause is his family. As for what he has to gain from fighting Rogers, Kimbo replies: “Nothing.”

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 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...

By bfowlkes Ever wondered how rich Dana White really is? Well, rich. But Wall Street Fighter tries to nail down a solid figure. It’s actually harder than it sounds, although their photoshop of the UFC Prez is just adorable. (’Who has the nachos? Don’t act like I don’t know nachos when I smell ‘em!’) After r...

By ben Props: MMA Junkie) (Sorry, guys.) As great as the ratings were for CBS/EliteXC’s first “Saturday Night Fights” broadcast in May, it was one the most criticized MMA events in the sport’s history. Both hardcore MMA fans and first-time viewers had bones to pick with everything from the choic...

By bfowlkes Fedor Emelianenko (-400) vs. Tim Sylvia (+275) Anderson Silva (-500) vs. James Irvin (+350) Andrei Arlovski (-275) vs. Ben Rothwell (+215) Frank Edgar (-165) vs. Hermes Franca (+135) Brandon Vera (-600) vs. Reese Andy (+400) Josh Barnett (-450) vs. Pedro Rizzo (+300)

By ben Unfortunately the newness of mixed martial arts as a whole contributes to the betting naivety of most people. I mean we’ve all seen football point spreads since we were kids, but the appearance of money lines for MMA fighters is still seemingly non-existent. Without a doubt the #1 question...

By ben In a conference call held yesterday with Gina Carano and Kaitlin Young, EliteXC boss Gary Shaw announced that he intends to create the league’s first women’s title, with the winner of the Carano/Young scrap on May 31st likely fighting for the 140-pound belt sometime this fall; other tit...

By ben Related: MMAPayout reports that ESPN is launching an online MMA news show this Thursday, which will be hosted by Kenny Florian for the first two weeks. Said MMAPayout: “The program’s launch was apparently delayed by the UFC’s insistence that it be exclusive to the UFC.” Here’s Gina Carano...

By bfowlkes When word spread that famed writer/director David Mamet was behind a new movie about MMA, expectations ran high. Then the trailer came out and many fine MMA websites were quick to conclude that perhaps it wasn’t a film designed with the MMA aficionado in mind. And yet, Rolling Stone would ha...

By bfowlkes Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre more…) (Will Serra prove to be MMA’s Buster Douglas, or will he send thousands of Canadians home drunk and angry?) As UFC 83 draws nigh, we’re faced with the daunting task of predicting the winners in Saturday night’s bouts. But just picking the victor isn’t e...

By ben — Randy and Fedor finally faced off…and couldn’t have been more courteous! — The IFL named Bas Rutten as their new Vice President in Charge of Liver-Punches. — Mike Goldberg reached a new level of stupidity during Ultimate Fight Night 12.

By ben The last fighter to actually wear Affliction during an event was Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79 where he sported Affliction on his tights and gi. If you review UFC 80 and Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman, you’ll notice that Affliction was noticeably absent from any fighter’...

By ben I guess it wasn’t enough that the UFC refused to film Wanderlei Silva training at Xtreme Couture for his “All Access” special — it now looks like the show won’t even be broadcast on Spike, or during a time when most people are awake. UFC.com now lists the special as debuting on 12/27 at 1 a.m. ET/PT...