MMA: Mixed martial arts

By Brandt DeLorenzo In this interview with Eddie Goldman, Sirius Radio Fight Club host Randy Gordon had this to say about Melvina Lathan I know that with her aboard, in 2009, mixed martial arts will be licensed in New York. So how much did Zuffa have to lobby to have Lathan replace the current pro-boxing commiss...

By Brandt DeLorenzo The Association of Boxing Commissions, through its President, Tim Lueckenhoff, has announced that it will form a nine member committee to conduct a thorough study of the current rule set for professional mixed martial arts to determine what, if any, justification may exist for amendm...

By John Philapavage WOW! I’m blow away by the dominance of Jake Shields to mount and choke out Thompson. Average Bill says nothing, but his eyes don’t leave the TV. So far they’ve sold him on the product. He breaks silence to say he’s impressed that Shield’s is a Gracie Jiu-jitsu black belt. He, like everyone else, k...

By Josh Stein Every time I watch video of Filho fighting or training, I see a freak of nature. Not simply a fighter who’s strength is ridiculous and who has the one element that most jiu-jitsu fighters lack cornered (that being substantial wrestling). Filho is a freak of nature because he has blackbelt le...

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By Will Ziacoma Since the inception of the sport of MMA in North America, fans of MMA have had to deal with the boxing press constantly down playing the legitimacy of mixed martial arts and its athletes. The criticism has ranged from Jim Lampley questioning the skill of the fighters to people like Bert Suga...

By Brandt DeLorenzo “MMA has exploded, and our Crew has been there since the beginning finding and supporting fighters,” said TapouT Founder Mask. “TapouT shows viewers what goes down on the road and lets fans be a part of the action. There are unbelievable fighters with incredible stories, as well as TapouT f...

By Brandt DeLorenzo Griffin has the heart and the training regime to make many other fighters look weak. He doesn’t quit. He doesn’t let a little blood stop the fight. He doesn’t stop after a rounds of trading heavy punches. Forget about tapping too. Forrest Griffin wants to win. And on Saturday night, he did. Forrest...

By Brandt DeLorenzo Back in 2003, the MMA scene wasn’t filled with The Ultimate Fighter, Affliction shirts, and prime time television coverage. Instead, you had small name fighters across the country who were looking to make their mark in a sport that was finally reaching a level of maturity. Under Pressure:...

By Brandt DeLorenzo So for all of you who cried “circus” for the EliteXC Saturday Night Fight’s broadcast better be out in full force on Saturday, July 19th to watch the same kind of mediocre madness unfold. You may not see dancers and rappers, but you’ll see something you saw at the EliteXC show; a plea for mains...

By Curtis Clontz Call it fear, nervousness, or aggressiveness, but the UFC is making a move to make sure another organization doesn’t step to up to the plate. As everyone in the MMA world knows, the first ever Affliction show which will feature two of the top heavyweights in the world in Fedor Emelianenko an...

By Brandt DeLorenzo Sound crazy? It just might be. Or maybe it will just be an announcement that the UFC is finally ready to show off the UFC video game slated to be released in 2009. Whatever it is, It’s certainly a Dana White white and it’s entertainment. I think I’ve heard them all. Anderson Silva to light heavywei...

By Brandt DeLorenzo so i went to this show last night in Texarkana, Ar…it was advertised as cage fights, $5 entry, and $1 beer… the fighters were all area and local, and put on a hell of a show…except for the 1 fight that looked like the toughman and the two 3oo plus pounders that lasted 8 seconds.

By Brandt DeLorenzo Pulver says that he never wanted to fight at the higher weights, especially 170, just to be in the UFC in the past. He’s happy with the lower weights and representing wrestlers at 155 pounds and lower. If the WEC is pushed off TSN in Canada due to game 7 of the NBA championship, the card will be bro...

By Brandt DeLorenzo So why did the UFC decide to air a show opposite of live MMA action? If you go out and ask anyone on the street who Chuck Liddell is, you’ll get a pretty decent response. Ask those same people if they like watching live sports and your reaction might be even better. Ask people on the street if they e...

By Jason Bradford The tournament fights were made up of 8 fighters, with the most recognized being the out of shape Ricco Rodriquez. All of the fighters to put simply are low-caliber fighters. Obviously leading to very boring fights. None of these fighters would last a second in the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC...

By Curtis Clontz The last well known UFC fighter to test positive for steroids was the 155 champion Sean Sherk. Sherk was a physical specimen and had amazing workouts. He has never assumed the guilt and always denied all allegations. Other notable fighters that have popped are Hermes Franca and Stephen Bonn...

By Josh Stein They can’t go to the WEC, because it follows that same formula as the UFC, only with lighter weight classes. (And, on top of that, many refuse to support Zuffa entirely, because of some of its contractual issues with its fighters) They won’t go to Elite XC because, besides about 4 fighters, t...

By Brandt DeLorenzo I saw the preview a few days ago and cringed. Guys fighting in trashy environments with small gloves while pretending to be trained MMA professionals. Great. That’s just what we don’t need after hearing Bill Goldberg scream that he didn’t give a damn about traditional mixed martial arts bec...

By Brandt DeLorenzo WWE capitalized on selling 26 million copies of the WWF and WWE Smackdown video game series. The Madden football titles sell out annually at large retailers across the country; Madden ‘07 sold 7.4 million copies before the end of the year. Fight Night, the boxing video game series, hasn’t so...

By Chris Shultz After some very entertaining preliminary fights of prospects giving everything they had, the arena started to fill up and fast. I noticed many “Team Kimbo” shirts and lots of gold grills. After inspecting the t-shirt stand I bought myself a classic Kimbo shirt complete with a shiny gold gr...

By Curtis Clontz Mixed Martial Arts is a sport that is on an amazing popularity high. Daily you can turn on your television and view some sort of MMA show. There are many fans that see the shows on television, and have no clue what it takes for a fighter to get to that level of competition. To become a professional f...