MMA: Mixed martial arts

The UFC announced Tuesday Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez and Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva as the two co-headlining bouts for UFC 108 on Jan. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The winner of the heavyweight main event will determine the title challenger next in line once...

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The two bouts scheduled to air include the welterweight clash between Marcus Davis and Ben Saunders, as well as a middleweight tangle pitting Jake Rosholt against Kendall Grove. An official announcement of the broadcast should come in the next day or two.

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More Strikeforce Coverage Post-Fight Show | Fedor vs. Rogers Photos | Full Results Scott Coker Looks Back at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Event originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:33:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now the question is whether MMA will improve to CBS in 2010. Kahl said it's too soon to say about that, but that a significant improvement in the targeted demographic means CBS accomplished its first goal. Kahl noted that MMA on CBS beat college football on ABC in the demographic.CBS Likes Str...

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HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- This is the Strikeforce live blog for the first five preliminary bouts on the Fedor vs. Rogers card featuring welterweights Mark Miller vs. Deray Davis, John Kolosci vs. Shamar Bailey, bantamweights Jeff Curran vs. Dustin Neace, lightweights Christian Uflacker vs....

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Miller, who will fight Jake Shields for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight title Saturday night on CBS, faced some unexpected obstacles while trying to make the 185-pound weight limit, but in the end he tipped the scales with one pound to spare, coming in at 184 pounds. Check out the behi...

by Michael David SmithFiled under: Strikeforce, M-1 Global MMA Twitter universe is getting excited for Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers Saturday night on CBS, and that's reflected in the latest installment of our MMA Twitter mailbag.

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asked Emelianenko at Thursday's Strikeforce press conference why he loves the sweater so much. Find out the reason below.Fedor Emelianenko Talks About His Favorite Sweater originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:11:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The latest MMA fighter to use YouTube to promote himself is Mike Swick, who's doing a series of video blogs to promote his UFC 105 fight with Dan Hardy. The first one is above.UFC 105 Video: Mike Swick Shows Off His Workouts, Promotes His Fight originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Wed, 0...

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by Ariel HelwaniFiled under: UFC, Strikeforce Check it out below.MMA Roundtable: Will Fedor Ever Be a Major Star in the US? originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Ultimate Fighter 6 contestant John Kolosci left a six-figure job exactly a year ago to pursue mixed martial arts as a full-time career, and he's hoping to make an impression Saturday in his Strikeforce debut on the undercard of the CBS-televised "Fedor vs. Rogers" event in Hoffman Est...

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The referee Big John McCarthy once described Randy Couture as the most mentally impressive athlete in the history of MMA. The way Couture talks about his preparation for his UFC 105 fight with Brandon Vera explains why Couture has always excelled at the mental aspect of the sport.UFC 105 Vi...

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But on Monday, I asked both Fedor and his upcoming opponent, Brett Rogers, whether that could change when they step into the cage together on Saturday night. After all, Rogers was born in Chicago, only about 30 miles from where Saturday's fight will take place, and Fedor has been subjected...

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by Ray HuiFiled under: Strikeforce Follow along below at 2 p.m. ET for live updates.Live Tweeting the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Conference Call originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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by Michael David SmithFiled under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive Brett Rogers has the toughest task in sports ahead of him on Saturday in Chicago: Stepping into the cage with the best fighter in mixed martial arts, Fedor Emelianenko.

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by Ariel HelwaniFiled under: MMA Videos, UFC At last week's UFC 104 press conference, Dana White talked about all the issues currently plaguing the amateur MMA scene, and it's safe to assume that White isn't all that impressed with it.

The UFC held tryouts in Los Angeles for the 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter on Tuesday, and FanHouse was on hand to take it all in. In the video below, watch as the hopefuls look to impress UFC president Dana White and the other executives in attendance, and find out which TUF favorite show...

Later in the show, we spoke to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker about the upcoming Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers bout on Nov. 7, the Dan Henderson sweepstakes, and when we should expect to see Gina Carano return to action. Ray Hui and I also looked back at UFC 104 and Brock Lesnar having to pull o...

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spoke to "The Truth" about what he needs to do to defeat Couture, fighting on the same day as his fellow Filipino fighter, Manny Pacquaio, and his thoughts on his wife, Kerry Vera, facing Couture's ex-wife, Kim Couture, six days later. Check out the video interview below.Brandon Vera Think...

Coker also mentioned that recent Strikeforce signee, "King" Muhammed Lawal, is scheduled to make his debut on the show, but no opponent has been signed just yet.King Mo's Debut, Lindland vs. 'Jacare' Proposed for December Strikeforce Event originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Tu...

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by Michael David SmithFiled under: UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, M-1 Global For the first time since his loss to Forrest Griffin more than two years ago, Shogun Rua can legitimately be called one of the top 10 fighters in MMA -- and it took a loss to get him there.

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I'm picking up a lot of details, a lot of little things he does different than what I would in one of my training camps," Torres told FanHouse. "And I got to see how a professional boxer at the top of his game conducts his training camp and how his trainers cater to his needs and make him a better fi...

He said he's never been this sick in his life," UFC president Dana White told Yahoo! Sports. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it."Brock Lesnar Out of UFC 106 Main Event originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST . Please...

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Shane Carwin was originally scheduled to fight Cain Velasquez at UFC 104 this past weekend, but the UFC decided to change its plans and have the big man face Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 instead. It's an opportunity of a lifetime for the former NCAA Division I...

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LOS ANGELES -- The UFC 104 post-fight press conference was buzzing after the controversial main event between Lyoto Machida and Shogun Rua. Below is a highlight video package of the conference, which featured comments from Machida, Rua, Dana White, Cain Velasquez, Joe Stevenson and An...

The final horn sounded and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua raised his hands towards the roof of the Staples Center, sure he'd just won the UFC light-heavyweight championship. The building's 16,000 fans cheered him, ready to shower him with glory to match his new gold.

The MMA rookie hasn't fought since his June 27 victory over Bob Sapp on the Prize Fight Promotions "Ultimate Chaos" pay-per-view, and still has two fights left on his contract with that organization. However, talks have heated up over the last few weeks with Strikeforce about Lashley mak...

UFC President Dana White says he's outraged that Strikeforce has signed former football star Herschel Walker to make his MMA debut at age 47, and he ripped Strikeforce's TV partner, Showtime, for engaging in a gimmick that makes the sport look bad.Dana White Rips Strikeforce, Showtime F...

A big weekend in MMA is behind us and a big weekend in MMA is ahead of us, so now is a good time for the very first FanHouse mixed martial arts podcast. I was pleased to be joined by Ariel Helwani of Versus.com for our first installment. We had a great discussion about Saturday night's Strikeforce e...

Emelianenko is widely regarded as the greatest competitor in the short history of the burgeoning sport of mixed martial arts, but in America, that makes him more a mystery than a star. Emelianenko has never competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, by far the most popular MMA prom...

Filed under: UFCIt's the biggest fight in UFC history, or so we've been told a million times in the last couple of months. Randy Couture will return to the Octagon and defend the heavyweight title against Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 in an event that has the hard-core fans and the casual fans alike i...

For those who didn't catch our week-long dedication to Fedor Emelianenko, this series of articles should serve as a primer for the fight from one fighter's point-of-view and on Couture's career as well as answer why, at the ripe old age of 45, he is still considered among the best fighters...

That Q&A comes from one of a bunch of videos in which Mickey's asks interesting questions to MMA fighters. Much like Fight Linker, I think these are great videos, and I'll be posting a few of them. Another one with Tito, ...

I spoke to UFC President Dana White today at an event to promote UFC 90, and with the Olympics going on, I asked him what he thinks of the possibility that mixed martial arts will one day be an Olympic sport. He thinks it can happen. ...

By Michael David Smith That means that basically all of EliteXC's most talented fighters will fight that night. And that will make the show a good barometer for where EliteXC is: If the show does well, it tells us that fans view EliteXC as an organization with enough talented fighters that it doesn't need Kimbo to...

By Michael David Smith Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post has written a column that is ostensibly about the CBS network's decision to broadcast mixed martial arts but is in reality about his own ignorance. It's a column I would simply dismiss and move on if it were written for a community college media studie...