MMA: Mixed martial arts

By Steve Cofield Honorable Mention: Kazuyuki Fujita over Mark Kerr, PRIDE GP 2000; Anderson Silva over Hayato Sakurai, Shooto: To the Top 7; Couture over Liddell UFC 43; Couture over Tito Ortiz, UFC 44; Kevin Randleman over Cro Cop, PRIDE Heavyweight GP, 2004; Ricardo Arona over Wanderlei Silva, PRIDE...

By Steve Cofield Randy Couture planted his roots in Las Vegas and the fighters have followed. There entire town followed suit. There are now 10-plus MMA gyms across Sin City. Many "Ultimate Fighter" contestants have helped Couture build its reputation including Forrest Griffin and Gray Maynard. Accompli...

By Maggie Hendricks 5. Anderson Silva: In the second half of the decade, Silva has been unstoppable. Currently, he is riding an 11-fight winning streak. In his career, he has wins over Forrest Griffin, two over Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson and the best fighter impressions on the planet.

By Steve Cofield 4. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Igor Vovchanchyn, PRIDE Total Elimination 2003, Aug. 10, 2003 -- Saitama, Japan This fight showed off Cro Cop's calling card -- the head kick. Vovchanchyn falls asleep for one second and is put to sleep (4:20 mark).

By Steve Cofield This was the turning point for mixed martial arts in the United States. The UFC rolled the dice putting a reality show featuring 16 fighters on cable television. Griffin and Bonnar met in what was the most viewed fight in U.S. television history and they didn’t disappoint. The light heavyweigh...

By Maggie Hendricks 4. "The Ultimate Fighter" introduces MMA to the masses: When the UFC was near bankruptcy, they took a chance on a reality show that would give the winner a "six-figure contract" with the UFC. On Spike TV, fledgling fighters learned the trade from Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. The finale of...

By Maggie Hendricks Six Deuce has a new line of shirts starting this Friday, and you can get them for 15 percent off. You may notice that one of those shirts is an homage to the Fedor sweater, which is ten tons of awesome. (You can also try to win that shirt from our friends at Cage Potato.)

By Maggie Hendricks Yet, most of the professional fighters I spoke with couldn't stop talking when asked what they were thankful for.  UFC lightweight Clay Guida is appreciative of every person who makes him a professional fighter. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal, who will make his debut with Strikeforce on Dec. 19,...

By Maggie Hendricks It looks like Schoonover is showing up Rampage all over again. Jackson bowed out of a fight with Rashad Evans to film a movie, despite the fact that the fight was part of Jackson's agreement to coach on "The Ultimate Fighter." Schoonover is living up to his responsibility, serving his countr...

By Steve Cofield The momentum builds with each close fight. Many fans and media members are looking for answers on how to fix what they think is a problem, inconsistent judging in mixed martial arts. That's if there is a problem. Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz engaged in a back and forth fight for two rounds bef...

By Steve Cofield Dent has a decent showing on season nine of "The Ultimate Fighter" but now it's time for the big leagues. He's a well-rounded fighter but he doesn't belong at 155. Sotiropoulos looks like a real prospect after struggling for nearly two years with injuries. If Dent let's this go to the ground, h...

By Steve Cofield Kendall Grove likes being above the fray in the life but it's not the easiest thing to deal with in the Octagon. At 6-foot-6, he's got to be the tallest middeweight fighters in the world. That length definitely gives him a striking advantage especially with his kicks but it can prove to be a nig...

By Maggie Hendricks We've talked about MMA's best bromances before, but somehow left out the relationship top pound-for-pound fighter Anderson Silva has with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira his brother, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In this video, the Big Nog and Anderson talk about how they have shaped each other...

By Maggie Hendricks This is not true in the case of Versus' Todd Harris, who calls World Extreme Cagefighting events along with UFC heavyweight Frank Mir. He is, quite simply, horrible at working fights, and for that, wins Cagewriter's facepalm of the week. A few examples from last night's broadcast of WEC 44:

By Steve Cofield With all the publicity the famed Brazilian camp American Top Team gets, you'd think that was the only American-based Brazilian team producing good fighters. Jose Aldo Jr. and his trainer Marcelo Mireiro think it's time their camp Nova Uniao gets a little attention. Mireiro points that man...

By Maggie Hendricks Silver Star Casting Company picked up Forrest Griffin, and designed his walkout shirt for UFC 106. Though their clothes are not my favorite -- this is the only design I like with skulls and flowers --  they have been impressive in picking up fighters. Their roster now includes Lyoto Machida...

By Maggie Hendricks Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is on pace to have a banner season, much like he did in 2007, but he already has his eye on the offseason. He spent today asking, nay, begging, Dana White over Twitter to sign him to the UFC for a fight with middleweight champion and pound-for-p...

By Steve Cofield It hasn't been an easy five months for Michael Bisping. The British middleweight, once the toast of the town, is still dealing with his first career loss, a brutal knockout at the hands of Dan Henderson. Adding insult to injury, because of his coaching appearance on season of nine of "The Ult...

By Steve Cofield Lyoto Machida was deemed a 48-47 winner over Mauricio Rua last night at UFC 104. Machida retained his title and there will be an immediate rematch, but some reason the world is about to end, just read any MMA message board.  Rua doesn't get to be champion because Joe Rogan says so 

By Steve Cofield The dancing world seems to have accepted Chuck Liddell into its ranks. The UFC star is still alive on Dancing With The Stars. How do you think the mixed martial arts world would've accepted Anthony Njokuani if he tried out for "The Ultimate Fighter" knowing his background was in break-danci...

By Steve Cofield The Kimbo knockout loss to a guy like Seth Petruzelli, who is probably in the No. 30-40 range worldwide at light heavyweight, should have been a warning to boxers, instead it's motivation for a guy like Rahman. Bizarre. Next we're going to hear about 65-year-old Jimmy Snuka being ready fo...

By Maggie Hendricks Also, what will happen if the UFC wants to sign a fighter away from another organization, but he already has sponsors? Will that be one more roadblock that will keep some of the best fighters out of the UFC? Just like any fan, I'd love to see Robbie Lawler, Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi, am...

By Steve Cofield He may be one of the most well-regarded boxing trainers in the world but does his expertise apply to mixed martial arts and is he qualified to trash Fedor? Josh Barnett is also on the card and has 28 MMA fights under his belt, he thinks Roach sounds like a clown:

By Steve Cofield White also broke down the Sean Sherk win over Tyson Griffin and Junior Dos Santos' shocking upset against Fabricio Verdum. He also had a good theory about how his pre-fight video blogs had a major effect in Las Vegas. Listen below to the replay of the UFC 90 post-fight show from the All-St...

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 Steve Cofield Oddly enough, Trigg forgot to mention Silva. I believe Fedor is the best but it's not without debate. And Trigg is dead wrong, Penn, St. Pierre and Silva all have skills sets on par with Fedor. Give the UFC announce team, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan credit, they not go into shill-mode screamin...