Tonight’s latest installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship will take place in Dallas, Texas. Although recent past cards have featured bigger names, tonight’s event features a strong lineup that should feature some good fights. 195 pound catch weight contest – Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort Rich Franklin has been trying to make the move from [...]
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UFC 103 Main Card Predictions
September 19, 2009UFC Fight Night Predictions
September 16, 2009For the first time since UFC 4, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the Sooner State for tonights UFC Fight Night. Here are my predictions for the main card bouts: Lightweight Bout – Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard After beginning his UFC career on a five fight win streak, Diaz enters this contest having lost [...]
Strikeforce: Carano Vs. Cyborg Main Card Preview
August 15, 2009Tonight in San Jose, Calif. at the HP Pavilion a sport dominated by male competitors will be taking a backseat to the women as champion Gina Carano battles challenger Cris “Cyborg” Santos for the women’s championship in what is undoubtedly the most anticipated match in women’s MMA history. The card will also feature Renato “Babalu” [...]
UFC 101 Predictions
August 8, 2009You could say that I’m a little late to the party as far as getting up my predictions for tonight’s UFC event that will be taking place in Philadelphia, PA. Many of the MMA websites have had theirs up since Wednesday or Thursday, but the way I look at it, late is better than never, so [...]
Fedor Signs With Strikeforce
August 4, 2009For the better part of the past two weeks, the big question surrounding members of the Mixed Martial Arts community and fans alike has been, “Where will Fedor wind up?” Fedor Emelianenko, the man regarded by many as the top heavyweight fighter in the world was scheduled to compete on August 1 in the main event [...]
Why Competition Is Good For The Growth Of MMA
July 27, 2009The third event from up and coming mixed martial arts promoter Affliction was supposed to have taken place on Saturday, August 1 in Anaheim, Calif. The show was entitled “Trilogy” and was supposed to feature a main event of Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko battling Josh Barnett. Last week Barnett tested positive for an anabolic steroid [...]
UFC 100 Thoughts
July 13, 2009Coming into this past Saturday, UFC 100 was the sports highest profile and most anticipated event of the year. Featuring a stacked card with many of the sports biggest names, the event more than delivered. Brock Lesnar showed us a couple of things about himself. The first is that he is clearly the most dominant heavyweight in [...]
UFC 100 Predictions
July 10, 2009This year’s most anticipated MMA event UFC 100 will be taking place this Saturday night, July 11 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The card is stacked to say the least and features six of the top fighters in the world today. Below are my predictions on the main event: Brock Lesnar vs. [...]
The Ultimate Fighter Getting “Sliced”
June 2, 2009He made his name on the internet as the star of amateur videos that would show him beating up people in backyards, parking lots, alleyways and anywhere a camera could be set up. He became such a phenomenon in the online world that eventually the world of mixed martial arts began to take note and the fighting career [...]
Former baseball MVP Jose Canseco taking a shot at MMA
May 26, 2009Who knows how long this will stay up but I had to post this up for pure entertainment value if nothing else. My oh my how baseball’s first 40/40 man has fallen from grace. Check out the fact that he seems to injure his knee running from his opponent.