Mixed martial arts

HP Pavilion in San Jose housed Strikeforce’s first mixed-fight card in 2006 as California’s first sanctioned MMA event. Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson competed in the promotion’s inaugural offering in separate bouts for a then-North American attendance record of 18,265 fans. After title clashes in 2008, 2009 and this past Saturday night, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker “absolutely” believes the conclusion to Melendez-Thomson’s championship lightweight trilogy is the crowning competition of...Read Full Story

Watching Jessica Aguilar fight Megumi Fujii on Bellator last Friday, you  never would’ve guessed that Zoila Gurgel holds wins over both fighters, and is the title holder at 115 lbs. in the same organization. Bellator announcers constantly referred to Aguilar and Fujii as the number 1 and 2 women in the weight class.Read Full Story

The learned halls of academia have helped populate the sport of mixed martial arts at its highest levels, with notable champions like Randy Couture, Dan Henderson and Frankie Edgar holding college degrees. But rare is the professional fighter coming from one of the world’s top universities. Recently, Cornell graduate John Cholish became the first Ivy Leaguer ever to fight in the UFC, and so far, he’s split his two octagon appearances. Several colleges across the U.S. have MMA club teams, but...Read Full Story

Bellator 70 fighter weigh-ins are in the books, and all four co-headliners successfully made weight. Today's weigh-ins took place at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, which also hosts Friday's season-six-ending event. Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad (265.2 pounds) and challenger Eric Prindle (265) made weight for their title, as did season-six lightweight-tourney finalists Rick Hawn (156) and Brent Weedman (156).Read Full Story

UFC President Dana White announced on The Ultimate Fighter Live that Renan Barao has been selected to battle Urijah Faber for the interim bantamweight title at UFC 148 on July 7th. Faber was scheduled to challenge fellow Ultimate Fighter Live coach and current bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz for his title at the July 7th event. [...] Renan Barao meets Urijah Faber for interim bantamweight title at UFC 148 is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/ufc-news...Read Full Story