A community portal about Mixed martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. Mixed martial arts involves two competitors battling for victory and allowed to use a number of diverse martial arts techniques, including striking and grappling...
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A community portal about Mixed martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. Mixed martial arts involves two competitors battling for victory and allowed to use a number of diverse martial arts techniques, including striking and grappling. The two big MMA organizations are the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championships.
This past weekend's broadcast of "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" on Versus drew a 0.4 household rating and averaged 330,000 viewers, Versus officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.
The event took place Dec. 19 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The show featured a non-title headliner and few of the organization's top stars. Additionally, the event went head-to-head with "Strikeforce: Evolution" on Showtime. Therefore, it's not surprising that ratings were down... Read Full Story
It wasnt the decisive blowout that EliteXC was hoping far to send Kimbo Slices stardom into the stratosphere but with some seriously tense moments for the former street fighter against a game James Thompson everyone concerned is likely happy with a victory of any sort. Kimbo at times displayed some surprising skill on the ground, while at other times looked amateurish and lost. Slice clearly had the edge in the standup exchanges, and appeared to have Thompson on the verge of going down for... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Looking ahead to 2010 and the future of Strikeforce
While there were glowing reviews for the Strikeforce event at HP Pavilion (San Jose Arena) last Saturday night, the outcomes of the main fights on the card produced some mixed results for matchmaker Scott Coker.
The big positive coming out of last week’s event was Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez in the 155-pound division. The two Bay Area fighters did the media rounds to promote their re... Read Full Story
TORONTO – Having succeeded in helping re-open Vancouver to mixed martial arts, the UFC continues the fight to get the sport sanctioned in Ontario.
That involves a two-pronged approach, with lobbyists working on both the Ontario and federal governments. Having expected sellouts shows in May in Montreal and June in Vancouver should help the UFC cause in Toronto, although privately the UFC acknowledges Ontario has proved to be more difficult than expected.
That’s frustrating to an... Read Full Story
WEC 47 will be held on March 6, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio with a card headlined by a world bantamweight championship fight between title-holder Brian Bowles and number one challenger Dominick Cruz.
Brian Bowles is an undefeated fighter who’s coming out of a KO victory over Miguel Torres at WEC 42 – Torres vs. Bowles on 8/9/2009. He sports a 8-0 MMA record, five of his wins are by way of submission.
Dominick Cruz has only one loss appearing on his MMA record, and that was against Urijah... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Bellator locking down welterweight talent for upcoming season
In the past few weeks, Bellator has put together what can only be described as a kickbutt welterweight tournaments. With their season starting in April and airing on Fox Sports, they've locked down some of the most exciting up-and-comers in MMA. Ben Askren : An Olympian and a two-time Division I wrestling national champion for the University of Missouri, Askren has three MMA wins, all... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Who’s Number Two?
The WEC and Strikeforce battled head-to-head over the weekend in a match-up of Saturday night events that closely paralleled their on-going war for the number two position in MMA. But did WEC 45 or Strikeforce: Evolution really make a case one way or another for their respective organizations?
WEC 45 was by and large what we’ve all come to expect from the promotion: dynamic, fast-paced, and gutsy MMA that produced a number of... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Strikeforce: Miami Fight Card Updates
Strikeforce has officially announced two title fights for their upcoming fight card scheduled for January 30 in Sunrise, FL.
Current 145 lb. women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will defend her title for the first time when she faces Dutch fighter Marloes Coenen .
Santos has not fought since winning the title against Gina Carano this past August. Coenen also last fought on the August Strikeforce... Read Full Story
Gracie family patriarch and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu pioneer Helio Gracie died in early 2009 in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 95. Its impossible to overestimate his influence on martial arts, and particularly his pathbreaking role in what is now the sport of mixed martial arts. The Gracie family name will forever be synonymous with Brazilian sports, jiu-jitsu, MMA and the UFC”not only due to Helios own accomplishments but the legacy he created both by training others and through his family... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Does Ratcliff stink or is ‘Cowboy’ reckless?
Fighters prepare in different ways the night before they go to battle. WEC lightweight fighter Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone has been doing this for a while and doesn't lack for confidence. He certainly didn't before his fight against Ed Ratcliff. Cerrone didn't spend Friday night holed up in The Palms getting 14 hours of sleep. According to Combatlifestyle.com , Cerrone, 26, a veteran of 14 fights, spent... Read Full Story
