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.
The founding father of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and patriarch of the Gracie family, Helio Gracie, died in early 2009 at the age of 95. His influence in martial arts as well as the sport of mixed martial arts is mind boggling. 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.
Helio Gracie began studying martial arts early in life... 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
As I sat and watched Strikeforce: Evolution this morning (I DVRed the event to watch WEC live) thoughts of Cung Le (6-1) as an elite mixed martial artist crept into my head. The MMA world was ablaze with discussions on how Cung Le was on the same level as Fighters.com and UFC middleweight champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (21-4) in the striking department. I have never been one to view Cung as an elite MMA fighter and after last night the world could see why he is no where near the level of... Read Full Story
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to
nine fighters, including headliner Ed Ratcliff, from this past
Saturday's "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" event, and three of the
competitors could be out of action for up to six month.
While the majority of the decisions were of the 30-day,
precautionary variety, Chris Horodecki, Zach Micklewright and John
Hosman were each suspended until June for a variety of both
confirmed and potential fractures.
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MMA Videos / mma / King Mo interview: Not backing down to anyone, even Fedor
Call him brash and cocky, Muhammed Lawal doesn't care. He's not going to back down from any challenge, so when a female reporter from Black Belt Magazine mentioned Fedor Emelianenko ( 3:55 mark - VIDEO ) to a guy with just six pro mixed martial arts fights, "King Mo" wasn't about to say he needs time or that he's not ready (1:57 mark): "If I played basketball and someone said hey Mo, 'you... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Strikeforce: Evolution Payouts
Here are the payouts for Strikeforce: Evolution card which was held on Saturday, December 19th from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Scott Smith: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Cung Le via: $150,000
Gilbert Melendez: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Josh Thomson: $30,000
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza: $65,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Matt Linland: $50,000
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus... Read Full Story
mma pound for pound
MMA Pound For Pound is a new seo contest from promojunkie webmaster forum. this “ MMA Pound For Pound “ contest to promote their another forum MMA Forum ( mixed martial arts forum ). why promojunkie forum choose mma pound for pound for keyword seo contest ? you can find the answer by join with their forum . There, you will have the details for MMA pound for pound seo contest discussion. you can fight with keyword to involve your site on google search engine rankings. in... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / WEC 45 Fighter Payout
Here are the official fighter salaries for WEC 45 as provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Joseph Benavidez – $25,000
Donald Cerrone – $24,000
Scott Jorgensen – $14,000
Chris Horodecki – $12,000
Bart Palaszewski – $10,000
Rani Yahya – $9,000
Ed Ratcliff – $9,000
Anthony Njokuani – $8,000
Takeya Mizugaki – $8,000
Brandon Visher – $6,000
Brad Pickett – $6,000
Chad George – $5,000
Zach... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Strikeforce: Evolution coverage at 8:45 p.m. ET
Cagewriter has full coverage of both WEC 45 in Las Vegas and Strikeforce: Evolution in San Jose, Calif. The coverage kicks off just after 8 p.m. ET. Strikeforce features Cung Le in the main event against Scott Smith. The most meaningful fight has the promotion's lightweight title up for grabs with Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez squaring off. In Sin City at the Palms, Donald Cerrone and Ed... Read Full Story
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MMA Videos / mma / Strikeforce: Evolution coverage at 8:15 p.m. ET
Cagewriter has full coverage of both WEC 45 in Las Vegas and Strikeforce: Evolution in San Jose. The coverage kicks off just after 8 p.m. ET. Strikeforce features Cung Lee in the main event against Scott Smith. the most meaningful fight has the promotion's lightweight title up for grabs with Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez squaring off. In Sin City at the Palms, Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff... Read Full Story
