- Ross Pearson: Great ExpectationsElliot Worsell, UFC - Ross 'The Real Deal' Pearson couldn't have looked better in winning season nine of The Ultimate Fighter. He defeated Richie Whitson, Jason Dent and then teammate Andre Winner in the final, more than living up to his audacious nickname. Fast-forward five months and Pearson incredibly looked even better, this time mauling v […]
- Andre Winner: Stand with MeElliot Worsell, UFC - If you stand and strike with Andre Winner, you're likely to lose. That's the mantra the Leicester lightweight carries into the Octagon each and every time out. Blessed with blazingly quick hands and feet, Winner's punch expertise is matched only by his confidence. […]
- Rachelle Leah Returns to the Octagon on March 27thThe hottest ticket in New Jersey just got hotter, as it has been announced that Playboy cover model and UFC All-Access host Rachelle Leah will be returning to her old gig as Octagon Girl for one night only on Saturday, March 27th at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center. […]
- Inside Jon Jones' killer workoutsAt 22, Jon 'Bones' Jones may be talked about as the Next Big Thing in the UFC, but the phenom's eye-popping abilities aren't an accident. The 6-foot-3, light heavyweight phenom and former All-American Greco-Roman wrestler has a training regimen as unorthodox as the kicks and strikes for which he's known. Each exercise is designed to […]
- Sakara Looking for Three in a Row on March 21stMartins Denis, UFC - Every fighter that steps into the Octagon has a particular quest inside his mind, and even if climbing the mountain to earn a fight for the title is a mutual goal, each combatant still has his own formula to grab it. […]
- Steal Jonny 'Bones' Jones' StaminaBy Myatt Murphy - Superstar Jon Jones owes his butt-kicking exercise regimen to strength and conditioning coach Kelly Tekin -- the woman who also whips Rashad Evans and James McSweeney into shape. […]
- UFC SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ASIAS ASN HD SPORTS CHANNELLas Vegas, NV (USA) - UFC® today announced it has reached a long-term agreement with ASN, the first 24-hour HD sports channel in Asia to distribute UFC programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. […]
- Kimbo Returns at UFC 113 on May 8thThomas Gerbasi, UFC - Canada will get their first dose of the Kimbo Slice phenomenon on Saturday, May 8th, when the Ultimate Fighter alumnus looks to make it 2-0 in the Octagon on the UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 card at the Bell Centre in Montreal. […]
- Thank You, Jens PulverThomas Gerbasi, UFC - Just a couple quick ones about Jens Pulver… Nothing about his 22 pro wins, his reign as the first UFC lightweight champion, or his legacy as the man who put the lighter weight classes on the map here in the States; we'll save that for later. […]
- Ben Saunders and dreams of Madison Square GardenChuck Mindenhall, UFC - When you're 6-foot-3 and cold as hell in the welterweight division, you can have a little bit of empathy for your opposition heading into a fight. Ben Saunders does. For starters, he knows there aren't a lot of clones out there to emulate his strong gangly frame. He suspects his latest victim, Marcus Davis, didn't have […]
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UFC 111 St-Pierre vs Hardy can be seen Live on Saturday March 27th at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET. But you don’t have to wait until then to see these two fighters, UFC Primetime will have episodes on the 17th and 24th of March only on SPIKE.
Check out the first half ot the Premiere episode of Primetime St-Pierre vs Hardy. Get an inside look at these two fighters as the anticipation for their fight grows. Visit 111.ufc.com for more information.
Brandon Vera and Jon Jones headline the March 21st card that will air Live on Versus at 9pm ET. You won’t want to miss this matchup of exiciting light heavyweight fighters. Other featured fights include: Dos Santos vs Gonzaga and Kongo vs Buentello. Click here for more info: bit.ly
Two title fights plus a battle between MMA legends makes UFC 112: Invincible a can’t-miss event. Silva vs Maia, Penn vs Edgar, Hughes vs Gracie and much more can be seen Live on Pay-Per-View on Saturday April 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. The replay can be seen at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET.
made this guy tap out 1st period!
Driven by the phenomenal success of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) bouts on pay-per-view television, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is now the fastest-growing sport in the United States. As its name suggests, MMA combines techniques of various other fighting systems, including boxing, jujitsu, wrestling, judo, karate, kickboxing, kung fu, and taekwondo. Decades after a Brazilian fighting style known as vale tudo (anything goes) began to spark local and international interest in the late 1920s, MMA burst into full-color in America in 1993, with the formation of the UFC. Financed by the Semaphore Entertainment Group, led by New York music promoter Robert Meyrowitz, UFC bouts began more as violent spectacles than sporting events, with fighters from various disciplines battling it out in the same ring to the delight of bloodthirsty crowds. Rorion Gracie, a Brazilian living in California, organized the first fight and designed the trademark arena, the Octagon. Aside from three simple rules—no biting, eye-gouging, or fish-hooking (placing your finger in an opponents mouth and pulling backwards—the UFC prided itself on no-holds-barred fighting, with little regulation. Even as mmas popularity grew, politicians condemned the sport, including John mccain, who in 1996 called it human cockfighting. In November 2000, the UFC added weight classes and 28 more rules, outlawing head butts, hair pulling, and groin shots. As of May 2007, 23 states and the District of Columbia sanction …
Cowboy and Leonard talk about the house!!! An inside look at the Tapout House!!
The final installment of our three-part interview with Skyscrape and Punkass, the two remaining members of the tapout crew. Their third partner Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis suffered fatal injuries in a road accident early in March, which has robbed the business of its co-founder and the remaining partners of a close friend. www.fightersonlymag.com
Great knockouts in mixed martial arts; UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce and more ! FIGHT LIST : [Dream 4] Alistair Overeem vs Tae Hyun Lee [Pride Shockwave 2003] Murilo Rua vs Akira Shoji [UFC 47] Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz [Pride Bushido 6] Aleksander Emelianenko vs Ricardo Morais [Pride Final Conflict 2004] Wanderlei Silva vs Yuki Kondo [Strikeforce : Fedor vs Rogers] Fedor Emelianenko vs Brett Rogers [Pride 29] Mirko Filipovic vs Mark Coleman [IFL : New Blood, New Battles 2] Wagnney Fabiano vs Shad Lierley [Strikeforce : Tank vs Buentello] Cain Velasquez vs Jesse Fujarczyk [Pride Bushido 2] Mauricio Rua vs Akihiro Gono [Pride Critical Countdown 2004] Quinton Jackson vs Ricardo Arona [Pride 8] Igor Vovchanchyn vs Francisco Bueno [Pride Bushido 1] Ryan Gracie vs Kazuhiro Hamanaka [UFC 18] Bas Rutten vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka [UFC 65] Georges St-Pierre vs Matt Hughes [UFC 100] Dan Henderson vs Michael Bisping [Pride 10] Wanderlei Silva vs Guy Mezger [Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003] Lyoto Machida vs Rich Franklin
