The waiting is over and the highly anticipated nominations for the Fighters Only World MMA Awards can now be revealed. Over the past three months, tens of thousands of MMA fans around the world have had their say in selecting the top five in eighteen different categories. A nineteenth Outstanding Contribution category will be voted [...]
Oct 31 2009 | Posted in
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* * * * * * * * OPEN WORKOUT ALERT * * * * * * * * FEDOR, “MAYHEM” MILLER, JAKE SHIELDS & MORE TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN WORKOUT Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. CT WHO: MMA Superstar & World’s Universally Recognized No. 1 Heavyweight FEDOR STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champion GEGARD [...]
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As soon as the horn sounded on the fifth and final round of Lyoto Machida’s UFC light heavyweight title defense against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in Los Angeles on October 24, the reporters in attendance were near-unanimous in their verdict. They had Rua as the new champion, putting them on the same page as most of [...]
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It’s been a bizarre first seven weeks on the tenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Cagewriter trumpeted often back in June that this season was going to be the best ever. The mix of two coaches who hate each other, Kevin Ferguson, veteran Roy Nelson and a bunch of heavyweight prospects would be explosive. Much [...]
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A knee injury has forced welterweight Thiago Alves to pull out of his scheduled bout against Jon Fitch at UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez. FanHouse learned of the news Friday morning. The Alves-Fitch fight was put together late last week after Fitch’s opponent at UFC 106, Ricardo Almeida, pulled out due to a knee injury as [...]
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A long-rumored fight between Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson and Houston Alexander may be in the works for The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 Finale on December 5 in Las Vegas, with MMAjunkie reporting Thursday that Alexander will soon apply to fight in Nevada and could square off with the Slice at the Spike TV-televised event. Alexander, a [...]
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Denis Kang is getting ready to face Michael Bisping at UFC 105: Couture vs Vera from the Manchester Evening News Arena on November 14th. Bisping is looking to get back to his winning ways in his home country of England after suffering a devastating loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100: Lesnar vs Mir 2, [...]
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Set for release in 2010, EA Sports MMA will be the first mixed martial arts video game to be released through the successful EA Sports franchise from Electronic Arts. Having already broken the news that an exclusive trailer for the game will be shown during November 7 Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs Rogers event on CBS, EA [...]
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After taking one bout outside of the WEC, lightweight Bart Palaszewski makes his return to the organization at World Extreme Cagefighting 45: Cerrone vs Ratcliff. MMA Junkie has learned from sources close to the event that Palaszewski has signed on to face Roufusport slugger Anthony Pettis at the event. Headlined by a lightweight contest between [...]
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Earlier today, MMAFanHouse reported that Strikeforce would be formally offering Dan Henderson a contract within the coming days. If that’s the case, UFC president Dana White is content to let Hendo walk as he feels the UFC has done all they can to keep the former champion. “We offered him a very, very good contract. A [...]
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