Bellator has rescheduled their featherweight finals originally from season 7 between Rad Martinez and Shabulat Shamhalaev. The two tournament finalists will square off at Bellator 90 on February 21 at the Maverick Center in West Valley City, Utah, the promoted announced Friday. Martinez and Shamhalaev were initially scheduled to face one another in the main [...]
Remember how silly it was when James Toney started yapping about how he’d roll through the UFC if given a chance? And remember how we all snickered when Toney’s bravado led to an embarrassing three-and-a-half minute loss, and we assumed that was the end of the boxing vs. MMA foolishness because the two sports clearly [...]
It’s the first edition of the MMA Roundtable for 2013, so that means we’re naturally making predictions about the new year. So why waste any time getting into it? My MMAFighting.com colleague Dave Doyle joins me to discuss 2013 predictions, Invicta, Bellator, and more. 1. It’s a new year. Make a prediction on anything MMA-related [...]
Another top Strikeforce fighter has been welcomed into the UFC fold. Welterweight contender Tyron Woodley will replace an injured Erick Silva opposite Jay Hieron at UFC 156, promotion officials announced on Wednesday night. UFC 156 takes place February 2, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. A featherweight superfight pitting current [...]
It took a while, but Pat Healy finally has an opponent for Strikeforce’s swan song. “Bam Bam” will meet undefeated prospect Kurt Holobaugh (9-0) on the Jan. 12 Strikeforce card in Oklahoma City, OK, according to sources close to the fight. MMAWeekly.com first reported the booking Wednesday. Healy draws Holobaugh after he was first scheduled [...]
It took a while, but Pat Healy finally has an opponent for Strikeforce’s swan song. “Bam Bam” will meet undefeated prospect Kurt Holobaugh (9-0) on the Jan. 12 Strikeforce card in Oklahoma City, OK, according to sources close to the fight. MMAWeekly.com first reported the booking Wednesday. Healy draws Holobaugh after he was first scheduled [...]
As the final moments ticked down on Cain Velasquez’s reascendance to the heavyweight throne, I found myself thinking about not him or his opponent Junior dos Santos, but instead, about Jon Jones. UFC 155, after all, was the last major event of the year and served to propel the calendar to 2013, a time when [...]
MMA Fighting has UFC 155 results for the dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2 fight card Dec. 29, plus live UFC coverage from Las Vegas, live blogs of all the fights and live UFC 155 twitter updates. In the main event, UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will defend his title against former UFC heavyweight champion [...]
A broken nose suffered in training has forced Claudia Gadelha out of her Invicta 4 main event bout with Carla Esparza, according to Invicta co-owner Shannon Knapp. Gadelha (9-0) was slated to meet Esparza (8-2) to crown the company’s inaugural strawweight champion on Jan. 5 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS. While a replacement [...]
UFC 155 videos and interviews with UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, UFC President Dana White, Alan Belcher, Chris Leben and many others. UFC 155 takes place LAS VEGAS — Watch above as UFC president Dana White previews Saturday night’s UFC 155 card, looks back at an injury-plagued and [...]