The UFC 158 fight card is quickly filling up. Chris Camozzi will square off against Nick Ring at UFC 158 in Montreal on March 16, according to UFC officials on Saturday. Camozzi has won three straight fights, including a unanimous decision win over Luiz Cane at UFC 153. Ring has won three of his last [...]
It’s back to the drawing board for Brad Pickett. The British fighter, nicknamed “One Punch” for his power, was on the receiving end of far too many, taking a beating at the hands of Eddie Wineland en route to a split-decision defeat. The judges scored it 30-27, 30-27, 28-29. Pickett had hoped that a win [...]
Alexander Emelianenko, the younger brother of heavyweight great Fedor Emelianenko, has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. In a post that ran on his website and Facebook page, Emelianenko, who went 21-6 in a nine-year career, said he would no longer be able to compete due to “health problems caused by old injuries.” The [...]
Georges St. Pierre has not been an underdog in any of his fights since his second bout with Matt Hughes, a match which took place in 2006 and ended in a TKO win for him. That’s a stretch of 11 straight fights, and the trend shows no signs of letting up as long as he [...]
Miesha Tate’s rivalry with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is well documented. The pair have traded verbal barbs across the media throughout the majority of the year, and things were no different last week, when both Rousey and UFC President Dana White implied that Tate turned down an opportunity to rematch Rousey in the [...]
After a highlight-reel knockout victory on Nov. 17, Johny Hendricks thought he’d built a rock-solid case for the No. 1 contender spot. He could boast a five-fight win streak, longer than anyone in the division not named Georges St-Pierre. He could cite three straight triumphs over top five opposition. He could point to his crushing [...]
Friday night was bizarro night for Bellator, a nightmare kind of evening that simply needs to be left in the rear view mirror. A current champion lost, a former champion lost, a key star was injured, and a bizarre incident led to a last-minute main event cancellation. Taking the last first, Shahbulat Shamhalaev was not [...]
Japan’s annual New Year’s Eve combat sports spectacular added three MMA fights to its docket of action with official confirmation from DREAM and Golden Glory officials on Friday. The show, with the messy title of “GSI presents DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 Tokyo – New Year’s Eve Special,” will take place from the Saitama Super [...]
There’s a clear pattern emerging. Get on Twitter. Look on Facebook. Read around various comment threads or MMA forums. The prevailing theme presenting itself to anyone willing to look is that the impending welterweight clash between former kingpin B.J. Penn and rising contender Rory MacDonald is what everyone cares about the most. That isn’t to [...]