EA Sports and Tiburon have signed one more fighter for its upcoming mixed martial arts title, adding Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko to the list of brawlers mixing it up in EA Sports MMA. Emelianenko will be joined by Gegard Mousasi and Renato “Babalu” Sobral, three fighters who join “a long list of fighters” that will [...]
Warren Piece of Newyorkfightscene.com has posted the first official statement from Josh Barnett’s representatives in regards to his positive test for steroids. Warren also makes a good note in his post, adding, ” What if banned substance allegations were not the reason for Josh’s inability to fight on August 1st? What if, instead, he had [...]
This week we discuss the fallout from the Affliction: Trilogy show, how much Josh Barnett is at fault, the renewed friendship between Dana White and Tom Atencio and try to make sense of it all. We also get a few different views from some fighters on the Affliction: Trilogy card including LC Davis, Jay Hieron, Paul Buentello and Neil Wolfson, manager of Deivadas Taurosevicus.
According to an article on MMAPayout.com, leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and premier mixed-martial arts apparel, gear and lifestyle brand, TapouT, today announced a multi-year partnership to merge popular TapouT fashions with the iconic fighting experience of TEKKEN 6, the latest installment of the top-selling fighting video game franchise. [...]
The Fight Nerd caught up with the President of Strikeforce, Scott Coker, to about the main event of Carano vs Cyborg, the condition of Overeem’s hand, Brock Lesnar and co-promoting with other companies.
Fight Nerd Radio returns with breaking news on the cancellation of Fedor vs Barnett, as well as fixing up the death of Kimo by talking with Kimo himself! Plus Paul Buentello discusses his fight at Affliction: Trilogy with Gilbert Yvel and his dislike of Kimbo Slice!
Fedor’s Future: A Rebuttal to Jake Rossen BY JAMES FREDERICK WILLIAM ROWE In the most outstanding case of journalistic insanity permitted in a major MMA news outlet, Jake Rossen declared in an editorial posted on Sherdog.com as his “best, haphazard guess” that “Emelianenko takes a fight or two in Japan, makes a mistake, loses and [...]
From CNBC.com, King of the Cage, one of the oldest MMA organizations in the US, has now regained control to its assets, which were previously owned by ProElite, when bought during a merger with the company, which is great news and a victory for the all the little guys out there! Below is the official [...]
UFC 100 and Fan Expo Recap BY CONNER CORDOVA UFC 100 has been hyped as many things, Epic, Electric, Phenomenal, but in my opinion, Historic covers all the bases. Not only were the fights memorable, but you could feel UFC fever all through the week leading up to the event. Hotels swelled in seas of [...]
On this edition of Fight Nerd Radio, we talk about the DREAM 10 Welterweight Grand Prix tournament and talk with Ben Rothwell and Jay Hieron, both competing at Affliction: Trilogy on August 1.
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