An interview on Fighters Only website revealed that “The Natural” Randy Couture has a desire to fight Mirko Crocop. Randy, whose son Ryan is making his pro-MMA debut on August 13th in Srikeforce, was quoted by “a source very close to the veteran fighter” at Xtreme Couture as saying: “I can almost guarantee that he [...]
Team Quest member Tyson Jeffries talks with The Fight Nerd about his upcoming match at M-1 Global Selection Americas 3 against Plinio Cruz on August 7 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We discuss his fight strategy, as well as if he thought the ref stopping his qualifying fight due to his opponent having a problem [...]
China is slowly catching up to the rest of the world when it comes to MMA thanks to organizations like Art of War, but an event is being held this fall not for mixed martial arts, but for competitive combat sports as a whole. SportAccord signed an agreement with the city of Beijing, to organize [...]
Attention all lovers of Bruce Lee! I suggest you get a clean pair of underwear before you read this. Celebrating his 70th anniversary and paying tribute to the 20th century’s most influential martial artists in the world, Hot Toys has sent us images of the 1/6th scale Bruce Lee Collectible Figure, specially crafted based on [...]
Ryan Couture’s Pro Debut against Art Martinez from Tuff-N-Uff, Feb. 2009 The August Strikeforce Challengers event is shaping up to be interesting, despite the company still being unsure of whether Carina Damm will be fighting or not. Ryan Couture, son of MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture, has signed a multi-fight agreement STRIKEFORCE and will [...]
Hot off the presses! Strikeforce just sent out a memo regarding women’s MMA fighter Carina Damm, who is set to participate in a 135 lb. tournament in about two weeks or so. Rumors have been spreading about her ability (or inability depending on which side of the story you are on) to participate due to [...]
One New Yorker is out of UFC 118 in Boston, while a New Jersey native steps in! The NYBA Phil Baroni is out of his match on August 28 against 5-1 John Salter due to a collarbone injury. Replacing him is Dan Miller of New Jersey, or “Joisey” as the locals call it, out of [...]
M-1 Global’s M-1 Selection 2010 Americas Semi-Final world tournament bouts have been finalized with the live event taking place August 7, 2010 at Bally’s Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Even bigger news is that Fedor Emelianenko will be attending as a special guest! Yes, that is right, the recently dethroned top ranked fighter, [...]
Coming up in a few weeks, TIm Sylvia returns to competition as he takes on “The Headhunter” Paul Buentello at “War on the Mainland“. We got an exclusive interview with the former UFC heavyweight champion as he prepares for this showdown that was years in the making! When last we spoke to Big Tim… well, [...]
Over on MAMMA-online.com, I read a piece about the UFC and Pirates. YARRR! No, not those kind of pirates sadly. Zuffa recently announced that it has served subpoenas on two streaming video websites, commanding them to reveal the identities of users who have uploaded video of live Pay-Per-View UFC events. The websites, Justin.tv and Ustream.tv, [...]
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