The Bellator season six lightweight tournament has just a wee snag, as one of their competitors has been forced to withdraw due to some jail time. The fighter formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver, War Machine will be serving a year in the slammer, but not for new charges. “Seems my year in jail wasnt enough,” [...]
Bellator Fighting Championships returns to The Lone Star State on Friday, March 23rd for Bellator 62 live from Laredo, Texas at the Laredo Energy Arena. The night features the quarterfinals of Bellator’s $100,000 Season 6 Lightweight Tournament, as well a host of Texas’ top MMA talent. Coming off an explosive knockout victory over UFC veteran [...]
MMA Fighting’s Mike Chiappetta got some real talk from Nick Diaz and his dislike of the specter of GSP over his fight. “Yeah, I think it makes me sick,” he said. “This is Carlos’ time to be here, and to be a part of this main event. This is … half of the show is [...]
New York’s not quite mixed martial arts MMA promotion company Heavy Hands Productions made a splash today, as a head kick knockout highlight in their last event, CNY Battleground 5, went viral. Based in upstate New York, Heavy Hands has gotten around The Empire State’s ban on MMA by promoting bouts of various rules [...]
Yesterday, short film maker Mark Ward sat down for an interview with Ring of Combat light heavyweight champion Tom DeBlass. In the interview, DeBlass discusses his upcoming title defense in Ring of Combat 39 on February 10, as well as his last victory in November. Undefeated at 6-0, the New Jersey native is one [...]
Hate to burst your bubble, Carano fans, but she might not be coming back to the sport anytime soon. In an interview with British nerdery site, Den of Geek, Carano spoke about filming “Haywire” as well as if she plans on returning to MMA. “Umm, you know, I’m starting at the beginning with films, there’s [...]
Florida MMA organization “Fight Time Promotions” will be breaking a personal barrier on Friday, February 17, as they will host the company’s first women’s bout. The 115 pound matchup will also be the headliner for the event, featuring ATT standout Jessica Aguilar in a bout against Patricia Vidonic. A top-ten ranked female fighter in the [...]
The book has been shut on the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation on Zuffa owning a monopoly in MMA, and the resolution is that they the parent company of the UFC has done nothing wrong. According to a document on the FTC website addressed to antitrust lawyer, Craig Waldman, the FTC wrote the following: The Federal [...]
The legal troubles of UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem continue to mount, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported today that the Dutch fighter has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving an unnamed woman in public. According to Las Vegas police, Overeem allegedly shoved a woman in the face at about 3 a.m. On January [...]
The battle for MMA in NY just got a bit more interesting! Two months after Zuffa Entertainment filed a lawsuit against the New York State Attorney General on the grounds that the state’s ban on MMA is a violation of First Amendment rights, the plaintiffs predictably responded with a move to dismiss. This tidbit of [...]
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