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Kimbo Slice gets ready for boxing, Gary Shaw no longer needs Viagra

Remember Kimbo Slice? The “internet sensation” that arguably was the death-knell of Elite XC, and that was eliminated from season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter” but still got a contract with the UFC, then kind of sucked in his fights and got released? He’s baaack!
Pound4Pound.com is reporting that Kimbo has begun training (a miracle unto [...]

UFC Fan Expo Boston 2010 recap

2Sep10 • TheFightNerd Team • 0 comments

The Fight Nerd heads to Boston for the first east coast UFC Fan Expo! Take a look at some of the things I saw, from shirts to gear, movies to video games, and groin cups to boxing box’s! That is not a typo!
Youtube is being a huge loser and not letting me upload a good [...]

John Cena: No chance in the UFC!

1Sep10 • ltoledo • 3 comments

For those dreaming of having WWE wrestler John Cena come to the world of MMA, keep dreaming.
In town for a taping of “Monday Night Raw” at the TD Garden in Boston, Cena told The Boston Globe, “It’s just not something that particularly interests me.’’ He also stated, “UFC is where boxing was years ago, [...]

EA Sports MMA announces welterweights & lightweights roster

1Sep10 • TheFightNerd Team • 1 comment

The final two lists of fighters have been revealed! EA Sports has been releasing their roster of fighters each week for the past month, starting with their heavyweights like Fedor, Randy Couture, & Brett Rogers and light-heavyweights such as , followed by their middleweights including Cung Le, Jake Shields, Frank Shamrock, and Jason “Mayhem” Miller, [...]

Bruce Buffer on UFC 118, toys & ring announcing

31Aug10 • TheFightNerd Team • 1 comment

The Fight Nerd meets Bruce Buffer at the UFC Fan Expo in Boston to discuss his new action figure from Round 5 MMA, and what his favorite toys were growing up. Bruce also tells us about his philosophy on ring announcing, makes his predictions for UFC 118 and makes The Fight Nerd crap his pants [...]

Damon Lau of Round 5 toys at the Boston UFC Fan Expo

30Aug10 • TheFightNerd Team • 0 comments

Damon Lau, owner of Round 5 MMA action figures, talks with The Fight Nerd about the latest products coming on shelves from Round 5, including more figures from their next wave of UFC Collector series which includes Dana White, Brock Lesnar and Royce Gracie, plus the debut of their two-packs, as well as Pride FC [...]

Three things “Unrivaled” taught me about MMA in movies

27Aug10 • TheFightNerd Team • 0 comments

By Peter Lampasona
Long before directors like Steven Soderbergh and Sylvester Stallone got the idea to cast mixed martial artists in films, former stuntman and always visionary Hector Echavarria was bringing MMA champions to the silver screen without the frills of a budget or actors. Echavarria’s latest romp into the glamorous world of straight to DVD [...]

Review of Mixed Martial Arts Training Journal

26Aug10 • jsims • 0 comments

By Jeff Sims
I get asked a lot of questions about MMA equipment all the time. Things like,”What are the best shorts? Who makes the best gloves? What supplements should I use?” I have answers for all the questions, which I make available to readers like yourself such as my pieces on KNOXX Legionnaire Fight Shorts and [...]

Profile on a scary Russian fighter: Magomed Sultanakhmedov

26Aug10 • TheFightNerd Team • 0 comments

I can not tell you which one is more daunting, get in the ring with him or trying to pronounce his name. Both are tough, but I suppose fighting against him could be more lethal. Magomed Sultanakhmedov will be making his American debut at the fourth M-1 Global selection show on September 18 against an [...]

BJ Penn hopeful that James Toney will do well against Couture at UFC 118

25Aug10 • TheFightNerd Team • 0 comments

Boxing VS MMA has been a debate raging on for years between the two combat sports. We almost had an answer in the form of Din Thomas VS Ricardo Mayorga earlier this year, but unfortunately Don King (and the executives at Shine Fights) had another thing to say about that match happening. Enter James Toney, [...]

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