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Rashad explains why he left Jackson and joined Blackzilians on tonight’s “MMA Uncensored Live”

By The Fight Nerd on Apr 19, 2012 in News

SPIKE Preview: A Visit with the Blackzilians www.spike.com Spike Full Episodes Spike Video Clips Spike on Facebook This week’s episode of “MMA Uncensored Live” on Spike TV will include an interview with Bellator lightweight Eddie Alvarez as he prepares for his rematch against Shinya Aoki and his plans for the future plus, a look at [...]

Pros Pick Against the Odds in Jon Jones versus Rashad Evans

By Peter Lampasona on Apr 12, 2012 in News

Today, the people at MMA Interviews made the above compilation of fighter picks for the upcoming light heavyweight title tilt between incumbent Jon Jones and former champion Rashad Evans. Given the overwhelming odds in favor of Jones, currently a -550 aggregate favorite, the professionals were surprisingly split on which fighter would leave UFC 145 [...]

Rashad Evans Knows How to Sell a Fight

By Peter Lampasona on Apr 11, 2012 in News

Last night on Fuel TV’s UFC program Ultimate Insider, the show aired a Counter Punch segment featuring light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and his former teammate, former title holder, and number one contender Rashad Evans. Modeled after HBO Sport’s Face Off, Counter Punch takes the headliners of a big up and coming fight and [...]

Friday Link Party- April 6, 2012

By Peter Lampasona on Apr 06, 2012 in News

MMA Mania scored an exclusive interview with Swedish-Congolese welterweight Papy Abedi. I changed teams and I started training with Alexander Gustafsson and his head coach. That helped my confidence because I was with a new coach that helped me prepare for this fight and that helped me get my confidence back by working in a [...]

Rashad Evans and Tennis Pro Victoria Azarenka Swap Stories

By Peter Lampasona on Mar 23, 2012 in News

Cross-over promotional videos with athletes from different sports is always an interesting contrast. And, while MMA and tennis seem to be very different, two of the respective sports’ most media-palatable figures, Rashad Evans and Victoria Azarenka, seem to have a lot in common. In the above video, Evans and Azarenka talk about the similarities [...]

Friday Link Party- March 16, 2012

By Peter Lampasona on Mar 16, 2012 in News

MMA Mania features an exclusive interview with Bellator’s Jeremiah Riggs. Jeremiah Riggs: The big thing with me was really just from all the previous fights I had. I hate to say I regret taking the fight I took, but a lot of my ring time experience was a lot of my learning experience. I [...]

Friday Link Party – February 17, 2012

By Peter Lampasona on Feb 17, 2012 in News

MMA Convert’s Jim Genia goes in a different direction with the plight of one of MMA’s behind the scenes figures. This is a story about Keith Mills, who, at 43-years old, has been covering the sport of mixed martial arts since before it was even called that, since before there was “The Ultimate Fighter” and [...]

UFC on Fox 2 Post-Fight Press Conference Video

By The Fight Nerd on Jan 30, 2012 in Features, Interviews, Random Fun, Videos

Our last bit of coverage from this weekend’s UFC on Fox 2 event in Chicago is this video from the post-fight press conference. Featuring Rashad Evans, Phil Davis, Chael Sonnen, Michael Bisping, Lavar Johnson, and Mike Russow, Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura snuck in a few questions during this event to rep the site the [...]

UFC on Fox 2 weigh-in’s video

By The Fight Nerd on Jan 28, 2012 in Features, News

All fighters made weight for the UFC on Fox 2 event, and are set to go later today for this much bigger show that will give America a (hopefully) better taste of what MMA is all about beyond a 64 second knockout. Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura was on hand to snap photos of the [...]

UFC on Fox 2 Weigh-in’s Photo Gallery

By The Fight Nerd on Jan 27, 2012 in Features

Earlier today at The Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois, the UFC held their weigh-in’s for this Saturday’s UFC on Fox 2 event. Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura was on hand to snap some exclusive shots of this event, with plenty more shots after the jump! All fighters made weight with no troubles, other than Michael [...]