Ken Shamrock Scheduled to Fight at 51 Years Old Michael Davis March 4, 2015 News Bellator MMA hosted a pre-fight press conference last week featuring Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock. Myself and my colleague Garrett Derr were on hand for the conference. Their future fight was announced...
Fight of the Week: Benjamin Smith vs. Indalecio Tat Romero RJ Gardner March 4, 2015 Events, Feature Stories, Fight of the Week, RFA, Spotlight Unlike other professional sports, there is no offseason in MMA. Week in and week out fight cards all over the world are taking place. Some weeks there will be major fight cards filled with big name fighters...
RFA 24: What to Watch For RJ Gardner March 4, 2015 Events, Feature Stories, RFA, Spotlight, What to Watch For On Friday, March 6, 2015, the RFA heads to the Mystic Lake Casino & Hotel in Prior Lake, Minn. for RFA 24: Smith vs. Romero. Over the past couple of years, the RFA has become the premier developmental...
Rousey’s Claim To Fame, With a Little Assistance From Her Mom Colter Lindstrom March 4, 2015 Feature Stories, News, Spotlight, UFC By now, we have all heard about how Ronda Rousey destroyed Cat Zingano in 14 seconds; although, one could argue (to side with Judo Gene Lebell) that the fight was over at 12.83 seconds. Regardless, we can all...
Brandon Halsey Set to Defend Middleweight Belt Against Kendall Grove at Bellator 137 José Youngs March 4, 2015 Bellator, News, Spotlight Undefeated Bellator MMA World Middleweight Champion Brandon "Bull" Halsey looks to defend his belt for the first time when he takes on towering Hawaiian scrapper Kendall "Da Spyder" Grove. The contest...
UFC Confirms UFC 193 Will Take Place in Melbourne on Nov. 15 Following Lift of Cagefighting Ban José Youngs March 3, 2015 News, Spotlight, UFC History has been made. Earlier today the UFC announced they are heading to Melbourne, Australia for the first time in company history to bring fight fans everywhere UFC 193. While no venue was announced,...
Josh Burkman vs. Dong Hyun Kim Added to UFC 187 in Las Vegas José Youngs March 3, 2015 Fight Announcements, News, Spotlight, UFC According the the UFC, a welterweight bout between Korean import Dong Hyun Kim and the always popular Josh Burkman has officially been added to UFC 187 in Las Vegas. Kim (19-3) is coming off a first...
The List: Top 5 Mixed Martial Arts Venues Michael Davis March 3, 2015 Feature Stories, News, Spotlight, UFC Certain places are considered to be meccas in combat sports. These are the places that fighter's strive to fight in. In the same way that a fighter will want to fight for a certain elite organization, they...
Is Anyone a Threat to Ronda Rousey’s Title Reign? RJ Gardner March 3, 2015 Editorials, Feature Stories, Spotlight, UFC Heading into UFC 184 this past Saturday many believed that Cat Zingano would prove to be the toughest test of UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s career. But it took Rousey just 14 seconds to...
Mousasi vs. Philippou, Magney vs. Lim Added to UFC Fight Night 66 in Philippines José Youngs March 2, 2015 Events, Fight Announcements, News, Spotlight, UFC The UFC Night Night continues to grow. On Monday afternoon, the UFC announced the addition of two keys bouts to their first trip to the Philippines. Mousasi (36-5-2), a former Strikeforce, Cage...
