World Wide MMA News

2013/05/07

Coming Soon - MFC 37, UVC 23, AFC 5, Bad Boyz R Back, CFFC 24, La Familia Fight Night 4, DF 2, CWFC Fight Night 8, Max Sport 13.2

Coming Soon: Details and Fight Cards For The Weekend (pt 1)

MFC 37, UVC 23, AFC 5, Bad Boyz R Back, CFFC 24, La Familia Fight Night 4, DF 2, CWFC Fight Night 8, Max Sport 13.2

Canada's Number One MMA Organisation and the Worlds second longest established MMA event.

First Event: March 03 2001

MFC 37 True Grit

Fight Card HERE

Ultimate Victory Challenge (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

First Event: July 12th 2008

UVC 23 Invasion

Fight Card HERE

Australian Fighting Championship (Melbourne)

First Event: November 12th 2010

AFC 5

Fight Card HERE

Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz (Colorado, USA)

First Event: March 19th 2005

Bad Boyz R Back

No Fight Card

Cage Fury Fighting Championship (Atlantic City, USA)

First Event: June 30th 2006

CFFC 24 - Sullivan vs Becker

Fight Card HERE:

La Familia Fight Night (Halle, Germany)

First Event: May 9th 2010

La Familia Fight Night 4

Fight Card HERE:

Detonic Fight (Minas Garais, Brazil)

First Event: February 23rd 2013

Detonic Fight - DF 2

Fight Card HERE:

Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates)

First Event: 27th July 2002

CWFC Fight Night 8

Fight Card HERE:

Max Sport (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

First Event: 10th November 2012

Max Sport 13.2

Fight Card HERE:

2013/05/06

Bec Hyatt vs Mizuki Inoue at Invicta 6, News from UFC more Fighters Cut, Tim Sylvia vs Tony Johnson Jnr at ONE FC?

This and lots more news in one tidy little package that is World MMA News Digest

Vinny Magalhaes accepts Anthony Perosh bout for UFC 163

You don't have to ask Vinny Magalhaes more than once for a fight, as the Brazilian agreed via Twitter to face Anthony Perosh.

Frankie Edgar says UFC 162 Will bring out his best as his backs against the wall

Frankie Edgar's going to be out of his element this summer when he steps into the cage at UFC 162. For the first time since defeating Matt Veach in December of 2009, Edgar will be competing in a three round, non-title fight when he takes on Charles Oliveira.

Antonio Carvalho released by UFC

Antonio Carvalho has been released from the UFC. The fighter confirmed his exit via Twitter.

Pablo Garza released by UFC

Pablo Garza has been released from his UFC contract, according to the fighter himself. Garza went 1-3 in his last four bouts.

Todd Duffee details the mindf**k that was life outside the UFC

Flash back to UFC 102, Todd Duffee was a 24-year-old heavyweight monster who just made his UFC debut by knocking out Tim Hague in 7-seconds, a then UFC record. His next fight was the insane war with Mike Russow at UFC 114, that would see Duffee delivered his first loss in stunning fashion after dominating Russow for the better part of twelve minutes. One big heavyweight shot and Duffee was out cold and out in the cold, fired from the UFC

Tuf Brazil 2: The aftermath Week 8

Team Werdum’s Daniel “Gelo” Oliveira was chosen to face Team Nogueira’s Cleiton Duarte. Meanwhile, the UFC had selected two fighters, Thiago Santos and Pedro Iriê, to return in the wild card bout for an opportunity to return to the competition.

Bec Hyatt vs Mizuki Inoue at Invicta 6

Bec Hyatt (5-2-0) will take on dangerous Japanese up-and-comer Mizuki Inoue (5-1-0) atInvicta 6 scheduled for July 16.

Fight Master: Bellator MMA reveals 32 contestants

With the debut of Fight Master: Bellator MMA approaching, the promotion has revealed which 32 fighters will be competing for a shot in an upcoming tournament and $100,000. It has former UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator fighters selected.

Tim Sylvia vs Tony Johnson Jr for ONE FC 9

Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-8-1) is coming back to Manila for the second time as he faces heavy-handed fighter Tony Johnson Jr. (6-1) at One FC 9 ‘Rise to Power’ at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 31^st, 2013. Although the fight has not been officially announced yet by the One FC officials, reliable sources close to both fighters told us that the fight is already a done deal.

Phil Baroni's ONE FC guest blog part 3.

I'm feeling like I'm in really good shape right now, and ready to go if the fight was this week. I turned the corner last week. My conditioning is on point, and more than a couple of guys at AKA commented that I'm in really good shape.

The return of the Machine - Diesel re-enters the Hexagon

Johannesburg (South Africa) – At EFC AFRICA 20 the legendary Neil ‘The Original’ Diesel is to return to the Hexagon in a highly anticipated welterweight matchup with skilled striker Juan ‘Legacy’ Lubbe, himself fresh off of a win over David van Schalkwyk at EFC AFRICA 18.

Rocktagon XXVI The Recap

This past Saturday night Rocktagon MMA rolled into The Argo in Cleveland, Ohio for their latest event. Altough Team BluegrassMMA was not on hand to witness the event we were able to get the scoop on the results courtesy of our great friends over at StandThemUp.org. This was their 26th show under the Rocktagon umbrella and their fourth event of 2013′s “Journey of Champions” format.

Ohio Fighting Championships OFC 16 The Recap: Scoby vs Clark

In was another great turnout for the Ohio Fighting Championship as they ventured to a new venue, the Makoy Center, in Hilliard, Ohio this past Friday night. A few things prevented a sell-out crowd including, as it seems for all promoters as of late, fighters dropping like flies from the card.

MMA Fights Pasadena Proving Grounds 9 - Recap

Savant Young's Proving Grounds, held at The Fight Academy in Pasadena, California, held its ninth edition on May 4.

Fight of the Week MFC 37 Preview - Chris Barnett vs Smealinho Rama

For the 37th installment of Maximum Fighting Championship, President and CEO Mark Pavelich and his family once again bring an exciting card to the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As a bonus, the night’s main event will result in the coronation of the promotion’s first-ever heavyweight champion.

Smealinho Rama: Cleaning out the MFC's Heavyweight Division, one opponent at a time

At only 21 years of age and at 6-0 as a mixed martial artist, Smealinho “The Prince” Rama already finds himself hungry for more competition. In his defense, though, he definitively defeated everyone offered to him by Maximum Fighting Championship CEO Mark Pavelich. In fact, Rama not only defeated his first three MFC opponents, but he also finished all three of them in the first round.

Superior FC (canada)

Other MMA News

Boxing Queen Holly Holm leaving ring for cage

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (May 6, 2013) - The true "Queen of Boxing," 14-time world champion Holly "The Preacher's Daughter" Holm, may be hanging-up her gloves Saturday night but she's only switching from a ring to a cage as she pursues her very promising mixed-martial-arts (MMA) career.

2013/05/05

Clifford Starks Released - Wimp 2 Warrior Episode 3 - More From Eddie Alvarez - Videos from Imperium MMA and Absolute Action

Wimp 2 Warrior, Eddie Alvarez, Imperium MMA,

Cage Warriors, UFC, Absolute Action MMA

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UFC releases middleweight Clifford Starks

UFC on Fox 7 opened with a middleweight bout between Clifford Starks and Yoel Romero. Starks was on the wrong end of a fantastic flying knee KO, and it's apparently cost him his job.

Ian McCall to Guadinot "You've called me out enough. Set it up UFC"

UFC Flyweight Ian McCall has had enough of the trash talking coming from fellow featherweight Louis Guadinot. Gaudinot hasn’t fought since last May and is set to be headed back to the octagon soon, and McCall thinks it’s time to end the back and forth between the two. No matter who he faces, McCall is likely in a must win situation as he is 0-2-1 in UFC run to date.

Chris Cariaso: A road warrior welcomes his upcoming trip to Brazil

You’ve heard the horror stories before. A fighter travels overseas and can’t make weight because he’s dealing with food that he’s not accustomed to. Or jet lag has him lethargic and unable to get back on track by fight night. Or maybe he’s just out of sorts because he’s thousands of miles away from home.

Has Brett Rodgers been released from Bellator?

Brett Rogers has had a sordid history with MMA, both in and out of the cage. Once a surprising blue-collar prospect in Strikeforce, he gained a groundswell of fan support with his story of working in the garage at Sam's Club, changing tires, all the way to a heavyweight title shot. However, that early support, and success was short lived.

Eddie Alvarez: This is a lot less about Bjorn guys and a lot more about Viacom.

Eddie Alvarez has continued his online rant about Bellator, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, and now Viacom who is now part owner of Bellator and owner of SpikeTV.

World Series of Fighting 3: John Fitch vs Josh Burkman. Fight Card

Remember Jon Fitch? He used to be a UFC welterweight contender, but then he failed to win 3 of his final 4 fights and the UFC cut him. The reason for the shock release? He's "very f**king expensive" according to Dana White.

Cage Warriors Review and 54 Results

Cage Warriors took their show to Wales last night, with an excellent card headlined by a title fight between Jesse Taylor and John Phillips. Here are the results.

Caveman Vanttinen hunting for first round finish at Cage 22

Cage 22, that takes place on 11th of May in Vantaa, Finland, has a strong card with great mixture of established and highly regarded veterans on the main card and talented up-n-comers on the under card. One of the tough veterans on the main card is Finland’s own Marcus “Caveman” Vänttinen (21-5) who takes on the French brawler Boubacar Balde (9-5) in a light heavyweight match up that has a promise of excitement written all over it.

KSW 23

June 8th KSW Polands largest MMA organisation heads back to the Ergo Arena at Gdansk. At KSW 23 Polands top MMA fighters will face well known fighters from abroad.