Aleksander Emelianenko (15-3) will return to mixed martial arts action after a year long lay off. Emelianenko will meet former Olympic wrestler Eddy Bengtsson at "ProFC: Commonwealth Cup" on April 23rd in Moscow, Russia.
WEC 48 marks the first time the WEC will hold a pay per view event. Making the most of their debut, the WEC has put up two title fights and three solid other matches.
Vince Ramos will be making his professional mixed martial arts debut on Friday against Danny Black at Ruckus 2. The undefeated amateur fighter took time out of his training camp to talk to MMA Recap's Brent Todd to give his thoughts on the upcoming fight.
UFC Primetime will air as a three part series starting Wednesday night on Spike TV. The series will air at 10:00 p.m. ET and will feature the training regimen of both Georges St. Pierre and Dan Hardy as they head into their title fight for UFC 111.
Trevor Prangley likely could have went home with significantly more cash, though he was still the top earner at Strikeforce Challengers 6 “Kaufman vs. Hashi” pocketing $15,000 for his technical draw with middleweight prospect Karl Amoussou who earned $8,000 himself.
ASTRA promoters announced earlier today that Sengoku veteran Michiro Omigawa (9-8-1) will take on WEC veteran Micah Miller (13-3). The bout will take place on the main card leading up to Japanese legend Hidehiko Yoshida's retirement fight.
Anthony Marti, known by Tony Marti to his friends will be taking a two-fight win streak into his fight with Dustin Neace this Friday. The featherweight matchup is just one of eight professional fights scheduled for the night of action. MMA Recap's Brent Todd caught up with Marti to talk about the upcoming fight and his training camp.
Ruckus Entertainment will put on their second show "Ruckus 2" on Friday March 12 from Venuti's Banquet Hall in Addison, Illinois. Six amateur bouts will kick off the night before eight professional bouts end the night.
Dustin Neace will be taking on Anthony Marti at Ruckus 2 this Friday night. Neace has gone 1-1 in his last two fights with a loss to Jeff Curran at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers" in November after suffering a rib injury just ninety nine seconds into the fight. His victory came in January against Mile Glenn at the IFC when he finished the fight by rear naked choke in the first round. MMA Recap's Brent Todd caught up with Neace to find out how his training camp has been going for this fight.
Mixed martial arts veteran John "The Natural" Alessio (27-13) is campaigning to be apart of UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The thirty year old maturing Canadian fighter most recently scored his third straight victory at Ring of Fire 37. After Alessio submitted Matt Delanoit at Ring of Fire, he made it known that his sights are set on being in the UFC to fight in his hometown.
Fans at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio were treated to some ups and downs but an overall entertaining event by WEC, par for the promotion's course for the last several years, complete with upsets both of the main events as Miguel Torres submitted to Joseph Benevidez's guillotine and Dominick Cruz logged a TKO victory over Brian Bowles through a doctor stoppage. The event aired live on the Versus network.
UFC has discovered what many southern Californians already knew: Travis Browne (9-0) is a talented mixed martial artist and the world's top fight promotion has signed him in kind. The signing comes as no surprise to those who have watched him tear through the highly competitive local scene for the last year as he worked his way up the heavyweight ladder and made quick work of a couple of former UFC guys in the process.
"Ring of Fire 37: Warlords" took place at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska and had another night of great action. Only three of the fourteen bouts on the Ring of Fire card went the distance in a night that featured a huge upset and several UFC veterans.
Krzysztof Soszynski (19-9-1) and Stephan Bonnar (11-7) may, indeed, finish what they started at UFC 110 where a hard fought battle by both men ended prematurely due to a cut on Bonnar's forehead. According to mmafrenzy.com, The rematch is now tentatively scheduled to take place and possibly co-headline The Ultimate Finale 11, rumored to be held on July 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Craig Zimmerman’s MEZ Sports presented Smackdown at the Shrine in the venue’s Exhibition Hall on Thursday night featuring both boxing and MMA in coexistence. The main events were contested under MMA rules and featured bouts between Nick Reale (7-2) and Steve Magdaleno (6-1) while the final fight of the evening was contested by Aaron Miller (9-7) and Cory Grant (4-1). The boxing main event was held up by Damien Wills (19-2) and Billy Willis (12-17).
Shine Fights matchmaker Ron Foster informed MMA Recap earlier today that the Shine Fights 3 main event between Ricardo Mayorga and Din Thomas (25-8) will be contested at a catchweight of 160lbs. "Shine Fights 3: Mayorga vs Thomas" will take place May 15th at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
A welterweight matchup between Yoshiyuki Yoshida (11-4) and Mike Guymon (11-3-1) has been added to UFC 113. The fight is expected to take place on the preliminary card and no word yet if it will be aired by SpikeTV or not.
"Ring of Fire 37: Warlords" will take place tomorrow night at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. The event will feature the likes of UFC veterans John "The Natural" Alessio, Justin Wren, Chad Reiner, and Luke Caudillo. Also on the card will be mma veteran Alonzo "Zo Diddy" Martinez against Demi Deeds.
The Bellator Fighting Championships has now signed Janne Tulirinta (12-3) and Chad Hinton (6-0) to compete in the lightweight tournament for season 2. Tulirinta and Hinton will join the likes of Mike Ricci, Carey Vanier, and Ferrid Kheder to add more depth in the lightweight tournament.
On Thursday, March 4th, California will be invaded by MEZ Sports' presentation of Smackdown at the Shrine from the historic Shrine Exhibition Hall in Los Angeles and the promotion's first ever hybrid MMA and Boxing event. The 13 fight card will feature 8 Mixed Martial Arts and 5 Boxing bouts with two MMA fights serving as co-headliners, culminating in a main event between an underrated Aaron Miller (9-6) and Team Quest Murrietta's Cory Grant (3-1). Several other Inland Empire fighters are also set to take part in the undercard.
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Earlier today FEG officials confirmed at the DREAM press conference that DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki (23-4) will take on Gilbert Melendez (17-2) for the Strikeforce lightweight title in April. Also announced, was Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz (through the partnership Strikeforce and DREAM have) will likely fight for DREAM in May.
“Mark Burnett Presents King of the Cage Legacy” will be the second event held by the 12 year old MMA promotion that will be aired live on Hdnet since the reality show king joined the ownership ranks of the southern California-based fight promotion. The show will air on March 26th at 10pm ET (7pm PT) and features bout between Mike Kyle (14-7-1) and Jon Murphy (5-3). Also competing on the card are Jaime Jara (25-7), Nick Gaston (1-0, 1 NC), and the highly touted Quinn Mulhern (8-1), fresh off of his victory over UFC veteran Rich Clementi.
Herschel Walker drew more mainstream media attention to mixed martial arts at one time than any other figure in Strikeforce history. That is quite a statement to have on a fight promotion's resume and with America's top television network as a partner, someone is bound to take notice. And they have.
Recently added to the Ultimate Fight Night 21 card, Nik Lentz (17-3-2) will take on Robert Emerson (9-8) in a preliminary bout on the card. Ultimate Fight Night 21 will take place at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina and will feature a lightweight battle between former Pride lightweight champion Takanori Gomi and top ranked lightweight Kenny Florian.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (25-4) has now inked a deal with DREAM. Barnett is likely to be apart of the DREAM 13 card on March 22nd with Joachim Hansen vs Bibiano Fernandes for the DREAM featherweight title as the headliner.
"Ultimate Fighter" season 9 veteran Jeff Lawson (13-3) has now inked a three-fight deal with Shine Fights. This will mark another solid addition to the fight roster of the young promotion that's been grabbing headlines with the blockbuster fight between Ricardo Mayorga and Din Thomas.
During their successful Challengers VI show on Friday night, Strikeforce ring announcer Danny Miller mentioned that there might be a “big announcement” from the promotion on Monday. Unfortunately, nothing official came from them specifically, but several fights were confirmed by various sources and fighters for both a possible May 15th and April 17th event on Showtime and CBS respectively.
Amir Sadollah (3-1) won the seventh season of the "Ultimate Fighter" after defeating middleweight favorite C.B. Dollaway for the second time by way of armbar. Since then he's dropped down to welterweight and has solidified himself as one of the hottest UFC prospects.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (15-6) has now inked a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce. The news of Arlovski's signing was made official on Arlovski's on website earlier today. Arlovski is also likely to fight Antonio Silva (13-2), on the May 15th card for Strikeforce in St. Louis, Missouri.
