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August 17 is the date to mark on your calendars, it is not just another Ultimate Fight Night but also the season premiere for The Ultimate Fighter Season 4 – The Comeback. There have been some leaks on the Internet already as to who is on Season 4 and who are the finalists. [...]
Nevada State Athletic Commission page – http://boxing.nv.gov
Here is their Fight Results page – http://boxing.nv.gov/2006resultspage.htm. Scroll down for MMA results. It is an interesting read to see the fight results with detailed information regarding the fighters, the refs and when the fighters are cleared to come back after recovering from their injuries.
Fun [...]
This Saturday we will have the rubber match between Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia for the Heavyweight belt and the rematch between Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock.
The Fight Card:
Tim Sylvia Vs. Andrei Arlovski
Tito Ortiz Vs. Ken Shamrock
Dan Christison Vs. Frank Mir
Josh Burkman Vs. Josh Neer
Yves Edwards Vs. Joe Stevenson
Also fighting but may not be broadcast [...]
The show was excellent as usual. There still seems to be a lot of commercials in between the fights. I would suggest raising the rates that way we get more fights and less commercials.
Mark Hominick vs Jorge Gurgel
Decision (Unanimous) for Hominick
This seemed like it would be a good fight because we never really [...]
Another Ultimate Fight Night at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. I am hoping that they show more than the 4 fights we were given for the TUF 3 finale.
Main events:
Chris Leben Vs. Anderson Silva
Rashad Evans Vs. Stephan Bonnar
Jonathan Goulet Vs. Luke Cummo
Additional fights that may not be broadcast:
Jon [...]
Here is an excerpt of what is pankration taken from Reference.com:
“Pankration is a sport or martial art introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC. It combined striking and grappling, and a match would be won by submission of the opponent. A contestant could signal submission by raising his hand, but sometimes the only form [...]
Though the finale was 3 hours long and only showed 4 fights, it was probably one of the best shows I have seen in a while.
The first televised bout of the night was Keith Jardine (from TUF Season 2) taking on Wilson Gouveia, a newcomer to the Octagon from American Top Team.
Though both of these [...]
Main event:
Kenny Florian vs Sam Stout
TUF Light Heavyweight:
Michael Bisping vs Josh Haynes
“I am looking forward to this match-up. I really think Bisping has the ability to the dominate this fight, hopefully Josh has stepped up his ground game.”
TUF Middleweight:
Ed Herman vs Kendall Grove
“This should be a pretty good war. I really think Kendall has [...]
As usual the episode starts with a recap of last week’s show and the last we saw was an injured Matt Hamill being rushed to the hospital. Somehow Matt injured his elbow and has a bump on his head, probably a concussion or something. Anywho… Matt is out and Mike Nickels has a broken [...]
Meet Drake Dudley. Fights out of Mohler Jiu-Jitsu in Irving, Texas.
12 years old. Remember that as you watch the video.
This is the 2nd event for the International Fight League (IFL) on FSN. I remembered to Tivo it this time!
The match-up this week pits Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls against Maurice Smith’s Tiger Sharks.
vs The first match of the night is the lightweight division with the Pitbull’s Erik Owings taking on Tiger Shark’s [...]
Check out FightOpinion.com for a play-by-play.
I happened to tune in after the first fight and caught the last four. The fights were good with both decent standing and ground action.
It is definitely different than watching the UFC or even Pride. The IFL is using a boxing ring similar to the one [...]
From the BostonHerald.com:
—- “The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback” is set to debut Thursday, Aug. 17 at 10 p.m. on Spike. The fourth season will focus on fighters whose dream of winning a UFC title have never come true. The 16 former UFC fighters – eight middleweights and eight welterweights – are already gathered in Las [...]
“The one-hour shows will air on May 21, May 28 and June 4, with each original show cut from footage gathered during the IFL’s April 29 and June 3 events in Atlantic City at Trump Taj Mahal.”
via iCompete.org
Check your local listings for show times: FSN TV Schedule
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know Strikeforce held the first sanctioned MMA fight in California with the headline fight between Frank Shamrock and Cesar Gracie.
Strikeforce has returned now with Vitor Belfort versus Pride fighter Alistair Overeem. Originally, the fight was going to be between Belfort and Kevin Randleman, but Randleman [...]
For a complete review of the actual fights, check out Sherdog’s page.
I just want to touch upon a few of the fights:
Sean Sherk vs Nick Diaz – I really thought this might be Diaz’ night to pull off a much needed victory but alas the Fates had other plans in mind. I [...]
I am looking forward to this card. The headline fights are Andre Arlovski vs Tim Sylvia and Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin.
If you like to make your picks on who is going to win their fight, I suggest checking the UFC’s Fantasy Picks — fantasy.ufc.tv – to be able to set up your [...]
The new International Fight League (IFL) a team-based fight league that will be premiering Saturday April 29 in Atlantic City at Trump Taj Mahal will be getting cable TV air time on Fox Sports Net (FSN) on May 21st.
Los Angeles – March 28, 2006 – Underscoring the fast-growing popularity of mixed martial arts, Fox Sports [...]
Shamrock vs Gracie can be found on the homepage of Google Video or you can go to the page directly here. It is just a highlight reel with the option of purchasing the entire show for $4.99, however I think you need a Windows machine to be able to order it. I am [...]
Being a native of California, I was excited to hear that MMA was now legalized and the first event was to take place at the Shark Tank in San Jose with Frank Shamrock and Cesar Gracie headlining the show. Cung Le was even going to make his MMA debut. This historic event took [...]
For the play-by-play I suggest checking out MMAblogger.com. This UFC was definitely a favorite of mine. The headline fights was Rich Franklin vs David Loiseau and the return of BJ Penn vs George St Pierre.
Let me start with BJ Penn and George St. Pierre. This was a three round fight [...]
UFC 57 featured the rubber match (best 2-out-of-3) for Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. Couture won the decision the first time they fought and then the second time Chuck won it with a knockout of Couture, his first of his career. I know I was rooting for Couture and most of the crowd [...]