Saturday, March 07, 2009

Bellator Fighting Championships, announced today that Bellator II (the second event of the highly anticipated 12-week tournament series airing on ESPN Deportes) will be hosted by Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut on April 10, 2009.  The second nationally and internationally-televised event hosted by Mohegan Sun will occur Friday, June 12, 2009 and will feature a Bellator World Championship bout.

Friday, March 06, 2009

You asked for it, and now you receive.  In addition to our facebook & myspace widget, we are proud to announce a brand new widget for you Apple people. 

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The following are the official weigh-in results for Saturday night’s UFC 96 card. UFC 96, features a light heavyweight bout between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine, will air live on pay-per-view from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio beginning at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.

Mike Ciesnolevicz takes a few moments to chat with MMA Spot’s J. Andrew Yount about his recent victory over Neil Grove. Also find out more information on the well experienced former International Fight League (IFL) star. Information like: how he got started in Martial Arts, where he started training, the different disciplines he's learned, who he admires, and how he paid homage to legends Jeremy Horn and Pat Miletich over a weekend this past June.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Dream, the Japanese mixed martial arts promotion, will proceed with the opening salvo of their 2009 Featherweight Grandprix this Sunday, 3/8/09.  The seventh event for the organization, the card will include the initial round of a competition between 12 featherweight fighters, the 139 lb weight class.  In addition to the six featherweight bouts, the event will include one welterweight match and two lightweight matches.  Dream 7 will air on tape-delay on Saturday, March 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.  For a complete list of the participants continue below. 

UFC President Dana White recently gave an interview to USA Today where he revealed a variety of scenarios regarding the future of the light heavyweight division, fighters unwilling to fight their friends, and the possibility of the first ever cut of a winner of the popular reality show, "The Ultimate Fighter".

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

MMA Spot's D.W. Antler breaks down the potentially huge implications for several fighters competing on Saturday night's Pay-Per-View event, UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine. Get details on what may happen to these fighters if they were to win, and the possible consequences if they were to lose this Saturday.
 

M-1 Global has issued a press release attributing Kirill Sidelnikov's positive test for Stanozol due to a commonly used Russian nasal spray taken by the fighter prior to the fight and cites the error as a youthful lapse of judgment. 

Marcos Galvao's bout with Damacio Page at WEC 39 on March 1st ended in breathtaking fashion at 18 seconds into the match as Galvao suffered a brutal KO.  After the fighter was knocked unconscious Damacio delivered two more punches before the fight was stopped by referee Rafael Ramos.  While Ramos was criticized for what has been deemed by some as a late stoppage, the heavier criticism was leveled at the WEC for what occured afterward. 

Earlier this week it was reported that the highly anticipated rematch between WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown and former champ Uriah Faber may be about to be announced and that the proposed match would be broadcast as WEC's first PPV.  The suggestion came from Dana White himself during an interview with the Sacramento  radio statio KHTK as reported by Five Ounces of Pain.

According to a report from UK based Fighters Only, Stefan "The Skyscraper" Struve (16-3) will be fighting Denis "The Menace" Stojnic (5-2) at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany.  Both fighters suffered a defeat by TKO in their respective UFC debuts.  The fight itself is being reported as a elimination bout where the loser is cut from the organization, though the certainty of this provision has not been confirmed by the UFC.

Following two days of official  announcements from the UFC, the fight card for UFC 98 "Lesnar vs Mir 2" taking place on Saturday, May 23rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV has been solidified. 

In addition to the heavyweight title fight and rematch of Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, the long anticipated grudge match between Matt Huges and and Matt Serra has also been confirmed.  Rounding out the main card, a bout between perennial middleweight pretender Yushi Okami vs. up-and-comer Dan Miller has been added.  The listing for the full card follows below: