It appears hard-hitting Brazilian striker Thiago Alves will put his skills to the test against John “Doomsday” Howard at UFC 124 in Montreal this December. Alves will be looking to get back on the winning track at the event after losing his previous two bouts via decision to Jon Fitch and welterweight champ Georges St. [...]

Mixed Martial Arts is quickly becoming a “never say never” sport. Karo Parisyan, who was told he would never fight again in the UFC by promotional president Dana White after withdrawing from a scheduled bout at the last second, has apparently been given a chance to redeem himself on MMA’s biggest stage and will return [...]

Former WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber will make his debut at 135-pounds this November after injuring his MCL in July while training. Fortunately, surgery wasn’t required to correct the problem, and as a result “The California Kid” was scheduled to be ready for a return to the cage sooner than later. Though Faber had expressed [...]

PRESS RELEASE / SAN ANTONIO, TX. (September 2, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships crowned a new Featherweight World Champion in front of a boisterous crowd at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Fans were treated to a full card of electrifying fights that included one of the best comebacks in the history of the sport. [...]

Welcome back to another edition of “MMA Link Club”, Five Ounces of Pain‘s weekly smorgasbord of work from our brothers and sisters in the MMA community. Enjoy… Mariusz Pudzianowski Slimming Down, Wants Butterbean (MiddleEasy.com) Concern Remains for the Recovery of Alan Belcher’s Vision (CagePotato.com) Ben Fowlkes Goes Beneath the Red-Dye and Gets into Jason Miller’s [...]

Half-a-million dollars may sound like small potatoes to fans accustomed with the enormous payouts main event boxers often receive but in the case of Mixed Martial Arts it stands out as being one of the top per-fight salaries in the sport’s history. Those worlds collided earlier today when it was announced iconic boxer James Toney [...]

Season Two tournament winner Ben Askren will fight current Bellator 170-pound champion Lyman Good on at Bellator 33 on October 21st in Philadelphia according to a post on the former Olympian’s Twitter account. In addition to confirming the fight, he also sent a clear message to Good, saying, “Kansas city, Philly, or your back yard, [...]

Who will win the upcoming rematch between Frank Edgar and Gray Maynard? Do you agree that Kenny Florian chokes in big fights? Who should BJ Penn fight next? Which division should Nate Diaz call home? Will we see Randy Couture fighting for gold in 2011? After a somewhat-historic night in Boston at UFC 118 we’ve [...]

When Demian Maia entered the Octagon against Mario Miranda last weekend at UFC 118 he was no doubt looking to erase the public’s collective memory of his previous performance, a one-sided decision loss to Anderson Silva last April. The five-round shellacking was more notable for Silva’s bizarre antics than any offense offered up by the [...]

PRESS RELEASE / San Antonio, Tx. (September 1, 2010) — On the eve of Bellator Fighting Championships’ much-anticipated match-up between Joe Soto and Joe Warren, the fighters competing in tomorrow’s event participated in an official weigh-in earlier this evening — all making weight. Bellator 27 will be broadcast live in prime time nationwide on Thursday [...]

Fans questioning Ken Shamrock’s future in Mixed Martial Arts were given a new nugget for discussion earlier today when it was revealed the one-time “World’s Most Dangerous Man” will step into the ring once again on October 16th. Shamrock, who is 1-6 in his last seven fights, will compete on USA MMA’s upcoming event in [...]

It looks like “Motown” will transform into “KO-town” this November when UFC 123 rolls into the iconic American city on the twentieth. The event is scheduled to take place at the Palace of Auburn Hills (home to the NBA’s Detroit Pistons) and will be the second time the UFC has ventured into the area with [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 30, 2010) —Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the signing of undefeated MMA prospect Chris “The Assassin” Lozano to its already impressive roster. Sporting an impressive undefeated record of 5-0, Lozano has dominated all of his fights to date, beating all five opponents he has faced by TKO or KO, [...]

Strikeforce heavyweight Brett Rogers will attempt to steer his career back onto the winning track this Fall by heading north to Nova Scotia for his next fight. “The Grim”, who began his career with ten straight wins prior to losing consecutive bouts to Alistair Overeem and Fedor Emelianenko, will face Ruben “Warpath” Villareal at “W-1: [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 30, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the official Local Feature Fights line-up for Bellator 27 taking place in San Antonio at the Majestic Theater on September 2nd. Headlining the local main event are undefeated Texas natives Rodrigo Pinheiro (3-0) and Andrew Craig (1-0). Pinheiro currently owns and [...]

It appears the Ultimate Fighter Season 12 is scheduled to culminate in UFC welterweight champ George St. Pierre defending his title against top contender Josh Koscheck in Montreal. According to Dana White, the bout will headline UFC 124 at the Belle Center on December 11th. News of the event was recently confirmed by the UFC [...]

With news recently breaking that Yushin Okami would test his chin against Vitor Belfort this November, fans of Chris Leben were left wondering what might be next for the Ultimate Fighter O.G. with “The Phenom” off the table. Enter Wanderlei Silva. In a match-up sounding as much like the title of a horror movie as [...]

When hard-hitting Brazilian middleweight Vitor Belfort recently made statements regarding an upcoming fight in November against someone other than current 185-pound champ Anderson Silva the speculation on who he might be facing immediately began. Belfort helped clear the matter up a bit last week by eliminating Chael Sonnen from the list of possibilities, leaving slugger [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 30, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced today that the promotion will make its debut in Pennsylvania when Philadelphia native and Bellator Lightweight World Champion Eddie Alvarez (20-2) squares off against former UFC star Roger “El Matador” Huerta (24-4-1) in one of the most highly anticipated fights of [...]

Sunday afternoons are always a good time for post-fight reflection and while thinking back on UFC 118 I noticed a particular trend: almost all of the fights were completely one-sided. I remember the betting odds and pre-fight picks around the internet in the days leading up to the fights and there were solid favorites up [...]