Author: By Jordan Newmark

There’s no two ways about it, injuries are terrible and time consuming. The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn aired and had its finale well over a year ago, yet one semifinalist from that season is still waiting to make his Octagon debut because of two injuries. But finally, UFC welterweight Roger Zapata is healthy and ready to make an entrance that has been 14 months in the making. Zapata would probably fly to the Moon if he had to in order to get his chance inside the Octagon, but, instead, he is traveling to Japan to take on Shinsho Anzai at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nel … Read the Full Article Here

Only two episodes into the latest and very exciting season of The Ultimate Fighter, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at the top 10 coaches the show has had in its 10 years on TV.10. Frankie Edgar and Patrick Cote – The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn and The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Team Canada vs. Team AustraliaResults, results, results. Several of the coaches mentioned on this list had three representatives in the four finalist positions when there were two weight classes, but only Frankie Edgar and Patrick Cote have made the clean sweep. On season 19, Edgar&rsqu … Read the Full Article Here

Rylan Lizares wants to be champion. That goal has not changed. In fact, it has broadened. Lizares’ drive to be the best has not wavered for nary a moment for the near 20 years since he first set foot on a wrestling mat. Nowadays, the born and bred Hawaiian’s ambition is to not only be a champion competitor, but a champion teacher, a champion mentor, a champion coach, a champion gym owner and, really, a champion at life. He is way too humble to admit this, but Lizares is succeeding at his goal. “I was always coaching people,” Lizares said. “Back in wrestling, I w … Read the Full Article Here

They’re baaack! Invicta Fighting Championships returns to Kansas City this Saturday for the all-female organization’s 14th event and its seventh live on UFC FIGHT PASS, and Invicta FC: Evinger vs. Kianzad has another stacked card, with action ranging from 105 to 155 pounds. In that main event, undefeated Pannie Kianzad will aim to defeat Invicta FC champ Tonya Evinger, who has demolished all who have faced her thus far in the company, in a five-round bout now ruled a non-title affair after the challenger missed weight Friday afternoon. In the co-main event, former Invicta FC … Read the Full Article Here

On July 9 of this year, “Triple Threat” Tonya Evinger won two titles. Officially, the Missouri native was crowned the Invicta FC bantamweight champion by scoring a fourth-round TKO over Irene Aldana. Unofficially, the nine-year MMA pro earned the “Y’all Must’ve Forgot” award with flying colors as the tough-as-nails veteran pummeled her younger and heavily-hyped adversary for nearly 20 straight minutes.

 
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“I’ve been in this game for 11 years and I wrestled for 15 years before that,” Evinger said. “I’ve been a pr … Read the Full Article Here

Mike Winkeljohn admits he got into fighting for all the wrong reasons.Getting into street scraps as a teenager is pretty ordinary, but what is completely extraordinary is that over the next three plus decades since Winkeljohn started fighting he became a husband, a father, a world champion, a local business owner, and – without a doubt – one of the most revered coaches mixed martial arts has ever known. “I got into it for all the wrong reasons,” Winkeljohn said. “I wanted to learn how to fight better, there’s no doubt about it. I never had thought about fighting compe … Read the Full Article Here