Author: Michael David Smith

Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone Rounds Out a Big WEC 51 Card

Filed under: WEC, NewsThe long-awaited rematch between World Extreme Cagefighting rivals Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone is set for WEC 51 on September 30, a major fight card that will demonstrate the WEC’s ability to put on big events even as its top …

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Jamie Varner vs. Donald CerroneThe long-awaited rematch between World Extreme Cagefighting rivals Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone is set for WEC 51 on September 30, a major fight card that will demonstrate the WEC’s ability to put on big events even as its top star, Urijah Faber, nurses a leg injury.

Varner announced the Cerrone rematch on his web site, and the addition of that fight not only makes WEC 51 one of the best fight cards of the rest of the year in MMA, it also provides some hints about where the WEC is headed for the rest of the year, and what a future WEC pay-per-view card might look like.

Sylvester Stallone, David Letterman Talk Up Randy Couture

Filed under: MMA Media Watch, UFCSylvester Stallone’s upcoming movie The Expendables features an all-star cast of Hollywood tough guys including Stallone himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham…

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Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone’s upcoming movie The Expendables features an all-star cast of Hollywood tough guys including Stallone himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Terry Crews, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. But Stallone says that when the whole cast got together, there was no question who the toughest guy in the room was: Randy Couture.

Talking to David Letterman on Monday night, Stallone talked up Couture as the guy who made the other guys uncomfortable during the fight scenes, and Letterman showed a healthy respect and admiration for Couture’s accomplishments in the cage.

Cris Cyborg as Billie Jean King in an MMA Battle of the Sexes?

Filed under: WEC, StrikeforceIn 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” a tennis match that would go down as one of the 20th Century’s most significant sporting events.

Is MMA ready for a similar event?

It sounds insane …

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In 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” a tennis match that would go down as one of the 20th Century’s most significant sporting events.

Is MMA ready for a similar event?

It sounds insane at first, but as MMA fans wonder whether Strikeforce can find a worthy 145-pound woman to fight its champion, Cris Cyborg, there’s some chatter that maybe the right opponent for Cyborg isn’t a woman at all.

Randy Couture Brings Strategy to EA MMA

Randy Couture will be on the cover of EA Sports’ upcoming MMA video game, and he’s the only active UFC star who will appear in the EA game, rather than THQ’s UFC Undisputed game. But while Couture’s star power is the most important thing he brings to t…

Randy Couture will be on the cover of EA Sports’ upcoming MMA video game, and he’s the only active UFC star who will appear in the EA game, rather than THQ’s UFC Undisputed game. But while Couture’s star power is the most important thing he brings to the EA game, he also brought something else: Strategy.

On Tuesday EA released some details about the game’s “career mode,” which will allow players to get better by training with Couture, Bas Rutten, Pat Miletich, Rickson Gracie and others. And EA’s Randy Chase told MMAFighting.com that Couture was particularly involved in providing an element of realism to the way a fighter’s career progresses.

Semmy Schilt Focused on K-1, Wouldn’t Rule Out UFC Return

Filed under: UFC, K1Winning three heavyweight kickboxing bouts in one night to claim the K-1 World Grand Prix Final title may be the most physically demanding endeavor in combat sports. As a four-time World Grand Prix champion, Semmy Schilt knows that …

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Winning three heavyweight kickboxing bouts in one night to claim the K-1 World Grand Prix Final title may be the most physically demanding endeavor in combat sports. As a four-time World Grand Prix champion, Semmy Schilt knows that well.

The physical demands of the K-1 World Grand Prix are the reason that the 36-year-old Schilt is making a point of preserving himself this year. Schilt has stepped into the ring just once since winning the 2009 title on December 5, and he says he doesn’t expect to fight again until it’s time to begin the path toward defending his title in a Final 16 bout in September.

“The last time I fought was on the fourth of April, and now I am waiting on my next fight, in the Final 16 this year,” Schilt told MMAFighting.com. “I don’t have many injuries so its not necessary to preserve myself, but now I am training without pressure, and that feels good.”

Cain Velasquez Won’t Trade Trash Talk With Brock Lesnar

Filed under: UFCIf you’re one of the fans who wanted Shane Carwin to engage in a little talk trash with Brock Lesnar to hype their UFC 116 fight, Cain Velasquez has some bad news for you.

Velasquez tells Fight Magazine that as he prepares to fight Les…

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If you’re one of the fans who wanted Shane Carwin to engage in a little talk trash with Brock Lesnar to hype their UFC 116 fight, Cain Velasquez has some bad news for you.

Velasquez tells Fight Magazine that as he prepares to fight Lesnar at UFC 121, he’s going to take the Carwin approach: He’ll show nothing but respect for the champion.