MMA Meets Boxing: Looking at Dana White’s ‘The Fighters’

And so it begins. Or, perhaps it should be said: “And so it has finally happened.” As a longtime proponent of MMA, it is an often forgotten fact (dismissed as a notion of comfortable equitability, toward the end of granting a kind of safe harbor from which to criticize the sport of boxing) that Dana […]

And so it begins. Or, perhaps it should be said: “And so it has finally happened.” As a longtime proponent of MMA, it is an often forgotten fact (dismissed as a notion of comfortable equitability, toward the end of granting a kind of safe harbor from which to criticize the sport of boxing) that Dana […]

Lyoto Machida Meets Gegard Mousasi at Feb. 8 UFC Event in Brazil

Six days after his knockout win over Mark Munoz at UFC Fight Night 30, Lyoto Machida has his next middleweight opponent in Gegard Mousasi. The matchup was announced Friday evening via the official UFC Twitter account. Breaking: #UFCFightNight main event set for February 8 in Jaragua do Sol – @LyotoMachidaFW vs Gegard @Mousasi_MMA on FOX […]

Six days after his knockout win over Mark Munoz at UFC Fight Night 30, Lyoto Machida has his next middleweight opponent in Gegard Mousasi. The matchup was announced Friday evening via the official UFC Twitter account. Breaking: #UFCFightNight main event set for February 8 in Jaragua do Sol – @LyotoMachidaFW vs Gegard @Mousasi_MMA on FOX […]

Ryan Bader Meets Anthony Perosh at UFC Fight Night 33 in Australia

Add another hometown boy to the mix when the UFC returns to Australia in December. The Herald Sun is reporting that light heavyweights Anthony Perosh and Ryan Bader have agreed to a matchup at UFC Fight Night 33. Perosh has fought on three of the UFC’s four previous trips to his home country. With a […]

Add another hometown boy to the mix when the UFC returns to Australia in December. The Herald Sun is reporting that light heavyweights Anthony Perosh and Ryan Bader have agreed to a matchup at UFC Fight Night 33. Perosh has fought on three of the UFC’s four previous trips to his home country. With a […]

UFC 164 Fight Card: Yoel Romero Now Meets Brian Houston, Not Derek Brunson

Yoel Romero has a new opponent on the UFC 164 fight card. According to MMAJunkie.com, Romero’s originally scheduled opponent, Derek Brunson, has been injured. Replacing the Strikeforce veteran will be UFC newcomer Brian Houston. This is the second time in a row Brunson has had a fight scrapped. In June, Brunson‘s anticipated UFC on Fuel […]

Yoel Romero has a new opponent on the UFC 164 fight card. According to MMAJunkie.com, Romero’s originally scheduled opponent, Derek Brunson, has been injured. Replacing the Strikeforce veteran will be UFC newcomer Brian Houston. This is the second time in a row Brunson has had a fight scrapped. In June, Brunson‘s anticipated UFC on Fuel […]

UFC 165 Fight Card: Norifumi ‘Kid’ Yamamoto Returns, Meets Ivan Menjivar

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto is set to return from a 16-month hiatus, which will be extended to 19 months by the time the Japanese bantamweight meets Ivan Menjivar at UFC 165 on Sept. 21. The matchup was originally reported by Nancy Audet of TVA Sports and later translated by BloodyElbow.com. Despite losing five of his past […]

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto is set to return from a 16-month hiatus, which will be extended to 19 months by the time the Japanese bantamweight meets Ivan Menjivar at UFC 165 on Sept. 21. The matchup was originally reported by Nancy Audet of TVA Sports and later translated by BloodyElbow.com. Despite losing five of his past […]

Chad Mendes Meets Clay Guida at UFC 164 in Milwaukee

If at first you don’t succeed, the UFC will try to book the fight again. Featherweights Chad Mendes and Clay Guida will finally meet this August as part of the upcoming UFC 164 card from Milwaukee after their original bout at UFC on Fox 7 had to be scrapped. Guida suffered a training injury at […]

If at first you don’t succeed, the UFC will try to book the fight again. Featherweights Chad Mendes and Clay Guida will finally meet this August as part of the upcoming UFC 164 card from Milwaukee after their original bout at UFC on Fox 7 had to be scrapped. Guida suffered a training injury at […]