Legend 2 Results: Mirko Cro Cop Taps to Alexey Oleinik Neck Crank in First Round

Legend 2, an MMA event in Moscow, saw Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic pick up his first combat sports loss since leaving the UFC in 2011.  The Croation fan favorite fought in the main event, opposite two-time world combat Sambo champion Alexey Oleinik. The fight saw Cro Cop immediately get Oleinik deep into a guillotine choke. Oleinik […]

Legend 2, an MMA event in Moscow, saw Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic pick up his first combat sports loss since leaving the UFC in 2011.  The Croation fan favorite fought in the main event, opposite two-time world combat Sambo champion Alexey Oleinik. The fight saw Cro Cop immediately get Oleinik deep into a guillotine choke. Oleinik […]

Bellator PPV Cancelled, Moved to Spike TV After Tito Ortiz Suffers Neck Fracture

Bellator 106 is moving to Spike TV after the huge news that Tito Ortiz was withdrawing from the promotion’s first ever PPV main event. Ortiz was supposed to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Details remain scarce, but Ortiz suffered a serious neck injury and will not be available to fight next […]

Bellator 106 is moving to Spike TV after the huge news that Tito Ortiz was withdrawing from the promotion’s first ever PPV main event. Ortiz was supposed to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Details remain scarce, but Ortiz suffered a serious neck injury and will not be available to fight next […]

Bas Rutten Undergoes Neck Surgery

Former UFC champion and current co-host of AXS TV’s Inside MMA, Bas Rutten, notified fans via Facebook on Sunday that he was going in for neck surgery. The surgery began Monday morning with the intention of giving Rutten strength back in his right arm. According to Rutten via Yahoo! Sports, the impinged nerves in his neck […]

Former UFC champion and current co-host of AXS TV’s Inside MMA, Bas Rutten, notified fans via Facebook on Sunday that he was going in for neck surgery. The surgery began Monday morning with the intention of giving Rutten strength back in his right arm. According to Rutten via Yahoo! Sports, the impinged nerves in his neck […]