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MMA news: 2008
M-1 Global, Affliction & Golden Boy conference. Big step forward.
This Thursday there will be press-conference held in New York with M-1 Global's Vadim Finkelstein, Affliction's Tom Atencio and Golden Boy's representatives. Expected to be made are several statements that are going to introduce the next page of MMA history. Watch the news.
Aleksander Emelianenko to fight at M-1 Challenge 9
On November, 21 M-1 Challenge 9 will be held at Sports Hall "Ice Palace". Red Devil will take on Team Korea and Russia's Legion will look to gain victory over Team Holland. In one of two scheduled superfights Aleksander Emelianenko (13-3) will face off with Korean prospect Sang Soo Lee (9-4) who's coming of impressive stoppage victory over Roman Zentsov at M-1 Challenge 7.
ShoXC results
All the favorites gained victory over their counterparts as undefeated Dave Herman conquered 13-th victory, Mamed Khalidov pushed his winning streak up to 13 fights and Omsk, Siberia's prospect Alexander Shlemenko was extremeley successful in his US debut.
ShoXC tonight
ShoXC, a presentation of Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.'s live fight division, EliteXC, showcases young, talented fighters in tough matchups. A springboard for the future stars and champions of EliteXC, ShoXC is patterned after the SHOWTIME boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation.
GLORY 10 "The battle of Arnhem"
November, 9 will be a remarkable day for Arnhem, the Netherlands as Glory will hold its 10-th event there. Stephan Leko, Alistair Overeem, Gary Goodridge and others
M-1 Challenge 8
On October 29th 2008, the M-1 Challenge will come to Kansas City, Missouri for the 8th installment of this new fight series. 3 time All American Wrestler of Missouri and UFC and IFL veteran Mike Whitehead (22-6) is slated to take part in the event as the superfight participant.
TKO 35 quick results
Yesterday night famous Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec witnessed the most well-known Canadian event as TKO 35 was held there.
Strikeforce 'Payback' results
Yesterday Strikeforce 'Payback' was held in Denver. Let's look at quick results of the bouts including Frank Trigg, Falaniko Vitale, Duane Ludwig and others.
TKO 35
The co-main event features Batamweight Champion, ADRIAN "THE BULLY" WOOLEY (5-0-0), making his first title defence against former Ultimate Fighter reality show cast member, NOAH THOMAS (11-5-0). Another incredible fight will feature five-time UFC veteran, FORREST PETZ (14-5-0), against one of Canada’s best welterweights, TJ GRANT (11-2-0). Also, recent Ultimate Fighter reality show contestant, LANCE EVANS (2-2-0), returns to TKO to face Montreal’s own, the very popular STEVE BOSSE (3-1-0).
M-1 Challenge 7 quick results
Quick results from M-1 Challenge 7 held in Nottingham, England
M-1 Challenge UK: Russia's triumph
Yesterday the numerous M-1 Challenge event took place in Nottingham where Russian pride was represented by two teams: Red Devil & Legion. In 10 bouts only Legion's Sergei Verdesh lost by decision in a hard-fought battle. M-1 congratulates Russia with such a remarkable performance.
M-1 Challenge. Now in association with Affliction
M-1 Global and Affliction keep stregthening the ties in MMA. Officially from now on all the M-1 Challenge events will be organized in association with Affliction.
Sengoku V weigh-ins and photos
Check the weigh-in's results from today's ceremony in Japan. Every fighter made weight.
MFC 18 results
Maximum Fighting Championships quick results from yesterday's event.
Geagrd Mousasi and the future
Fresh off his stellar performance and excellent victory in the DREAM Grand Prix finals Gegard Mousasi has already set a new goal on the horizon. He challenged Yoshihiro Akiyama asking him for a fight at New Year's Eve. Worth to mention Akiyama is the winner of K-1 GERO's Grand Prix 2007.
M-1 Challenge UK in association with Affliction
Here on the photos is the full fight card of the upcoming M-1 Challenge event in Nottingham, England where September, 27 beside 3 superfights team battle will be held between Red Devil - Team USA and Russian Legion - Team Europe.
DREAM GP Champion Gegard Mousasi To Attend M-1 Challenge In Nottingham
The Cage Warriors Middleweight World Champion Gegard Mousasi was victorious yesterday when he won the DREAM Middleweight GP in Tokyo, Japan. Mousasi who won the Cage Warriors Middleweight Title in December 2006; entered the DREAM GP back in April. In his first round tournament bout Mousasi surprised many MMA observers when he defeated the experienced Canadian star Denis Kang by Triangle choke. The Dutch based Armenian then defeated the Korean Judoka Dong Sik Yoon by decision in the Quarter finals in June.
DREAM 6 on-line results
Here you can follow on-line results of the DREAM 6 which is ongoing right now in Tokio. Red Devil Europe's Gegard Mousasi conquers the way en route to the belts of the Middleweight Grand Prix tournament and middleweight DREAM champion.
Strikeforce quick results
Quick results of Strikeforce at Playboy mansion where Japanese Mitsuhiro Ishida and Kazuo Misaki debuted.
M-1 Challenge on HDNet
Billed as the “World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts,” the M-1 Challenge is set to premiere on HDNet this Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
Over the course of the past year, 10 teams representing eight different countries competed in events held all over the world to determine the first-ever winner of the M-1 Challenge.
Hosted by former PRIDE announcer Sean Wheelock and Jimmy Smith of the Discovery Channel’s “Fight Quest,” U.S. fans will be able to tune in each and every Friday and see how the tournament unfolded. Friday’s premiere episode will feature France taking on the famed Russian Red Devil team.
(by Sam Caplan)
M-1 Challenge UK superfight cancelled
Warrior Promotions are sad to announce the Welterweight bout between “Judo” Jim Wallhead (14-5-0) and the Ultimate Force Welterweight Champion Jason Ball (11-5-0) has been cancelled. That's what cagewarriors.com says about it:
Gracie's success in MMA
Gracie put Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on the map by showing its superiority to other Martial Arts. But how successful were the performances of the Gracie family representatives in the world of MMA?
Fight Festival 24
On September 20-th the best Finnish MMA organization is holding its next event. Finland's own best fighter Miko Rupponen returns to action in Helsinki. Also several dutch fighters are scheduled
Sengoku V full line-up
On September, 28-th the fifth Sengoku event will emanate from Tokio, Japan when the first round of middleweight Grand Prix will be held.
M-1 Challenge 7: Russian Legion changes
The Legion athletes are set to face off with World Star Team in the context of M-1 Challenge UK on September, 27. On the threshold of the event Legion announced 4 replacements in its team.
DREAM 6 fightcard
On September, 23-d the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Finals will be held in Saitama. Among single matches two heavyweight clashes are highly anticipated as Croatian knock-out specialist Mirko CroCop returns to take on Dutch Demolition Man Alistair Overeem while Sergei Kharitonov comes back to face off with Mighty Mo
Strikeforce preliminary card
October, 3-d a regular Strikeforce show will emanate from Denver, Colorado. The following fighters are listed among the participants: Dwayne Ludwig, Frank Trigg, Falaniko Vitale, Phil Baroni etc.
Joost Raimond on Randy - Fedor fight
As everyone knows by now, Randy Couture returned to the UFC after all the turmoil with his career that ensued after resigning from the UFC. He's set to face Brock Lesnar (2-1) in the Heavyweight Title Bout in November. Randy still has Fedor on his radar but what happens if Randy loses his next fight? M-1's Director of Operations Joost Raimond believes it will not diminish the significanse of the potential Fedor-Randy battle by any means.
M-1 Challenge ¹6 results.
Quick results from the 6-th installment of M-1 Challenge 2008 season. Korea vs, USA, Japan vs. World and 3 superfights.
M-1 Challenge on HDNet
M-1 Global proudly announces the signing of a contract with HDNet Fights. Starting on September, 19-th the audience in the North America namely USA, Canada and Mexico will be able to watch the 2008 first season of M-1 Challenge on HDNet network.
Moreover several African countries (listed after the jump) will get the same opportunity if they watch GTV channel. Also inhabitants of Korea will watch M-1 Challenge on CBS, Brazil - on SporTV, Philippines - on Solar, India - on ZEE. Altogether 54 countries will be connected to this unique team competition show.
Affliction 2 update
The October Affliction 2: Day of Reckoning fightcard scheduled to emanate from Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas got another bout added
M-1 Challenge Korea
M-1 Challenge hits Korea on August, 29. Below is the full fightcard of Team Korea vs. Team USA, Team Japan vs. Team World and three superfights. Return of Roman Zentsov in one superfight.
Super contest and a new M-1 Challenge Team
Sports league Mixfight M-1 announces a megacontest in order to discover an official logo for a new team that will take part in the M-1 Challenge 2008 series. The team will be comprised of elite Russian fighters and its captain will be none other that Fedor Emelianenko known as Last Emperor which is the reason why the team will be called Imperial Team.
The winner of this open contest whose logo will be made an official logo of the abovementioned future team will win an unique prize - free trip to one of the M-1 Challenge events, one day free stay at a hotel and two tickets to VIP zone.
If you think your logo is good enought to win you the prize mail it: info@mixfight.ru
Sengoku IV quick results
It was a day of upsets in Tokio, Japan where the fourth installment of Sengoku IV and the first round of Lightweight Grand Prix took place.
Sengoku IV weigh-in results
Photos and weigh-in results from Sengoku. The show will take place tomorrow in Tokio.
M-1 Challenge Event And Seminar Tickets Available Now At Ticketweb.com
The 7th edition of the worldwide M-1 Challenge will finally hit British shores on September 27th, when four of the leading M-1 Challenge Teams battle it out in pursuit of national pride and personal glory.
Aleksander Emelianenko intends to visit South Ossetia
Coming back from the trip to South Korea Akeksander expressed his will to go to another South region, this time he aims for a conflict zone, capital of South Ossetia Tskhinvali: "I want to help people with anything I'm capable of, to support them, you know. I'm against war, against any kind of provocation of Georgian politicians, especially during Olympic Games when traditionally every party used to cease fire. I'm proud of our president who yielded to no provocation and reacted wisely by protecting Russian peacekeepers."
Roman Zentsov to fight in Korea
Coming off the long process of healing the injury Roman will leave for Korea where on August, 29-th he's scheduled to face Korean heavyweight Sang Soo Lee in the superfight rematch at M-1 Challenge 6. Roman was victorious in their first clash during M-1 MFC Russia vs. Korea event. Worth mentioning that Lee fought both Emelianenko brothers under Combat Sambo rules in the past.
M-1 Global and Wim de Putter
M-1 Global and Belgian Wim de Putter (18-2) negotiate with each other about signing a contract. Presumably, Team Souwer member would fill place of welterweight in Team World in the future installments of M-1 Challenge.
Middleweight Superfight Confirmed For M-1 Challenge UK
Warrior Promotions are proud to announce another “Superfight” for the September 27th M-1 Challenge show in Nottingham, England. As Cliff Hall (6-3) takes on Christian Smith (5-5) in an intriguing Middleweight match-up between two Nottingham based fighters.
ShoXC: Suganuma vs. Hamman II quick results
Quick results from the ProElite ShoXC event held yesterday in Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California
$6-10 million / 700.000+ PPV
Appearing on the Adam Carolla Show, Couture, when asked about the size of the purse the fighters should receive said, “somewhere in the region of $6-10 million”. He went onto say that he felt the PPV buys would top 700,000+ and he wished the UFC would step up and make the fight.
M-1 Challenge in England
Harvey Hadden has been chosen as the venue for the inaugural UK M-1 challenge.
It was a business move to kill PRIDE
Do you remember how mister White used to swear how he tried his best to keep Pride alive, tried to secure a TV deal in Japan? Do you remember that ex-Pride brass sued Pride FC Worldwide (created by Zuffa after buying out Pride) because of the contract breach that Pride was promised to be kept alive? Quote from a Dana White's interview will dot all the i's:
DREAM 6 preliminary fightcard
Official for Affliction 2
At the press-conference held on Wednesday several bouts were officially announced for the upcoming sophomore act of Affliction dubbed Day of Reckoning. Moreover the signing of another top-fighter was revealed.
WEC 35 quick results
Affliction 2
Affliction 2 dubbed Day of Reckoning, scheduled for October, 11-th has just been officially announced. Moreover the main event clash between two heavyweights has also been revealed.
EliteXC payouts
CSAC gave the official numbers in regards of payouts to the fighters participating in the last EliteXC event tagged Unfinished Business which was broadcast on CBS channel
M-1 Challenge Comes to the UK
The M-1 Challenge is to hit British shores on September 27th for the 7th round of its current 2008 season.
The four teams competing in Nottingham will be; Red Devil vs Team USA & Russia Legion vs Europe. All four teams will be taking part in a total of 10 international super-bouts.
International Fight League veteran Jake Ellenberger , “The Ultimate Fighter” alum Mike Dolce , UFC veteran Jordan Radev and Fedor Emelianenko protégé Kirill Sidelnikov are scheduled to fight. Plus a re-match between Heavyweights: Wayne Buck and Matteo Minonzio.
Tito Ortiz is not yet signed to Affliction
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz is not out of the Octagon just yet.
Despite several published reports of Ortiz’s whereabouts, Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio today told MMAWeekly.com that he has not signed the popular UFC fighter. Atencio claims that Ortiz’s promotional contract with the Las Vegas based company precludes that.
M-1 Challenge ¹ 9 in St-Petersburg is anounced
The date of next M-1 Global tournament which will take place in Russia is announced. The 9th part of M-1 Challenge
will take place on 21st of November in "Ledoviy" Palace, Saint-Petersburg. Both Russian teams will carry out
their last fights: Red Devil FT faces Team Korea, "Legion" faces Team Holland. There will be some superfights also.
The details will be announced later.
Sengoku 4 updated fightcard
The fourth installment of this popular Japanese promotion will be held on August, 24-th at Saitama Super Arena in Tokio. A load oc hampions is involved.
Fedor's next foe
sports.yahoo.com posted an intriguing article which states who's the next Fedor's opponent will be. Moreover place and the date of the second Affliction show in association with M-1 Global is revealed.
Affliction payday
The salaries of the fighters are listed below. Moreover the livegate was revealed.
Mikhail Malutin goes Deseet Combat
Red Devil's own Mikhail Malutin will leave for Israel tomorrow. On July,26 he's scheduled to fight at Desert Combat event. His opponent will be a local fighter Ariel Abargel. The winner of the lightweight clash will earn the right to fight for the title of the organization.
Dana White on Fedor past Tim Sylvia
UFC president Dana White has been relentless in his criticism of ex-PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko over the past several years.
White has criticized and mocked the popular Russian for failing to face top competition and taking on inexperienced and even smaller fighters over the past three years.
Final DREAM 5 fightcard
What: DREAM 5 Lightweight GP 2008 Final Round
When: July 21st, 2008
Where: Osaka Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan
Affliction weigh-in results
Below are the results of the weigh-ins at the Honda Center in Anaheim for tomorrow's inaugural Affliction: Banned show where in the main event Fedor Emelianenko will try to capture WAMMA heavyweight belt by beating fellow top heavyweight Tim Sylvia
M-1 Challenge 5 Japan live results
On-line results of the fifth edition of M-1 Challenge ongoing right now in Tokio, where Team France battlers it out against Team USA and Team Japan defends the home soil against Team Netherlands
Affliction - the day after tomorrow!
Affliction in association with M-1 Global will make Honda Center in Anaheim tremble come July, 19-th. Russian brothers Emelianenko will defend Red Devil's honor. The final fightcard is as follows
Update: UFC 89 preliminary card
On October, 18-th UFC will return to England. Its 89-th show will hit the National Indoor Arena where in the main event Michael Bisping will face off with Chris Leben trying to get closer to the middleweight king Anderson Silva. A pretty intriguing figh's been added to the card!
Vitor Belfort is back
A few days away from his return to the ring since September 2007 when he defeated James Zikic in the Cage Rage, Vitor Belfort (16-8) is already in the U.S. training hard preparing for his bout at Affliction, which will be hold on July 19, when he will face UFC and WEC veteran in Terry Martin (17-4)
Mike Whitehead on Affliction and preparations for his bout
Light heavyweight Mike Whitehead (21-5) who's supposed to clash with highly regarded Renato 'Babalu' Sobral (29-7) at the first Affliction show shares his thoughts on this organization.
Affliction PR
On the attached photo you can see the quotes of MMA legends talking about the future participants of Affliction: Banned showAffliction PR. The poster is used by Affliction in order to promote the future megacard. Power of words!
Strikeforce results
What: Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
When: Friday, June 27
Where: HP Pavilion in San Jose, California
M-1 Challenge 4 LIVE
Tonight M-1 Challenge dubbed as Battle on the Neva 2 starts in Saint Petersburg. Here you can follow the fights' course as they go. Among rating fights Red Devil and Legion will take on Finnish and Spanish teams respectively.
Strikeforce fightcard
Strikeforce: “Melendez vs. Thomson” fightcard of the show scheduled for June, 27-th.
Battle on the Neva 2 press-conference
M-1 Global held its press-conference dedicated to the upcoming fourth installment of team tournament M-1 Challenge. Russian media got the details announced by M-1 Global and Mix-Fight M-1 league president Vadim Finkelstein, league vice-president Sergey Matvienko, culture and sports committee of Saint Petersburg chairman deputy Konstantin Zheludkov. Of course Red Devil's Alexander Emelianenko, Roman Zentsov and Mikhail Malyutin were present, too.
Big John McCarthy on UFC vs. M-1Global&Affliction counter-programming
Some quotes from the chat between Carlos Arias and legendary veteran referee John McCrathy on the situation surrounding UFC and M-1Global & Affliction
DREAM 5 fightcard
Fightcard M-1 Challenge 4 "Battle on Neva"
M-1 Challenge team for Japan
In a separate press conference at East 21 on Monday, Deep President Shigeru Saeki introduced the Japanese M-1 Challenge Team to the media and announced several matchups and structure details for events on the horizon.
M-1 Global press-conferences in Japan and South Korea
On June, 3 and 5 Tokio and Seoul witnessed 2 big conferences dedicated to the new M-1 Global projects. Moreover issue on the Fedor-Randy fight were addressed.
DREAM 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix quick results
The results of ongoing DREAM 4 Middleweight Grand Prix where Dutch-Armenian Gegard Mousasi represents Red Devil
EliteXC: Return of the King results
Saturday, June 14 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawai
Fedor Emelianenko graduated
According to the fedor.bel.ru May,4 became a very important day for Fedor as he finished his study as a student of chair of physical training at Belgorod State University
EliteXC "Return of the King"
The results of the weig-ins for Hawaian installment of EliteXC are here. Nick Diaz missed the weight by 9 pounds. The bout still gets green light and Mushin Corbbrey will meet his foe at catch weight (168 lbs).
ADRENALINE MMA Fightcard
EliteXC "Return of the King"
EliteXC will hit sunny Hawai come June, 14. Recently crowned lightweight king K.J. Noons will look to defend his dear belt for the first time
TKO 34: Bosse vs. Sims results
On June, 7 major Canadian MMA organization TKO held its 34-th event.
Andrei Arlovski news update
Finally, today the future of Andrei Arlovski was made official
WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver weigh-ins
WEC 34 will be held tonight and here are the weigh-in results
M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria
Most people go to Gran Canaria for a sunny holiday to enjoy the sun, the sea, the beaches and the Spanish food, but not the M-1 Challenge teams.
Fighters from Spain, Finland, the USA and the Netherlands all gathered for the third edition of the already wellknown M-1 Challenge.
EliteXC "Primetime" weigh-ins
The weigh-ins were held today and the first show ever to be televised on a major network like CBS will hit your TV tomorrow evening. In the main event Intrnet sensation turned MMA profighter Kimbo Slice will lock horns with Pride veteran and brawler in James Thompson
Fedor thanks his fans
I was extremely pleased to be nominated on "Sobaka.ru Top-50: prominent citizens of Saint Petersburg" which is great honor for me. It's always nice to know people like and value what you do. I want to thank everyone who voted for me. I know that not only people from St. Petersburg in particluar but Russians in general and international fans like those in the USA, Korea and other countries supported and voted for me all the time. That's what makes this award the most valuable for me personally!
M-1 Global & Affliction "Banned" details.
M-1 Spain
05/31/2008 ‘Iberian Eye': Spain vs. Holland, USA vs. Finland. Daniel Tabera Finally Will Fight At Home (from adcombat.com)
The M-1 Global press-conferences are announced
On June, 3 in Japan and June, 5 in Korea the conferences will be held. Present are expected to be Vadim Finkelstein and probably Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko. Three M-1 Global major projects (namely M-1 Challenge tournament, Fighting Fedor reality-show and the M-1 Global and Affliction "Banned" event scheduled for July, 19) will be covered during these conferences. Moreover M-1 Global will shed the light on the contracts with Japanese and Korean TV networks.
Fedor won in Top-50 at sobaka.ru
Thanks to the devoted voters Fedor won in the nomination "Sportsman of the year". He shared the gold with Andrey Arshavin (prominent soccer player)
Vote for Fedor! Today is the last day!!!
"Sobaka.RU TOP 50" opens up the poll to choose the most prominent figure of Saint Petersburg. One of the athletes represented in the sports section is Fedor Emelianenko.
http://top50.sobaka.ru/member.php?id=62
The poll will be opened till May, 26. Thereafter the winners will be rewarded at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre of opera and ballet.
Instructions how to poll after the jump
DREAM 4 fightcard
The brackets for the DREAM middleweight Grand Prix tournament were revealed today. Check out against who Red Devil's Gegard Mousasi is facing off.
Sengoku news
Shortly before Sengoku II Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi stated he'll return to the ring at Sengoku IV come August. He added that his respective opponent's name will be revealed during Sengoku II.
Kazuo Misaki seeks confrontaion with Jorge Santiago in hopes of revenging the teammate Yuki Sasaki's recent loss. Unfortunately for Misaki, the Brazilian injured his hand and won't be able to compete probably until Sengoku V.
Also the fightcard for the upcoming Sengoku III scheduled for June 8 was revealed recently...
Fedor Emelianenko class act for the kids
Everyone in the orphans' home "Sun" in Nizhny Novgorod is pumped up since the dawn because children wait for the coming of the Fedor Emelianenko. Kids have properly prepared for the visit of the athlete: the hall is decorated, every room sparkles with cleanness. The presents for Fedor are gathered and the concert is well organized. Of course the boys are the ones who are eager to meet the legend.
Godz of War fightcard
Kevin "The Monster" Randleman faces Jeff "The Snowman" Monson at 'Godz of war' in Charlotte, NC on June, 21. Also return of Murilo Bustamante
Sengoku II results
Here are the results of the second installment of Sengoku where Josh Barnett faced Jeff Monson in the main event of the evening
IFL May 16th results
The results ofthe last IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut. IFL put three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight. Tho defending champions retained their respective belts.
IFL May 16th Weigh Ins
The weigh-ins for the today's IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut took place. Every fighter made weight. Tonight IFL puts three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight.
"Fedor Emelianenko cup" results
Below are the results of the first Fedor Emelianenko Cup held on May, 15 in Nizhny Novgorod
M-1 Challenge news and the third event
On May, 31 the third installment will hit the sunny shore of Gran Canaria (Spain) in Soiux City (San Augustin). This will be the first M-1 Challenge 2008 open stage event and can be considered the predecessor of prestigious 'on water event' that will take place June 27, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
Affliction & M-1: Banned fightcard
What: M-1 and Affliction: Banned
When: Saturday, July 19
Where: Honda Center / Anaheim, California
Cage Rage 26 results
Cage Rage 26: Extreme was held on Saturday, May 10 at NEC Arena in Birmingham, England
KSW 9 results
May, 9 another instalment of Polish major MMA event KSW 9 - Konfrontacja took place in Warsaw where the eight man tournament was mixed with the single bouts. Results after the jump
DREAM 3 results
Dream 3 is the history now as the event finished just moments ago. Let's take a look at the results of the single bouts as well as the second round of the lightweight Grand Prix
MFC 16: Anger Management Results
MFC 16 was held on May, 9 in River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton Enoch, Alberta, Canada
Adrenaline MMA 1 fightcard
Adrenaline MMA, a new organization started by Monte Cox officially announced the fightcard for its inaugural show on June, 14 in Chicago, Il.
Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo
The debut card for the upcoming Affliction promotion is starting to unveil itself before the promotion has even been officially announced. Josh Barnett, on MMAWeekly Radio on Monday night, revealed that he will return to U.S. soil to face Pedro Rizzo in a heavyweight rematch from a fight the two had in 2001.
EliteXC announced june 14th fightcard.
EliteXC announced Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu to be the location of their June 14 event headlined by EliteXC lightweight title-bout between champion KJ Noons and Yves Edwards.
Kirill Sidelnikov became European Combat Sambo Champion!
This Thursday European Sambo Championship came to the end in Tbilisi, Georgia. The third day of the event saw combat sambo practitioners compete against each other in nine different male weight classes. Russian team scored the highest number of medals, having conquered the gold eight times and bronze once.
Russians to win the medals were: Urmat Chulunov (-52 kg), Sergei Luzin (-57 kg), Sergei Kamilov (-62 kg), Maksim Kuptsov (-68 kg), Igor Isaykin (-74 kg), Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy (-90 kg), Kirill Sidelnikov (-100 kg), Stanislav Shushko (+100 kg). Igor Antonyuk (-82 kg) has won the bronze.
WEC 34 fightcard
Official fightcard for WEC's 34-th installment scheduled for June, 1 in California
Ultimate Warrior Challenge results
UWC - Invasion was held on April, 26 in George Mason University's Patriot Center, Fairfax, Va. The roster included such well-known fighters as Carlo Prater, Pete Spratt, Jason von Flue č Zach Light.
Dream 2 results
Dream 2 came true just moments ago. Below are the results of Middleweight Grand Prix round 1 and the anticipated rematch between Shinya Aoki and JZ Calvan
Fedor Emelianenko's got another award
On April, 25 a highly prestigious national sports award "Slava" ('Glory') was presented to Fedor Emelianenko. He won in a category "Fair Play" because of the incident that occured during the World Combat Sambo Championship when Fedor's final opponent got injured and couldn't continue and eventual gold medalist considered such win not fair enough suggesting to reschedule the match.
Fedor's mother Olga Fedorovna was there to receive this award due to the absence of her noble son.
K-1 Europe Grand Prix results
Quick results of the K-1 / It's Showtime big event hold yesterday in the Netherlands
IFL fightcard
Below is the fightcard of the next International Fight League event planned for May, 16 in Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville, Connecticut
New reality show "Fighting Fedor"
M-1 Global announces the launching of the new project - TV reality show, dedicated solely to the Mixedmartial Arts. The title is "Fighting Fedor"
Fightcard "Fedor Emelianenko CUP"
On May, 15 the first International Mixfight Tournament named after Fedor Emelianenko will hit Nizhny Novgorod. Four teams will collide: Combat Sambo Team (from Nizhny Novgorod) against Team Europe, Red Devil FT (Saint Petersburg) against Team Spain. Winners will face off against each other in the superfinal in October, 2008 that will take place also in Nizhny Novgorod.
EliteXC on CBS
Here is the preliminary fightcard of the first EliteXC show on CBS scheduled to hit the major network station on May, 31. Kimbo Slice will headline the event in Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
CALVIN AYRE LEAVES BODOG
Bodog on Monday announced the retirement of Calvin Ayre from the company. In recent years, Ayre served in large part as the face of the company and reportedly was not all that involved in the day-to-day operations.
Sengoku 2 preliminary fightcard
World Victory Road on Tuesday announced that Kevin Randleman will face Ryo Kawamura at Sengoku II on May 18 in Tokyo.
KOTC - Fight Nite Results
The results of King of the Cage where Gary Goodridge was originally schedule to fight against Tony Lopez
TKO 33 Results
Below are the results of TKO 33 held in Oranjestad, Aruba on April, 18
Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia
M-1 president Vadim Finkelstein and Affliction signed the contract stating that Fedor will headline the event on July, 19 in the USA. His opponent will be ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia
K-1 2008 / It's showtime
On April, 26-th a night of exciting fights under K-1/MMA rules (including 8-man tournament) will be served to the great Dutch fans. It's Showtime celebrates its first anniversary and will hold a great event at world famous Amsterdam Arena.
