Joanne of MMAGirls.net gives you her take on UFC on Versus 2. Joanne is out to convince non-MMA fans “that this is truly a great sport that has grown beyond its early roots of being promoted for its brutality.” According to the lovely and talented Joanne, “MMA fighters are some of the most skilled and...
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We don’t personally make fights or sign fighters, but we love the fight game and the players in the game. You need to use the links below to contact the appropriate promoters and get yourself in the cage and on your way to a career in the destructive sciences. Good luck, and let us know if...
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The often reserved Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko gives viewers an inside look at his training and talks about his motivations for fighting. Matyushenko has the daunting task of taking on MMA supernova, light-heavyweight sensation Jon “Bones” Jones this weekend at UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs Matyushenko. Main event: 205 lbs.: Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Main...
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Ryan Couture, son of MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture, has signed a multi-fight agreement with world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE and will make his professional MMA debut on Friday, Aug. 13 at the STRIKEFORCE Challengers event at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., LIVE on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on...
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Lee Murray made it near the top of the MMA heap, but it didn’t provide the British-Morrocan fighter quite enough cash, so he sought other revenue streams. Murray is believed to have been involved in the largest bank robbery in British history. He was apprehended in Morocco, where he has citizenship courtesy of his Moroccan...
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Missouri-based brawler Jose Vega, who caught the eye of Bellator scouts and MMA fans around the country during a nationally televised “Local Feature Fight” at Bellator 22 in June, has officially been added to Bellator’s upcoming Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament. The 24-year-old Vega brings an 8-2 record to the tournament, which begins this August. His...
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BetUS has the latest odds below, and they’re offering a $75 sign-up bonus. Want a get rich scheme that really works? Know your MMA fighters? Click on the link above and put your money where your mind is… Main event: 205 lbs.: Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Main card (Televised): 185 lbs.: Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami170...
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Strikeforce Director of Communications, Mike Afromowitz, says not to worry, if Carina Damm can’t get her visa issues squared away, and adds there’s still a chance she might, his promotion has  a fighter ready and willing to step in: “As has been speculated on various websites, Brazilian Carina Damm is having difficulty obtaining the necessary...
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Sometimes, the chatter is the thing. Chael Sonnen has taken the art of prefight trash talking to the level of art, and some of his comments have been sublime. Here then, a compilation of Sonnen’s best work outside the cage as he prepares to take on Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight title: Main card and early...
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Sonnen Sounds Off - Sonnen Sounds Off A candid collection of sound bites from Chael Sonnen. Sonnen is not afraid to let the world know what he really thinks about Anderson Silva. Watch UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen Live on Pay-Per-View at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET on Saturday, August 7th. Visit http://117.ufc.com...
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Make your voice heard and take part in this survey. Nothing gets better without the participation of those most involved, and that’s you, Jackson… https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DKQDWKZ “You are cordially invited to participate in a research study being conducted by Evan Frederick, a researcher at Indiana University. Through this survey, we hope to learn about the MMA...
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From the time fifteen years ago when presidential hopeful and  failure, Senator John McCain,  made his  “human cockfighting” argument, opponents of the sport were convinced that “extreme fighting” was barbaric and should be banned outright. Not for the faint of heart, the early bouts were indeed savage and uncompromising in their execution. MMA is now essentially...
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Carina Damm is out of Strikeforce’s upcoming 135-pound tournament due to visa issues. The winner of that tourney gets the unenviable task of taking on undefeated Strikeforce women’s 135-pound champ, Sarah Kaufman The Brazilian can’t get a visa to fight in the U.S. despite having all her paperwork in order and submitted on time. Strikeforce CEO Scott...
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Nothing spoils a great head kick highlight knockout like, well, the dance this guy does after his victory. The one thing you want to do, after completing a great knockout, is do a dance so unutterably silly that you don’t even want your friends and family to see the video of your win. Yikes…
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“I’m going to take his belt on the 7th, and Dana is going to fire him on the 8th.” Looks like Chael Sonnen isn’t planning to cool off his rhetorical assault on Anderson Silva as the fight draws nearer. This one was, as prefight conference calls go, an epic. Of course, most of the credit for that...
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Main card and early betting lines: Anderson Silva (26-4) -500 vs. Chael Sonnen (24-10-1) +345 Thiago Alves (16-6) -135 vs. Jon Fitch (22-3) +110 Clay Guida (26-11) -130 vs. Rafael dos Anjos (14-4) -110 Ricardo Almeida (12-3) -195 vs. Matt Hughes (44-7) +160 Junior dos Santos (11-1) -375 vs. Roy Nelson (15-4) +285 Preliminary card: ...
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Nice trailer for a Jon Fitch documentary, Such Great Heights. Ariel Helwani of mmafanhouse.com got to see a sneak preview, and here’s what he had to say: I was excited when I heard that a group of young filmmakers — Jonah Tulis, Philip Frank and Jesse Osher — had produced a documentary on Jon...
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Is there one chance in hell that UFC President Dana White would cut Anderson Silva, the  most successful mixed martial artists in the last decade,  from his, the most successful MMA promotion on the plant? Not one chance. Here’s the Kevin Iole rundown of  Anderson Silva middleweight title atrocities, all of which have left White spluttering...
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Jon Jones thinks James Toney is just blowing smoke with all his talk about handling Randy Couture at UFC 118. “Do you really think you’re going to uppercut a collegiate wrestler when he’s coming full force into a double leg dive? I think he (James Toney) is just really naive to think that with hand...
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The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that Strikeforce Challengers 9 drew 197,000 viewers on Friday, July 23, but peaked at 254,000 for the night’s co-main event between Sarah Kaufman and Roxanne Modafferi. Ratings for this past weekend’s Showtime-televised Strikeforce Challengers 9 event proved solid as the show averaged an audience of 197,000 viewers, an industry...
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