Best of Mixed Martial Arts

By Steve Cofield Marc Ratner was brought on board to open up the entire nation to sanctioned mixed martials events back in 2006. The UFC VP was a respected voice in boxing community and carried much clout as he spoke to commissions all over the country. The thought was that once New York got on board, the rest of...

By Rear Naked On Tuesday, I posted this article about the ongoing negotiations between the UFC and Fedor Emelianenko. Some questioned the validity of it after Dana White claimed in the conference call Fedor was under contract with Affliction and he was not going to get involved in it.

By Steve Cofield Better yet, who is blocking MMA from getting real coverage? You can argue that the potential Chuck Liddell-Forrest Griffin and B.J. Penn-Georges St. Pierre fights are as big or bigger than the UFC 91 main event. Is there any shot those fighters are on the set at ESPN during football season for...

By Steve Cofield Better yet, who is blocking MMA from getting real coverage? You can argue that the potential Chuck Liddell-Forrest Griffin and B.J. Penn-Georges St. Pierre fights are as big or bigger than the UFC 91 main event. Is there any shot those fighters are on the set at ESPN during football season for...

By Rear Naked Their momentum was built upon a possible match-up between Couture and Fedor Emelianenko. Even if they did not sign Couture, they needed him to remain in limbo with the UFC. It gave fans a reason to fantasize about an Affliction event some time in the future, featuring the two legendary fight...

By Rear Naked When the first Affliction event was announced, the UFC wasted little time responding. They quickly assembled a Fight Night broadcast featuring one of their top stars, Anderson Silva, going up in weight to face a Light Heavyweight.

By Ron Gloves Lets take a look at the Pride Open-Weight Tournament. A true display of skill was seen when Wanderlei Silva a Light-Heavyweight defeated Kazuyuki Fujita, a heavyweight. Yes, the same Fujita who rocked the great Fedor Emelianenko. But again there was only one weight class difference betwe...

By Luke Thomas Couture, Quinton Jackson, and Keith Jardine have shown us that the way to beat Liddell isn’t by trying to take him off his feet, it’s by pressuring him in the pocket and literally beating him to the punch. Personally, I am not sold on Evans’ striking. One well-timed, well-placed highligh...

By: Mike CoughlinMichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.comFor the week of 8/31/08 UFC 88 Preview I've gotta do a preview of UFC 88 now. It's the UFC's big debut in Atlanta. I don't think there will be any fake tanks rolling out, nor will Tank Abbott show up. But, there's a show. A show with Chuck Liddell no l...

By J. Botter Sugar" Rashad Evans is a 28 year old undefeated fighter with strong wrestling skills. The most notable victory of his career came over Michael Bisping last November, a fight he won with a split decision. Prior to that, he'd gone to a draw with Tito Ortiz in one of the most boring fights imagina...

By J. Botter Let's take a look at the fights for UFC 88 in Atlanta. CHUCK LIDDELL (4, 7 P4P) VS. RASHAD EVANS (7) PREDICTION: Chuck Liddell by TKO, Round 1 PREDICTION: Rich Franklin by unanimous decision DAN HENDERSON (3) VS. ROUSIMAR PALHARES (UNRANKED)

By Jared Leatzow In his next fight, he is set to fight Randy Couture, who is muscular but very small for a heavyweight. Randy Couture should win this one; he really should, because he has expeirence and skill on his side. However, as different the styles are, Lesnar would never have been in the same weight clas...

By Mark Chalifoux UFC star Rich Franklin is back in action this Saturday at UFC 88 in Atlanta and will be moving up a weight class. Franklin will be facing a fellow Cincinnatian in light heavyweight Matt Hamill. I recently spoke with Franklin about the match and his career.

By Mark Chalifoux Well, it’s official now. Kimbo Slice will fight Ken Shamrock in the main event of EliteXC’s Oct. 4 show, the next CBS event. I joked about it earlier in the week but they actually are going the route of Slice-Shamrock, which really shouldn’t be surprising.

By Adam Wagner There were a lot of questions answered during the UFC’s all media conference call today. But perhaps the biggest one was that the Randy Couture / Fedor Emelianenko fight is not going to happen any time soon. Never fear, Dana White is here:

 OH - The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale -- the live conclusion to the upcoming season of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir" -- is slated to take place ...

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By Cannon J Even if you are a UFC fan only, you cannot be rooting for bad business practices in MMA. What’s happening now will affect UFC long-term because sooner or later, the talent pool will dry out as less and less fighters can find work on minor shows. Once the money starts drying up, a lot of fighters a...

By Phil Adams Kenny Rice is back this week. Tonight's guests are Josh Thomson, Tito Ortiz, and Guy Mezger (Tito's bitch, according to a tee-shirt I saw once). We start out with a look at Elite XC's recent troubles. They have cancelled a 9/20 show, lost $55 million since starting, their heavywe...

By Mark Chalifoux Well, it’s official now. Kimbo Slice will fight Ken Shamrock in the main event of EliteXC’s Oct. 4 show, the next CBS event. I joked about it earlier in the week but they actually are going the route of Slice-Shamrock, which really shouldn’t be surprising.

By Kid Nate Meanwhile poor Matt Lindland is awfully lonely fighting for Affliction. His ranking continues to erode and now instead of fighting #22 Vitor Belfort, he'll be fighting Trevor Prangley in what could be a tough match with almost no upside for Lindland.

By Kid Nate Rankings were compiled from the following sites: TAGG Radio, MMA News, Sherdog, Cage Potato, MMA On Tap, Five Ounces of Pain, Houston Chronicle's Brawl Sports, WAMMA, MMA Fighting, MMA-ELO, FCFighter, 411 Mania, MMA Madness, FightMatrix, MMA Playground, HDNet/Insi...

By Kid Nate This division remains a mess! Despite a wealth of talented fighters and seven major promotions (UFC, WEC, EliteXC, DREAM, WVR, Afflictiong and Strikeforce) booking top fighters, there's more confusion than clarity at 185. First off, Anderson Silva has cleaned out the UFC middleweigh...

By Danny Burnham With an overall MMA record of 22-7, Hollywood has racked up wins over some of the best in the business: the aforementioned Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, current UFC Heavyweight Champ Antonio Nogueira, Murilio Rua, Renato Sobral, and Renzo Gracie, whose familiy pioneered the sport...

By Michael Rome This interview he just did with MMA Junkie really says it all.  He knows nothing about what is good for his fighters, and his quotes show it. Look at Brandon Vera," Dion said. "He had a long layoff, but he's making more money than the No. 1 ranked [expletive] fighter in the world, Anderson Silva -...

By funnytiger Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter left us with quite a few fantastic fighters who still mix it up with the best of them in the UFC including: Forrest Griffin (Season 1 Light Heavyweight Winner), Stephan Bonnar, Diego Sanchez (Season 1 Middleweight Winner), Chris Leben, Josh Koscheck, Ken...

By Cannon J Did you like EliteXC's first, or second CBS show better?  It may be more a question of what more people like - including casual fans.  However, I tend to believe that keeping the hardcore base of MMA fans satisfied is extremely important for the sport in the long-term.  If you are one who belie...

By CagE The fact that GSP couldn’t finish Fitch is a testament to Jon’s enormous heart. Fitch was rocked and dropped several times and consistently took a beating throughout the fight. But, he never quit and never stopped moving forward. Although Fitch displayed true spirit, GSP was never in any re...

Thumbs way up. There wasn't a bad match on the show, everyone I wanted to win, did, andthe outcomes were, in some cases, better than can be reasonably expected. Any one ofthese fights was more enjoyable than Jackson/Griffin, which I've watched a couple oftimes now and just don't get. Anyway. B...

By Jesse Holland UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” is set for tomorrow (Saturday) night, August 9 from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pay-per-view (PPV) event airs LIVE at 10 p.m. ET. Prediction: Gamburyan via unanimous decision Prediction: Huerta via unanimous decision

By bfowlkes Goldstein: For me, it’s still the light-heavyweights, mainly because it’s the only division where the champion looks extremely vulnerable. While it’s difficult to establish contenders who are on the level of BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva, and Minotauro Nogueira — and it’s not easy to ge...

I follow MMA pretty closely, and we sell close to as many MMA tickets as anyone but the big ticket houses like Stubhub..and have not had one inquiry on this Elite XC show, and we usually get a lot of action on Northern California shows. We get calls for most Strikeforce shows, definitely lots for...

By James Hizona Hello MMA fans and fighters! I am James "Balistik" Hizona, and this is "MMA ALL THE WAY!!" Today's topic for discussion is the Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring fight at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. When you have faced the likes of Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlai Silva, "Minotauro" Nogeira, and Fedor Emel...

By Steve Cofield There is no more argument, anymore. You have other people who are in contention for best pound-for-pound. There's nobody else in any other weight class that can do what he does. Not B.J. Penn, not Georges St. Pierre. None of those guyscan do what he does. Fedor is a step above everybody else who is fig...

By stoker dafire After last nights results from Affliction: Banned and UFC Fight Night, there are two big name mma fighters whos careers lie in the balance and could be going in different directions. Six months after his loss to Frank Mir due to his arm being broken, Tim Sylvia returned (a titanium plate had...

By InfiniteX UFC 88: Rich Franklin vs Matt Hamill Posted by InfiniteX | 07.06.2008 | 2:40 pm Category: Fight cards, UFC Tags: matt hamill, rich franklin, UFC, ufc 88, ufc 88 fight card, ufc 88 fights Both from Ohio, in another life they could be friends even teammates but on September 6th in Atlanta we will see Rich Franklin face Matt Hamill at 205 for the 1st time since Rich beat Shamrock in 2005 by TKO. If you are new to MMA, you probably don’t realize the warrior that is Rich Franklin. Rich Franklin has a master’s degree in education and bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati as was a math teach at Oak hills High School in Cincinnati until he chose to become a fighter full time. Now with a Record of 23-3, he will make his return to the Lig...   [read the full post]

By promma A young man will make his Mixed Martial Arts professional debut tomorrow night (Friday Jul 27) at the Strikeforce event in San Jose. This MMA extravaganza will air live on HDNet at 7:30 PM PST/10:30 PM EST. As stated, this will be the young man's first professional Mixed Martial Arts event an...

By bfowlkes It isn’t as if Kim Couture was matched up with someone out of her league. According to Sherdog, that was Kim Rose’s first pro fight, just as it was Couture’s. And it isn’t about the fact that she continued after being hurt, either. This is the argument we make in favor of MMA. Why wouldn’t we make it...

According to NBCSports.com, Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre will headline UFC 83 on April 19th 2008 at Montreal’s Bell Centre for the welterweight title.  Serra confirmed to NBC Sports that he will be fighting Georges.  Here’s what NBCSports.com had to say: Serra told Winnipeg Sun,

By Bodog Sportsbook, Casino and Poker In response to recent comments made by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, Bodog Fight founder Calvin Ayre is pleased to extend a once-in-a-lifetime offer to his mixed martial arts rival. White's unfortunate public diatribe incl...

By UFCmania 205 lbs.: Chuck Liddell (20-3) vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (26-6) 205 lb.: Keith Jardine (12-2-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1) 155 lb.: Din Thomas (19-6) vs. Jeremy Stephens (8-1) 205 lb.: Thiago Silva (9-0) vs. James Irvin (12-3) 205 lb.: Alan Belcher (9-3) vs. Sean Salmon (9-2)