Life isn’t easy for a fighter at 155 pounds. Take Shane Roller for example. Not only do his opponents have to worry about the wrestling of the three-time Oklahoma State University All-American and an ever-developing submission game that has ended six of his 10 mixed martial arts victories, but in March he showed off some [...]

  Sporting close-cropped, almost-clean shaven hairstyles, world-respected fight coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winklejohn aren’t making fashion statements or responding to the impending summer heat. Let’s just say that after watching their charge, welterweight contender Carlos Condit, bite down on his mouthpiece, toss a well-thought out gameplan to the side and go to war, that [...]

PITTSBURGH, June 26 – The question leading up to Sunday’s heavyweight showdown between Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry was ‘who was the best pure striker?’ And for a while it looked like Barry, but it was Kongo who had the last word in the UFC Live main event with a crushing first round knockout victory [...]

Matt Brown is a helluva nice guy, but for some reason, people want to lie to him. Inexplicably, opponents promise standup wars for the ages with “The Immortal,” and we all buy in, including Brown, but then the night ends, not with a toe-to-toe slugfest, but with a submission win for the other guy. First [...]

Strikeforce Challenger Tweets Today Is my day and I will show @SHOsports @Strikeforce @ufc that they made a good choice in picking a young and aggressive KO Artist! #MMA  -Keith Berry Beautiful day in Seattle. Sittin at breakfast with @DerekBrunsonMMA and @KingMoFH -Jason High On weight BABY!!! Zuffa transporting us to weigh ins with a [...]

For the first time, meet Pat “HD” Barry the “mixed martial artist”. Over the past few years, fight fans have gotten to know and love “HD” as the “kickboxer”. Barry has wowed UFC crowds with exciting striking showcases like his devastating leg kicks against Dan Evensen at UFC 92 or his heavy handed punches against [...]

Slightly over two years ago, Rick Story was a rookie in awe of what he was about to be undertaking as he prepared for his UFC debut against John Hathaway in Germany. Now, he’s fresh from a three round win over highly-regarded contender Thiago Alves less than a month ago, and preparing for his first [...]

Tyson Griffin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he held it, knowing how the fight game is. He had just finished a three round bout with Nik Lentz at UFC 123 last November, and it appeared that his two fight losing streak was about to become a thing of the past. But [...]

The following is shameless hype about Matt Mitrione. This is an unabashed article hyping up the fastest rising name of the UFC heavyweight division that’s not Junior dos Santos. The hype machine is revving at full throttle as the undefeated prospect is set to do battle in the Octagon for the fifth time at UFC [...]

As the crowd at Boston’s TD Garden roared for their favorite son, Joe Lauzon, last August, the rising lightweight star almost knew that his first round victory over Gabe Ruediger was going to be a hard one to follow. For 121 dominant seconds at UFC 118, Lauzon, simply put, did everything right. And if you [...]

Everyone loves a comeback. Everyone loves the harrowing come from behind victory with only a few fleeting moments remaining. Historical matches like Louden Swain down by 4 points with only 27 seconds left staring down the seemingly unstoppable Brian Shute in “Vision Quest”. (Spoiler alert) It’s the drama of seeing Swain, with no time on [...]

The staredowns, the loosening of his wrists before a fight, the berserker fighting style. If you don’t know who we’re talking about at this point, you’ve apparently reached the wrong website. But on July 2nd, all true fight fans will be celebrating the return of “The Axe Murderer,” Wanderlei Silva, as he takes on Chris [...]

A few weeks ago, not many people had heard of Rick Story.  His dominant performance against Thiago Alves at UFC 130 changed all of that.  In that fight, he used his wrestling and striking to control one of the best welterweights on the planet in Alves.  He won by unanimous decision. Anthony Johnson was the [...]

Fresh from his KO of the Night performance against Chris Tuchscherer in February, Mark Hunt returns to the Octagon to face Ben Rothwell at UFC 135 this September. “Verbal agreements are in for a battle between heavyweights as devastating striker Mark ‘The Super Samoan’ Hunt faces the 6’ 4” powerhouse Ben Rothwell on September 24 [...]

Less than 50 miles away from the notorious nightlife of Miami, Boca Raton, Florida is the current training home of some of mixed martial arts’ top contenders, guys like Rashad Evans, Anthony Johnson, Jorge Santiago, and Antonio Silva, JZ Cavalcante. Joining them is Missouri native Michael Johnson, who, at 24 years old, is the youngest [...]

JDS and Carwin going in different directions Heading into Saturday’s title eliminator, contenders Junior dos Santos and Shane Carwin shared pretty similar careers to date. Both were 12-1. Both had developed reputations as monstrous punchers. Carwin had more of a reputation as a finisher, since he had finished all 12 wins in the first round. [...]

Dana White confirmed today that Damacio Page and ‘Kid’ Yamamoto have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 135 in September. Expect fireworks – “These are two of the most aggressive sluggers in the always-exciting bantamweight division,” said White. Diego Sanchez to face Hall of Famer Matt Hughes updated April 28 Welterweight contender Diego Sanchez has [...]

Carwin succeeded in making this drop by focusing on whole foods and creating a slight calorie deficit over time to lean out all the while maintaining energy for peak athletic performance. Of course it helped that Fuel the Fighter client and pro MMA athlete Josh Ford, who is an aspiring nutrition nut, helped plan and [...]

VANCOUVER, BC, June 11 – Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos have been on a collision course for a very long time. Their dream matchup became reality on Saturday night at Rogers Arena as dos Santos battered and bloodied Shane Carwin over three rounds and immediately thereafter was offered a shot at Velazquez’s heavyweight title [...]

Some of the signals we make with our hands or arms speak for themselves without further verbal explanation. You know what a thumbs up or thumbs down means, and a hands up, closed fist normally signifies that you are ready to go in a toe-to-toe challenge. But other moves display much more than we can [...]