By Brian Hemminger
Every once in a great while, a fight not only lives up to the hype, but it exceeds it.  To some, the knockout is the most exciting finish, to others, the submission.  Occasionally, a fight can nearly end by both, yet both fighters literally will themselves to keep forging on.  These tests of [...]

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By Brian Hemminger
If you were like me this week, you were breathing a sigh of relief when the heavyweight fight between Tim Sylvia and Wes Sims for Adrenaline MMA V in Youngstown, Ohio was cancelled.
Bernie Profato, the Ohio Athletic Commission executive director ruled the bout “non-competitive” and informed Adrenaline promoter Monte Cox that it would not be [...]

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Remember the very tough Ultimate Fighter Reality TV show contestant Matt “The Immortal” Brown (11-7) ?  Well, he is back and will be facing Ricardo Almeida (11-3) at UFC 111.  Matt Brown is on a three fight win streak defeating Ryan Thomas, Pete Sell and James Wilks.  Not only has Brown shown brut toughness in [...]

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Extreme Fighter Kenny “Ken-Flo” Florian (12-4) is set to face Takanori Gomi (31-5) at Ultimate Fight Night 21.  Florian has been triumphant in 7 of his last 8 fights.  That one loss was to “The Prodigy” BJ Penn.  Kenny, a former soccer player is also a Brizillian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt and is coming off a [...]

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Strikeforce is showing up in Miami on January 30th with a pretty cool schedule of fights, two of which are title fights.
Nick Diaz  (20-7-1) vs Marius Zaromskis (13-3) for the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship
Nick Diaz, a former IFC and WEC welterweight champion, is a very dangerous BJJ practitioner who trains out of Stockton CA, under Cesar [...]

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NEW YORK (January 6, 2009)– Knockout artists “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (16-5) and Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef (24-6-1) will square off with each other in a middleweight (185 pounds) contest at the STRIKEFORCE:  Miami mixed martial arts (MMA) event at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday, January 30.  Wrestling powerhouses Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-10) and [...]

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Fresh off a win at WCF 8, WEC Veteran Mike “The Beast” Campbell is set to headline WCF 9 when he takes on tough NY native, Marc Stevens. Campbell is 7-2 overall, and is 2-0 in the WCF with 2 first round TKO wins. Campbell moves down to his optimal fight weight of 155 lbs. [...]

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Sparks are going to fly at WEC 46 as the the lightweight champion Jamie Varner steps in the cage to slang fists with the newly crowned interim lightweight champion Ben Henderson.  The two will be fighting on January 10th at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA to unify the WEC’s lightweight division.
Jamie Varner (16-2-2) hasn’t [...]

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Many fight fans will be excited to hear that “The Worlds Most Dangerous Man”  Ken Shamrock will be returning to MMA in a fight against the man who beat Dan Severn and dropped Kimbo Slice , Seth “The Silverback” Petrucelli. The two are set to face off for 5 rounds on March 6th, 2010 at [...]

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By Brian Hemminger
Well, the UFC has decided to give us quite a show for their “filler” card.  There won’t be any championship bouts, but a lot of important fights here will decide future title shots. 
The main event between former middleweight champ Rich “Ace” Franklin (25-4) and returning former light heavyweight champ Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort [...]

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