Mixed Martial Arts News

The Teacher, Ben Holscher, Back In MMA Action March 26 In Fresno

A full-time ninth-grade health teacher and wrestling coach at Clovis High In Clovis, Calif., Ben “The Teacher” Holscher (5-0) continues to make the grade in mixed martial arts (MMA) where the 5-foot-11 lightweight (155 pounds) has passed his initial four tests with flying colors and will attempt to remain unbeaten when he steps up in [...]

Versus To Re-Air March 6 live WEC event

VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will re-air a night of action-packed fights from the March 6 live WEC event on Wednesday, March 10, at 9 p.m. ET. The two- hour presentation will feature seven fights from this past weekend’s card, including the non-televised bout between Ricardo Lamas (8-1) and [...]

XCC Returns This Weekend

This Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13, Michigan’s premier MMA promoter will be back in action for another back-to-back two-night festival of elite mixed martial arts. Friday night, Matt Flynn of Xtreme Cagefighting Championship proudly presents XCC 47 “Warriors Collide III” at the Eagles Hall in Waterford, Michigan, and Saturday, he returns with XCC [...]

Rage In The Cage 140

An outstanding fight card is on tap for this show. Top local schools will be heavily represented: Lion’s Den ( Cronin, Steinbeiss, Betzold, Lester, Padello ), Seige MMA ( Salcido, Wheeler, Stonebraker, Scully ), ACS ( Larsen, Moraga ), and MMA Lab ( Gruetzemacher, Brown ) along with a strong contingent of fighters from Las [...]

UFC Signs Boxing Legend James Toney

He’s one of the premier boxers of the last 25 years, a future Hall of Famer who has won world titles in three weight classes while taking on a Who’s Who of the sport, including fellow champions Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman, Vassiliy Jirov, Roy Jones Jr., Mike McCallum, Iran Barkley, and Michael Nunn. [...]

Tune In Alert: STRIKEFORCE MMA Stars To Appear On MTV2’s “Rock N Jock” This Saturday

The STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) stars will be featured in the next two, all new episodes of “Rock N Jock” on MTV2, counting down the week’s top 10 rock videos as well as talking shop with and teaching host “Dirty” their mixed martial arts (MMA) tactics this Saturday, March 6 and next Saturday, March [...]

Butterbean Headlines MMA Card at the Emerald Ballroom in Michigan

This Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, at the Emerald Ballroom in Mt Clemens, Michigan, Greg Ahrens’ TMS Fight Night will present Xtreme Cagefighting Championship’s “Beat Down at the Ballroom 8 and 9″ — two spectacular nights of elite mixed martial arts. This exciting event is presented in association with Matt Flynn [...]

Reno Xtreme Fights III on Friday, March 19

Grand Sierra Resort and “Let’s Get It On” Promotions welcome the third installment of Reno Xtreme Fights (RXF) with a middleweight match-up between Brandon “Flawless” Gonzalez (10-0, 9 KOs) from Sacramento and Darnell Boone (16-14, 6 KOs) from Atlanta, 8 p.m. Friday, March 19. RXF III will feature three boxing and four mixed martial arts [...]

STRIKEFORCE: Henderson vs. Shields At Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena On April 17

Mixed martial arts (MMA) legend and two-time United States Olympic wrestling competitor Dan Henderson (25-7) will challenge STRIKEFORCE World Middleweight (185 pounds) Champion Jake Shields (24-4-1) in the main event of a highly anticipated STRIKEFORCE fight card at Bridgestone Arena (formerly known as Sommet Center) in Nashville on Saturday, April 17. In other featured bouts, STRIKEFORCE [...]

CBS and Strikeforce Bring MMA Back To Primetime On April 17

CBS SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) return to network primetime television with a world-class lineup featuring three title fights and five of the top MMA fighters in the world from their respective weight classes, on Saturday, April 17 (9:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. The event will [...]