Mixed Martial Arts News

MFC-HDNet extend partnership

The Maximum Fighting Championship will remain a frontrunner in showcasing live mixed martial arts to a massive international audience with a new six-event contract teamed with broadcast partner HDNet. Since partnering with HDNet in 2008, nine MFC events have been featured live on HDNet Fights, beginning with MFC 15: Rags to Riches and through to [...]

Jones vs Matyushenko on VERSUS

NEW YORK, N.Y. (July 27, 2010)-VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country, will air its second live UFC® event on Sunday, August 1, featuring a light heavyweight battle between Jon ‘Bones’ Jones and Vladimir Matyushenko. The fight will originate from the San Diego Sports Arena and air live on VERSUS at 9 [...]

Title fight featured at MFC 26

Four main-card fights including a world title fight have been secured to heighten the already talent-laden lineup for MFC 26: Retribution. The event, which will be held in Westman Place at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and air live on HDNet Fights, features a co-main event pitting MFC lightweight champion Antonio “Mandingo” McKee [...]

STRIKEFORCE Challengers Results

EVERETT, WASH. (July 23, 2010) — Fast-rising heavyweight prospect Shane Del Rosario kept his perfect record in tact with a first round knockout over Lolohea Mahe in the main event of Friday’ STRIKEFORCE Challengers MMA event on SHOWTIME® from the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Wash. In the co-main event, undefeated Sarah Kaufman defended [...]

Mark Pavelich is promising a world-class card Brandon Sun July 20.2010

Mark Pavelich is promising a world-class card for the Maximum Fighting Championship’s first stop in Brandon. Tickets go on sale today for MFC 26: Retribution, slated for Friday, Sept. 10 at Westman Place, with the mixed martial arts card broadcast live on HDNet in Canada, the United States and Mexico. “It’s going to be the [...]

CageSport XI on July 24

Tacoma, WA) Brian Halquist Productions brings the Northwest’s favorite combative sports event back to the Emerald Queen Casino for CageSport XI on Saturday July 24th, 2010. Doors open at 6 pm, with the first fight beginning at 7 pm. In the Co-main event Olympia’s own Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio (1-0) will face Melissa Steele (0-1) [...]

Nicklow Headlines “Cage Time 3”!

Ocean City, MD (July 20) – Middleweight boxing contender Jesse “The Beast” Nicklow will step out of the ring and into the octagon for a second consecutive time July 31 when he battles Matthew Dean in the main event of “Cage Time 3” from the Ocean City Convention Center. Nicklow, who has an outstanding 20-2-2 [...]

‘Butterbean’ vs. Pudzianowski war of words continues across Atlantic

WARSAW, Poland (July 20, 2010) – Recent critical quotes by former Pride FC fighter Eric “Butterbean” Esch regarding Mariusz Pudzianowski have initiated a terse response from the 5-time World’s Strongest Man’s promoter in Poland, KSAW Federation, which has been organizing MMA events in Europe since 2004. The popular “Butterbean,” who is a former pro boxer [...]

Tim Sylvia on search and destroy mission for Aug. 14 “War on the Mainland” PPV

SAN DIEGO (July 19, 2010) – Two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim “Maine-iac” Sylvia plans to make a loud statement August 14 when he takes on former UFC and Strikeforce heavyweight title challenger Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello in the main event for the vacant Powerhouse World Promotions (PWP), LLC Heavyweight Championship, headlining the “War on the [...]

Xtreme Couture vs. Team Quest: Tuff-N-Uff hosts epic clash at Orleans Hotel & Casino on August 6

Former Olympic wrestlers and mixed martial arts legends Randy Couture and Dan Henderson have long enjoyed a friendly relationship, but in August, both former champions will be represented on opposite sides of the ring. Tuff-N-Uff returns to the Orleans Hotel & Casino’s Mardi Gras Ballroom in Las Vegas on Friday, August 6, and Las Vegas’ [...]