Strikeforce Melendez vs Masvidal Results Wrap-Up

After a fairly long absence, Strikeforce returned on Saturday night, delivering a card from San Diego, CA that saw two champions defend their titles. Also along the way, an up and coming fighter saw his 8 fight winning streak come to an end while another halted a two fight losing streak.
Gilbert Melendez looked the worse for wear following his bout with Jorge Masvidal, but still walked away with his lightweight title belt strapped around his waist after earning the unanimous decision victory. Cristiane

Anthony Johnson: It’s going to be fun fighting Vitor Belfort (Exclusive Interview)

If you’ve ever watched an Anthony Johnson fight, you have to tell yourself not to blink because you could miss out on a potentially epic knockout or TKO. On paper we know he is a wrestler, but fans know that the man known as ‘Rumble’ has a very technical and powerful striking game to compliment his wrestling abilities. His left high kick has become a trademark in his arsenal; he also has dynamite in his fists. If any of these weapons were to touch an opponent’s chin they would for

Strikeforce Results: Josh Barnett chokes out Sergei Kharitonov in Round 1

After long months of speculations, polls and opinion articles – the final of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix is finally set. Josh Barnett will meet Daniel Cormier, after booking his place with a convincing performance against the fellow PRIDE veteran Sergei Kharitonov.
The Russian Mercenary (that’s according to Mauro Ranallo) was better on his feet, managing to hurt Josh Barnett with various striking combinations. But the turning point was when Josh Barnett got his takedown, immediately finding

Phil Baroni: Nobody dry humps the New York Bad Ass and gets away with it! (Exclusive Interview)

Asia, the true Mecca of Martial Arts. Before the time of Christ, historical studies have shown that the earliest recorded proof of Martial Arts is as old as late 1st Millennium BC. Who knew thousands of years later, Martial Arts and combat sports as a whole would be as big as it is in the world today. But the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is still in its infancy stages in a continent that is home to 3/4 of the earth’s population. ONE FC looks to change that, featuring the best fighters in all of Asia.

Bellator 47 makes Canadian debut with a stacked card

Bellator Fighting Championship makes it’s long awaited debut in ‘The Great White North’ in Rama, Ontario on July 23th with a stellar night of fights featuring many familiar names among fans. Originally the card was headlined by the main event of Joe Warren vs. Patricio Freire was supposed to go down, but ‘The Pitbull’ broke his hand during training with the fight due to take place on a later date. But even without the high profile main event, we’ll still be treated to the continuation of the feather

DREAM Fight for Japan GP Finals Results & Post-Fight Interviews

DREAM yesterday morning pacific time held a spectacular Fight for Japan GP finals card. Unfortunately, for many people from English speaking countries we couldn’t witness this event live from the Ariake Colisium in Tokyo. Only Japanese TV station SkyPerfecTV had the live fights and our way of keeping up to date with the event was through Twitter. The results are in and the post-fight interviews have been released.
145 lb. title: Hiroyuki Takaya def. Kazuyuki Miyata via split decision135 lb. Tournament

What’s wrong with JMMA?

Once upon a time, the center of the Mixed Martial Arts universe was the land of the rising sun. During the late 90’s / early 2000’s while MMA was struggling to be a legitmate sport in North America, it was a hot ticket in Japan with many options to watch. PRIDE of course was the best known and most popular brand of MMA to come from the country, but pioneers Shooto, Pancrase, and RINGS paved the way. Many of the greatest fighters this sport has ever seen made their name in PRIDE, but many of those same