Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson and “The Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko could meet as part of a Summer event, according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker. Although verbal agreements are currently in place, the match-up is not yet official. The main point of contention between the camps has reportedly been the weight at which they would meet.
“The Max Murderer” Maximo Blanco is a star in the world of Japanese Mixed Martial Arts. The 27 year old Venezuelan first made his name in the world of Combat Sports as a freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal in the 60kg division at the 2007 Pan American games and earned a scholarship to wrestle at the college level in Japan.
After failing to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic games, he made the jump into Mixed Martial Arts by being recruited by Sengoku, and began training at the
Daniel Fletcher’s feature about Zavurov; the Russian on a tear through Europe’s welterweight division, and a man M-1 Global believe will become a new Fyodor of sorts. Sambo world champion, San Shou champion, M-1 Global MMA champion. He has the pedigree, the potential and the stats, now where will he go from here…
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has never been a fighter who holds his tongue when he disagrees with something even…
The Heavyweight King of Combat Sports made an appearance on ESPN MMA Live with Jon Anik and announced to the world that he hasn’t seen a dime from winning the K-1 WGP. With the latest rumors of K-1 filing for bankruptcy, will Alistair Overeem or any of the other fighters who haven’t been paid yet ever get the money they worked hard for?
On Saturday February 12th, Fedor Emilianenko will take to the Strikeforce cage for what will be his 36th professional fight. “The Last Emperor” will make the solitary walk from the dressing room to the cage, with more consequences on the line than usual. In his last fight,we saw Fedor’s first “official” loss, tapping out in 69 seconds due to an exceptional triangle/armbar combination. Coming in to the fight as the heavy favourite, no one expected the loss.When Fedor squared off against multi-time BJJ world
(Well, that’s what you get for leaving it in the hands of the judges.) Friends, Romans, CagePotatoans, lend…
It all started in 1993 when a 170 lb Royce Gracie shocked everyone in the world of combat when he won the first UFC tournament, gaining all his wins via submission. From that day on the Gracie name was hand in hand with MMA along with having the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in a choke hold(no pun intended), the Gracie Family looked destined to rule combat sports for a very long time…
Unfortunately for the family, History did not play out that way. Since those days the Gracie’s have
(“When you put your focus on one thing, you tend not to focus on the journey. Once you…
It only seems like yesterday when we were all tuning into UFC 117. Many hard core fans didn’t think this card would be very memorable or eventful, but it left us with a lifetime of great MMA memories. I can remember exactly the time and place during the event. At the time I was working at a Liquor Store / Pub in my neighbourhood. Being the kind of fan I am, even though I didn’t expect much from this card I still wanted to watch it anyway. I, like many of you didn’t have very high
