Trevor Wittman: The Octagon is too big for Mirko Cro Cop

One of the most respected striking coaches in the game, Trevor Wittman, will have his hands full on March 19th, with three of his fighters competing at the long anticipated UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones event in Newark, New Jersey. Eliot Marshall will look to make a successful return to the UFC against Luiz “Banha” Cane, Nate Marquardt will square off against Dan Miller, and Brendan Schaub will face the toughest challenge of his career against the legendary Mirko Cro Cop.Wittman is a head coach at the Grudge

UFC 128: What Shogun Rua has to offer against Jon Jones

At the age of 20 years old, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua made his professional Mixed Martial Arts debut. He dominated and destroyed his first four opponents, until he met crafty veteran Renato “Babalu” Sobral to whom he lost via guillotine choke. That first loss in Shogun’s career was an important lesson and agony of defeat was used as motivation for victory.
With the legendary Chute Boxe camp in his corner, following in the footsteps of his idols Wanderlei Silva and Jose

Brendan Schaub: I’m two fights away from a Title Shot (Exclusive Interview)

TUF 10 finalist Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub will look to move one step closer to shot at the UFC Heavyweight title, facing Mirko Cro Cop at the main card opener of UFC 128, next week at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.Currently enjoying an impressive three-fight winning streak, 7-1 Brendan Schaub has six first round KO’s victories to his record. In his last fight, Schaub dominated the Octagon veteran and former UFC Heavyweight title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 121, walking away with a

Who’s to blame for Fedor’s downfall? Definitely not M-1 Global

Fedor Emelianenko’s dramatic defeat against Antonio Silva last weekend at the IZOD Center in New Jersey sparked a very heated, and I must admit quite one-sided, debate in Mixed Martial Arts community. Who’s to blame for Fedor Emelianenko’s two consecutive defeats? It looks like everyone has an automatic answer to this question – Fedor’s management, M-1 Global. People seem to forget that except of being Fedor’s management, M-1 Global is a fighting promotion which organizes events all around the world. And

UFC 129 Sold Out In Ticket Buying Frenzy

The UFC achieved another historic milestone today when over 40, 000 tickets were sold to rabid Toronto fans.  Tom Wright, the director of UFC Canada had to make more seats available only 7 minutes after ticket sales commenced.
Already the UFC are investigating making more seats availble due to the huge fan demand, and raising the number of seats to 45, 000 to 50, 000.  This massive amount of sales easily has destroyed the previous MMA North American ticket sales record of 23,152 set recently at