BlogKick: 6 Light Heavyweight Contenders
Here are the three fights, one of which will provide a new challenger for the 205 belt
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Here are the three fights, one of which will provide a new challenger for the 205 belt
MMA is currently structured according to the media and entertainment aspect of it, and less so the sporting. There is no ‘MMA League’ like that of the NFL or Premiership, where all the top teams in that respective sport play each other at least once a year. The closest equivalent MMA has is the UFC. The UFC certainly boasts the most stacked and impressive roster out of any MMA promotion, but there are still so many great fighters out there that never get to fight each other.
Former UFC Champion, and MMA veteran Andrei ”Pitbull” Arlovski has spoken out, on the upcoming StrikeForce Heavyweight tournament. The Pitbull has said that this is a big opportunity for him to get back to winning ways and will be trying to grab a rematch against Fedor Emelianenko.
(OK, Julia watch for the le-. Never mind. VidProps: ProMMANow.) What’s this? A fairly solid Strikeforce Challengers card that (for once) accomplishes…
(Somehow, screwing this guy over in a business deal would never cross our minds. PicProps: Top MMA News)A couple years…
StrikeForce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem talks about the upcoming StrikeFoce Heavyweight Grand Prix. Where he will put his title on the line against some of the best heavyweight talent in the world, and says that this is the best way to prove he’s the number 1 fighter in the world today.
“I kind of like how Randy (Couture) has done it all throughout his MMA career. With the right fight, I would definitely take a fight at heavyweight, but my dreams and my goals are all at the light heavyweight division, and I don’t want anything to get twisted saying I want to fight Cain (Velasquez) or any of the top heavyweights. If there was a cool fight stylistically for me at heavyweight, I’d give something to the fans and fight at a bigger weight.” – full interview at
(“…and when I said I wanted to wring Barack’s neck, I meant I wanted to re-align his vertebrae.”)Well Jacob Volkmann won’t…
(Nogueira takes ice baths to quell hip pain and to treat his hypergonadism.) Many fans of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira were disappointed…
Dr. Rhadi Ferguson among many others in the hybrid sport of mixed martial arts, exemplify an integrity in the sport that can be missed so easily.