Jorge Rivera: I got under Michael Bisping’s skin (Exclusive Interview)

UFC Middleweight contender Jorge ” El Conquistador” will look to extend his three-fight winning streak at UFC 127, facing Michael Bisping at the main event attraction of the night. Thirt-eight years old Rivera was originally scheduled to face Alessio Sakara at UFC 122 in Germany, but the fight was cancelled only hours before its start due to Sakara suffering from a severe flu symptoms. Rivera holds an overall MMA record of 18-7, finishing 13 of his fights via a knockout. Rivera’s last bout was against

Vadim Finkelstein says Fedor’s eye injury “is just a swelling”

“We didn’t ask for medical assistance. There’s just a severe swelling, and no real damage to the eye. Doctor put an ice pack on it, and now Fedor is resting. I think that the doctor made the right decision to stop the fight because couldn’t see anything out of his right eye, and who knows what kind of consequences could hide behind the swelling. But fortunately, nothing happened.”Emelianenko’s right eye started to swell at the end of Round 2 in a fight against Antonio Silva, what looked like a typical

Bigfoot Silva is the most important fight in Fedor’s career

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

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

No Stranger to Danger

Fedor Emelianenko will make his long-anticipated return to Mixed Martial Arts this weekend, facing no other than the Brazilian heavy-hitter Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. The fight will open the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, as the winner is expected to advance into the semi-finals against either Alistair Overeem or Fabricio Werdum. The fight between Emelianenko and Antonio Silva is another classic “Fedor Fight”. Once again, “The Last Emperor” is facing a significantly larger opponent, who’s all overall