Archive for April, 2011

Jason “Mayhem” Miller has become the first Strikeforce fighter to make the jump over to the UFC. According to a report by MMAFighting.com, the middleweight contender has reached an agreement to once again join the UFC’s roster. Mayhem is also popular outside of the MMA world with his show, Bully Beatdown, on MTV. His presence in the UFC could interest a new group of viewers. Clipped from: www.mmafighting.com (share this clip) Jason “Mayhem” Miller is going back to the UFC. The popular middleweight has signed a new multi-fight agreement with the organization, Miller’s manager Ryan Parsons confirmed with MMA Fighting. [...]

MAIN CARD on MTV 2 at 9 pm ET Tim Carpenter (205) vs. Christian M’Pumbu (201.4) – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal Josh Arocho (147.4) vs. Ronnie Mann (145.6) Luiz “Betao” Nogueira (133.2) vs. Jerod Spoon (135.8) Richard Hale (205.2) vs. D.J. Linderman (205) – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal PRELIMINARY CARD Chris Bell (190.6) vs. Jared Hess (185.6) Owen Evinger (144.2) vs. Brandon Shelton (145.8) Shane Howell (134.2) vs. Mark Oshiro (135.6) Tracy Willis (226.5) vs. Mark Holata (260.5)

Bellator 41 wrapped up Saturday night with a controversial decision in the match between champion Joe Warren and Marcos Galvao. Also on the card, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Daniel Straus punched their tickets to the Bellator featherweight tournament finals. Here are the video highlights from this past weekend’s event:

All 16 fighters were on weight for Saturday night’s “Bellator 41: Warren vs Galvao” fight card. The weigh-ins took place at Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona, which will host tomorrow night’s event. Headlining the night of fights is a featherweight bout between the organization’s champion Joe Warren and Marcos Galvao. Another champion will be in action when Zach Makovsky takes on Chad Robichaux in a non-title bantamweight bout. Also on the card are the two Bellator featherweight tournament semifinals. Here are the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s event: MAIN CARD Champ Joe Warren (136.8) vs. Marcos Galvao (136.6) – [...]

Sean McCorkle, Mario Miranda, and TUF 11 Runner Up Kris McCray have all found their release from the worlds largest MMA organization. This coming off their losses last month at Ultimate Fight Night 24 in Seattle, Washington. They are the latest fighters to be released since the recent merger of the WEC and the acquisition of Strikeforce. McCorkle’s UFC record was 1 – 2 with his lone win coming by submission to PRIDE veteran Mark Hunt at UFC 119 in his home state of Indiana. The 34 year old, then lost his next two in a co main event to [...]

In this new series, we will take a look at the newest additions to the UFC roster, the Bantamweights and Featherweights. The series is used to show the established fighters, ready to fight for the title, down to the new up and comers. For the next few weeks, I will try and post atleast two fighters a day. Leading up to the first title defense in the Featherweight division at UFC 129. Haitian born, Canadian Kickboxer, Yves Jabouin has been around the game for a long time. At 31 years old, hes been fighting for the last ten years and [...]

In this new series, we will take a look at the newest additions to the UFC roster, the Bantamweights and Featherweights. The series is used to show the established fighters, ready to fight for the title, down to the new up and comers. For the next few weeks, I will try and post atleast two fighters a day. Leading up to the first title defense in the Featherweight division at UFC 129. George Roop is the third fighter on our list from the hit reality show, The Ultimate Fighter, and the only fighter on this part of the list with [...]

In this new series, we will take a look at the newest additions to the UFC roster, the Bantamweights and Featherweights. The series is used to show the established fighters, ready to fight for the title, down to the new up and comers. For the next few weeks, I will try and post atleast two fighters a day. Leading up to the first title defense in the Featherweight division at UFC 129. UFC 125 was supposed to mark the first title fight in the Featherweight division, but instead was the UFC’s introduction of Louisiana’s Dustin “ The Diamond” Poirier. After [...]

In this new series, we will take a look at the newest additions to the UFC roster, the Bantamweights and Featherweights. The series is used to show the established fighters, ready to fight for the title, down to the new up and comers. For the next few weeks, I will try and post atleast two fighters a day. Leading up to the first title defense in the Featherweight division at UFC 129. Pablo Garza has had the most interesting journey of all of our Up and Comers. The 27 year old, lost in the preliminary round to eventual semi-finalist, Micheal [...]

In this new series, we will take a look at the newest additions to the UFC roster, the Bantamweights and Featherweights. The series is used to show the established fighters, ready to fight for the title, down to the new up and comers. For the next few weeks, I will try and post atleast two fighters a day. Leading up to the first title defense in the Featherweight division at UFC 129. Mackens Semerzier entered the WEC with an undefeated record and a ton of hype. At 4 – 0, he was a former high school wrestler and U. S. [...]