Posted on 01 February 2012
Ed Herman hopes that 2012 continues as his 2011 ended. After suffering a horrific knee injury in a fight against Aaron Simpson, Herman spent nearly two years on the shelf after surgery. He was able to return to the octagon triumphantly, gaining wins over Tim Credeur and Kyle Noke. Now set to face off against Clifford Starks at UFC 143, Herman looks to continue his comeback to the upper echelon of the middleweight division.
Tags: clifford starks, ed herman, ufc 143
Posted on 31 January 2012
You international folks may not know the name Daniel Swain, but you will soon enough. Swain has made a name for himself on the British Columbia Pro MMA Circuit by going 4-1 over the last year, but for the last few months he has been living back home in Newport, Washington. I made the decision [...]
Posted on 28 January 2012
Popular Canadian veteran John “The Natural” Alessio returns to action March 16th in Hamilton, Ontario for the Score Fighting Series. Alessio’s opponent will be Team Quest product Ryan “Diamond” Healy and Alessio is hoping that the end of the evening not only sees his hand raised in victory, but leads to an invitation back to [...]
Tags: john alessio, ryan healy, score fighting series
Posted on 23 January 2012
There are few figures in mixed martial arts that are as polarizing as Michael Bisping — The confident Brit has legions of fans who either love him or hate him. Last week he was preparing for dangerous submission artist Demian Maia before Mark Munoz was forced to step aside due to injury giving him the [...]
Posted on 17 January 2012
Move over Chael Sonnen, mixed martial arts now has a new foremost political pundit. Jacob Volkmann has made waves for the second time in consecutive fights with his comments about U.S. President Barack Obama. Last time, Volkmann earned himself a Secret Service visit after saying “someone needs to knock some sense” into Obama. This time [...]
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Posted on 15 January 2012
Duane Ludwig got a great present on Christmas Eve last year when UFC figurehead Dana White gave him the news that his knockout of French-Canadian striker Jonathan Goulet at UFC Fight Night 3 in 2006 would be recognized as the promotions fastest knockout in history. “Bang” Ludwig was making his octagon return following a three-year [...]
Posted on 13 January 2012
Although much of the hype surrounding next week’s ProElite event in Hawaii revolves around the anticipated fight between Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove and Ikuhisa “The PUNK” Minowa, there is much more going on in the undercard to make next Saturday’s event a continued success for ProElite. While MMA has its share of “free agents,” you [...]
Posted on 05 January 2012
Fighting out of Perth, Australia “The Hulk” is fresh off the heels of a 16-second dismantling of Queensland based slugger Matt Walker for Australia’s premiere MMA organization, Cage Fighting Championships.
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Posted on 05 January 2012
Can you name the Strikeforce middleweight champion? If so, congratulations. I guarantee you the casual MMA fan has never heard the name Luke Rockhold. Rockhold took to the MMA scene in 2007 when a few of his friends convinced him to come down and train with them at American Kickboxing Academy in California.
Tags: American Kickboxing Academy, keith jardine, Luke Rockhold, Strikeforce
Posted on 29 December 2011
These gloves we wear are not very forgiving. I look at my boy Mark Hominick in his last fight. Nine times out of ten I take Hominick over the Korean Zombie but he got caught and Jung won that fight. Anything can happen [...]
Tags: dong hyun kim, sean pierson, UFC 141