MMA HQ – Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis

The International Fight League has released the fight card for their February 23rd event to be held at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Atlanta, GA. The event will be headlined with a superfight between Robbie Lawler and Eduardo Pamplona.
Here is the fight card:
Dragons (Toronto) vs. Wolfpack (Portland) (IFL Record, Overall)
155 lb: Wagnney Fabiano [...]

We all have heard about the “bad blood” between Diego Sanchez and Josh Koscheck, both of whom were contestants on Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter. Sanchez and Koscheck will get their chance to settle the score at UFC 69 in Houston, Texas and most of the MMA world is eagerly awaiting that matchup.
Too [...]

UFCJunkie.com is reporting that Frank Mir will once again fight in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 9 against Antoni Hardonk. Since returning to the UFC in February of 2006, Mir lost his first fight back to Marcio Cruz, barely defeated Dan Christison, and was KO’d by Brandon Vera at UFC 65.
For those who [...]

Just a little Nick Diaz love to get everyone warmed up for his upcoming fight with PrideFC lightweight champion Takanori Gomi on February 24 at Pride 33: The Second Coming.
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Elite XC debut show is in the books and the Showtime fight card ended in controversy.
Frank Shamrock was disqualified two minutes into the second round for multiple knee strikes to the head of Renzo Gracie. Now, I do not have Showtime and have not yet seen the main card fights, but from all accounts [...]

Brandon Vera has been one of the most talked about heavyweight fighters in MMA recently, with all of that attention due to his contract dispute/negotiations with the UFC. Vera currently has one fight left to fulfill on his UFC contract which expires this September. It was thought that Vera would have had a [...]

This past week, news came out that Chuck Liddell would make his next title defense at UFC 71, but who his opponent would be was unknown.
When Quinton Jackson’s WFA contract was purchased by the UFC, we knew that Jackson was signed through July for two fights. Jackson and his manager have insisted that they [...]

The US media is going to love Quinton Jackson. Always a great interview…

Last year in 2006, Mixed Martial Arts definitely gained a lot of headway in the United States in becoming a legitimate “combat” sport. For those who aren’t aware, several major network companies have recently added MMA to their sports websites (more specifically UFC content). NBC Sports launched their UFC content several weeks ago, [...]

I know Tim Sylvia has become something of a “whipping boy” for UFC fans. I personally, think he is a good MMA fighter and I’ve got nothing against him. But I know that 99% of the readers who come to MMA HQ don’t like Sylvia at all. All I have to do [...]