Ben Cartlidge is a writer, judge and commentator and has been involved with mixed martial arts for a number of years in the UK. He has worked with Superior Challenge, Cage Warriors, UCMMA, FIGHT UK and a host of other promotions in various capacities. His writing has featured in prominent magazines like Fighters Only, Combat and Fighting Fit as well as online for MMAHQ, Cage Potato, Yourmma.tv and Cagejunkies. Catch his blog at http://bencartlidgesupermma.blogspot.com/ and follow him on twitter.com/bencartlidgemma

The biggest fight of 2012 has officially got past the hurdle of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. NSAC officials, this Monday, ruled unanimously in favor of granting the outspoken middleweight a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) for testosterone for his UFC 148 fight with Anderson Silva. The CSAC suspended Sonnen for a year when he failed a drug test at UFC 117 due [...]

It may have taken three hours yesterday but the verdict reached by the NSAC regarding Nick Diaz was conclusive to say the least. The commission voted unanimously to suspend Nick Diaz for failing his post fight drugs test at UFC 143. The suspension runs 12 months from February 4th, the date of UFC 143, and Diaz [...]

At just 24 years of age it seems improbable that Jon Jones has sat at the top of the light heavyweight division since March 2011. The physically unique New York native has proved to be an unsolvable riddle for all seventeen fighters who have matched up with him thus far and the future, before this weekend, seemed [...]

Cage Warriors Fight Night 5 took place on April 12th from the Al-Hussein Youth City Boxing Arena in Amman, Jordan and saw the promotion tie up the semi finals of their ongoing middleweight tournament. Victor Cheng got past the very dangerous Faycal Hussein via unanimous decision and Pavel Kusch heel hooked John Phillips in just under thirty [...]

Ahh nostalgia indeed. It’s a good job the rules have changed, however, because a card with no time limits and ten heavyweights probably would be tougher to watch than Andy Anderson’s singlet.

With less than a week before Frank Mir challenges Junior dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight title, fans and professionals alike have already begun speculating as to a potential outcome. Most supporters of the Brazilian point to Mir’s inability to cope with sustained pressure; the blueprint of which was drawn up by the first ever [...]

UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after a high speed crash left his Bentley in pieces. The crash took place at 5am on Saturday morning when Jones crashed into a utility pole; totalling his Bentley and prompting police to arrest him on the scene. The light heavyweight champion [...]

Event: Strikeforce – Heavyweight Grand Prix Final Where: HP Pavilion, San Jose, California When: Saturday 19th May Results Daniel Cormier def. Josh Barnett via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45 Gilbert Melendez def. Josh Thomson via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante def. Mike Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 0:33 Chris [...]

As many predicted there will now be an interim bantamweight title on the line at UFC 148 and UFC President Dana White officially announced last night at TUF Live that Renan Barao is the man who will face Urijah Faber in July. The Brazilian, currently riding an incredible 27 fight winning streak, has looked nothing [...]

Event: Bellator 69 Where: Lac Casino Resort, Lake Charles, Louisianna When: Friday 19th May Main Card Middleweight Tournament Final Maiquel Falcao def. Andreas Spang via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) Welterweight Tournament Semi Final Karl Amoussou def. David Rickels via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) – Jessica Aguilar def. Megumi Fujii via unanimous decision (29-28, [...]

The rally for Mark Hunt is temporarily on hold. The Samoan Cinderella Man, currently enjoying a huge wave of fan interest and popularity as the fans campaigned for him to replace Alistair Overeem at UFC 146, has been forced to withdraw from his bout with Stefan Struve citing a knee injury. Thank u so much for your [...]