UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre meets No. 1 contender Jake Shields next month during the main event of UFC 129 in Toronto. The popular French-Canadian fighter will have obvious crowd support — and added pressure — while he looks to defend against a dangerous BJJ practitioner. Here is the UFC video trailer for the [...]

Guram Gugenishvili defended his M-1 heavyweight title and submitted Red Devil’s Maxim Grishin during their M-1 Challenge 23 showdown to keep his title and earn submission of the night honors. Gugenishvili is a big, strong heavyweight with a focus on grappling (10 wins via submission), while Grishin served as a smaller heavyweight striker. The 24-year-old [...]

The UFC’s latest trip down under clearly distracted lot of folks and many have overlooked this announcement. In a proposed Strikeforce matchup that makes little sense, the No. 2 MMA organization is reportedly prepared to matchup Gegard Mousasi against Roger Gracie later this spring. The fight hasn’t been officially signed, but unnamed sources recently confirmed [...]

Michael Bisping finished Jorge Rivera at UFC 127  as the controversial British fighter continues to climb his way towards a possible UFC middleweight title shot. His immediate future remains uncertain, but the UFC didn’t have to wait long to find a willing opponent — UFC middleweight contender Vitor Belfort publicly shared his desire to fight [...]

Fedor Emelianenko plans to ignore a medical suspension from the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB) in favor of competing in the Russian national combat sambo tournament scheduled to begin tomorrow. Fedor suffered a TKO (doctor stoppage) loss to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva during the main event of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva a couple of [...]

Lightweight contender George Sotiropoulos holds a seven-fight win streak in the UFC, and a victory against Dennis Siver this Saturday at UFC 127 could push him to a title shot. Sotiropoulos has been able to blend modern BJJ along with traditional techniques used effectively to threaten opponents. As he continues to rack up wins inside [...]

MMA legend Dan Henderson will fight as long as he’s able to stay competitive against the top level of fighters in MMA today, he recently confirmed. Henderson is now 40-years-old and will fight for the Strikefoce light heavyweight championship next Saturday against Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante. Henderson will look to use his overhand right to connect [...]

BJ Penn’s only focus heading until UFC 127 this weekend against Jon Fitch is to beat the American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) fighter and worry about what happens after his hand is raised at the end of the fight. Penn, who has been known for trash talk and mind games, has remained relatively quiet leading up [...]

As expected M-1 and Showtime announced a co-promoted MMA event that will air on Showtime late next month. The partnership will begin with next month’s M-1 Challenge: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa event on March 25 from the Constant Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The M-1 lightweight title will be on the line when Artiom Damkovsky looks to [...]

Michael Bisping is irritated with Jorge Rivera and the obvious trash talking tactics he’s using to try and toy with the British fighter’s head before they fight at UFC 127. A pre-fight press conference ended with both fighters jawing at one another just a few days before they meet during the co-main event this Saturday [...]

MMA veteran Vladimir Matyushenko will fight Jason Brilz at UFC 129 in Toronto later this year in a light heavyweight matchup. Both fighters have a great chance to perform on one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, with the event quickly selling more than 50,000+ tickets. In his last three Octagon appearances, [...]

Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren will meet MMA veteran Nick Thompson in a welterweight non-title fight at Bellator 40 on April 9. Askren, a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion and US Olympian, carries a perfect record of 7-0 after joining the pro ranks in 2009. The former NCAA wrestling standout also has a brown [...]

MMA lightweight fighter Ryan Couture will make his sophomore pro MMA appearance inside the cage Saturday night during Strikeforce: Challengers 14.  Couture, with just one professional fight under his belt, is expected a long-term prospect with good grappling skills and developing kickboxing. Couture plans to keep getting experience while having fun in front of the [...]

Just a couple days away from Strikeforce: Challengers 14, Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou offer his break down of the main event fight between Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm and Pat “Bam Bam” Healy. Here is the basic breakdown of what to expect this Friday (courtesy of Strikeforce): Besides both being from the Pacific Northwest and having [...]

MMA heavyweight Josh Barnett is preparing to face Brett Rogers in a quarterfinal matchup of Strikeforce’s heavyweight tournament — and respects the major opportunity given to him by Strikeforce. Barnett, at 33-years-old with a long MMA career, understands he doesn’t have much time left in his fight career. “It just seemed like the way things [...]