MMA HQ – Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis

IWMMAR is proud to announce the launch of the Women’s Independent World MMA Rankings. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites, as well as www.IndependentWorldMMARankings.com.
Much like the Men’s Independent World MMA Rankings, which were launched last June, the Women’s Independent World MMA [...]

In middle school and even high school, even the rumor of a fight was all the rage. We’d eagerly find a way to get to the meeting point, and if we couldn’t get there we’d sit and wait by the phone for the post-fight recap. At the risk of sounding old, I should point out [...]

UFC on Versus 1 is on this Sunday, a questionable move by the UFC considering how few people subscribe to Versus as compared to a network like CBS.  In Canda this event will also be shown on SportsNet and TheScore.  This card seems irrelevant, and it is, but there’s some great fights here which will [...]

On March 26, Zoila “Warrior Princess” Frausto (5-0) will be fighting Miesha “Takedown” Tate (8-2). Although Frausto won her last fight by armbar, the rest of her wins were by decision. Tate has three KO/TKO wins, three submission victories and two decision wins. Rumor has it that the winner of this match will be the next [...]

It’s been almost a month since UFC 110 and things have been very slow except for the attention centered around James Toney.  Our waiting is almost at an end, the UFC is showing an unprecedented 3 events in 10 days.
Starting next Sunday on March 21, the UFC debuts on the Versus channel with a great [...]

Undefeated UFC middleweight fighter Aaron “A Train” Simpson is preparing to face his toughest opponent to date. He’ll be fighting Chris Leben at UFC 114 on May 29th. And although he’s busy training for the upcoming bout, Simpson is taking time out of his busy schedule to help out with a food drive for the [...]

Even fighters featured on The Ultimate Fighter reality TV show don’t have a slack when it comes to losses and poor performances in the UFC.  Just one loss drastically increases pressure on the fighters to put together a good fight or run the risk of possibly being dropped into MMA obscurity.
Efrain Escudero looks to bounce [...]

WEC 47 was so hard to watch!
First, there was Brian Bowles breaking his hand right when the first punch flew. Bowles didn’t really seem present in the first two rounds of this fight, and that explains it right there. Surprisingly, Bowles has actually gotten some criticism for not continuing in this bout… which I think [...]

I’ll admit it. I’m really not much of a team sports fan. I’m not sure whether this puts me in the minority amongst MMA enthusiasts or not, but I’ve never really followed anything but individual sports. I have a cursory knowledge of fantasy football obtained through eavesdropping on the conversations of others, and I’ve glanced at [...]