Event: ProElite 3 Where: Neil S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu When: Saturday 21st January 2012 Main Card Kendall Grove def. Ikuhisa Minowa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Sara McMann def. Hitomi Akano via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Richard Odoms def. Jake Heun via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:56 Ryan Martinez def. Cody [...]

The third event of MMA Playground’s season 12: The Dirty Dozen is in the books, and our welterweight team’s current season rank has moved us all the way up from #83 to #70 in the Welterweight division. As a team, we went 5-3-1. The majority of us called Jim Miller, Josh Neer, Brenneman and Easton. [...]

Event: UFC on FX 1 Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee When: Friday 20th January Fight Bonuses – $45,000 Fight of the Night – Pat Barry vs. Christian Morecraft Knockout of the Night – Nick Denis Submission of the Night – Jim Miller Main Card Jim Miller def. Melvin Guillard via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round [...]

We’re a friendly bunch here at MMAHQ but, when it comes to picking fights, it often gets more heated than a drunken game of Super Bomberman. In the interests of fairness, and probably safety, we’ve streamlined our respective picks down to a surname each and have laid out our collective knowledge for you to both [...]

Event: UFC on FX 1 Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville When: January 20th 2012 Main Card Melvin Guillard (156) vs. Jim Miller (155) Duane “Bang” Ludwig (170.5) vs. Josh Neer (171) Mike Easton (135) vs. Jared Papazian (135.5) Pat Barry (242) vs. Christian Morecraft (256) Preliminary Card Jorge Rivera (185.5) vs. Eric Schafer (185) Khabib Nurmagomedov [...]

Beauty and skills; choreography and character. At least, that’s what I was hoping for when I attended a special early screening of Haywire. The movie was ostensibly designed to help former MMA fighter Gina Carano shine in the spotlight, showcasing the kickboxing skills (and striking beauty) that she’s known for. Unfortunately, the movie falls short. [...]

The fight that was meant to happen on the The Ultimate Fighter will now be happening live on FOX. Chael Sonnen (26-11-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC) will now meet Michael Bisping (22-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC)  at the UFC on FOX: Evans vs. Davis event, booked for January 28th at Chicago’s United Center. danawhite Munoz is injured [...]

Zuffa is making the crack down on Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED) a big priority in 2012. They furthered this notion by today announcing that any new signee will be faced with a PED screening process before making the contract official. “We’re committed to the health and safety of our athletes and we take it very [...]

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal has become the latest fighter to fail a post fight drugs test. The Strikeforce light heavyweight tested positive for the banned substance Drostanolone after the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine event which took place on January 7th. Lawal, at present, will be looking at a one year suspension, a fine and will [...]

According to multiple sources, “Cyborg” will be bringing her fight to the California State Athletic Commission. That’s according to CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd who says that she is expected to appear before the panel April 6th. Prior to her December 16 domination of Japanese featherweight Hiroko Yamanaka, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos submitted a urine sample [...]

The featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo’s fight may not have been spectacular for its entirety but the champion showed just why he’s such a dangerous conundrum as he pulled a knockout out of thin air against Chad Mendes in Brazil. The Brazillian was able to rotate round and deliver a picture perfect knee which left his [...]

The UFC’s recent talent sweep of Scandinavia is clearly not over just yet as the organization have announced the signing of Finnish mma prospect Anton Kuivanen. Kuivanen (16-4 MMA) is currently riding an impressive nine fight winning streak with six of those fights coming within the distance. The K-1 Heroes and Fight Festival veteran has [...]

Eric ‘Red’ Schafer will be facing Jorge ‘El Conquistador’ Rivera at UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller in Nashville, Tennessee this Friday. Schafer, who will be fighting on the undercard on Fuel TV, has been working on his footwork and speed. Special thanks to Nathan Schafer for the video. Rivera holds a record of 19 [...]

The second event of MMA Playground’s season 12: The Dirty Dozen is in the books, and our welterweight team’s current season rank has moved up from #86 to #83 in the Welterweight division. We went 7-2 as a team. Not bad. We were correct about Aldo, Belfort, Barboza, Pyle, Tavares and Gonzaga, ranging from 56 [...]

2012 will undoubtedly be a big year for Scandinavian mma as the UFC’s first trip to Sweden has shone a huge spotlight over the talent rich area. Joe Silva has been busy signing up the cream of the local talent and the event, UFC on Fuel 2, is headlined by who else but Alexander Gustafsson [...]