MMA news and updates from August 25, 2009

Eddie Alvares and Shinya Aoki will fight on New Years Eve in the K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 show

For those of you who weren’t able to see the K-1 HERO’s card from this past weekend, here is the main event. In a surprising upset win, Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Denis Kang via TKO in the first round. Marcelo Garcia, who many consider to be the best pound-for-pound grappler in the world, also made his [...]

Buckle your seatbelts MMA fans because after a relatively uneventfull August, we are in for a wild ride the next few weeks. Here is just a brief rundown of the “major” events over the next month. 08/25 – UFC 74: Respect 08/25 – EliteXC – ShoXC 09/05 – WEC 30 09/08 – UFC 75: Champion [...]

Reports are surfacing today that former PrideFC fighter Denis Kang has signed a contract with K-1 Heros and will be fighting Kazushi Sakuraba on September 17th in Japan. MMANews.com has a rough translation of a report in Portal do Vale Tudo: After counting a little of its work as to manager in interview to the [...]

This will be a sad day for many long-time Mixed Martial Arts fans. The California State Athletic Commission is reporting that Royce Gracie failed his post-fight drug testing after his match with Kazushi Sakuraba at the K-1 show on June 2nd. Mixed martial arts icon Royce Gracie, best known as the slender gi-wearing Brazilian who [...]

Remember Johnny Morton’s tough knockout in his MMA debut at the K-1 show? You probably also remember the fact that he refused to take a post fight drug test. Well, we now know why. In order to receive a license to fight, Morton, 35, was required to undergo a pre-fight urinalysis. According to Garcia, Sample [...]

For those of you who didn’t get to see the K-1 USA: Dynamite show over the weekend, don’t worry; you didn’t miss much. Much was made about the K-1 show ahead of time and all the troubles they had trying to get the fight card off the ground, and overall the show was less than [...]

Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network reported today on the Fight Network radio show that the K-1 Hero’s card scheduled for June 2 in the LA Coliseum is in serious trouble. To start with, Hunt reports that the K-1 show has not yet received a license from the California State Athletic Commission to even hold [...]

This morning, Royce Gracie finally confirmed what has been rumored for about two months now. The first K-1 Hero’s card to be held in the USA on June 2 will feature a fight between Royce Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba. This morning on the MMAtv.com UnderGround forums, Royce made the following post: For years the fans [...]

With only one week left until UFC 58, its about that time for everyone to start making their predictions for the fights, so I figured I would do the same. I am really excited about this UFC card; there are several great matchups that I am waiting to see. In fact, I think there are [...]