Dream Stage Entertainment, the owners of the Pride Fighting Championship, have officially announced the two semifinal fights in the Open Weight Grand Prix tournament. The September 10th card will see Wanderlei Silva fight Mirko Cro Cop and Antonio Nogueria will take on Josh Barnett. I like these matchups since we will see a rematch between [...]

Well, I’m sure that you’ve all been following all the new UFC vs. Pride articles that are appearing all over the web since UFC 61. Different details and reports are cropping up and I’ve waited to take my time and try to sort everything out and get all the details. First of all, for true [...]

As I noted a few weeks ago, the next Pride Bushido event will be show on Fox Sports Net on August 27. Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara reportedly told MMAWeekly.com writer Scott Petersen that, the August 26th Bushido will be aired in the United States during primetime on [Sunday] August 27th… it will be [...]

As we all know by now, the final four fighters in the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix have been determined. Mirko Cro Cop defeated Yoshida, Josh Barnett submitted Mark Hunt, Wanderlei Silva knockout Fujita, and Antonio Nogueira won a decision over Fabricio Werdum placing these four fighters in the final four of the OWGP. No [...]

Jens Pulver is finally back in the UFC. Carlos Arias, a reporter for the Orange County Register, is to first to report this story, and it has not been officially announced by the UFC. In a prior story about the return of Hermes Franca to the UFC, I mentioned that the lightweight belt was vacated [...]

Fox Sports Net has taken quite an attraction to MMA is the recent months. With the Pride FC specials hosted by Jay Glazer and Frank Trigg, and the International Fight League contract showing IFL MMA events, FSN is bringing MMA to the free TV market, depite sister-station Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly taking issue with MMA [...]

A big knock on the UFC in recent months has been the perception that they “protect” their top fighters. There is some discussion that the UFC won’t put up the money to sign top fighters from other promotions in order to keep their star title holders from the possibility of losing. Whether this is the [...]

Pride FC has signed Vitor Belfort to fight on their July 1 event in Japan against Yoshiki Takahashi. I hope this is suprising to everyone else and not just me. Vitor hasn’t exactly been “The Phenom” recently like he has been in the past. Belfort has lost four of his last five fights, with the [...]

I know UFC 59 is this weekend, but its never to early to look ahead to UFC 60 and some of the matchups that will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. I received word this morning from Assuerio Silva’s PR person that he has officialy signed to fight Brandon Vera at UFC [...]

The “Year of the Upset” continues in 2006 as one of the most respected fighters in MMA today, Takanori Gomi, was choked unconscious during Pride Bushido 10. Phil Baroni looked very good against Yuki Kondo, knocking him out in 25 seconds. Baroni really looks like a different fighter than we saw in the UFC. Yves [...]

Mixed Martial Arts is becoming more popular every day with events taking place almost every weekend so far in 2006. The next few upcoming weeks are no exception with a steady lineup of good MMA promotions taking place. Tonight, March 17, WEC 19 – “Undisputed” takes place in Lemoore California. Gabe Ruediger will face Hermes [...]

The International Fight League has announced that they have signed former UFL Lightweight champion, Jens “Little Evil” Pulver to take part in a “super fight” at their inaugural event on April 29. Pulver is currently scheduled to fight Masakazu Imanari at Pride Bushido 10, which takes place four weeks before the IFL event. The IFL [...]

Full Contact Fighter is reporting that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is going to be out of action for at least 6 months as he recovers from the injury he suffered in his fight with Mark Coleman at Pride 31. Unfortunately, it turned out that Rua had fractured his elbow, as well as ruptured all his elbow [...]

With all the excitement surrending UFC 58 and the recent court battles between the UFC and IFL, it has been easy to forget that there is an excellent MMA event happening tonight. The Gracie Fighting Championship will hold their “Hammer House vs. Team Gracie” event tonight in Ohio. Team Hammer House is captained by Mark [...]

Don’t know if you all remember this, but a certain someone thought that Mark Coleman would have a great shot at beating Shogun at Pride 31. This Pride card actually turned out to be very exciting and entertaining. There were quite a few “upsets” so to speak and some interesting “after-hours” activities. Call it a [...]