Jacob Volkmann’s delayed bout against Brit Paul Kelly has given him extra time to refocus on his strongest form of attack, he recently told the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. Originally scheduled to face off at UFC 116 on July 3 in Las Vegas, the lightweights will now meet at UFC on Versus 2 this [...]
It was announced today the Jake Shields has signed to fight for the UFC. His first battle is 3 months away. He’s beaten some of the best. Now Shields will prepare for Martin Campman.
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When Brock Lesnar stepped into the octagon Saturday night in Las Vegas he was faced with the toughest opponent of his career. In Shane Carwin he faced somebody who could not only match his size and power, but possessed the most devastating punching power in all of combat sports.
The way that Lesnar handled the threat [...]
The art of wrestling in MMA is akin to the art of dribbling in basketball. With one, you will find the other. Recently (and by “recently,” I mean in the last 17 years), MMA has become the ultimate proving ground for wrestlers.
Other than perhaps the Olympics, there is nowhere else for wrestlers to find the [...]
When the cage door locks Saturday night in Las Vegas, two high level wrestlers will be face to face in the Octagon. While some are suggesting this is the era of the wrestler, that amateur studs are finally finding there way to the top, the facts disagree with that assessment. Since 1994, top American wrestlers [...]
By TOM Staff
San Jose – For a split second the Strikeforce ring looked something like the Brazilian Carnaval celebration on Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The Chute Box fight team flooded the ring as Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum raised his arms in victory over one of the greatest heavyweight fighters [...]
Randy Couture has a glowing recommendation for UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, following a five-day training camp with the college wrestler-turned-fighter at his Death Clutch gym in Alexandria, Minn.
Lesnar, who meets UFC interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on July 3 in Las Vegas, was sidelined from the sport for a year after contracting [...]
Court McGee went from second-to-last pick to “Ultimate Fighter” winner with a second-round rear-naked choke over Kris McCray at “The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale” on Saturday at the Pearl inside The Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas.
McGee, who’d been eliminated during the series’ quarterfinals only to be resurrected by UFC President Dana White as [...]
Former Missouri wrestler Ben Askren came into Thursday’s mixed-martial arts fight saying he was going to win. Those were pretty heavy words considering his opponent had 21 wins in his professional career.
Askren’s words rang true in a lopsided 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 win over Dan Hornbuckle. The victory gave Askren the welterweight championship in Bellator XXII [...]
Last month, Bjorn Rebney essentially called out Scott Coker on a FOX Sports Net Bellator broadcast for not returning his call about putting together a co-promotional bout between Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez.
But on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Coker said he and Rebney have since had preliminary talks about making the champion vs. [...]
