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MMA News Roundup

September 9, 2010 All The Rest

Randy Couture, is there any hope he can make another run at a title? (Versus.com)
The difficult marriage between Dana White and Jon Fitch (WatchKalibRun.com)
Kamal Shalorus wants a piece of  Bart Palaszweski at WEC 52 (Heavy.com)
Ken Florian vs Dan Hardy, not in the cage, but debating wrestling’s relative merits  (MMAFighting.com)
TUF 12 – Get ready and get [...]

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Shark Fights Is Doing It Right – Hype Video for Shark Fights 13

September 7, 2010 All The Rest

Shark Fights 13 is co-headlined by Keith Jardine vs. Trevor Prangley and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Houston Alexander.
The Shark Fights 13 Card:
MAIN CARD

Champ Trevor Prangley vs. Keith Jardine
Light heavyweight non-title fight
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Houston Alexander
Jorge Masvidal vs. Paul Daley
Joey Villasanor vs. Danillo Villefort
Brock Larson vs. Tarec Saffiedine

PRELIMINARY CARD

Champ [...]

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Frank Mir Favored Over Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 119

September 6, 2010 All The Rest

A rematch between former heavyweight champions Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was supposed to headline the pay-per-view broadcast at UFC 119, but Big Nog was scratched from the card after suffering multiple training injuries.
Former PRIDE superstar Mirko “Cro Cop Filipovic agreed to fill in for Big Nog on the September 25th card, and he [...]

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Why You Got To Go There – KJ Noons Beats Down Nick Diaz Over Bong Hits

September 5, 2010 All The Rest

The trash talk has begun in earnest for the October 9th rematch between KJ Noons and Nick Diaz, and Noons is firing the first shots with his take on Diaz:
“I’m super excited about the opportunity, and I think it’s a great thing for me. To be in the Strikeforce main event on Showtime, to be [...]

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MMA Events In September and October

September 5, 2010 All The Rest

September and October 2010 are alive with MMA events from the major promotions, and the fall months could signal the end of Japanese MMA as we know it, so make sure to check them all out.
To that end, here’s our list of all the fights coming up…

September 2010

Bellator 28
Sep 09, 2010
UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt [...]

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Politician Places Head In Sand, States His Demented, Ill-considered Case

September 4, 2010 All The Rest

New York assemblyman Bob Reilly knows what’s good for you.
As a guest on HDNet’s Inside MMA on Friday evening, Reilly told the audience that the violence in MMA is not good for society at large.
He then tried to make his case by citing other sports like football and boxing, but pulled a miserable fail.
See Bob [...]

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Is Alan Belcher Done Fighting?

September 3, 2010 All The Rest

UFC middleweight fighter Alan “The Talent” Belcher’s might be done fighting – for good.
Belcher suffered a potentially career-ending detached retina and was forced to pull out of his scheduled headlining UFC Fight Night bout against Demian Maia due to the injury which required surgery.
Belcher said he suffered the injury in training and possibly exacerbated it [...]

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Kenny Florian Fires Back at Dana White

September 3, 2010 All The Rest

Kenny Florian fans were outraged at UFC president Dana White’s reaction to Florian’s loss to Gray Maynard in Saturday’s lightweight title eliminator match at the UFC 118 show in Boston.
White offered the following comments on Florian at the UFC 118 post-fight press conference:
“Listen, I love Kenny Florian. I’ve known him since season one of ‘The [...]

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James Toney Cashed in Nicely For Getting Choked Out Instantly – UFC 118 Paydays

September 3, 2010 All The Rest

James Toney led the parade of fighters splitting up the $1.428 million payroll from Saturday’s “UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2? event in Boston.
The boxing champ – and miserable MMA failure – pulled down a check for $500,000 for his first-round submission loss to Randy Couture in the UFC 118 co-main event.
Couture made half [...]

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Bellator 27 Full Card Results

September 3, 2010 All The Rest

Joe Warren managed to hang on through a first-round beating from former featherweight champ Joe Soto before storming back to win the title by knocking Soto out just 33-seconds into the second round during in the main event of Thursday’s Bellator 27 in San Antonio.
Bantamweights Zach Makovsky, Ed West, and Ulysses Gomez advance in the [...]