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On Saturday May 29th at the Impact Teen Center 725 N. El Dorado St, Stockton CA MMA-KO Sponsor's a Local Pro Wrestling event.On this night it will be featuring former WWE Superstar Al Snow and TNA Knockout ODB. See seven exciting matches. Don't not miss this awesome night of Pro Wrestling. For More info on how you can get tictets go to http://www.buyfrommilos.com/

Kimbo Slice will return, but not against James Toney  By Phil Lanides

In MMA, the rumor mill is as much an institution in the sport as trainers and cages. And when it comes to Kimbo Slice, those rumors seem to fly a little more furious than for most. Read More...

Tarec Saffiedine among top earners at Strikeforce Challengers 6 By Matt Clarmont

Team Quest prospect Tarec Saffiedine earned the 4th largest sum for the night, cashing out at $8,000 while local prospect Luke Rockhold earned himself $9,000. The two men got win bonuses of $4,000 and $4,500 respectively and can likely expect much larger paydays in the not too distant future. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) --On May 1, 2010 Gladiator Challenge present "Champions" live from Redhawk Casino in Placerville, California. On this historic night MMA-KO will be inducting the legendary Cal "The Silverback" Worsham in to the MMA-KO hall of fame. Cal Worsham is a MMA Legend and a former Heavyweight Champion who has helped define combat sports today. Read More...

Power Balance and Pound for Pound presents a night of mixed martial arts MMA cage fighting March 12th at 6pm at the Radisson hotel off the 160 fwy. This is going to be the biggest MMA event to hit Sacramento so buy your tickets in advance at these participating gyms: : Carnage, Marinobles , Huckaba’s Next Generation, Muscle Systems, Coaching Kids MMA Club gym Read More...

MMA-KO’s very own Jeff “The Stallion” Gallion interviews Dave “the BADMAN” Huckaba at the Coaching Kids MMA Pankration event . Big Dave talks about his future in MMA. Check out this interview on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here  

WEC 47 took place last night in Columbus, Ohio, and what promised to be an exciting card full of quality fights certainly delivered. Some of the biggest names in the promotion took part in 47, including former UFC fighters Leonard Garcia and George Roop, Bart Palaszewski, Javier Vasquez, future Hall of Famer Jens Pulver, Read More...

On Mar 06, 2010 Fairtex & USMF, the War Of Heroes 5 event was jammed packed at Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Many big names like Cung Le, Scott Smith and even Dave Huckaba was in the Convention Center supporting there fighters competing at the event. The main event was Tim McKenzie vs Mike Arellano. The fans were going crazy and they exploded when McKenzie entered the ring. It only took 42 Sec. of the very first round for Tim McKenzie to put away Mike Arellano by an armbar. Here is the full fight result here

On March 6th at the Gladiator Challenge's Domination event it was an awesome night. The night was truly a big night for Carnage MMA. We already know how bad ass this school is already with names like Jaime Jara, James Franshier, Drew Montgomery and Mike Rumsey .On this night Carnage MMA Fight Team went 5 and 0. Only one fight went out of the first round. Mike Bingaman 3-0 head and arm choke, Troy Kusanovich 1-0, TKO round 1, Ryan Burton 2-0 TKO round 3, Mike Gonzalez 2-1 TKO round 1 and became the new 205 Native American Champion. That was a great night of fights for Carnage. Also Hitboy won in the first round by north and south choke, undefeated Cesar Gracie's Josh Thornburg won by split decision over Team Stockton's Manny Rocha and Hunter Worsham, the son of MMA legend and future MMA-KO Hall Of Famer Cal Worsham took home another championship belt.

his evening’s event features a bantamweight championship fight between the 135-pound champion Brian Bowles and Dominick Cruz, along with the return of mixed martial arts legends Miguel Torres and Jens Pulver, Read More...

World Extreme Cagefighting has rolled into Columbus, Ohio this week for WEC 47, set to air live on Versus from the Nationwide Arena on Sat. night March 6th. The card is headlined by a championship bout between bantamweight belt-holder Brian Bowles and top contender Dominick Cruz. Read More...

StrikeForce vs. UFC: the battle for your MMA buck By Phil Lanides

Counterprogramming rival promotions has become standard fare for Dana White and the UFC. So hearing the news that the UFC is planning an event for the same night as the recently announced April 17th StrikeForce on CBS show, taking place in Nashville, Tennessee, is not big news. Read More...

Team Quest's Krzysztof Soszynski and Stephan Bonnar may get rematch in July by Matt Clarmont

Krzysztof Soszynski (19-9-1) and Stephan Bonnar (11-7) may, indeed, finish what they started at UFC 110 where a hard fought battle by both men ended prematurely due to a cut on Bonnar's forehead. According to mmafrenzy.com, The rematch is now tentatively scheduled to take place and possibly co-headline The Ultimate Finale 11, Read More...

Smackdown at the Shrine to return on April 29; Brian Warren and Roman Mitichyan to headline  by Matt Clarmont

Smackdown at the Shrine will return on April 29th to the Shrine Exhibition Hall and once again both Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts will be on display for a hybrid night of combat sports. Ring announcer Tom Looney announced the show at their most recent event March 4th. Read More...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 5, 2010) – Memphis-based mixed-martial-arts group V3Fights is bringing the action back to the Highland strip on Saturday, March 13 for its first ever weekend fight night at Newby’s Memphis. Read More...

“Mark Burnett Presents King of the Cage Legacy” will be the second event held by the 12 year old MMA promotion that will be aired live on Hdnet since the reality show king joined the ownership ranks of the southern California-based fight promotion. The show will air on March 26th at 10pm ET (7pm PT) and features bout between Mike Kyle (14-7-1) and Jon Murphy (5-3). Read More...

Gladiator Challenge present "Domination," live from Red hawk Casino in Placerville Ca. It is already an awesome card and now just added is Team Stockton's Manny Rocha vs undefeated Josh Thornburg with Cesar Gracie's camp in Lodi with the Diaz Brothers. This will be the very first time that Team Stockton has faced a Cesar Gracie Camp senses the break up between Phil Torres and Cesar Gracie. This is going to be a war and the battle field starts at Red hawk Casino. MMA-KO has a one on one interview with Team Stockton's Manny Rocha about this huge must see match up. Check out this exclusive interview on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here  

Reno, Nevada based "Let's Get It On" Promotions was founded in 2000 by legendary boxing referee Mills Lane. In early 2005 he was joined by sons Terry and Tommy in the operations of the company. Along with super middleweight contender Jesse Brinkley, Let's Get It On Promotions also promotes middleweight prospect Brandon Gonzales Read More...

41 year-old boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney (72-6-3, 44 KO’s) has signed a multi-fight contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. After some verbal sparring involving the boxer and UFC President Dana White, which included Toney telling FightHype.com just this past week that,“Dana White is a straight up ho!,” an agreement has been reached. Read More...

Though she came out technically the only champion at the StrikeForce Challengers event this past Friday, Sarah Kaufman was not the big star of the card. That distinction belongs to local favorite Luke Rockhold (7-1). He destroyed Ultimate Fighter alum Paul Bradley in the 1st round, earning his very first TKO victory. Read More...

KING OF THE CAGE- MAKING WAVES AND RIDING THEM INTO RENO

RENO, NV – This has been an interesting week for MMA-KO. I get a phone call telling me that Jamie "El Cucui" Jara signs a 6 fight contract with King of the Cage. For those of you who don’t know Jamie, you soon will. He is a tatted up warrior with a bit of wild in his eyes and a genuine nice guy that is a future MMA-KO Hall of Famer (On March 12th 2010). Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE)-On March 12th 2010 at the Sacramento Radisson Coaching Kids MMA Presents Amateur Full Contact Mixed Martial Arts. At this up and coming event Jaime "El Cucui" Jara will be the first inductee into the MMA-KO Hall Of Fame. Read More...

MMA-KO gets a much anticipated one on one exclusive interview with Dominique" Fallen Angle" Robinson. The Fallen Angle talks about the his last fight at the Tachi Palace and his future in MMA. Check out MMA-KO's very first interview with are home town favorite Dominique" Fallen Angle" Robinson on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here  

On February 26th 2010 at the Sacramento Radisson C.K. Promotions had another night of MMA Amateur fights. By popular demand Delicia Valazquez made her long awaited return when she faced Brianna Van Buren. It was a back in forth fight with Brianna Van Buren coming away with the win by decision over the popular Delicia Valazquez. In the main event it was Jerry Ribeira vs Emilio Gonzales. It was an awesome fight with Team Stockton's Emilio Gonzales also winning by decision. You can see all the fights at http://www.youtube.com/user/MMAKOmedia. Here is the full result here.

In what many consider to be one of the most exciting events in Winter Olympic history, Canada defeated the U.S. in the hockey gold medal game yesterday. The American team went down 2-0 before clawing back to a one-goal deficit by the end of the second period Read More...

World Championship Fighting action drew another packed house at the Shriner's Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts Friday night (February 26th). Promoter Joe Cavallaro once again proved why his event is consider among the best on the east coast, Read More...

Be sure to join us on Saturday, March 13, 2010 for The Lake Tahoe Open.  This will be the first ever West Coast Team Challenge and a NEW format for Team Competition. Register NOW!  In addition to saving money All teams that register by February 28th are guaranteed a shirt with the team name on the back! Read More...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2010 – Before a sold out crowd of 2,322, former ballet dancer turned undefeated professional mixed martial arts (MMA) star Sarah Kaufman (11-0) became the first STRIKEFORCE Women’s Welterweight (135 pounds) Read More...

By MFC Staff
Yves Edwards marked himself as the top contender for the MFC lightweight belt yet it was a pair of spectacular knockouts that stole the show at the Maximum Fighting Championship’s MFC 24: Heat XC on Friday night at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. Read More...

Richmond, VA (USA): On January 12th, 2010, a vicious earthquake struck the country of Haiti. As of this writing, an estimated 3,000,000 people have been affected by magnitude 7.0 quake. The Haitian Government has reported that between 217,000 and 230,000 people have died, an estimated 300,000 have
been injured, Read More...

UFC Hall of Famer, Dan Severn will host his next MMA Camp in Coldwater Michigan's "Michigan Sports Camps" in March 2010. This camp will consist of over 12 hours of training geared for Mixed Martial Arts. This camp is not only for those who intend on competing in MMA, Read More...

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010; Telecast Begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT   
SAN JOSE,  Calif.  – The 24 mixed martial arts fighters all  made weight for the historic STRIKEFORCE: Challengers fight card tomorrow Friday, Feb. 26 on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m.  ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) at the San Jose Civic  Auditorium. Friday, Feb. 26, 2010; Read More...

Shields will defend the belt against Henderson, Fedor fight put off till May By Phil Lanides

StrikeForce Middleweight Champion and local star Jake Shields confirmed on MMAWeekly Radio that he will be scrapping with former UFC star Dan Henderson for the belt in April. The question is whether or not the fight will be shown on CBS or Showtime. Read More...

PRESS RELEASE) -- For the first time in UFC® history, UFC fans can head to their local movie theater and take in all the action in the Octagon™, live and broadcast in high definition on the big screen starting with UFC 111: St- Pierre vs. Hardy on Saturday, March 27 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern / 7:00 p.m. Pacific. Read More...

The MFC 24: Heat XC bout between Jared Kilkenny and Jason Kuchera has been cancelled after Kilkenny backed out of the fight the day of the weigh-in. Read More...

Gladiator Challenge (GC), one of the top MMA promotions in California, is proud to showcase an action-packed night of mixed martial arts fights as they present “Domination,” live from Redhawk Casino in Placerville, California on Saturday, March 6th. With 21 bouts scheduled featuring some of the top young GC fight talent, Read More...

TIM HAGUE vs TYLER EAST

Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague will take on heavyweight Tyler East March 19th at TFC 10 HIGH OCTANE. East last fought Feb 12, 2010 back home in Mascalero, New Mexico for the King of the Cage heavyweight world title, Read More...

New York, N. Y. - February 24, 2010 - 'The craziest man in boxing" is
bringing his unique brand of insanity to MMA. Some people call him "El Matador." Others refer to him as "the Madman fromManagua." Sometimes, they use rougher language in referring to Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez, Read More...

Bay Area fighter Anthony "Rumble" Johnson undergoes surgery

San Jose welterweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (8-3) was scheduled to face John “Doomsday” Howard at the UFC Live on Versus event on March 21st in Colorado. Their rivalry has grown to become quite personal, as trash talk has passed back and forth between the two competitors. Read More...

Coming to Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA on Mar 06, 2010 Fairtex & USMF presents War of the Heroes 5, a hybrid Muaythai & MMA Championship fights featuring UFC/WEC fighter, Tim Mckenzie, Strikefore fighter, Jessie Gillespie, Fairtex fighters, Ryan Roy and Jenna Castillo, and many exciting USMF Title fights! For more info on this up and coming event go to www.usmf.tv

Local heavyweight Cain Velasquez justifies the hype By Phil Lanides

Most people don’t like being wrong, and I’m one of them. But in this case, I have to say that I’m glad I was wrong.Cain Velasquez is as good as advertised. I have chosen his opponent to win in his last two bouts: Read More...

Gladiator Challenge returned to San Jacinto, California's Soboba Casino on Sunday, showcasing nearly 50 fighters in all, including women and children. Featured attractions included 3 title bouts, a women's bout, and a children's Pankration bout between two of the world's top youth amateur Pankration competitors. Read More...
 

An injury late in training for the MFC 24: Heat XC co-main event has dropped David Heath from Friday’s card, but his teammate Ryan McClain has stepped up to the challenge. McClain (9-3), Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Mixed Fight League held this past Wednesday, February 17th, its MFL : Battleground’s press conference at the Montreal’s Boulevard Lounge. The headliners Bruno Hosier Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Madison Square Garden has formed a co-promotional agreement with Bellator Fighting Championships to bring a total of four nationally televised Bellator events to two of the most historic and prestigious theaters in the United States, the Chicago Theatre and the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spike TV will telecast live undercard bouts from UFC 111: ST. PIERRE vs. HARDY on Saturday, March 27 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Read More... 

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Undefeated Fransisco "Kiko" France will return to Tunica, MS Feb. 27th for Empire Fights "Night of Reckoning II" at Harrah's Casino. France will face Tony "The Tractor" Roberts in a catchweight battle in the co-main event of the evening. Read More...
 

The hype for MFC 24: Heat XC hits tops speed this week as the countdown to fight night ticks down. On Tuesday, February 23, Maximum Fighting Championship Owner/President Mark Pavelich will join "The Jason Gregor Show" on Team 1260 airing at 5:30 ET/3:30 MT/2:30 PT. The discussion will range from the upcoming fight card featuring the lightweight showdown in the main event pitting Derrick "The Eraser" Noble Read More...

UFC 110 results: San Jose's Cain Velasquez is the real deal, Wanderlei is back By Phil Lanides

Big wins for Dollaway and Lytle. C.B. moves up in the middleweight division, while Lytle pulls off a rarely-seen submission. His return from injury hiatus is a big success. Meanwhile, Soszynski’s win has to be considered a little hollow, as a cut Bonnar sustained from an accidental head-butt proved to be his undoing. Read More...

UFC 110 preliminary card results: Lytle pulls off big submission, Bonnar unlucky By Phil Lanides

The preliminary portion of UFC 110 is in the books. Here are the results:
James Te Huna defeated Igor Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 3:26: An exciting back-and-forth bout that saw Te Huna take the first round, while Pokrajac likely evened things up in the second round. Read More...

UFC 110 predictions: local product Cain Velasquez's huge chance  By Phil Lanides

We’re down to the nitty-gritty, as UFC 110 will emanate live from Sydney, Australia beginning at 5 PM PT. As such, I am grouping my last three fight predictions together below. Enjoy the fights! Read More...

Nogueira vs. Velasquez” successfully made weight on Friday at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, the same venue which hosts Saturday’s pay-per-view event. Here is the full weigh-in result here

NEW  YORK  (Feb. 19, 2010) – A winner of four in a row, Shamar Bailey
(10-1), of Chicago, will  face Justin “The Silverback’’ Wilcox  (8-3), of San Jose, Calif., on a stacked STRIKEFORCE Challengers mixed  martial arts (MMA) fight card at Save  Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., Read More...

Wash. – Undefeated Lloyd “Cupcake” Woodard will square off against MikeHanks for the CageSport MMA Lightweight championship Saturday at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.The 155-pound Woodard brings a perfect 7-0 mark into the title bout, Read More...

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir

On July 3, 2010 UFC 116 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Nevada the main event rumored to be Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir the trilogy for the UFC Heavyweight Championship of the world. This is an awesome heavyweight final showdown between the two best UFC heavyweights in the world.

The main event of "Direct Hit" will feature young warriors Jimmy Centers and Justin Stayley going to battle. Also MMA-KO's very own Jack " The Motor" Montgomery will make his long awaited return. The Motor will have his teammates Sean Lebard and Jeremy Razonable on the card to be part of this awesome event. For more info go to http://www.gladiatorchallenge.com/

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships put the finishing touches on its much-anticipated Season 2 featherweight tournament today with the signing of 17-2 submission specialist Eric Marriott. Read More...

It appears that Cro Cop will attempt to resurrect his career against someone other than Ben Rothwell at UFC 110. In addition, perhaps the most well-known Australian MMA fighter in the world won’t be fighting on the first Australian UFC card after all Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Max “Payne” Martyniouk and his younger brother Stan “The Man” Martyniouk have become the latest sensation of rising boxing and mma stars. Max Martyniouk became quickly recognized in the 155lb division of mixed martial arts due to his size, strength, speed, and athleticism along with successfully sparring against much heavier pro fighters such as James Irvin, Bo Cantrell, Dave Cryer and a handfull of notable professional boxers. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) --When the bright lights of a highly publicize MMA or boxing fight gleam in the public eye, it's easy to lose sight of the hard work anddedication that a fighter must endure to be successful. It is no different for many fighters competing a the grass roots levels of
fighting competition. Read More...

UFC 110 predictions: Jardine, "Darth" Bader is your father By Phil Lanides

As with most winners of the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter TV show, expectations for season 8 winner Ryan “Darth” Bader have been high. Some winners have succeeded (Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Diego Sanchez, etc.), while others haven’t fared so well (Kendall Grove, Travis Lutter, Mac Danzig). Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten host Greg Nelson, Eddie Alvarez and Mark Dacascos, Friday, February 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET only on HDNet Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships put yet another piece in place for its upcoming Season 2 featherweight tournament today with the signing of 5-2 Shad Lierley, a former International Fight League (IFL) standout and elite-level college wrestler. Read More... 

UFC Hall-of-Famer Ken Shamrock’s victories in the cage have been few and far between since 2002. The streak continues.When “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” was dropped from the UFC following his October 2006 loss to Tito Ortiz, he made it clear that he felt the organization had breached its contract, which had one fight left on it Read More...

On March 26th at the Silver Legacy in Reno Nevada, King of the Cage/HDNet Main Event will feature 5 time Champion Jaime "El Cucui" Jara VS Tim "Biz" Means. Means has 8 Wins 2 Losses and fights out of Fit NHB Team. This is going to be an awesome event with future MMA-KO Hall Of Famer Jaime Jara making his return to the King Of The Cage. Get tickets by calling 916-225-2130 and for more info go to http://www.kingofthecage.com/

The Ultimate Fighting Championship brings its brand of MMA action to Australia for the first time this weekend, as UFC 110: “Nogueira vs. Velasquez” hits down under this Saturday. The event will take place live at Acer Arena in Sydney, and will be featured on Pay Per View. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory today against former champion, Ken Shamrock Read More...

He hasn’t stepped into the Gladiator Challenge cage for years now, but UFC veteran Aaron Brink (22-17-0-1) has been given another chance. Many thought his career was over when he left the MMA world for the world of hardcore pornography, which saw him descend into a lifestyle of drug abuse. The 34 year-old veteran of forty fights found himself featured on the A&E show “Intervention,” Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- After a number of requests from people wanting to attend the FPU VII session but not having enough time to coordinate travel and jobs, FPU founder Roy Englebrecht has decided to move the seventh session of this unique teaching concept to August 2-6 at the Irvine Marriott. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- World Extreme Cagefighting® proudly confirms the remaining bouts of a fully-loaded card headed to Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, March 6. Read More...

Joe Rogan Ticket Giveaway

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Wreck MMA along with Spectra Sonic, PunkOttawa.com and Revolution Rock are proud to present live at the Bronson Centre Theatre in Ottawa, one of the greatest standup comics of our generation Joe Rogan! Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Arnold Sports Festival -- the largest multi-sport festival in the nation -- will host an amateur mixed martial arts event for the first time in 2010. Read More... 

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships and Redline Media Group have formed a strategic business alliance that will bring four of Bellator’s nationally televised events – including its Season 2 and 3 premieres – to Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood , Florida in 2010. Read More... 

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Lake of the Torches Resort Casino, the leading gaming and hospitality resort for northern Wisconsin, in conjunction with King of the Cage, announced today a multi-year deal to continue to bring world-class, MMA, cage-fighting action to the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Read More...

(Tacoma, WA) Brian Halquist Productions brings the Northwest’s favorite combative sports event back to the Emerald Queen Casino for CageSport MMA on Saturday February 20. The doors open at 6 pm and the first fight is scheduled for 7 pm. This show will feature a talented mix of fighters including many from the Pacific Northwest. Read More...

Price is wrong

Chris Price has blown has his shot at making a name for himself in the MFC, and at the same time, likely torpedoed his entire career in mixed martial arts. The light heavyweight was supposed to make his organizational debut at MFC 24: Heat XC but after several issues regarding his passport arose, he has now backed out of his fight against Nick Penner completely. Read More...

Coaching Kids MMA will have a clinic on Saturday Feb.20th from 9am-12pm This is your chance to get your Physical completed! Get your blood work done and also get registered as a California Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Fighter with CAMO – California Amateur MMA Organization. Meet members of the CAMO team as they will be in attendance. Prices are $25 for physical, $55 for blood work, CAMO profile free. This is an awesome opportunity provided by Coaching Kids MMA. The clinic will be located at COACHING KIDS MMA 2208 A1 Sierra Meadows Rocklin CA 95677. For more info call 916-747-9851 or E-Mail us at coachingkidsmma@mmako.org

How do you improve upon the success of Maximum Fighting Championship, Canada's leading mixed martial arts promotion? Easy. You simply combine it with Heat XC, Canada's second-leading mixed martial arts promotion. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Clash of Warriors showcases up-and-coming talent and the top UK MMA fighters, showing MMA fans around the world that UK MMA is a global contender. Each event also features a number of top international fighters going up against the UK's finest. Read More... 

Gladiator Challenge presents Vision Quest held at the Soboba Casino. Featuring Saad Awad vs Larry Wasson, Chino Nicolas vs Ulysses Gomez and Ivan Pack vs Travis Brown. Also former King Of The Cage Middleweight Champion Keith "The KO Kid" Berry will make his return. Doors open at 4:30PM and fights start at 6:00 PM. Do not miss this great event. For more info on how you can get tickets go to www.gladiatorchallenge.com

UFC sheds fighters after "Relentless" - Coleman and Trigg amongst cuts By Phil Lanides

UFC fighters being released from the organization after an event is nothing new. However, after UFC 109: “Relentless” this past Saturday, more fighters than usual have received their pink slips. Read More...
 

On Mar 06, 2010 Fairtex & USMF presents War of the Heroes 5 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara CA, UFC/WEC fighter Tim "The Wrecking Machine" McKenzie makes his highly anticipated return vs San Bernardino, Calif.’s Mike Arellano. McKenzie has a record of 12 Wins 6 Losses and has fought some of the toughest fighters in the sport. MMA-KO hooked up with the Wrecking Machine in a exclusive interview at Ronin Jiu-Jitsu in Stockton www.trainronin.com. Check out this one on one interview on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here and for more info on how you can get tickets for this awesome event go to www.usmf.virtualboxoffice.com/timmckenzie.  

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Following a hard-fought three round win over Dan Miller at UFC 109 that showed him to be more than just a submission expert, Demian Maia will jump right back into training camp for the biggest fight of his career – an April 10th meeting with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC 112 at Ferrari World on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Read More...

Wreck MMA: Unite For Brian's Fight Fitshop.ca and Wreck MMA are excited to announce some additions to Wreck MMA: Unite for Brian’s Fight that will take place on Friday April 16th, 2010 at the Robert Guertin Arena in Gatineau, Quebec. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- As if the battle of Hall of Famers at UFC 109, legalization of the sport in Wisconsin and the first-ever show in Australia at UFC 110 weren't milestones enough for the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, February also set records on Twitter. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Champions will expand its reach internationally during its second and third seasons thanks to a new alliance with The Score Television Network, a preeminent source of sports programming in Canada. Read More... 

High-tempo card to Rock MFC 24: Heat X

NEW AMATEUR/PANKRATION EVENT FEB 26

This February 26th 2010 at the Sacramento Radisson will be the very first Coaching Kids AMATEUR MMA PANKRATION event. This is the chance for ALL Amateur Fighters from the ages of 8 to 16 years old to participate in a high level MMA event and a perfect opportunity for someone over 16 years old to compete in MMA with out the obvious risk of severe damage. Read More...

Highly anticipated Playboy Fight Night live event comes to Oroville CA. This going to be a bad ass event. Do not this this show. Tickets for March 27th are on sale now through the Feather Falls casino box office in person or over the phone by calling 1-877-652-4646. Tickets are priced at $40, $50 and $60 for this 21 and up event. For more information contact Christian Printup, Vice-President of Operations at christian@pbfn.tv Check out the Playboy Fight Night Oroville Bout Sheet as of February 10th 2010 here  

In the Main event, local star Joe Cronin ( 14-11 ) with defend his RITC WW Title against WEC veteran and former Total Combat Champion Alex Garcia ( 9-4 ) from Yuma. Read More...

 

For Immediate Release

The Maximum Fighting Championship welcomes all media, fans, and sponsors to a revealing and action-packed Open Training Session on Thursday, February 18. Read More...

On Friday night March 5th in Visalia, California at the Visalia Convention Center, Playboy Fight Night Presents former WEC Light Heavywight Champion Doug" The Rhino" Marshell will make his return vs  heavy handed BJ "The Beast" Lacy This is an event that is going to be off the charts. Check out the full fight card as of February 10th here

Exclusive interview with local UFC fighter Mike Swick

Longtime American Kickboxing Academy fighter Mike “Quick” Swick is only thirty years old, but he’s been fighting professionally since 1998. Once a top middleweight, he dropped down to welterweight in 2008 and ran off four straight wins to earn his way into a title contender-elimination contest against Dan Hardy at UFC 105 in November. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Two undefeated mixed martial arts fighters put their future fighting careers on the line on Friday, February 26 in a final battle for the 135 pound Tuff-N-Uff belt Read More...

KING OF THE CAGE- MAKING WAVES AND RIDING THEM INTO RENO

RENO, NV – This has been an interesting week for MMA-KO. On February 4th I get a phone call telling me that Jamie "El Cucui" Jara signs a 6 fight contract with King of the Cage. For those of you who don’t know Jamie, you soon will. He is a tatted up warrior with a bit of wild in his eyes and a genuine nice guy that is a future MMA-KO Hall of Famer. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that 9-1 featherweight standout Wilson Reis will return for Bellator’s Season 2 featherweight tournament looking to avenge his Season 1 loss to Bellator Champion Joe Soto. Read More... 

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships continued to bolster its roster of Season 2 middleweight tournament fighters today with the signing of 11-1 former WEC standout Bryan “The Beast” Baker.The 6-foot, 3-inch-tall Baker will be familiar to many Bellator fans thanks to his dominating victory during a special feature fight at Bellator VIII last June. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- This will not be your average Ma and Pop Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event! After careful scrutiny by the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission (ECSC) and much controversy, Lino Santoro, president of Colleseo Championship Fighting (CCF) is proud to announce the highly contentious Japanese DREAM rules or, Read More...

Come witness another explosive night of fights. Featuring two Florida state title fights, and two female fights. In the main event Fl state middleweight champ Yosmany Cabezas  defends his title. Co main event  local Tampa favorite Jack " mafia " Murphy will fight for vacant bantamweight title against russian star Frank Sharipov. Undefeated female star Nana Berto (sister of WBC champ Andre Berto). Also on the card model Caroline " rare ninja" Portugal.Plus many more bouts. For full bout card and tickets visit www.rfcmma.com!!!!!!

There’s a lot on David Heath’s mind heading into MFC 24.The likeable light heavyweight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is riding a two-fight losing skid in the Maximum Fighting Championship, while his upcoming opponent, Dwayne Lewis, Read More...

Indiana(USA): MMA Big Show, one of the top fight promotions in the Midwest, will present one of its biggest shows ever when it brings “TRIPLE THREAT” to the Belterra Casino on Saturday, February 20th. In the main event, MMA Big Show heavyweight contender Dave Hess (3-1) will battle UFC veteran and Indiana native Jake O’Brien (11-3) in a bout that will certainly have future title implications. Read More...

Nick Diaz became the first ever Strikeforce World Welterweight Champion with an excellent performance by a first round TKO over Marius Zaromskis. Diaz overwhelmed Zaromskis with explosive striking that forced a referee stoppage at 4:38 of the 1st round. Now Nick Diaz joins Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez as Strikeforce World Champions who are all with Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. MMA-KO presented Nick Diaz with it's highest honor Read More...

Gladiator Challenge Owner/Promoter Tedd Williams, in addition to his duties with GC, is the executive producer of Tachi Palace Fights. Their next event, "Champions Collide," will take place this Thursday in Lemoore, California at the Tachi Palace. Read More...

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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Two of the world’s best lightweight (155 lb.) mixed martial arts fighters, Kenny Florian and Takanori Gomi, will square off in the main event of Spike TV’s “UFC Fight Night” on Wednesday, March 31 at 8:00pm ET/PT. Emanating from the Bojangles Colisuem in Charlotte, NC, the bout marks the long-awaited UFC debut of the Japanese lightweight mixed martial arts star, Gomi. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- In what will be one of the biggest nights in MMA history, World Extreme Cagefighting® presents its most explosive card ever. On Saturday, April 24, live on Pay-Per-View from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., hometown hero “The California Kid” Urijah Faber attempts to capture the featherweight title from feared Brazilian knockout artist and ESPN’s 2009 Fighter of the Year Jose Aldo. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Don't blink in this one. Two of the areas lightest and most talented fighters have been added to WCF 9. USMMA's Matt Martin is set to take on Bombsquad's Peter Cole at 125 pounds. Matt had a recent win for WCF over Nik Patnaude, in a fight in which he used his wrestling and Brazilian Jui-Jitsu to out work Patnaude and win a unanimous decision. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Shine International has expanded the STRIKEFORCE brand internationally, selling more than 70 hours of STRIKEFORCE's mixed martial arts (MMA) programming in six markets across Europe, Australia and Latin America. Read More...

Miami, FL (USA): Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) has secured the services of another top-level grappler, as they have signed the 2009 Abu Dhabi Combat Club 88-kilogram and Absolute division champion Braulio Estima (0-0 MMA) to an exclusive contract in the United States. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- HDNet announces a multi-year partnership with "Mark Burnett Presents: King of the Cage," in which, under terms of the agreement, the network will feature LIVE "King of the Cage"events every month. Read More..

Woodlake, CA-The wait is nearly over. On Friday night March 5th in Visalia, California the much talked about and highly anticipated Playboy Fight Night® (PBFN) live event will provide fight fans in Central California with their initial offering of the very best in combat sports entertainment. Read More...

Gladiator Challenge presents "Domination" mixed martial arts fight event at the RedHawk Casino on March 6th, 2010. Main fights are Gary LaFrankie vs Rick Verdell and Chris Brown vs Hunter Worsham. For more info on this even go to www.gladiatorchallenge.com

(PRESS RELEASE) -- With the next Fight Promoter University less than two months away, FPU founder Roy Englebrecht announced the date for FPU VII. It is set to begin Tuesday, March 30th and run thru Friday, April 2nd at the Irvine Marriott Hotel in Irvine, California Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced that for the first time ever, UFC® will broadcast its Pay-Per-View event fully in Spanish. From the moment UFC announcers Troy Santiago Read More...

SUNRISE, Fla. (Jan. 31, 2010) – Nick Diaz (21-7) of Stockton, Calif., won his sixth straight and the first-ever STRIKEFORCE welterweight championship with a 4:38, first-round TKO over Marius Zaromskis (13-4) of London, England, and the first and only STRIKEFORCE Read More...

In an excellent performance, talented Nick Diaz  captured the
first ever Strikeforce World Welterweight title by first round TKO over Marius Zaromskis. Read More...
 

On January 22nd at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento an amateur event, presented by Coaching Kids MMA, MMA-KO made it official by presenting Miss Rara an award for becoming 2009 MMA-KO Babe Of The Year!! Miss Rara was MMA-KO's Miss August driving the biggest total hits of the year Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Mixed Fight League is extremely proud to reveal the MFL 2 : Battleground’s lineup, which will take place on February 27th 2010 at the Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard (located at 1000, ave. Emile-Journault in Montreal, Quebec). Battleground will be the second event to be presented by the Mixed Fight League Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Dogboxer, a new company based out of Reno, Nevada developed for the purpose of supporting fighters in their endeavor to be world class athletes launched their website Saturday, January 30th and ceased an opportunity that same day to sponsor Strikeforce fighter Nick Diaz for the championship. The decision paid off. Read More...

Dominique “FALLEN ANGEL” Robinson IS ON THE NOT SO HAPPY HOUR SHOW

Dominique “FALLEN ANGEL” Robinson will be a special guest this week on the Not So Happy Hour show on Sunday Night 7 PST. Dominique will be fighting on this all star event at the Tachi Palace Fights 3’s “Champions Collide” on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore. Come join the media coalition Mots with Cage Radio http://cageradio.com/ Chris with FU NEWS http://www.funews.net/ Mark "The Thrill" Brill with MMA-KO. Do not miss this live show. For more info go to http://thenotsohappyhour.com/   

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Harrah's Casino & Resort and Empire Fighting Championships announce “ A Night of Reckoning II” at the Harrahs Event Center in Tunica, MS. The Main Event between two of the most exciting and talented upcoming Welterweight fighters in world; Charlie Rader (10-3) vs. Jake Hecht (5-1). In addition, Empire Fighting Championships will bring 10 more stacked MMA bouts to Tunica to battle it out in the 30 ft. steel cage. Read More...

In one of two world title fights on a stacked card, Marius Zaromskis and Nick Diaz clash for the first-ever Strikeforce welterweight championship in the co-featured bout on SHOWTIME® Read More

Photos by Chris Staggs

Coaching Kids MMA Amateur event fight of the night went to Brittany Christian from Overcome MMA and Mandy Ybarra from Fresno Kickboxing and wow it was one to remember. We here at MMA-KO have had so many E-Mails from people wanting to see a Super Fight rematch between these two girls Read More...

When you see MMA-KO at a event then you will also see Christopher Staggs the official Photographer for MMA-KO. Chris joined team MMA-KO one year ago and has been a huge success. Chris has covered shows like Gladiator Challenge, Striker's Battle Of The Valley shows and PureCombat. Christopher Staggs is also the one that did the photo shoot with 2009 MMA-KO Babe Of The Year Miss Rara. It is an honor to work with Chris Staggs, he is a true professional and awesome to work. We are lucky to have him as part of the MMA-KO team said Jeff Gallion Co.Owner of MMA-KO. Read More...

Nick Diaz vs Marius Zaromskis- I believe Nick Diaz is at the top of his game. He only ever looses by decision. But he is on a roll. Marius is a very strong dynamic fighter who could be Diaz's toughest challenge yet. My concern on this is Diaz does do allot of up and down weight limits. But other than that I see Diaz winning this fight by submission. Don't know the round. Since there are 5 but Diaz will win this fight. Read More...

Two Time Heavyweight Champion Dave "The Badman" Huckaba makes his return for the IFC Warriors Challenge Heavyweight Championship. MMA-KO gets a exclusive interview with Big Dave Huckaba. This two time Heavyweight Champ talks about what is next for his career. MMA-KO's Jeff Gallion the Stallion has another one on one entertaining interview with the Badman on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here

(PRESS RELEASE) -- In the latest addition to its growing Season 2 fighter roster, Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the acquisition of middleweight and former WEC standout Eric Schambari Read More...