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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...

WATCH TACHI PALACE FIGHTS LIVE ON CAGE RADIO http://cageradio.com/?page_id=3895

(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...

January 25, 2010 – GOLD COUNTRY CASINO, OROVILLE, CA – The popular IFC WARRIORS CHALLENGE MMA series returns to Gold Country Casino with its 27th edition on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 4:00 PM. Read More...

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The world’s greatest indoor sporting event goes outdoors on April 10 as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organisation lands in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for the first time.

Some of the world’s greatest mixed martial artists will appear on the historic open-air UFC 112 event at the Concert Arena, Ferrari World, Yas Island.

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Six months ago, Lavar Johnson lay in a hospital bed, clinging to his life after he was gunned down while attending a family barbeque during the July 4 holiday. On Friday, March 26, the 32-year-old will enter a new chapter in his incredible recovery Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bazi, a division of XELR8 Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XELR) is pleased to announce its newest ambassador, undefeated American Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist, Bobby Lashley. An International icon with a global following Read More...

MMA-KO gets a exclusive interview with Jamie "El Cucui" Jara. Jaime Jara is a five time world champion and the current PureCombat Middleweight Champion. Jaime became the first fighter in MMA history to own titles in four different weight classes. Jaime talks about what is next for him and his future in MMA. Check out this one on one interview with the future MMA-KO Hall Of Famer Jaime "El Cucui" Jara on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here

(PRESS RELEASE) -- In 2009 popular Texas fight promoter Shark Fight Promotions and ESPN 1440 radio secured their place in MMA history by airing the first live MMA broadcast in the U.S. Shark Fight Promotions announced today that they have joined forces with ESPN 1440 once again, this time to sign the legendary Don Frye to a ten fight commentating deal. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- With its first series of collectible UFC-branded figurines due to hit shelves throughout North America by next month, Round 5 today unveiled the members of its UFC Series 2, as announced by Barron Lau, Round 5 CEO and co-founder and Damon Lau, president and co-founder. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Tickets go on sale today for Opening Night of the 26th season of Battle In The Ballroom shows at the Irvine Marriott, so make plans now to be at the Marriott on Wednesday, February 10th for a great night of boxing with a little mixed martial arts thrown in. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Hundreds of millions of sports fans in China will now have the opportunity to see UFC superstars like Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre and “Minotauro” Nogueira fight in the UFC® Octagon™. The Ultimate Fighting Championship organization today . Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Warrior One MMA (W-1) has signed Vernon “Tiger” White to appear against Denis Kang at W-1 Bad Blood on March 20th in Montreal, Quebec Canada. White has fought against some of the biggest names in MMA today including Chuck Liddell, Frank Shamrock, Bas Rutten and current U.F.C. Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Midwest's Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts event is coming to the Omaha Civic Auditorium, Friday March 5th! TAPOUT, FULL TILT POKER and BLEACHERBROTHERS.com present Ring of Fire 37: WARLORDS. Read More...

NEW YORK (January 26, 2009)– For the first time in history, Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) will offer live mixed martial arts (MMA) fight action online with a free of charge stream of the highly anticipated STRIKEFORCE welterweight (170 pounds) matchup between wrestling powerhouses Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-10) and Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (18-4) from BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida this Saturday, January 30. Read More...

Second UFC Gym to open in California this summer

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – When the doors opened at the first UFC® Gym™ in Concord, Calif. late last year, the response from fitness enthusiasts was overwhelming. From the time membership enrollment began in June 2009, nearly 3,500 people signed up to take part in UFC Gym’s incredible experience. Read More...

PRESS RELEASE All 24 fighters will participate in the final weigh in on Friday, Jan. 29, just one day prior to the STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card on Saturday, Jan. 30 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT). The weigh in.... Read More...

On February 26 Travis "The Gladiator" Galbraith will be aiming to put an exclamation mark on his performance against the heavy hitting Tom "Kong" Watson in Edmonton, Alberta, as the twenty-seven year old middleweight submission specialist promises that his upcoming "MFC 24: HeatXC" bout will mark a new beginning Read More...
 

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The lightweight division of Bellator Fighting Championships’ upcoming Season 2 tournament continued to take shape today with the addition of Carey Vanier, a former All-American wrestler and student of prominent MMA coach Greg Jackson. Read More...

PRESS RELEASE Nick Diaz : (When asked for an opening statement to the media) "Am I supposed to have something to say?" "Training is going good. I'm ready to go. I'm happy to fight at 170. I have been waiting for a long time to fight in this weight class. The last two...  Read More...

StrikeForce brings its Challenger Series to San Jose

StrikeForce is bringing MMA back to the Bay Area, as their “Challenger Series” makes its San Jose debut on Friday, February 26th. The Civic Auditorium will play host to a main event that will feature South African middleweight Trevor Prangley (22-5) Read More...

Bobby Lashley finally has his opponent at "StrikeForce: Miami"

Around and around we go…and the wheel has finally stopped. Bobby Lashley has his opponent: recent Ultimate Fighter contestant and UFC veteran “The Project” Wes Sims. The San Jose-based promotion will stage an event in Florida for the first time at “StrikeForce: Miami” on January 30th. Read More...

Below are the official results for Friday nights Coaching Kids MMA Amateur fights. The event took place at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento. Special guests were in attendance like two time heavyweight champion Dave "The Badman" Huckaba, five time champion and future MMA-KO hall of famer Jaime Jara, Dan Freeman president of Fight Labs and Miss Rara MMA-KO 2009 babe of the year. Read More...

MMA-KO's Jeff Gallion gets a exclusive interview with Fight Labs Founder and Lion's Den Trainer Dan Freeman. Dan Freeman was also on the Ultimate Fighter 3 with Ken Shamrock as a assistant coach. Freeman has 25 years of personal experience competing and training in bodybuilding and mixed martial arts has enhanced the design and formulation of its high performance products. Check out this one on one interview with Dan Freeman on MMA-KO's official youtube channel here. Also check out this awesome high performance products at http://fightlabs.com/

The welterweight prospect had a solid first round in his first fight under the spotlight, well enough to earn him the nod for taking the opening five minutes against veteran Pete Spratt on the MFC 22: Payoff card. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- 6 weeks to go to Night of Champions 2. This year's event will be our biggest and boldest ever. We've had two date changes and two venue changes, but we are ready for action as we tackle the Cajundome for this year's event. Read More...

Cole Escovedo will be a special guest this week on the Not So Happy Hour show on Sunday Night 7 PST 1/24/10. Escovedo will headline 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 Co. Owner and founder of MMA-KO. Do not miss this live show. For more info go to http://thenotsohappyhour.com/     

The popular mixed martial arts forum on MMA.tv known to it’s followers as the “UG” has been campaigning for months to get Tachi Palace Fights either a television deal or some sort of streaming so fans from across the country can watch one of the top up-and-coming regional promotions with some of the nations brightest young stars. Read More....

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Twenty-eight of the best up-and-coming middleweight mixed martial artists from around the world have convened in Las Vegas in pursuit of one goal, to claim the title of the "ULTIMATE FIGHTER" and the guaranteed six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship® that comes with it. Read More...

Jake Shields is going to be Chuck Liddell's Assistant Coach on the on this upcoming season of the Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Jake Shields is excited to be part of TUF and hopefully be able to help Chucks team get to the finals. Jake will be in Vegas for 6 weeks to shoot the show as well as train just in case Strikeforce finalizes his next fight rumored to be Dan Henderson. 

UFC Gym Grand Opening Jan 23

UFC® GYM™ in Concord to Host Grand Opening This Saturday
 UFC President Dana White, Hall Of Famer Chuck Liddell, and Star Fighters  Brandon Vera, Anthony Johnson, Jon Fitch, Mike Swick, Josh Koscheck, and Cain Velasquez to Attend Read More...

NEW YORK (Jan 21, 2009)—World championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE will return to its roots when it brings its Challengers fight series to The Civic Auditorium in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 26. Topping the card will be a middleweight (185 pounds) contest between wrestling powerhouse Trevor Prangley (22-5) and Karl Amoussou (11-2-1). Read More...

Gladiator Challenge is proud to showcase an action-packed night of mixed martial arts fights as they present "Young Guns," live from the Elko
Indian Colony Gymnasium in Elko, NV on Saturday, January 23rd. Read More...

Nick Penner was happy with getting the win but not by the methods with which it came. He learned a lesson about preparation, and is taking it to heart as he prepares for his next fight which comes with another test of its own. Penner (9-1), Read More...

McDonald says Tapia doesn’t want to strike with him

Lemoore, Calif. – Michael McDonald has a way with words. The 18-year-old mixed martial artist from Oakdale, Calif. doesn’t pull any punches when talking about his up coming bout with former World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight star Manny Tapia. Read More...

The Maximum Fighting Championship smashes its way into the 2010 campaign with MFC 24: Heat XC – a special joint promotion show featuring fighters from the MFC and Heat XC, the two organizations under the umbrella of Pavelich Sports Inc. Read More...

College Cage Series is a pro Mixed Martial Arts company that is providing a chance to educate the sport’s top young athletes through the College Cage Series Scholarship program. Our scholarship program will allow young fighters in college and aspiring to attend college to compete in a tournament judged by their top peers such as world champions and elite contenders in MMA as well as promoter Shane Corbin and world champion trainer juanito Ibarra. The winners will compete in a major show with Shane Corbin Promotions elite contenders and world championship fighters.   Read More...

January 22nd at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento, CA is "Starting Point", presented by Coaching Kids MMA, and Standup Fighters. Don't miss this full contact amateur event.Below is the preliminary list of the first 15 scheduled fights. Read More...

Bobby Lashley fight in jeopardy?

First, he has an opponent. Then, he doesn’t have an opponent. And now, he does…perhaps. Completing the Bobby Lashley matchup for “StrikeForce: Miami” has had more ups and downs than a solid WWE storyline.

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San Jose fighter Koscheck to fight on UFC 113 card alongside Kimbo

UFC 113 in Montreal is set to be headlined by the anticipated rematch between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Though not officially announced, the bout is all but set in stone. The rest of the card is starting to fill up, as well. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Two legendary names in the world of mixed martial arts return on Saturday, March 6 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio in what is shaping up to be one of the deepest World Extreme Cagefighting® cards ever. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Undefeated Canadian lightweight Mike Ricci, a regular training partner to fellow Quebec native Georges St-Pierre, is the latest highly-touted MMA prospect to sign an exclusive contract with Bellator Fighting Championships, the promotion announced today. Read More...

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An expected intense showdown between two veteran lightweights will headline the card set for MFC 24: Heat XC on Friday, February 26. Read More...

Battle of the Rising Stars

On January 22nd, 2010 the largest MMA event will be at the Quiet Cannon Events center in Montebello, California for one of the hottest cards to hit Southern California for the brand new 2010 year.  Read More...

NEW PANKRATION EVENT FEB.26

This February 26th 2010 at the Sacramento Radisson will be the very first Stand Up Fighters / 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...

Exclusive interview with WEC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson

Undisputed WEC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson (11-1, 4-0 WEC) is a quiet, unassuming young man with an exciting fight style. He is coming off the biggest win of his career, a guillotine submission win over former champ Jamie Varner at WEC 46 this past Sunday in Sacramento, CA. Now, with his sudden celebrity, the task falls to him and the WEC to market this 26 year-old Christian to the masses. Read More...

Phil "The Pain" Collins will makes his return at the Tachi Palace on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at Welterweight. Collins will be taking on San Bernardino Mike Arellano. Phil "The Pain" Collins now training out of Josh Koscheck's AKA Fresno has never looked better and more explosive then ever. Collins who has fought at Middleweight his whole MMA career. Now Phil "The Pain" Collins is ready to start his final chapter of his career. Read More...

Isaac De Jesus will be a special guest this week on the Not So Happy Hour show on Sunday Night 7 PST 1/17/10. Isaac is in the Co. Main Event at the Tachi Palace Fights on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore. Isaac De Jesus will be fighting Nam Phan for the Tachi Palace Fights World Featherweight Championship. Isaac De Jesus is an awesome fighter with a record of 8 wins and only 1 loss. Come join the media coalition Mots with Cage Radio http://cageradio.com/ Chris with FU NEWS http://www.funews.net/ Mark "The Thrill" Brill Co. Owner and founder of MMA-KO and special guest Isaac De Jesus. Do not miss this live show. For more info go to http://thenotsohappyhour.com/     

(PRESS RELEASE) -- A memorial service for Bob Shamrock, the father of legendary MMA fighters Ken Shamrock and younger brother Frank Shamrock has been planned for 2pm Monday, January 18th at Calvary Baptist Church, 995 Paiute Lane in Susanville, CA 96130. A reception will follow at the same location - his family has announced. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Familiar foes Trip Carter and Chantein Waison, both from the Memphis area, will put their perfect records on the line Thursday Jan. 21 when they go toe-to-toe in V3 Fights’ latest mixed-martial-arts bout at Newby’s on Highland. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- After an extremely successful show on December 12th, Wreck MMA is proud to officially announce our next event; Wreck MMA: Unite for Brian’s Fight will take place on Friday April 16th, 2010 at the Robert Guertin Arena in Gatineau.     Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Despite losing a decision January 2 to Sam Stout, popular lightweight Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon (18-5, 5 [T]KOs, 13 submissions) hopes that his next fight will be this August in UFC’s debut in Boston.

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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator Fighting Championships continued to solidify its much-talked-about featherweight division today with the announcement that Bao Quach, one of the world’s most devastating 145-lb. strikers, will compete in the promotion’s Season 2 tournament.

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Dan "Stevia" Quinn the youtube sensation has a one on one phone interview with Mots from Cage Radio. Dan talks about his college football days when he played for Notre Dame and his future in MMA. Check out this must see interview with the always entertaining Dan Quinn. http://cageradio.com/?p=3351

The 26 year old Diaz (20-7), a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and native of Stockton, Calif, will take on DREAM welterweight (170 pounds) champ Zaromskis (13-3) in the main event and first STRIKEFORCE welterweight
championship bout in history. Read More...

Wilson Gouveia's Move to MFC is a "Big Deal"
By Chad Edward, MFC Staff - Jan 14, 2010

American Top Team's Wilson Gouveia (12-7) has inked a big return to mixed martial arts.  Monday he signed a multi-fight deal with Maximum Fighting Championship and will fight Canadian star "Big Deal" Ryan Jimmo (12-1) at MFC 25: Vindication at the Winspear Centre/Enmax Hall in Edmonton, Alberta April 9. Read More...

MFC Staff   "HDNet will continue to showcase the premiere MMA promotion in Canada to millions of fans in North America," announced Andrew Simon, the CEO of HDNet Fights.  HDNet and Maximum Fighting Championship have extended their agreement to continue broadcasting MFC events exclusively on HDNet into 2010. Read More...

Lemoore, Calif. – From the back alleys and rented out homes, to the bright lights of the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino when Isaac DeJesus reflects on his mixed martial arts journey he can’t help but be a little humble. Read More...

Flash Entertainment Purchases Minority Interest in UFC

Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- UFC today announced that the organization Flash Entertainment, a leading live events company based in the United Arab Emirates, has acquired a ten percent stake in Zuffa, LLC, d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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With today’s announcement of the FLASH investment in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC President Dana White took the opportunity to talk about various aspects of the deal and its impact on the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization. Read More...

UFC Fight Night 20 Results

UFC Fight Night 20 Results. The event took place at George Mason University’s Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia and was televised on Spike. MMA-KO has all the results for you. Read More...

Tachi Palace Fights updated with women's bout  Zoila Frausto vs. Jessica Rakoczy

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino Lemoore, Calif.Tickets can be purchased at www.tickets.com or charge by phone at 1-800-225-2277.Tickets may also be purchased at the Tachi Palace Gift Shop. Check out the updated fight card Read More...

Henderson goes home the undisputed champ, Faber excites the crowd By Phil Lanides

As promised, I am live and in living color at WEC 46 tonight in Sacramento, covering for Examiner. The preliminary fights were exciting, with Will Campuzano vs. Coty Wheeler stealing the first part of the card. There’s a good crowd in attendance, and the atmosphere is great. Here are the quick results for the prelim fights Read More...

Below are the final card results for WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson and Urijah Faber vs.Raphael Assuncao which took place Sunday night at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA       Read More...

MMA-KO BABE OF YEAR FOR 2009 IS MISS RARA

Miss Rara is 2009 MMA-KO Babe of the year. This Filipina beauty is the host of the new show called Gym Pass at http://www.bjpenn.com/ . Miss Rara is the Co-founder of IMMAE, and spokes model for fightchix. She is known by all as the of "Queen Of The Underground" at mixedmartialarts.com, MMA-KO's August Babe of the Month; and we are very excited to announce her as MMA-KO Babe Of The Year for 2009. Read More...

Official UFC Fight Night Weigh-In Results

Below are the official weigh-in results for Monday’s UFC Fight Night event. UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the lightweight bouts between Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz and Efrain Escudero and Evan Dunham, airs on Spike TV from The Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia beginning at 9pm ET / PT and 8pm CT. Read More...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- If Urijah Faber is the Tyreke Evans of the lighter weight classes, you can expect that “The California Kid” will be looking to hit the game-winning shot when he faces Raphael Assuncao at ARCO Arena on Sunday night. An explosive, speedy fighter who is considered among the best 145-pounders in the world, Faber (22-3) has his sights set on reclaiming the featherweight title. Read More...

WEC 46 Weigh-In Results

TNT MMA/BOXING Party January 16th

TNT MMA/Boxing is having a huge party you don't want to miss on January 16th for charity and social networking. Jaime Jara will be in the house as a special guest. For more info contact Nicki Bux at http://www.myspace.com/tnttakeovermma or call (916) 682-4662