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

December 15, Sydney, Australia - With the second fastest sell-out in the 16-year history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation, UFC 110 hits Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, February 21 (Airing in the United States on Saturday, February 20).

New York, NY, December 8, 2009 – Spike TV’s telecast of “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” live finale on Saturday, December 5 was the most watched final episode in the 10 seasons of the TUF franchise, peaking with 5.2 million viewers and a 5.9 rating with Men 18-34 for the Kimbo Slice-Houston Alexander fight. The over 5 million viewers were the most to watch a live UFC fight in 2009.

LAS VEGAS - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) comes to Virginia for the first time in its history on Monday, January 11th for another hard-hitting edition of UFC® Fight Night™ Live on Spike TV. In the main event at The Patriot Center, two of the best fighters to emerge from The Ultimate Fighter® series, Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz, meet again in a rematch of the season five battle won by Diaz. This time the stakes are even higher as these young guns fight their way toward a 155-pound world title shot. In the co-feature, T.U.F. ® season eight winner Efrain Escudero hopes to carry the momentum from his stirring knockout win over Cole Miller into Fairfax, as he engages in another pivotal showdown against fellow lightweight up and comer Evan Dunham.

New York, NY, December 3, 2009 – Kimbo Slice has already established himself as a worldwide fight game sensation; now he will attempt to prove himself in the Octagon when he battles fellow knockout artist Houston Alexander in his first official UFC fight, live on Spike TV on Saturday, December 5 at 9:00pm. The three-round bout (at a catchweight of 215 lbs.) will be part of “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” finale fight card emanating from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Slice, the wildly popular mixed martial arts heavyweight, is a member of the cast of “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.”

New York, NY, December 3, 2009 – The finals have been set for “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” as Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Brendan Schaub emerged last night from a cast of former NFLers, UFC veterans and the world’s most popular street fighter, Kimbo Slice, to compete for a six-figure contract with the preeminent mixed martial arts organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting Championship®. Emanating from The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV, the finale will be telecast LIVE on Spike TV Saturday, December 5 at 9:00 PM ET.

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The world’s most exciting sports organisation will arrive in Sydney in the New Year as the Ultimate Fighting Championship lands in Australia for the very first time. UFC 110 will be live at the Acer Arena, Homebush Bay, on the afternoon of Sunday, 21st February.

Massachusetts has become the 42nd state in the country to bring regulated mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, including Ultimate Fighting® Championship® (UFC®) events, to thousands of Bay State fans.  The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a bill that would allow the Department of Public Safety to oversee regulation of the popular sport in the state.

The Maximum Fighting Championship will cap its 2009 campaign with the organization’s 16^th straight sold-out show and an amazing lineup of fights set for MFC 23: Unstoppable. MFC 23: Unstoppable will take place on Friday, December 4 at the River Cree Resort and Casino just outside Edmonton, Alberta, and will be aired live throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico on HDNet Fights. Read More...

Tachi Palace Fights adds Nam Phan and Manny Tapia to growing roster  Lemoore, Calif. – Tachi Palace Fights announced two significant signings on Monday, November 16 that will help bolster its growing roster.  “We are looking to build and brand the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino name throughout the mixed martial arts community and we are able to do that by signing some of the best free agents possible at this time,” said Tachi Palace Entertainment Coordinator Jeremy Luchau. Read More...