Today
Yvel, 33-12-1, who is known for the strong Muay Thai skills he developed while training in his home country of Holland, has been competing in mixed martial arts since 1997. Over the years, the veteran fighter has recorded notable victories over K-1 standout Semmy Schilt, current UFC heav...
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Rich Clementi vs. Gleison Tibau has been booked for February, Matt Lindland will fight Vitor Belfort at Affliction: Day of Reckoning, and ranked lightweights Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki will meet on New Year's Eve in Japan. Continue reading for the latest MMA news, links, and videos…
BJ Penn Spike TV will debut a new, three-part series entitled “UFC Primetime” on January 14th focusing on the upcoming superfight between UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre scheduled for January 31st at UFC 94 in Las Vegas.
Miller, a former Reality Fighting and Cage Fury Fighting Championship lightweight title-holder, suffered his lone career loss to Edgar in late-2006. Since the defeat, Miller has won seven-straight fights, including an IFL victory over Bart Palaszewski and a win over David Baron in hi...
Yesterday
Announced for the UFC 93 main card, which is headlined by Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin and Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, were Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle, and Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares. Antonio Mendes vs. Andre Gusmao, Tomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serat...
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Monday, Dec 1
Tested by the NSAC were Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, Kenny Florian, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Demian Maia, Jeremy Stephens, Aaron Riley, Mark Bocek, and Matt Brown. UFC 91 took place on November 15th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Friday, Nov 28
The 25-year-old Judo champion burst onto the MMA scene in 2007 with upset knockouts of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona, but fizzled in the UFC, sandwiching his lone win over Kuzuhiro Nakamura with losses to Lyoto Machida and Luiz Cane. The UFC has released light heavyweight Ra...
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Thursday, Nov 27
Videos Jorgel Gurgel has been released by the UFC and has signed with Strikeforce, Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares has been booked for UFC 93, and Dan Hardy vs. Rory Markham has been added to UFC 95. Continue reading for the latest MMA news and videos…
Wednesday, Nov 26
After four-straight UFC victories and eight-straight overall Franca challenged then lightweight champion Sean Sherk for the 155-pound title, but was defeated by unanimous decision. Following the fight, Franca tested positive steroids and was suspended from competition for one ye...
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Recently on MMAFrenzy.com: After a bout against Jose Aldo fell through, former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber will instead rematch Jens Pulver at WEC 38 on January 25th in San Diego.Former heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum has finally acknowledged his release from the UF...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Faber and Pulver previously met at WEC 34 in June with Faber getting the best of the former UFC lightweight champion in an exciting five-round unanimous decision victory. Pulver has lost four of his last five fights, though he’s faced some stiff competition in Faber, BJ Penn, Joe Lauzon, a...
After initially denying his widely-reported release from the UFC, former heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum is now acknowledging, in an interview with Tatame, that he is in fact a free agent and has his sights set on fighting for Affliction, Sengoku, or Dream:
Monday, Nov 24
For more information on MMA sports betting check out our “Beginner’s Guide to MMA Betting“. The UFC betting odds have begun to roll out for UFC 92 on December 27th at UFC 93 in January 17th. UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is the biggest favorite for the four releas...
The UFC Fight Night 17 card has begun to take shape as Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer and Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone have been added to the lineup for the Spike TV-broadcast event which will take place at The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Sunday, Nov 23
As we reported earlier today, Liddell will instead face Randy Couture in the main event of UFC 99 on June 13th in Cologne, Germany. Though a fight against Chuck Liddell is no longer under consideration for UFC 95, Anderson Silva will still headline the February 21st event in London, Englan...
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Chuck Liddell is reportedly in negotiations to move up to heavyweight to battle UFC hall of famer Randy Couture for the fourth time in the main event of UFC 99 on June 13th in Cologne, Germany. After losing to Couture for the interim light heavyweight title in their first meeting at UFC 43 in 2...
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If Penn wins, the frequncy of title defenses in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions will immediately be cut in half until Penn loses a championship bout. Kenny Florian is currently in line for Penn’s first 155-pound defense, while Thiago Alves is likely to face the winner of t...
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Wednesday, Nov 19
Jon Fitch and Christian Wellisch were both cut on Wednesday for refusing to sign the contract and, according to Yahoo Sports, the UFC is no longer willing to work with American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) or fighters represented by DeWayne Zinkin and Bob Cook.
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Fitch, who had been scheduled to fight Akihiro Gono at UFC 94 on January 31st, was last in action in August at UFC 87, losing to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre via unanimous decision. He had previously won 15-straight fights, including a record-tying 8-straight in the UFC.
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While Brock Lesnar is an accomplished athlete and a talented fighter, we do not consider him to be the number one heavyweight in the world. Until someone beats him, we strongly believe that Fedor should continue to be recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. In a matc...
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While we’re on the subject of Dana White chatter, the man also made his Canadian intentions abundantly clear during a Toronto press conference this week while promoting Penn vs. St. Pierre 2. Apparently, the UFC President is just not satisfied until he gets MMA sanctioning for our neighbor...
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The decision to charge for UFC 93 and 95 piques my interest for a few different reasons. The obvious being that since overseas events have historically been on the house, I feel like the UFC should continue such acts of good will into the new year and keep their loyal fans complacent. Secondly...
Sunday, Nov 16
Whether you were rooting for Couture or Lesnar tonight, two key questions are at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Can Lesnar defeat the winner of Mir vs. Nogueira, and will Randy Couture be back yet again? (and if so, at what weight class?)
Saturday, Nov 15
Brock Lesnar (3-1) became the new UFC heavyweight champion in the UFC 91 main event on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, knocking out heavyweight title-holder and UFC hall of famer Randy Couture (16-9) with strikes midway through the second round of their champio...
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BROCK LESNAR VS. RANDY COUTURE (C) Brock Lesnar def. Randy Couture via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 3:07 GABRIEL GONZAGA VS. JOSH HENDRICKS Gabriel Gonzaga def. Josh Hendricks via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:01 Aaron Riley def. Jorge Gurgel via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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All action. No rules. Masters in the skills of boxing, jiu-jitsu, karate, tae kwon do and more, battle it out to the bloody end in UFC Classics Collection: Gift Set Volume 2. The box set showcases four hard hitting original bouts including Ultimate Fighting Championship 5: Return of the Beas...
Friday, Nov 14
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar- Heavyweight Championship Bout Lesnar via TKO, round 3. Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson Florian via unanimous decision Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks Gonzaga via TKO, round 1. Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory Hazelett via unanimous decision
Wednesday, Oct 8
Junie is pissed at the result, and calls Efrain out as “another boring wrestler” even though he finished the fight via submission. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira calms Efrain down, saying Junie will be the next one to be finished, but Junie is relentless and jumps into the cage to confront Efrai...
Tuesday, Oct 7
Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz revealed during Saturday night’s broadcast of EliteXC "Heat" that he is close to signing with the promotion. Ortiz, however, will be unable to compete for at least six months due to a spinal fusion surgery .EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw has apol...
Monday, Oct 6
Fedor Emelianenko, the world’s near-consensus top heavyweight and among the planet’s best pound-for-pound fighters, will not be competing on New Year’s Eve and will also not meet Josh Barnett early next year at Affliction’s second event.
Wednesday, Oct 1
The UFC today officially announced UFC 93, which will take place at O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland on January 17th. Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin takes on former PRIDE dual champion Dan Henderson at light heavyweight in the UFC 93 main event and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will se...
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Tuesday, Sep 30
The middleweight matchup is slated for the UFC 92 main card, which is headlined by UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira versus former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. For more on UFC 92 check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.
Wednesday, Sep 24
With the fates of 16 fighters still undecided another 8 fights are on tap this week. Frank Mir, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Dana White enjoy a laugh over Polakowski’s enthusiasm for The Ultimate Fighter which is manifested by hugging everything in sight but we’re quickly on to the next m...
Saturday, Sep 20
UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar features the return of UFC heavyweight champion and hall of famer Randy Couture to the octagon to defend his title against Brock Lesnar in the UFC 91 main event. The rumored card for the pay-per-view event also includes Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva, Kenny Fl...
Thursday, Sep 18
UFC Fights for the Troops, also known as UFC Fight Night 16, takes place on December 10th at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The card is also expected to include Josh Koscheck vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Corey Hill vs. Dale Hartt, and Rich Clementi vs. TBD.
UFC heavyweight champion Randy “The Natural” Couture will be featured in the UFC’s upcoming video game release, UFC 2009 Undisputed, as part of his recent settlement with the UFC, according to Yahoo! Sports‘ Kevin Iole: “…As part of the settlement, the UFC gained the rights to Couture’...
Spike TV has announced that they will be rebroadcasting the UFC 86 and UFC 87 pay-per-views in October, leading up to Spike’s live broadcast of UFC 89 on October 18th: Spike TV will present an “Octoberfest” of UFC programming with rebroadcasts of UFC 86 on Saturday, October 4 at 9:00pm ET/...
Wednesday, Sep 17
Let the live coverage continue! Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live blog of The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir”. As most of you know by now this seasons coaches are UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. The figh...
JOSH NEER VS. NATE DIAZ Clay Guida def. Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Jason Brilz def. Brad Morris via TKO - Round 2, 2:54 DAN MILLER VS. ROB KIMMONS Dan Miller def. Rob Kimmons via submission (rear naked choke) - Round 1, 1:27
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Monday, Sep 15
Though any potential rule changes likely won’t happen for some time, the decision rendered in Anthony Johnson’s loss to Kevin Burns highlights the need for MMA rules to be an evolving system that can accompany change. Keep in mind, MMA remains a young sport. It’s rules aren’t yet completel...
Prior to his January loss to Diaz, Robinson topped Jorge Gurgel via unanimous decision at UFC 77 in October after dropping his UFC debut to Kenny Florian at UFC 73 in July 2007. For more on UFC 91 “Couture vs. Lesnar” check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.
Sunday, Sep 14
“What else is an underpaid fighter supposed to do at the end of his career?” War Machine wrote in the posting. “Cash in his 401K? Collect social security? Start to work some [expletive] job for 10 bucks an hour? (This) [expletive] ain’t boxing, and if you’re not Chuck [Liddell] or Tito Ortiz...
Sunday, Sep 7
UFC President Dana White announced at the post-UFC 88 press conference that Rashad Evans would next fight UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin for the 205-pound title, likely at the promotion’s year end event, UFC 92, on December 27th in Las Vegas. Evans earned the title shot w...
Rashad Evans discusses his UFC 88 main event upset knockout of former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell: Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, and Nate Marquardt discuss their wins after the jump… Franklin: Henderson and Marquardt: Check out the MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MM...
Saturday, Sep 6
The long-awaited matchup between UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has one less road block than originally believed. M-1 Director of Operations Joost Raimond told USA Today on ...
A key light heavyweight matchup between former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is close to being finalized for UFC 91 on November 15th. According to MMA Rated, Silva and Jackson have both been offered the fight and are c...
Friday, Sep 5
Headliners Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans comment on their UFC 88 light heavyweight main event matchup: Videos featuring Rich Franklin, Matt Hamill, Martin Kampmann, Nate Marquardt, Dan Henderson, and Rousimar Palhares are after the jump… Rich Franklin and Matt Hamill: Martin Kamp...
Sunday, Jul 20
Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko cemented his status as the world’s top heavyweight and one of its best pound-for-pound fighters with a 36-second victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the main event of Affliction “Banned”.
Sunday, Jun 29
Shawn Tompkins is originally from Ontario, Canada, where he ran Canada’s most successful MMA gym for over 10 years, Team Tompkins Muay Thai & Submission. He now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the Head Trainer and Gym Manager of the Xtreme Couture gym, where he trains elite professio...
Friday, Jun 6
UFC President Dana White, in his recent interview with ESPN The Magazine, commented on Randy Couture and whether the UFC hall of famer will fight again inside the octagon. The Mag: What are the chances that Randy fights again in the UFC?
Following a late-2003 loss to Qunton “Rampage” Jackson in PRIDE, “The Iceman” posted victories over Tito Ortiz and Vernon White then defeated champion Randy Couture to capture the 205-pound title. After successfully defending the title four times with wins over Jeremy Horn, Couture,...
Wednesday, May 14
Matt Hughes is highly-regarded as the best 170-pound fighter in the history of the UFC. He is a future hall of famer, and a legend in the sport of MMA. He has a phenomenal 42-6-0 professional MMA record, including an 18 fight win streak. A former UFC welterweight champion, Hughes holds notable...
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