8/18/13

It's not everyday that you see an outdoor MMA event. This past weekend Resurrection Fighting Alliance 9 happened to fall into that category. Fresh off of TUF 17, Middleweight Kevin Casey earned a unanimous decision nod over Casey Ryan. In the main event Pedro Munhoz and Jeff Curran fought for the vacant RFA Bantamweight title. Munhoz earned a split decision win over Curran to claim the belt. Afterwards Curran (a seasoned veteran of the sport) retired.

The UFC debuted on the new  FOX Sports 1 network with their fight night 26 card. Welterweight Matt Brown earned yet another impressive victory, this time defeating Mike Pyle via KO at just :29 of round 1. Bantamweight Urijah Faber defeated Iuri Alcantara with a one sided unanimous decision. Heavyweight Travis Browne came from behind to KO Alistair Overeem at 4:08 of round 1. In the main event, Light Heavyweight Chael Sonnen returned to the win column defeating Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via guillotine at 4:47 of round 1.

ONE FC announced that Soo Chul Kim and Bibiano Fernandes will unify their Bantamweight titles at ONE FC 11 "Total Domination" on October 18th. 

Women's Strawweight fighter Felice Herrig has signed with Invicta FC.

Eddie Alvarez and Bellator FC have finally struck an agreement. Alvarez will rematch Michael Chandler for the Lightweight title at Bellator 106 on November 2nd. The fight will feature as the co-main event. The main event being "Rampage" Jackson vs Tito Ortiz.

The Ultimate Fighter season 18 cast has been revealed. The cast which consists of both male and female Bantamweights includes Tara LaRosa, Shayna Baszler, and Anthony Gutierrez.

8/11/13

World Series of Fighting held their forth event this past weekend which featured a couple of big names in the MMA world. Former XFC Lightweight and one armed fighter, Nick Newell earned his tenth win defeating Keon Caldwell via guillotine choke at 2:07 of round 1. Bantamweight Marlon Moraes got the unanimous decision victory over Brandon Hempleman by crippling him with some sick leg kicks. In the main event, Light Heavyweight and kickboxing great Tyrone Spong won a unanimous decision over Angel DeAnda. Other notable winners were Dave Huckaba, JZ Cavalcante and Gerald Harris.

Former UFC and Bellator Welterweight Paul Daley has signed a three fight deal with BAMMA.

Dennis Hallman will face off against Dan Hornbuckle in a Welterweight fight that will headline Titan FC 26 on August 30th.

 The XFC has announced that Scott Holtzman will defend his Lightweight title against Roger Carroll and that Courtney Casey and Pearl Gonzales will fight for the inaugural Women's Flyweight title. Both fights will take place at XFC 26 on October 18th.

Light Heavyweight veteran Andrei Arlovski will step in for the injured Anthony Johnson to fight Mike Kyle at WSOF 5.

After his recent UFC release Tim Means will now fight Pete Spratt in a Lightweight headliner at Legacy FC 23.

8/4/13

In what was arguably Bellator's biggest fight card to date (Bellator 97), two titles were defended and two tournaments were won. Vitaly Minakov claimed the Heavyweight tournament by defeating Ryan Martinez via TKO at 4:02 of round 3. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal won the Light Heavyweight tournament after defeating Jacob Noe via verbal submission at 2:51 of round 3. In the first of two title fights, Ben Askren defended his Welterweight belt by dominating Andrey Koreshkov. Askren won via TKO at 2:58 of round 4. In the main event Michael Chandler defended his Lightweight belt easily, defeating David Rickels via KO at :44 of round 1. Other notable winners on the card were Patricio Freire, Anthony Leone and Rafael Silva.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way down to Brazilian yet again for UFC 163. Middleweight Thales Leites made a successful return to the octagon, winning via unanimous decision over Tom Watson. Another Middleweight bout saw Cezar Ferreira win impressively defeating Thiago Santos via guillotine at :47 of round 1. In the co-main event Light Heavyweight Phil Davis earned an upset win defeating Lyoto Machida via unanimous decision. In the main event Jose Aldo defended his Featherweight belt in an anti climatic way. Aldo earned a win over "the Korean Zombie" via TKO at 2:00 of round 4.

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz has signed with Bellator. He is scheduled to face Quinton "Rampage" Jackson November 2nd on a card that will mark the first ever pay per view event for Bellator FC.

7/28/13

UFC on FOX 8 featured a Flyweight title fight where the latest stoppage in UFC history was pulled off. Demetrious Johnson defended his title defeating John Moraga via armbar at 3:43 of round five. The co-main event saw a Welterweight fight that was built up for weeks fall short as far as excitement is concerned. Rory MacDonald in the end defeated Jake Ellenberger via unanimous decision. Welterweight Robbie Lawler pulled off a vicious head kick KO over Bobby Voelker at :24 of round two. Women's Bantamweight Liz Carmouche returned to the win column after defeating Jessica Andrade via TKO at 3:57 of round two.

UFC veteran James McSweeney will replace Marcus Sursa and face off against Paul Buentello at Legazy FC 22.

UFC Women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been confirmed to have a roll in The Expendables 3.

Paul Daley and Maiquel Falcao have both been released from Bellator FC.

Brazilian star Goiti Yamauchi who was recently signed by Bellator will make his debut at Bellator 99.

7/21/13

Legacy FC 21 held not one but two title fights! In the main event, Matt Hobar and Angel Huerta fought for the Bantamweight belt. Hobar got the better of Huerta earning a win via RNC that came at just 3:05 of round one. In the co-main event William Bush defeated Larry Crowe to earn the Middleweight belt. The win came at 2:41 of round two via TKO. WEC and UFC veteran Leonard Garcia finally returned to the win column. Garcia defeated Reynaldo Trujillo via KO at :24 of round three in what was definitely the most exciting fight of the night. In the Women's Bantamweight division, Holly Holm delivered a brutal head kick KO to beat Allanna Jones at 2:22 of round two.

At Cage Warriors 57, former UFC fighter Paul Daley earned another win (his forth straight). At Welterweight Daley defeated Lukasz Chlewicki via doctors stoppage at the end of the first round. Other notable winners on the card were Danny Roberts, Ronnie Mann and Norman Paraisy.

Light Heavyweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson will take on Mike Kyle in the WSOF 5 main event.

UFC fight night bonuses are officially staying according to Dana White.

Andrew Leone will replace Yasuhiro Urushitani and face off against Shinichi Kojima in the ONE FC 10 Flyweight title fight.

Vladimir Matyushenko will take on Christian M'Pumbu at Bellator 99. The Light Heavyweight bout will serve as the main event.

WSOF and the XFC have both announced four man tournaments. WSOF will have their tournament consist of Middleweights while the XFC tournament will consist of Featherweights.

Jeff Curran will replace the injured Keoni Koch and take on Pedro Munhoz for the Bantamweight title at RFA 9.

Fallon Fox will take on Ashlee Evans-Smith for the CFA Women's Featherweight title on October 10th.

7/14/13

Invicta Fighting Championship held their biggest fight card in the history of the promotion this past week. In the main event of Invicta FC 6, women's Featherweight fighters "Cyborg" Santos and Marloes Coenen faced off for the title. "Cyborg" claimed the belt with a forth round TKO of Coenen coming at 4:02. In the co-main event Claudia Gadelha defeated Ayaka Hamasaki via TKO at 3:58 of round three in a women's Strawweight bout.

Former UFC and Bellator fighter Paul Buentello will fight in the main event of Legacy FC 22. Buentello will take on fellow Heavyweight Marcus Sursa.

Cage Warriors 61 is set to take place in Russia in November.

Welterweight Josh Koscheck has suffered an injury and is out of his UFC 163 fight against Damien Maia.

T.J. Grant has also suffered an injury and is out of his Lightweight title fight against champion Benson Henderson. Anthony Pettis (the last man to defeat Henderson) will take Grant's spot in the UFC 164 main event.

Pedro Munhoz will face Keoni Koch at RFA 9 for the Bantamweight title.

Chris Weidman vs Anderson Silva II is set to take place on December 28th at UFC 168. The Middleweight title rematch will be the headliner while women's Bantamweights Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate will be the co-main event.

7/7/13

And... ... ... NEW UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman! Yeah, you could say UFC 162 didn't go how most thought it would. Anderson Silva who was once (and still arguably) one of the best P4P fighters in MMA, couldn't defend his Middleweight belt against title challenger Chris Weidman. Weidman won via KO at 1:18 of round 2. Frankie Edgar returned to the win column after defeating Charles Oliveira via unanimous decision in a Featherweight co-main event fight. Middleweight Tim Kennedy won a rather boring UFC debut fight against Roger Gracie by unanimous decision. Mark Munoz showed why he is still a force to be reckoned with in the Middleweight division. Munoz dominated Tim Boetsch to win a unanimous decision. Cub Swanson and Dennis Siver kicked off the main card with what most would say was the best fight on the card. Swanson started slow but ended up coming back and TKOing Siver at 2:24 of round 3.

In the main event of Cage Warriors 56, Welterweight Bola Omoyele (former TUF "The Smashes competitor) defeated Vincent Del Guerra via TKO at 3:21 of round 1.

Ronda Rousey is set to defend her Women's Bantamweight title against Miesha Tate at UFC 168 (year end event).

Renan Barao and Eddie Wineland will fight for the interim belt after all. The two Bantamweights will be the co-main event at UFC 165.