Josh Nason Archives: 11/2011

Originally scheduled for August but scrapped due to injury, Rashad Evans is once again set to face Phil Davis and the event will be January…

As alluded to Monday on Bloody Elbow and first reported by MMA Junkie and others Tuesday, Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez will be the main…

As UFC President Dana White said several weeks ago regarding the short UFC on Fox main event, you can’t control what happens in the cage.…

As expected, Takanori Gomi will compete at Japan’s UFC 144 and he now has an opponent as the organization announced late Sunday night that George…

They may not be Cain Velasquez or Junior dos Santos, but Bellator will turn to two of its heavyweights to close up their fifth season…

At 40 years old, the odds are against Alexis Vila becoming a force in MMA. But the Cuban-born Olympic freestyle wrestler is just one win…

With injury comes opportunity and former TUF finalist Phillipe Nover has his opportunity to reintroduce himself to the MMA world Saturday at Bellator 59 against…

All fighters did their jobs and made weight Friday at the Bellator 59 weigh-ins in Atlantic City, NJ, at the Palladium Ballroom. The event airs…

Bellator got some good news this week as ratings for last Saturday’s Bellator 58 garnered a season-high viewership of 269,000, more than twice the number…

If you haven’t yet seen it, everything you’ve heard about the Bellator Lightweight Championship fight between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez from last Saturday’s Bellator…

Women’s MMA can be a strange thing sometimes. It’s a mix of some great talents, some inexperienced fighters, an internal conflict of selling sex vs.…

While there has still been no announcement regarding the future of Strikeforce, the ratings for last Friday night’s Challengers event are in and they’re not…

Urijah Faber put on his most impressive UFC performance to date in a dominant second-round submission victory over Brian Bowles in a match-up of former…

Know that term ‘grinder’ that is most often tossed around with Jon Fitch? The UFC 139 tilt between Martin Kampmann and Rick Story was the…

Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz was as quick and one-sided as one of those old school squash matches on WWF Superstars of Wrestling with Bader…

Nearly a year after the UFC absorbed the WEC and introduced bantamweights to mainstream MMA, the seeds planted throughout the past 11 months are nearly…

Chris Weidman’s path as a 185-pound UFC prospect continued to be an easy one in a first-round submission win over Tom Lawlor at UFC 139.…

Halfway through the Gleison Tibau/Rafael dos Anjos UFC 139 prelim fight, commentator Joe Rogan mentioned how there are some bouts where each guy’s skill set…

To many, Stephan Bonnar is a staple in the UFC but hasn’t been thought of as a either a contender or an important figure in…

In the latest tie-in between MMA and social media, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is asking fans on Twitter what undercard fight should make air this…