M-1 Challenge XXV Primer: The Who, What, and Why For the Promotion’s Free Show
M-1 Global fighters are back in action tomorrow and back on their home turf – St. Petersburg, Russia. The show is headlined by a great…
Jonathan Snowden Archives: 04/2011
Exclusive Bad Boy Message: Junior dos Santos Looking Forward to Fighting Brock Lesnar
“I’m looking forward for this fight against Brock Lesnar, because it’s going to be a great fight for me to prove I am the number…
The UFC Plays ‘Let’s Kill the Prospect’ with Rising Star Phil Davis
Top light heavyweight prospect Phil Davis will step into the Octagon with Rashad Evans at UFC 133. You all know Rashad Evans. He’s in the…
Is UFC 129 Only Going to Be Big in Canada?
Fifty-five thousand screaming fans will pack the Rogers Centre in Toronto Saturday night to see Canadian hero Georges St. Pierre defend the welterweight title against…
MMA World Cup: Results and Analysis
The fantasy MMA World Cup came to a close last night with one amazing upset – Alistair Overeem won heavyweight gold in a razor close…
MMA World Cup: Can Dominick Cruz Cruise to a Gold Medal?
Dominick Cruz tooled Waggney Fabiano, like he has every opponent not named Faber, on his way to a likely gold medal. His opponent will be…
MMA World Cup: Can Aldo Win Gold in Featherweight Finals?
Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes both won one-sided contests in the semi-finals to advance. That sets up an intriguing bout for the bronze as Hioki…
MMA World Cup: Japan and America Collide in the Finals
Shinya Aoki scored a last second submission to earn his berth in the gold medal match, narrowly beating German Dennis Siver in a great semi-final…
MMA World Cup: Welterweight Finals
As expected, Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch advanced to the gold medal match. Their last fight was a five round shellacking. Has anything changed?…
MMA World Cup: The Chael Sonnen/Anderson Silva Rematch
UFC champion Anderson Silva and the man who dominated him for more than four rounds last year, Chael Sonen, both made it out of the…
MMA World Cup: Light Heavyweight Finals
Well, this one seems kind of like a given. Jon Jones and Mauricio Rua advance to the gold medal match – and I think we…
MMA World Cup: Can Overeem Upset Velasquez to Win Fictional Gold?
Fedor Emelianenko and Junior dos Santos fought gamely, but ultimately fell to the UFC and Strikeforce champions respectively. It leaves fans with a dream match…
MMA World Cup: Bantamweight Semi-Finals
Pickett and Fabiano advanced from the opening round, despite Ivan Manjivar giving a game effort against Fabiano. Like their real life counterparts, even fantasy MMA…
The MMA World Cup: Featherweight Semi-Finals
Veteran Joachim “Hellboy Hansen couldn’t overcome the wrestling prowess of Team Alpha Male’s Chad Mendes in the opening round and Mark Hominick barely broke a…
MMA World Cup: Lightweight Semi-Finals
“JZ” Cavalcante and Mark Bocek fought down to the wire in our closest opening round match yet. Bocek took a split decision, one that will…
MMA World Cup: Can a Boy Named Kim Do the Unthinkable?
Dong Hyun Kim grounded Paul Daley on his way to an upset win, making him the first lower seed to advance in the World Cup.…
MMA World Cup: Will Chael Sonnen Earn a Rematch with Anderson Silva?
Mamed Khalidov gave UFC bad boy Michael Bisping a run for his money in the first round, but ended up falling short. That leaves us…
The MMA World Cup: Light Heavyweight Semi-Finals
In the first round Alexander Gustaffson and Gegard Mousasi rode their mainstream name recognition to easy wins over competitive but less well known fighters. But…
MMA World Cup: Can Fedor Emelianenko Upset Cain Velasquez?
Fedor Emelianenko and Alistair Overeem advanced to the semi-finals in overwhelming fashion, setting up two dream matches: 1. Cain Velasquez vs. 4. Fedor Emelianenko My…
MMA World Cup: Bantamweight Elimination Round
Bantamweight is a work in progress. After all, it’s been only a couple of years since fighters could even dream of making a living at…