Jonathan Snowden

In its eighteen months as a national MMA promotion, Strikeforce has done an amazing job building a brand and putting on meaningful and exciting fight…

They say you see the true heart of a champion only after they’ve been knocked down. After all, how can you gauge how well a…

Until Oscar De La Hoya broke free from Bob Arum in 2005, there were only two boxing promoters that mattered in America. One was Arum’s…

Last week Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney revealed private text messages to the media, messages he claims he sent Strikeforce President Scott Coker. Rebney was on…

My new book, The MMA Encyclopedia, hits book shelves today. It’s an exciting time for me and the crew at ECW Press. I feel like…

It was hard sitting on the WEC/UFC merger news, but I had made a promise and intended to keep it. I did, however, have plenty…

“I think Bellator treats me as a professional MMA fighter regardless of my gender.” On its face, this short reply to my question about how…

The champion. For 100 years, you could say those two words and the world would know who you were referring to. From Joe Louis, to…

New champion Cain Velasquez has no time to rest on his laurels. The UFC heavyweight kingpin, fresh off of a career defining win over Brock…

Every fight with Brock Lesnar is a dream fight for the UFC, at least from a business perspective. The former heavyweight champion is by far…

Jake Shields passed the test last night at UFC 121, but it was hardly with flying colors. The Cesar Gracie grappler took home a split…

Brock Lesnar was heavily hyped for the second fight in a row. For the second fight in a row the mammoth UFC champion cowered at…

We are one day away from what might be the biggest UFC fight of the year: heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar taking on his toughest challenger…

For years after buying the UFC from Semaphore Entertainment Group, the new owner’s of MMA’s biggest promotion had a simple mantra: it’s the brand stupid.…

We’ve determined this week that wrestling is the most common base for successful MMA fighters, both in the United States today and historically in Japan.…

A reader, MMMadman, brought up an interesting point in the wild and woolly discussion following my article breaking down the base styles of the sport’s…

We heard quite a bit about the success of UFC 120. The event drew throngs of fans, and while the British fighters didn’t shine, just…

Our own Luke Thomas wondered aloud after UFC 120 whether the Brits will ever be able to produce a world champion MMA fighter. Part of…

No one had much faith in Mike Pyle last night. He was an overwhelming underdog against British prospect John Hathaway – and that was just…

“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock got a rare win yesterday. Flying below the radar, as the MMA world focussed on UFC 120 in…