Strikeforce Miami Preview: Herschel Walker Makes MMA Debut Against Greg Nagy
The bout receiving much of the attention leading up to Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Miami event is the battle featuring 47-year-old former two-time Pro Bowl NFL…
Leland Roling Archives: 01/2010
Strikeforce Miami Preview: Can Wes Sims Provide a Serious Challenge for Bobby Lashley?
The first main card match-up to air during the LIVE Showtime broadcast on Saturday night will feature two-time NAIA national wrestling champion and former World…
Strikeforce Miami Preview: Joe Riggs, Jay Hieron Meet in Welterweight Action
The drought is finally over. After over two weeks without a major mixed martial arts card taking place anywhere on an easily accessible television station…
Teammate vs. Teammate Bouts Remain Unattractive to AKA’s fighters
The UFC’s welterweight division has had its ups and downs over the course of the last few years. At one point, many fans, including myself,…
Will the WEC’s Star Power Produce a Successful PPV Event?
One of the issues that was brought up during last week’s Inside MMA show on HDNet, a show that featured current WEC featherweight champion Jose…
Co-Promotion in the UFC? A Noble Idea, Nothing More
Last Wednesday, Sports Illustrated writer Josh Gross unleashed an article outlining what the focus of mixed martial arts should be this year. In the article,…
Bellator Fighting Championships Angling Toward Impressive Second Season
Back in April of 2009, the North American mixed martial arts market welcomed an interesting newcomer to the promotional ranks. At first glance, Bellator Fighting…
Gegard Mousasi, “King Mo” Lawal Create Difficult Decisions for Strikeforce
Strikeforce has some difficult decisions ahead of them, and the recent incident regarding Bobby Lashley’s opponent in Florida for the January 30th Strikeforce: Miami event…
Sengoku Raiden Championships (SRC) XII Taking Shape
World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships, the new version of the event series formerly known as Sengoku, is beginning to make some headway in regards…
Strikeforce Walks the Fine Line Between Promotional Value and Quality Matchmaking
One of the only interesting stories that has surfaced within the last week in the world of mixed martial arts revolves around former WWE wrestler…
UFC’s Deal With Versus Already Producing Enormous Potential
Back in December, the UFC announced that they had struck a deal with cable sports television network Versus to air two Fight Night style events…
A Tribute to Minowaman
The alarm sounds loudly. Beep. Beep. BEEP! I slam my hand down to the floor, hurriedly move my hand around on the ground trying to…
MMA Sabermetrics: Isolated Striking Power (ISOS)
Sabermetrics is defined as the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, normally based on statistics to support an argument. Through Sabermetrics, baseball has a plethora…
UFN 20 Post-Fight Analysis: The UFC’s Lightweight Shuffle
As the seconds ticked off the clock in the third round of the UFC Fight Night 20 lightweight main event showdown between Nate Diaz and…
UFN 20 Preview: Gray Maynard, Nate Diaz Clash in Rematch
After a respectable showing from the WEC last night at WEC 46 in Sacramento, California, we’ll now turn our attention to the larger promotion under…
WEC 46 Preview: Jamie Varner, Ben Henderson Meet to Unify Lightweight Title
Your weekend of MMA action starts a little late this week as WEC 46 fills your living room with violence on Sunday, January 10th from…
UFC 108 Preview: Rashad Evans, Thiago Silva Meet in Main Event
In the UFC 108 main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion “Sugar” Rashad Evans (13-1-1, 8-1-1 UFC) will look to get back on track for…
UFC 108 Preview: Paul Daley, Dustin Hazelett Collide in Style Clash
Originally scheduled as a match-up between British striker Paul Daley (22-8-2, 1-0 UFC) and Carlos Condit, an injury dropped Condit out of the path of…
UFC 108 Preview: Will Gilbert Yvel Spoil Junior Dos Santos’ Contention Hopes?
In heavyweight action, Brazilian standout Junior Dos Santos (9-1, 3-0 UFC) will battle PRIDE veteran and UFC newcomer Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel (36-13-1) in what…