UFC 125 Fight Card Preview: Can Stann Prove He’s Tougher Than Leben?
Within the confines of the UFC middleweight division, proven knockout artist and The Ultimate Fighter season one contestant Chris Leben (25-6, 11-5 UFC) will look…
Leland Roling Archives: 12/2010
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Hiroyuki Takaya Upsets Bibiano Fernandes, Crowned Featherweight Champion
The worldwide featherweight rankings were shaken up this weekend as Hatsu Hioki upset Nova Uniao knockout artist Marlon Sandro yesterday at Sengoku: Soul of Fight.…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Tatsuya Kawajiri Dominates Josh Thomson
In what turned out to be a surprisingly one-sided affair, Japanese lightweight kingpin Tatsuya Kawajiri dominated Josh Thomson over the course of three rounds with…
UFC 125 Preview: Will Thiago Silva End Brandon Vera’s Ride in the UFC?
Sports, in general, can be a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows, and some athletes are better suited at handling those swings in success…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Former UFC Fighter Jason High Edges Hayato “Mach” Sakurai
In one of the more drawn out battles on the K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 New Year’s Eve card, former UFC fighter Jason High used superior wrestling…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Torn Ear Stops Kazushi Sakuraba in Showdown with Marius Zaromskis
In an one-sided welterweight title showdown, Kazushi Sakuraba was unable to make it out of the first round after DREAM Welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis punched…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Alistair Overeem Demolishes Todd Duffee in Quick Fashion
As most fans expected, Alistair Overeem proved once again that he is the alpha male of MMA’s heavyweight division as he made quick work of…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Yuichiro Nagashima Brutally Knocks Out Shinya Aoki in Laughable Affair
When the restrictions came out regarding the DREAM/K-1 mixed rules contest between DREAM champion Shinya Aoki and K-1 MAX competitor Yuichiro Nagashima hit the wire,…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Results: Gegard Mousasi Drops Kyotaro, Cruises to Decision Victory
Most MMA and K-1 fans didn’t give former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi much of a chance when his K-1 Rules battle with Keijiro…
K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Spoiler Alert
Just a quick heads up to those of you who won’t be staying awake for K-1’s Dynamite!! 2010 card tonight, we will be reporting results…
UFC 125 Preview: Dong Hyun Kim, Nate Diaz Battle for Relevance in Welterweight Action
In welterweight action, The Ultimate Fighter season five winner and Cesar Gracie jiu-jitsu student Nate Diaz (13-5, 8-3 UFC) will hope to extend his winning…
UFC 125 Preview: Can Takanori Gomi Tame the Beast in Clay Guida?
Opening the main card at UFC 125 on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #2 – Chris Weidman
This is a guest post written by my Scouting Report colleague, smoogy. Give the man your undivided attention as he is a special contributor to…
UFC 125 Preview: Youth Versus Experience Prevalent on Action-Packed Undercard
UFC 125 will take place on Saturday, January 1st from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will feature a main…
Sengoku Soul of Fight Preview: Marlon Sandro, Hatsu Hioki Battle for Regional Supremacy in Title Showdown
New Year’s Eve has provided mixed martial arts fans the perfect late Christmas present for a number of years. Japan has historically produced some of…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #3 – Vitor Vianna
While our #5 ranked prospect Bruno Santos has some major upside due to his age and ability to take down opponents at will, his technique…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #4 – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
Russia is the largest country in the world, populating roughly one-ninth of the entire world’s land area with majestic mountain landscapes, a blistering cold Siberian…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #5 – Bruno “Carioca” Santos
Brazil won’t be as dominant in the middleweight prospect rankings as it has been in other weight classes we’ve featured so far, but the country…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #6 – Constantinos Philippou
Next on our list, at #6, is Team Serra-Longo product Constantinos Philippou (6-1). Like Victor O’Donnell and Jordan Smith, he was also one of the…
World MMA Middleweight Scouting Report: #7 – Jordan Smith
The Ultimate Fighter’s eleventh season featured many of the top middleweights in the world, and surprisingly — a good number of those fighters were left…