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Pete Spratt signs three fight deal with Instinct MMA Instinct MMA President Stephane Patry has just announced a three fight contract extension for Pete “The Secret Weapon” Spratt.
The 41 year old Spratt, a welterweight remembered for his UFC stint and time on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 4, has forged a 24-21 record and has also seen time with Strikeforce, MFC, and Shark Fights.
In his debut for Instinct, Spratt defeated...
SCC 4 Press Conference and Fight Night Bonuses Superior Cage Combat is taking the MMA world by storm. Check out the Post Fight Press Conference from last week's SCC 4 and see who got Fight Night Bonuses:
TRISTAR GYM TO BE HEAVILY REPRESENTED AT INSTINCT 3 MONTREAL (QUEBEC) February 22nd, 2012 – There are many people playing a variety of roles that are required to make a mixed martial arts event come together. As with any successful business, Instinct is always looking to work with elite people whether they be on-camera talent, event coordinators, fighters, media, etc. That is why when an occasion comes along where a partnership with a world...
Nate Marquardt signs with Strikeforce As announced last night on “UFC Tonight” , Nate Marquardt (31-10-2) has agreed to a deal with Strikeforce.
Numerous sources are reporting that his Strikeforce debut will be at welterweight at a yet to be announced date, likely against top ranked Tyron Woodley (10-0) as a verbal agreement is in place.
Following his UFC release in June of last year after a failed drug screening,...
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson Fight Card UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson is set for February 25th at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Main Card:Frankie Edgar (14-1-1) vs. Ben Henderson (15-2) for Edgar’s UFC lightweight titleQuinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-9) vs. Ryan Bader (13-2) Mark Hunt (7-7) vs. Cheik Kongo (27-6-2)Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-4) vs. Jake Shields (26-6-1)Yushin Okami (26-6) vs. Tim Boetsch...
Shinya Aoki to face Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 66 It has been announced that Shinya Aoki (30-5) has agreed to face Eddie Alvarez (22-3) at Bellator 66. Aoki is on a 7 fight winning streak and is one of the best grapplers in MMA. Alvarez is coming off losing his title to Michael Chandler and is looking to avenge his 2008 defeat to Aoki in which he lost in 98 seconds by heel hook.
The date for Bellator 66 is set for April 20th, but the venue has...
Superior Cage Combat: Winning over fans and the MMA community Fight Fans everywhere, if you were not seated inside of The Orleans Arena located in beautiful Las Vegas, NV. on February 16th, well all I can say is you missed one hell of a show.
Superior Cage Combat put on its fourth show with some big names behind it. I witnessed some of the best fights that I have had the pleasure of covering, and let's not forget about the...
Houston Alexander vs. Gilbert Yvel, Maurice Smith comeback planned for Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 will take place on March 30th at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney, Nebraska with a main event featuring Houston Alexander (13-7) vs. Gilbert Yvel (37-16-1).
Alexander is coming off of a crushing 2nd round KO loss to Montreal’s Steve Bosse back in October of 2011 for Instinct MMA. He has gone 4-2 since a loss to Kimbo Slice signaled his UFC release.
Yvel...
SCC 4 Results: Silva taps Grove, Gunderson takes lightweight title In front of a capacity crowd with a virtual “who’s-who” of MMA legends in attendance, Superior Cage Combat rocked the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday night with SCC 4.
In the main event, Jay Silva shocked UFC/ProElite veteran Kendall Grove by way of a 2nd round rear naked choke submission, dashing “Da Spyder’s” UFC hopes. In the co-main event, John...
Instinct 4 to feature Bosse vs. Babalu in Montreal in May Quebec’s Instinct MMA announced today that Steve “The Boss” Bosse (9-1) will face UFC vet and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral (36-9) in May as the main event of Instinct 4.
Although the exact date has not been determined, it will be the first foray for Instinct into the City of Montreal, after hosting its first two events...
SCC 4 Weigh-in Results Weigh-in results fro tonight’s Superior Cage Combat (SCC) 4: Grove vs. Silva at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas:
MAIN EVENT:
Kendall Grove (185) vs. Jay Silva (184)
CO-MAIN EVENT:
John Gunderson (154.5) vs. Justin Buchholz (155) (SCC Lightweight Title Fight)
Danny Davis Jr. (170) vs. Jamie Yager (170)
Dominique Robinson (156) vs. Paulo Bananada (155)
Brandon Bender (145) vs....
UFC on Fuel 1 Results: The UFC’s seven year deal with Fuel TV kicked off in grand style on February 15th, ushering in the promotion’s dominance and influence on yet another network. Thrilling the capacity crowd at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska, the main card was highlighted by Jake Ellenberger taking a unanimous decision over Diego Sanchez in welterweight action and Stefan Struve knocking...
Gina Carano has another action flick on the way, MMA career in doubt Fresh off of her action role in “Haywire”, the onetime “Face of Women’s MMA” Gina Carano is reportedly set to film another movie "In the Blood”, again putting her MMA return on hold.
With filming expected to run through the summer, it may be a long time before Carano (7-1) gets back into real life fight action.
The 29 year old Carano became a...
Super Fight League to air on YouTube, Sapp vs. Thompson headlines SFL 1 The India based promotion Super Fight League (SFL) has announced a three-year exclusive deal with YouTube to stream its live events.
SFL 1 is set for March 11th and sports a main event of Bob Sapp (11-10) and vs, James Thompson (16-14).
“The Beast” Sapp still enjoys huge Asian popularity but has dropped 7 of his last 8 fights and was brutalized in a 1st round submission to Rolles...
Rolles Gracie beats Bob Sapp at ONE FC 2 Rolles Gracie Jr. made short work of Bob Sapp at One Fighting Championship (ONE FC) 2: Battle of Heroes at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 11th. Gracie (6-1) tapped out Sapp (11-10) at the 1:18 mark of the opening round after administering several shots to the grounded “Beast”.
With the quick victory, the 33 year old Gracie has now won three...
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin Possible and Frank Mir to face Cain Velasquez A twitter war has ensued with Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz. Tito Ortiz stated on his twitter account, “Forrest you know I deserve it man, Step up. I lost my last one. You lost your last one. Let’s do this – unless you scared”. Forrest responded with “He knows better than that. You know what’s funny about me and Tito? The truth is we consider the other an easy...
SCC 4: Jesse Taylor replaces Tim Ruberg vs. Terry Martin
Superior Cage Combat has announced a change to its SCC 4 lineup as Tim Ruberg has been replaced by UFC veteran Jesse Taylor against Terry Martin. Taylor is best remembered as a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 7 and has compiled a 20-8 record fighting for the UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, and MFC.
Terry “Dangerous” Martin (22-9) is a savvy cage veteran who has battled with...
Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 Results: February 11th Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 results from the Habtoor Grand Hotel Convention Center & Spa in Beirut, Lebanon.
Juha-Pekka Vainikainen defeated Kyle Watson by 2nd round TKO (doctor's stoppage due to cut)
Mats Nilsson defeated Tom Speer by 2nd round submission (arm-triangle choke)
Matteus Lahdesmaki defeated Graham Turner by 1st round submission (rear-naked choke)
Faycal Hussin...
Patrick Cote to face Gustavo Machado on March 31st at Amazon Forest Combat 2 Quebec’s Patrick “The Predator” Cote (16-7) is slated to face Gustavo “Ximu” Machado (22-8-1) on March 31st at Amazon Forest Combat (AFC) 2.
The 31 year old Cote, who once challenged Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight strap, has won three in a row since his UFC release, and is still eyeing an octagon return. This past year, the Predator secured decisions over...
Nick Diaz fails drug test Following his decision loss at UFC 143, Nick Diaz has tested positive for Marijuana. This would be the second positive test for Diaz. It has long been a fact that Diaz has a prescription in California to smoke weed. But the rules in Nevada prohibit the use of Marijuana and Diaz is now looking at a possible one year suspension. This derails Diaz career for a year and the possibility of him facing...
Instinct 3 postponed until March 31st Instinct MMA has announced that Instinct 3, which was scheduled for February 25th, has been postponed and rescheduled for March 31st. The organization has cited injuries to several of the scheduled fighters as the reason for the delay and the rescheduled card will still be held at the Centre de Foires in Sherbrook. Quebec.
According to Instinct MMA President Stephane Patry,...
8CN Exclusive: Kyle Watson set for Cage Warriors debut February 11th Kyle Watson is best remembered for his time on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 12 and his tenure in the UFC. The 32 year old Watson (13-7-1) was released following a 3rd round KO loss to John Makdessi in April at UFC 129, which put his octagon record at 1-1. Undaunted by the release, Watson soon caught the eye of, and signed a contract with Cage Warriors. Prior to the loss to Makdessi, Watson...
Condit vs. Diaz rematch looms, GSP anxiously waits In a spectacular turn of events at UFC 143 last weekend, Carlos Condit took home a unanimous decision over Nick Diaz to claim the Interim welterweight title. There’s been a lot of chatter the past few days over the accuracy of that decision, heightened by the post-fight premature retirement of Diaz.
Now, the focus has moved to a possible rematch between the two warriors as GSP continues to...
Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans Official for UFC 145 The wait is now over as Jon Jones will officially defend his UFC light heavyweight title against Rashad Evans at UFC 145.
Evans (17-1-1) is fresh off of last week’s beating of Phil Davis at UFC on Fox 2, which solidified his long standing #1 contender’s status. He’ll finally get his long awaited shot at former team-mate Jones (15-1) at UFC 145 in Atlanta on April...
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