Right Leg Hospital, Left Leg Cemetery Mirko Cro Cop is riding a seven-fight win streak and just became the 2016 Rizin Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion days ago, but the 42-year-old Croatian says that health concerns are finally causing him to hang up his trademark red-and-white checkered Hayabusa fight shorts in 2017. Cro Cop, the PRIDE legend […]
President-elect Donald J. Trump has a long-lasting relationship with UFC President Dana White and the sport of mixed martial arts, but did you know that Trump once attempted to run his own MMA promotion back in 2008? Well, heavyweight mixed martial artist Josh Barnett killed that business venture nearly eight years ago and Trump’s career […]
A new MMA promotion is set to make it’s debut in the United States in 2017. Absolute Championship Berkut, also known as ACB, will be bringing their promotion to the USA from Russia for ACB 51. The event will take place on January 13, 2017 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The main […]
The RIZIN FIGHTING World Grand Prix 2016: 2ND ROUND kicks of at 1:00 a.m. ET. Join MMANewsline.com as we bring you Results from the card as it airs Live in Saitama, Japan. For anyone confused, tonight's RIZIN is the GP quarterfinals. The winners then fight TWICE on 12/31 (after UFC 207) to determine the champ. […]
There were some questionable decisions made in 2016 by every major fight promotion, but which stand out the most? Join MMANewsline.com as we relive all the craziness MMA brought to 2016 in our three part series. These events are not in chronological order. Part 2 WME-IMG Terminates ‘Lifetime Contracts’ of Chuck Liddell and Matt Hughes — […]
There were some questionable decisions made in 2016 by every major fight promotion, but which stand out the most? Join MMANewsline.com as we relive all the craziness that 2016 brought the world of mixed martial arts in our three part series. These events are not in chronological order. Part 1 Ronda Rousey’s Media Blackout When […]
Kimbo Slice (1974 - 2016) Kevin ‘Kimbo Slice’ Ferguson was a Youtube street fighter who decided to become a full-fledged mixed martial artist in 2005, after a video of a fight between ‘Slice’ and a Boston police officer, Sean Gannon, went viral. Just three years removed from Youtube fame, Kimbo Slice would main event EliteXC: […]
Former UFC competitors Pat Healy (33-22-1) and Leandro ‘Buscapé’ Silva (19-5-1) will return to action at Absolute Championship Berkut 51 (ACB 51) in Irvine, CA, a source employed by the organization told Mmanewsline.com. Silva is a seven-fight UFC veteran and last competed in September at UFC on FOX: Arlovski vs. Barnett, where he lost a […]