Along with UFC's event scheduled for May 9th, the promotion is set to hold two more events at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Fights for those cards were revealed by UFC President Dana White on Friday via Youtube. Top Fights on Each Night The Wednesday show is set to be headlined … Continue reading Fights Announced For UFC May 13th and 16th Events
Flashback Friday: Pride 12: Cold Fury
Pride finished off their explosive year of 2000 with "Cold Fury," a show featuring the top names in the promotion at the time. In the main event of the card, Kazushi Sakuraba fought Ryan Gracie, who made his Pride FC debut earlier in the year. Ending off the year 2000 in MMA, let's look at … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 12: Cold Fury
Flashback Friday: UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
To finish off their 2000 year, UFC went to Japan once again. Actually in retrospect it’s better put that UFC came to Japan for the last time in the 00’s, as the promotion returned again in 2012. This card, which was stacked for 2000’s UFC standards, was headlined by Yuki Kondo challenging for Tito Ortiz’s … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
Flashback Friday: UFC 28: High Stakes
In UFC’s next show, the promotion went to the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Headlining the show, Kevin Randleman put his UFC Heavyweight Championship against Randy Couture. Original Event Date: 11/17/00 Quick Results: Bout 1: Ben Earwood def. Chris Lytle via Decision, Unanimous Bout 2: Mark Hughes def. Alex Stiebling via … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 28: High Stakes
Full Card For UFC 249 Announced
The full lineup for the May 9th version of UFC 249 was released on Saturday. The lineup includes two championship fights, including the UFC interim lightweight championship and the bantamweight championship. The venue for the event has been announced as the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Along with this event, UFC has … Continue reading Full Card For UFC 249 Announced
Flashback Friday: Pride 11: Battle of the Rising Sun
Heading to the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan, Pride FC held their fifth event of the year “Battle of the Rising Sun.” In the main event, promotional star Kazushi Sakuraba faced American fighter Shannon Ritch. The show also saw the return of recognizable names in the promotion like Masaaki Satake, Igor Vovchanchyn, Gary Goodridge, … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 11: Battle of the Rising Sun
Stun Gun’s Life As An Entertainer
The Korean television career Dong Hyun Kim has that most MMA fans aren't aware of In the summer of 2017, Dong Hyun Kim fought the tiring and often frustrating welterweight contender Colby Covington. Losing after three decisive rounds, Kim has yet to fight in MMA again since. But to say that he hasn't been doing … Continue reading Stun Gun’s Life As An Entertainer
UFC 249 Targeted For New Location and May 9th Date
The previously postponed pay-per-view event UFC 249 has now been slated for May 9th, with the plan being for the show to happen in the state of Florida, USA. Originally reported by Mike Heck of MMA Fighting, the commission within the state is ready to regulate an event "as long as it adheres to the … Continue reading UFC 249 Targeted For New Location and May 9th Date
Flashback Friday: UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
In September of 2000, UFC returned with UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz. In the main event of the show, Pedro Rizzo came back from a loss to fight Dan Severn in the main event. Severn was fighting in the promotion since his early run. Let’s look at the entire UFC 27 card from the Lake … Continue reading Flashback Friday: UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
Flashback Friday: Pride 10: Return of the Warriors
After Pride FC held a smaller event called “New Blood,” the promotion returned for another large venue event titled “Return of the Warriors.” The card saw the return of the promotion’s biggest start at the time, Kazushi Sakuraba. In his last appearance, Sakuraba fought an impressive 90-minute battle against Royce Gracie. He gets paired against … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 10: Return of the Warriors
