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August 2013

Lyoto Machida vs Tim Kennedy

source | MMAJunkie.com Machida (19-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC) will meet Tim Kennedy (16-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at the UFC’s third “Fight for the Troops” show, expected to be UFC Fight Night 31. The show will take place Nov. 6 at Fort Campbell, a U.S. Army installation in Kentucky. The main …

Munah Holland signs w/ Invicta FC

Source | MMAJunkie.com Munah Holland competed twice under the Bellator banner before the organization’s recent announcement that it wasn’t keeping its female fighters busy enough and was closing its women’s divisions. So she has signed with Invicta FC. Officials today announced the 38-year-old as the newest addition to the organization’s …

Conor McGregor rips fellow contenders via twitter

source | MMAJunkie.com After sharing those plans on Twitter, he then discussed potential future opponents – and not exactly in a flattering way. As he tweeted: “Aldo-Safe. Mendes-135er. Lamas-Nobody cares. Cub-OLD. TKZ-Open. Edgar-135er. Siver-OLD. Poirier-PeaHead. Guida-Boring. Lentz-Boring. Koch-?.” To summarize, Chad Mendes is too small for featherweight, nobody cares about …

ONE FC 10: Champions and Warriors

  ONE FC 10: Champions and Warriors Date: September 13, 2013 Venue: Istora Senayan Stadium MAIN CARD (Online PPV, 9 a.m. ET) Shinichi Kojima vs. Andrew Leone – for inaugural flyweight title Kotetsu Boku vs. Vuyisile Colossa Vincent Latoel vs. Willy Ni Jake Butler vs. James Kouame Bashir Ahmad vs. …

Stefan Struve may be out Indefinitely!

NOOOO!!! Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve could has been diagnosed with a leaking aortic valve and enlarged heart! This will most likely result in his retiring from the sport.  Every one hope the best for Struve. Report from @arielhelwani: @stefanstruve has been diagnosed with a leaking aortic valve and enlarged heart. — …

Conor Mcgregor, suffers minor sprain of LCL

source |MMAJunkie.com The knee injury the Irishman suffered midway through his lopsided beating of Max Holloway has been diagnosed as a minor sprain of his LCL, according to a report by MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani on UFC Tonight. McGregor plans to have an MRI this week in Los Angeles just to …

Bellator 99: Nunes vs. Pitbull

Bellator 99: Nunes vs. Pitbull Date: September 13, 2013 Venue: Pechanga Resort & Casino MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET) Patricio Freire vs. Diego Nunes – featherweight tournament opening round Houston Alexander vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Shahbulat Shamhalaev vs. Akop Stepanyan – featherweight tournament opening round Desmond Green vs. Fabricio …

Michael Johnson: “It doesn’t leave any doubts”

source | MMAJunkie.com “We definitely did our homework on Joe,” Johnson, who spoiled Massachusetts native Lauzon’s homecoming via unanimous decision, told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “We knew he’s not really a counter-shooter, going in taking shots off people’s punches, and we exposed that in the fight. We definitely didn’t have to …