Promotion Name: I.D.C. MMA Fight League Event Name: Up Top the Masonic 2 Promoter(s): Grand Master Marshall Dixsonbey Date: April 21st, 2012 Location: The Masonic Temple in Detroit Referee(s): “Vicious” Vance Swerdan and Eric Moon, assisted by Doug Gallegos and Bubba MacKenzie Judges: Drew “All Day” Morais and company Medic(s): Dr. Everett Bryant Announcer: […]

Promotion Name: Michigan Extreme Combat Sports Event Name: Rise Against Promoter(s): Kevin Whittenberg Date: April 21st, 2012 Location: Skateway of Monroe Trainers and Gyms: Michigan Extreme Combat Sports, East West Martial Arts, True Fighter Fight Team, White Elephant Fight Club, Camp Tisdale, Midland Muay Thai Academy, Mob Squad Referee(s): Josh “Short Sta […]

One amazing Saturday night, March 31, 2012, marked the evening that the Genesis Fighting Championship would permanently solidify itself as one of the standardbearers of matchmaking quality with one of the most amazing fight cards in Michigan history. Promoter and pro fighter Josh “Rage” Lawrence, along with co-promoter Terry Bertrand, knocked this one STRAIG […]

The Elite Federation of Fighters was back in action once again at the gracious and spacious MRCC Banquet Center in Warren this past Friday night with yet ANOTHER spectacular night of cage fighting excitement. As usual, there were many, many well-known faces from the Michigan MMA community on hand for the event. There were also […]

Total Warrior Combat further solidified their rise to the top of the Michigan MMA scene with yet ANOTHER absolutely unforgettable event, Bragging Fights II. They opened up the entire ballroom at the Best Western Plus Hotel in Lansing for this one, to accommodate the hordes of screaming fans that came out to witness the best […]

U OF MMA: Champions of Tomorrow Sunday May 20th • Club Nokia at L.A. LIVE in Downtown LA • 3PM Main Event: ‘Gorgeous’ Georgie Garcia vs. Chris Bonilla for the U of MMA Featherweight Championship! The debut of MMA at Club Nokia! An action-packed event with 15 exciting fights! Featuring: The Opening Round of Heavyweight Championship Tournament The Opening Roun […]

By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer UFC Light Heavyweight Jon Jones was arrested early this morning after crashing his near $200,000 Bentley into a pole. TMZ.com spoke to Law enforcement officials who informed them that Jones crashed the car at around 5:00am in Binghamton, NY. Jones, totaling it, and was then arrested on the scene for driving under the i […]

By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Urijah Faber now has an opponent for UFC 148's interim Bantamweight Title fight as it was announced on last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Live by UFC President Dana White that "The California Kid" will face Renan Barao. Barao will replace the injured current Champion Dominick Cruz who tor […]

By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer Bellator 69 took place this evening in Lake Charles, LA and featured the conclusion of this season's middleweight tournament as well as one semi final bout from the welterweight tournament. We have complete quick match results below: Main Card (Live on MTV 2, 8:00 PM ET) Middlweight Final Maiquel Falcao def. Andre […]

Lake Charles, La. (May 18, 2012) — The Bellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament came to a close Friday night as Maiquel Falcao earned a unanimous decision victory over Andreas Spang and secured his shot at the Bellator Middleweight World Championship, while Karl Amoussou moved one-step closer to an opportunity at the Bellator Welterweight World Championship […]

By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer All fighters were on weight for this weekend's Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final which takes place Saturday night, May 19th, from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The weigh in took place Friday evening. Complete results below: Main Card -Josh Barnett (248) vs. Daniel Cormier (238) -Gilbert Melendez (153) vs […]