“About my fight with Tim Sylvia, it was ruled a ‘No Contest,’ but, to be honest with you, I don’t really care. For some reason, when the referee raised his arm up, it’s like he gave me a signal to kick him. Even if he didn’t raise his arm up, I would have done it...
ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) announced today that the bout that took place on 31 August 2012 at ONE FC: PRIDE OF A NATION in the Philippines between Shannon Wiratchai and Mitch Chilson has been ruled a no contest after a thorough review by ONE FC Officials. Shannon Wiratchai’s record will now officially be recorded...
By: Chris Taylor One Fighting Championship announced they will hold their sixth event this October and that the event will be headlined by Shinya Aoki vs. Arnaud Lepont. ONE FC 6: Rise of Kings is set to take place on October 6th from Kallang, Singapore, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The event will likely be...
By: Chris Taylor This past Friday the Singapore MMA promotion known as ONE FC held it’s fifth event in Manila, Philippines. Overall the “ONE FC 5: Pride of a Nation” card was a huge success, producing exciting fights and finishes. The one thing that was left to be desired after watching the event was a...
By: Chris Taylor ONE FC 5 is currently taking place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines. The event is headlined by a bantamweight bout between Bibiano Fernandes and Gustavo Falciroli. The card also features a fourth meeting between former UFC champions Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia. Other notable fighters in action at...
ONE Fighting Championship, announced today that all fighters have made weight and are ready for ONE FC: PRIDE OF A NATION which takes place tomorrow evening at SMART ARANETA Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines. The entire card, which is headlined by DREAM Bantamweight Champion Bibiano Fernandes and CFC Australia Bantamweight Champion Gustavo Falciroli, will be...
By: Chris Taylor The weigh ins for ONE FC 5: Pride of a Nation took place yesterday, and all the fighters participating on the card successfully made their respective weights. The event itself takes place at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, on Friday and the entire card is available live via online pay-per-view...
Tim Sylvia has been very vocal about fighting again for Zuffa. When his bout with Strikforce hevyweight standout Daniel Cormier was taken away at the last minute and given to Frank Mir, he openly admitted he was crushed. Now it looks like he will have a chance to prove he belongs in the big leagues...
ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) has announced that the legendary Gracie family will be represented in a big way at ONE FC: Pride on a Nation on 31 August. Rolles Gracie, Igor Gracie and Gregor Gracie have all been added to the stacked fight card for ONE FC: Pride of a Nation. All three fighters...
By: Chris Taylor The next ONE FC event “Pride of a Nation” is set for August 31st from the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila. The card is not yet finalized but already has a mass of big name fighters and former champions. Some of the notable names already slated to fight on the card include: Andrei...
By: Chris Taylor The last time we talked to Soa Palelei, he stated that he would like a second chance from UFC president Dana White. Well if he wins his next fight, he may very well get that chance. Yesterday it was announced on twitter, that the Australian heavyweight Palelei (17-3 in MMA), will be...
By Jamie McAllister Three members of the Gracie family are set to compete on the One FC 5 card. Rolles Gracie commented to TATAME on the subject and confirmed he would compete on the card along with his brothers Igor and Gregor but no opponents have been confirmed. “The fights have been confirmed, they’re just...
By Jamie McAllister Renato Sobral comments to MMAMania. After eighteen months out Renato Sobral returned and defeated the number one 205-pound fighter in Asia Tatsuya Mizuno via submission in just over 30seconds. Afterwards he had nothing but good things to say about the promotion One FC. “I had a wonderful time in Malaysia and Victor...
By Jonathan Kirschner Bibiano Fernandes’ UFC signing mix-up may be one of the most confusing stories to unfold in recent weeks. First it was announced that Bibiano Fernandes had signed with the UFC and would be making his debut at UFC 149 in Calgary, Alberta. After suffering an alleged injury, it was announced that he...
By Jamie McAllister Bibiano Fernandes signs with One FC. After Dream went bust the UFC had announced that verbal agreements were in place with Fernandes and a potential debut at UFC 149 was even talked about. Then a few days later the Brazilian was off the card firstly reported that it was due to...
As we move on to the bigger cards of the year, fans and media are still haunted by the news of Jon Jones failing his tests and being flagged for his possible anti-doping violation. After the B sample came back positive, the line of attack now shifts to damage control and pursuing a legal battle...
Japan loves Alistair Overeem. From all his fights in PRIDE and multiple kickboxing matches in K-1, he became a legend in Japan way before he gained notoriety as a feared heavyweight in the UFC. It just makes sense that The Reem would be in Tokyo ahead of UFC Japan to enjoy the fights with the...
This Friday (Saturday morning in Japan), the UFC will return to the Saitama Super Arena, a combat sports stronghold just outside Tokyo, with UFC Fight Night 117. The card will be headlined by a bizarre light heavyweight scrap between established contender Ovince Saint Preux and Yushin Okami, a former UFC middleweight title challenger, and more...
If you saw Daniel Cormier in the Octagon after he fought and lost to Jon Jones at UFC 214, you know just how much the loss meant to him. Cormier remained fairly quiet in the days immediately after the fight and was just getting over the fact that he was knocked out and finished for...
Just a couple of hours ago, it was announced that Thiago Alves wasn’t going to make it to UFC Pittsburgh to fight Mike Perry due to undisclosed reasons. Along with the recent Jon Jones and Jesse Taylor news today, a co-main event falling through was just icing on the bad day cake. Before we even...
Back in July, in the main event of the stacked UFC 214, former UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones stepped into the cage with reigning champ Daniel Cormier in an effort to reclaim the title he never truly lost. Though Cormier had some success in the early portions of the fight, Jones ultimately succeeded on...
The UFC has been looking for a main event for its October 21 return to Poland for some time. For a moment, it looked as though that main event would pit Brazilian middleweight knockout artist Thiago Santos against debuting Polish star. Unfortunately, that proposed main event fell through. Now, it seems, the promotion is close...
On Saturday’s special UFC Rotterdam episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, UFC commentator Joe Rogan told guest Brendan Schaub that he believes it’s time for Paulie Malignaggi to stop trash-talking MMA fighters. Well, what he really said was that Malignaggi should “shut the f*ck up.” Riffing on the subject of Malignaggi’s beef with the MMA...
It seems like there is a new development in the Jon Jones saga every single day. After allegedly popping for a steroid, we’ve been on an emotional roller coaster that started at heartbroken and is now twisting into the strange and unusual. His own teammate came out very early on claiming this had to be...
Conor McGregor’s Saturday night battle with Floyd Mayweather Jr. has caused the talk of crossovers between MMA and boxing to reach new and unprecedented heights. And though the majority of these discussions seem to surround MMA fighters moving to boxing, the opposite is also true. The latest example of a boxer discussing a move to MMA...
As we reported earlier in the week, this Jon Jones news and subsequent fallout will result in a domino effect that will touch many different things. One big domino in the middle of all this is former UFC light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier. Coming off his devastating loss, the man already had enough to deal...
Fight fans around the world let out a collective “Noooooooo!” yesterday evening when news broke that current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones had been flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation. Most people were left in shock and disbelief by the unfortunate news, while others were quick to point out “Bones” troubled...
Terrible news struck the mixed martial arts world this evening when TMZ Sports reported that current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones had been flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation. The Anti-Doping Policy violation in question stemmed from an in-competition sample collected following Jones’ weigh-in for UFC 214 on July 28, 2017....
