Matchmaker, matchmaker: News on Urijah Faber, Ronda Rousey, Matt Mitrione and more
Here’s the latest fights to be made, just for you: – Erik Koch and UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo put on their best Member’s Only jackets and headed to the mountains to officially announce their bout at UFC 149 in [...]
Josh Thomson gets pranked by AKA teammates (VIDEO)
Josh Thomson has been hard at work at his gym, AKA, to prepare for this weekend’s title bout against Gilbert Melendez. He’s been so busy, in fact, that he didn’t notice when his teammates moved his car in a prank. [...]
Paul Heyman’s Back on RAW, Brock Lesnar’s Not
The biggest news out of an erratic RAW this week was the return of onetime ECW owner Paul Heyman who emerged alone to the theme music of non-pooping behemoth Brock Lesnar. Long one of the industry’s great enunciators, a hatless Heyman re-introduced himself [...]
Chan Sung Jung Will Face Aldo-Koch Winner For Title
Following his exciting victory over Dustin Poirier Tuesday day night, Chan Sung Jung will face off with the winner of the featherweight title fight between champion Jose Aldo and Erik Koch at UFC 149. It is unclear when the bout [...]
Torrie Wilson? & ?Zeus? Sign On New Reality Series
– Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson and Tiny “Zeus” Lister have signed on for the first-ever reality series offering from the Reelz cable network, “The Z Team”. The show will feature Lorenzo Lamas and Rudy Reyes as a, “group, led [...]
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER LIVE REPORT 5/18: Penick’s random thoughts on eleventh episode on FX
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER: LIVE MAY 18, 2012 LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -Jon Anik’s narration opened up the broadcast as always, showing all four of tonight’s fighters backstage. -In the recap of last week’s fights, [...]
Nick Diaz flakes on BJJ superfight with Braulio Estima
In a move surprising few but disappointing many, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz was a no-show for a BJJ superfight with decorated blackbelt Braulio Estima. The match-up was supposed to take place last night at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo with a [...]
Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Cormier” weigh-in results
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief Weigh-ins took place this afternoon for tomorrow’s Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier event from San Jose, Calif. The event, which brings to a conclusion the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix with the main event between Josh [...]
Watch tonight’s Bellator 69 event live on MMAjunkie.com at 7 p.m. ET
You can watch a live web stream of tonight’s Bellator 69 event live on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT). The event takes place at L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La. The event includes [...]
Strikeforce’s Cormier skeptical about what’s next after tourney, Barnett doesn’t care
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Tomorrow, the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix will come to an end. But then what? Officially, the winner gets one more fight under the Strikeforce banner before the division is folded. But in reality, there isn’t much [...]