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IMMAF announces 2014 World Amateur MMA Championship
The International MMA Federation will crown amateur world MMA champions at a UFC Fan Expo event in 2014, the nonprofit organization today announced.
The World Championship in Amateur MMA tournaments will coincide with July 2014′s UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas, which is the main attraction of the UFC’s International Fight Week and coincides with the organization’s annual Independence...
Dustin Poirier vs. Erik Koch assigned to UFC 164
The UFC’s return to Milwaukee, WI appears to have had another fight added with reports of a featherweight bout pitting “The Diamond” against “New Breed.”
While the UFC has not confirmed the bout, both Koch and Poirier have confirmed the fight via their Twitter accounts following an announcement from MMAWeekly.com.
Dustin Poirier (13-3) is coming off a recent loss to the...
Alexander Gustafsson says he is fighting Jon Jones
UFC President Dana White stated yesterday in a media event for UFC 160 in Las Vegas that the light heavyweight champ Jon Jones could be out six weeks or six months. However today a tweet came out from fellow light heavyweight fighter Alexander Gustafsson that led fans and media to think otherwise.
Its on @jonnybones cant wait to get in that cage with YOU!!!
— Alexander Gustafsson...
SFL 18 ‘LIVE’ Results
Tonight (local time), India’s premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion, the Super Fight League, returns to Mumbai, India with a staggering fight card for its 18th installment, showcasing 7 bouts as part of its fortnightly ‘Friday Fight Nights’ initiative. The event is set to commence at 9:00 PM in Mumbai, 8:30 AM in Los Angeles, 11:30 AM in New York, 11:30 PM in Hong Kong and...
Watch Pearls Super Fight League 18 live on MMASucka.com at 8:30am PT/11:30am ET
Super Fight League is back in action on Friday May 24th, 2013 for another action packed Friday Fight Nights event. The main event at SFL 18 will feature two female strawweight fighters, as Mumbai’s Ritika Singh takes on Madrid’s Irene Cabello. The 19-year old Singh is 1-1, with her most recent fight being a victory over Aya Saeid Saber at SFL 11 this past November. Cabello is...
Rory MacDonald: GSP Successor?
There’s no question that Rory MacDonald has been turning heads ever since he first arrived on the MMA scene. He was not an overnight sensation, but it certainly didn’t take long for “The Waterboy” to re-invent himself, and so evolved Rory MacDonald version 2.0. He would now be known as “Ares” the god of war. What were the odds that this young Canadian would find superstardom...
Win a pair of Substance Cage Combat tickets from MMASucka.com
The inaugural show from Ontario based promotion Substance Cage Combat will go down on June 29th 2013 from the George Bell Arena in Toronto, Ontario.
The event will feature some of Ontario’s top MMA talent including Alex Ricci, Elias Theodorou, Randy Turner, Adrian Wooley and many more.
MMASucka.com has partnered with SCC to give away two tickets to the first ever event.
The contest...
TOPPS UFC releases 2013 “Knockout” trading cards
Topps “UFC Knockout” returns and it hits hard.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fans will be able to get closer to the Octagon than ever before with collectible trading cards featuring all of their favorite fighters, including stars such as Georges St. Pierre, Jon Jones and women’s UFC Champion Ronda Rousey, among others.
Many of the stars of the UFC have autographed...
ROAD FC 012 fight card update: Lee Yoon Jung replaces Soo Chul Kim
Following Soo Chul Kim’s capture of the ONE FC Bantamweight title strap, the South Korean prospect was diagnosed with a shoulder injury, in which a long rehabilitation period was recommended. And that eventually paved way for an interim 135-lbs title match between former DREAM maestro Bibiano Fernandes and Koetsu Okazaki at the upcoming ONE FC 9: Rise to Power event in Manilla...
Stats For Suckas: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva II
Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential trends in a fighter as well. So, with thanks to Sherdog and FightMetric.com for the raw...
Bellator signs Martin Stapleton, Rob Sinclair and Paul Sass
After a scouting expedition that took Bellator Talent Development Director and former MMA fighter Zach Light throughout the United Kingdom, Bellator has added three English standouts to the roster as Martin Stapleton, Rob Sinclair and Paul Sass have all signed long-term promotional agreements with Bellator MMA.
“Our talent development team does the best job in MMA by bringing...
Josh Barnett will be a huge asset to the UFC
Josh Barnett was on the MMA Hour last week and was asked about his future. He hasn’t fought in almost a year and has been quiet about his fighting career as of late. Ariel Helwani asked him about his future and what his future plans were?
“I’ve been a top 10 fighter longer than anybody active in mixed martial arts at this time,” he said. “And there’s a real good reason...
Video: ‘Countdown to UFC 160′ full episode
This Saturday night heavyweights will collide inside the UFC’s Octagon at UFC 160.
In the main event UFC heavyweight champ will look to retain his title against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Junior dos Santos will take on Mark Hunt in the co-main event.
In anticipation of the epic night, the UFC premiered the standard “Countdown” show. Along with the nights two headliners and...
Josh Barnett signs multi-fight deal with UFC
It has been a long-time coming, but former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett has signed a multi-fight deal with the organization.
On Tuesday MMAJunkie.com dropped the news on the heavyweight signing.
Barnett has been fighting in professional MMA since 1997 and won the UFC heavyweight championship back in 2002 at UFC 36. He was later stripped of the title due to testing positive...
Roy Nelson vs. Stipe Miocic added to the UFC 161 fight card
The UFC has beefed up it’s UFC 161 main card by adding a heavyweight tilt to the PPV portion of the show, as Roy Nelson will take on Stipe Miocic.
UFC President Dana White announced the match-up to MMAJunkie.com on Tuesday.
Miocic was expected to take Australian fighter Soa Palelei, who is now left without an opponent.
Nelson (19-7) is currently on a three-fight winning streak...
MMASucka Radio w/ Max Holloway and Bibiano Fernandes
We are back with a stacked show this week on MMASucka Radio.
Sit back relax and listen to us groove.
First up we welcome back to the show UFC featherweight fighter Max Holloway. We chat with Max about his upcoming fight at UFC 160 with Dennis Bermudez, what a win will do for his career, life in Hawaii and more.
Next we chat with DREAM bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes. Bibiano...
Norwegian Celine Haga pens a deal with ROAD FC
Celine Haga (4-11) becomes the latest female athlete to be added into the ever-expanding ROAD FC roster and according to an article by MMA-In-Asia.com, the former Jewels staple looks set to make her promotional debut in a Featherweight ‘Super-Fight’ at ROAD FC 012 that’s been slated for June 22nd in Wonju, South Korea.
An opponent, however, was not named.
Haga hails from Norway...
Has Vitor Belfort earned another chance at UFC gold?
This past Saturday night, the UFC brought their unique brand of entertainment back to Brazil with UFC on FX 8. In the main event, UFC veteran Vitor Belfort faced off against former Strikeforce champ, Luke Rockhold. The stakes were high as Luke Rockhold made his UFC debut, and his first time returning to action since he defended his Strikeforce middleweight title against Tim Kennedy...
EA unveils new UFC video game for Xbox ONE
The much anticipated EA UFC game was displayed (sort of) at Tuesday’s ”Xbox reveal” event in Redmond, Washington, home of Microsoft.
EA Sports unveiled the new “Ignite” game engine which will bring players a brand new feel for the companies new and existing franchises.
During the EA presentation, a clip was shown of UFC fighters Jon Jones and Anthony Pettis talking...
With Renan Barao out, Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson moved to main event slot at UFC 161
It was rumored on Saturday night that UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao had been injured in training and would be out of his scheduled UFC 161 bout with Eddie Wineland. On Tuesday officials made it clear that he would be unable to compete in Winnipeg on June 15.
With under a month to find a replacement match-up, the UFC promoted the co-main event between Rashad Evans...
Ben Askren defends Bellator welterweight title against Andrey Koreshkov on July 31
The Summer Series continues for Bellator MMA as the promotion returns to Albuquerque Wednesday, July 31st as the Santa Ana Star Center will play host to reigning Bellator Welterweight World Champion Ben Askren defending his title against Russian phenom Andrey Koreshkov live on Spike TV. The night will also feature the long awaited conclusion to the Bellator Welterweight Tournament...
Kalib Starnes looks to resurge career and get back to the UFC
At the age of 38 most professional mixed martial artists are contemplating retirement, however former UFC middleweight Kalib Starnes is looking to resurge his career and find a way to get back to the big show.
This past Saturday night was the start for Starnes as he made it back to the win column at AFC 18: Mayhem. He was able to put the pressure on David Perron and eventually pick...
Dana White UFC 160 video blog day #1
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Pride flashback: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt
UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt is preparing for the biggest fight of his career this weekend, a showdown with former divisional ruler Junior dos Santos. With a victory, it would be almost impossible for the UFC to deny Hunt a crack at the heavyweight crown, the first title that he would fight for in the better part of a decade.
Fedor Emelianenko is the most accomplished heavyweight...
MMA Musing: Weed and TRT – oh my!
Everyone is talking TRT and Marijuana again. One you can put in a cookie the other not so much. Maybe MMASucka’s Jeremy Brand has tried to blend the two in his fancy Blendtec blender and make a juice, but in my opinion, both “drugs” are completely different and should be treated as such.
You have the unfortunate Pat Healy incident where he lost a crap load of money ($130,000...
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