Today starting at 1pm EST/11pm PST BloodyElbow.com will provide live coverage and results of Cage Rage “Judgement Day.”  I am not sure exactly what will be broadcast on the webcast so here are the matchups: Gary Turner vs. David “Tank” Abbott Ivan Serati vs. Vitor Belfort Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos vs. James Zikic Michael McDonald vs. […]

Brandon Vera speaks!  After posting on MMA.tv, Vera reveals he’s still training and most interestingly, still with Rob Kaman.  Notable quote: First and foremost I would like to apologize to all of my friends and fans, coaches and family for being held up for a minute. I know, I know the 1M dollar ?’s are […]

The April 21 Cage Rage show that was scheduled to go head to head with UFC 70 has been dealt a blow. The scheduled Bob Sapp vs. Gary Turner main event is now David “Tank” Abbott vs. Gary Turner. This coming after Sapp had “personal issues” that would have prevented him from arriving in the […]

I have to hand it to BodogFight: they’re starting off the third season of the television show with a bang. Courtesy FC Fighter, this notable quote: The third season of BodogFight’s reality MMA television fight series will premiere Tuesday night, April 17th on ION television. The show has returned to Costa Rica for its latest […]

I went 3 for 9 on my predictions for UFC 69.  Keep in mind that means I did worse than someone who flipped a coin to decide who would win each match.  Pathetic, right? Well, I redeemed myself a little.  I only wrote about three matches, but I got them all right.  Which ones you […]

The Natural agress its not going to be easy for the PRIDE champ tomorrow.  Notable quote: I think contrary to what most people think, Fedor has his hands full with Matt Lindland here this weekend [laughs].  Matt is one of those junkyard dogs that doesn’t go away easily and has a tendency to make everybody’s […]

Joe Rogan is a lot more thoughtful than most people realize.  I don’t know how strong his formal education is, but I’ve always been impressed with his reasoning and self-awareness. Over at Dead Frog, Rogan goes on mostly about stand-up comedy, but throws in a cool quote about how the event of human struggle is […]

ICON Sport’s released the teaser for their next event dubbed “Fearless”.  It looks like Lawler will be defending his title.

I like the odds for Aleks vs. Pele.  If Aleks drops below -200, then you have to switch bets.  For now, though, its safe to go with the odds leader. But the odds for Fedor vs. Lindland are strange.  I think -650 is way too high.  The “on paper” mismatch is much worse than the […]

Rumors have been swirling that Martin Kampmann – fresh off his submission win over Miletich product Drew McFedries – is set to tangle with former middle weight champ Rich Franklin at UFC 72 in Ireland.  But Franklin’s management says not so fast.  Courtesy Nokaut, this notable quote: “Absolutely nothing has been confirmed regarding Rich’s next […]

Project Alpha has a post that claims – nothing official yet – a MySpace bulletin by American Top Team standout Denis Kang claims he’s coming out of the closet. I checked out Kang’s MySpace and there was no sign of the bulletin.  There was one post referring to his site getting hacked, but that was […]

Here’s the audio of my appearance on ESPN radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd.  I come in right at the 7:05 mark. Download LukeonHerd4907.mp3

Here’s the matchups and my picks: Alan Belcher vs. Kendall Grove Gotta go with Kendall here. They’re setting him up for a featured win here, not that Belcher isn’t a tough guy but I don’t see a path to victory for him. Update [2007-4-8 0:33:41 by Kid Nate]: Belcher gets the take down. Kendall reverses […]

I’ve got a piece up over at MMA Madness ranking the top 5 American MMA teams or camps.  It was really hard trying to piece together a decent set of criteria for evaluation.  It was even harder applying that to the teams.  For example, unlike a professional sport where the team – from the trainer, […]

Not as a contestant, but not as an extra either.  Notable quote: Recently re-anointed UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture knows no boundaries. The soft-spoken role model for mixed martial arts will get a visit from “Dancing With The Stars” entry Leeza Gibbons this Friday at his Legends Gym in Los Angeles. Ms. Entertainment Tonight narrowly […]

Dave Melzter is reporting it’s true: Antonio “Rodrigo” Nogueira is coming to the UFC.  Apparently he was even at the UFC Fight Night event, but was never introduced (Melzter thinks the UFC should’ve said something about it, but that makes the formal debut all the more mediocre). What’s interesting about this is Dave usually gets […]

Main Card Bouts: Joe Stevenson vs. Melvin Guillard Antoni Hardonk vs. Justin McCully Kenny Florian vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima Live play by play is here. Update [2007-4-5 20:33:39 by Kid Nate]: Wow, KenFlo really dominated Mishima, but he came really really close to tapping to a knee bar. I had picked Mishima and was definitely rooting […]

Courtesy Tatame, we get news that Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira has opened two schools in Miami.  The English is broken, but you can get the general gist: Doing a partnership with the black belt from ATT, Daniel Valverde and with the American Top Team, Rodrigo Minotauro did mount two academies in . The academies are […]

Whenever you think the bar couldn’t get lower, someone comes along and shatters your expectations.  The latest to sink well below the lowest common denominator is Kimo Leopoldo.  If you thought taking a fight with Bas Rutten, talking smack about him, then popping for steroids was all class, just wait.  Kimo is helping to start […]

MMA has come a long way in recent years, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  The sport is either banned or not regulated in over half of states nationwide.  Iowa – home of Pat Miletich – doesn’t want to regulate the sport so they don’t have to be liable “when” a fighter suffers seriously […]

American Top Team standout Denis Kang did an interview with ADCC to talk about his health, ATT, and the growth of MMA organizations.  He makes some interesting points about all of the organizations, but BodogFight gets particular attention.  Notable quote: KM: K-1 HERO’s is now making their US debut. JZ has been in HERO’s and […]

In fact, they earned him a late hit after the KO. Lawler’s not exactly a young man known for his self-restraint. Lawler staggered Trigg with an overhand right in the second round. One minute and 40 seconds into the fourth, Lawler connected on a devastating left hook-right hook-left upper cut combination that sent Trigg sprawling. […]

Matt Hughes put it best when he said, “It’s great for the fans to have a fighter they hate, someone to root against and as long as Frank Trigg’s in the sport they’ve got their man.” I admire Trigg’s skills and power but he certainly is a great heel. You can see him up to […]

Pro-fighter Nick “The Goat” Thompson argues, quite persuasively in my view, that entry-level UFC fighter pay is actually pretty fair.  Notable quote: As little as two years ago, the standard pay for a first time UFC fighter was $2,000 to fight and $2,000 to win. Now the lowest paid UFC fighter receives $3,000 and $3,000 […]

Why oh why can’t ESPN figure it out? William K. Wolfrum of WorldGolf.com says: Mostly, however, I will give MMA fans this – regardless of how humorless they appear to be, they get completely screwed by the mainstream media. For the life of me I see no reason for sports pages to avoid covering UFC […]

MMAFighting‘s been by far the best at covering the BodogFight television series.  MMA On Tap is pretty good as well.  That just goes to show you can’t get all of your MMA news from Sherdog and MMAWeekly alone. Alas, the show is still having problems and not just from a production standpoint.  Notable quote: Episode […]

Well everyone from Dennis Kang to the IFL’s Garub Shamus seems to think the Fertitta Brothers’ acquisition of PRIDE will be good for the sport, even UFCJunkie belatedly realized what I pointed out yesterday — Dana White is intent on unifying the rules — so long soccer kicks, hello elbows! But the most fun commentary […]

Brazil’s Chute Boxe academy, one of the most storied martial arts teams in the world stands to be the biggest loser in the sale of PRIDE to the owners of the UFC. The reason? Unified rules. No more soccer kicks to downed opponents. Personally I’m fine with that. I’d like to see knees allowed against […]

Dave Doyle of Fox Sports did his best to do a top 10 pound for pound ranking of today’s MMA fighters.  The criteria were recent fights (or at least, fights within the last 12 months counted more), finishing ability, perseverance to win, winning record, and caliber of opposition.  His list is as follows:  Chuck Liddell […]

They’re not just trying to monopolize the fight game, they’re also bringing in serious PR firepower: McGuire said that while the hybrid-fighting matches are and would probably remain popular among 18-34 males, R&R’s charge is to “grow from the niche target audience and make it a more viable product for all demos and educate sports […]