“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler defeats Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith by technical knockout (strikes) at 2:35 of Round 2 to retain his Elite XC middleweight title
Jake Shields defeats Nick “The Goat” Thompson by submission (guillotine) at 1:03 of Round 1 to become the first ever Elite XC welterweight champ
Nick Diaz defeats Thomas “Wildman” Denny by technical […]
26-Jul-08, live Saturday night from Stockton, Calif. on Showtime and CBS:
MAIN CARD (CBS)
Champ Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith (for EliteXC middleweight title)
Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson (for vacant EliteXC welterweight title)
Thomas Denny vs. Nick Diaz
Shayna Baszler vs. Cristiane Cyborg
David Douglas and Marlon Mathias (swing bout)
MAIN CARD (SHOWTIME)
Justin Eilers vs. Antonio Silva (for vacant EliteXC heavyweight title)
Brian […]
DREAM Light Weight Championship Final
Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki via TKO (Punches), R1 - 4:19
Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen wins the DREAM 2008 Light Weight Grand Prix and becomes the first-ever DREAM Light Weight Champion. He announced after the fight that he would like his first title defense to be against Eddie Alvarez.
DREAM LWGP Semi-Finals
Shinya Aoki […]
UFC superstar Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested Tuesday in Costa Mesa, Calif., and booked on a felony charge of evading arrest, and misdemeanor charges of hit-and-run and reckless driving following a chase with police. Jackson was eventually released on $25,000 bail, and has a court date set for Aug. 15.
Then, yesterday, NBCSports.com reported that […]
Fedor Emelianenko def. Tim Sylvia by submission (rear naked choke) at :36 seconds, R1
Andrei Arlovski def. Ben Rothwell by KO at 1:13, R3
Josh Barnett def. Pedro Rizzo by KO at 1:44, R2
Mark Hominick def. Savant Young by submission (armbar) at 4:25, R2
Renato “Babalu” Sobral def. Mike Whitehead by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) R3
Matt Lindland […]
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This was disappointing event that did not succeed to overshadow Affliction “Banned” PPV show.
Main event winner Anderson Silva took home $200,000 for his 61-second knockout of James Irvin in his light heavyweight debut and co-main […]
Affliction MMA show debut official for July 19:
As we predicted a week ago Andrei Arlovski has signed with the new Affliction promotion. Arlovski is expected to be announced as Affliction’s newest signee by Affliction’s newest partner, Donald Trump!
Tito Ortiz will join Affliction MMA show:
Donald Trump, is going to pursue former UFC champion Tito Ortiz to […]
Forrest Griffin won over LHW champion Quinton (Rampage) Jackson on Saturday night, winning a five-round unanimous decision at UFC 86.
Griffin (16-4) used his aggression, tenacity and especially low licks to slow Jackson (28-7) and survived the champion’s power shots in an action-packed mixed martial arts fight at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The judges scored it 49-46, […]