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Full Contact Fighter’s “Striking News:” Teammates To Face Off In GLORY NYE Heavyweight Tourney, K-1 Headed To Greece and Is a National TV Deal on the Horizon for U.S. Muay Thai Promotion?
By Greg Boasberg
What is it like when you have to fight your friend? Opening round match-ups were announced earlier this week for the GLORY 4 New Years Eve Heavyweight Grand Slam 16-man tournament taking place in Tokyo, Japan.
Tournament No. 5… Read More
Opening Round Matchups Official For GLORY 4 Tokyo – Heavyweight Grand Slam 16-Man Tourney on New Year’s Eve
Courtesy of GLORY
The opening round matches for the highly-anticipated GLORY 4 TOKYO – Heavyweight Grand Slam, one-night, 16-man kickboxing tournament at Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve, were determined via a random draw in the Japanese capital today.… Read More
All New: Full Contact Fighter’s “Striking News”
By Greg Boasberg
Muay Thai in America is back December 1st, 2012 at Raliegh Studios in Playa Del Rey, CA. The event entitled “In Honor of the King of Thailand’s 85th Birthday” will feature 18 of some of the best… Read More
GLORY Opens Tokyo Office To Pioneer Fight Series Operations In Japan
By Glory Sports International / Via Press Release
TOKYO, Japan (Nov 14, 2011) – On the heels of last week’s press conference announcing a historic night of world-class DREAM MMA and GLORY kickboxing action at Saitama Super Arena… Read More
DREAM Vet Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill on SFL Comeback: “I Always Knew How to Fight, But I Never Knew How to Win”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although for several years the name Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill may have been tied to a sentence that also included “what ever happened to”, the K-1 Hero’s and DREAM veteran is back and making an impact with… Read More
UFC Unveils FOX Schedule for 2013, PPV Jones vs. Sonnen Card Headed to Newark
By FCF Staff
With 2012 coming to a close the Ultimate Fighting Championship has confirmed several more events, and has released the 2013 schedule for cards that will be broadcast by FOX.
As expected, the first card that will be… Read More
Anthony Pettis New Co-Owner of Roufusport
By FCF Staff
Anthony Pettis has become one of the sport’s top lightweights thanks in large part to the coaching and training he’s received with the Roufusport team, and now the renowned Wisconsin gym has announced he is one of… Read More
New Jersey Trainer Sentenced for Submitting Forged Forms to New Jersey Commission
By Press Release / New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that a man who trains fighters for Amateur Mixed Martial Arts contests in New Jersey was sentenced today for submitting false… Read More
Recent “FOTN” Winner TJ Grant Reports New Four Fight Deal With UFC
By FCF Staff
Surging lightweight TJ Grant has announced via Twitter that he’s signed a new, four fight deal with the UFC. The contract signing comes approximately one month after the 28 year-old fighter worked his way… Read More
New Full Contact Fighter Radio: Johny Hendricks and Mark Hominick
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio is now available, which features conversations with UFC welterweight contender Johny Hendricks and accomplished featherweight Mark Hominick. Hendricks continues to prepare for a November 17th bout with Martin Kampmann,… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Jon Fitch Takes Us All To School; and Say Goodbye to The Ultimate Fighter Era
By Joshua Molina
Former pro wrestler Ric Flair, after surviving a submission attempt and turning the tables on his opponent, used to scream to the crowd during his matches, “Now, we go to school!”
If Jon Fitch were Chael Sonnen,… Read More
Report: Real Entertainment Shuts Down, DREAM Era Over
By FCF Staff
For months the MMA world has been waiting for the curtain to drop on the Japanese promotion DREAM, and with the reported closure of its parent company Real Entertainment, it appears that’s finally happened.
News of Real… Read More
Roger Hollett Says Returning to UFC 152 Line-Up “Greatest News Ever,” Plans to Test “Granite Chin” of Matt Hamill
By Kelsey Mowatt
It’s come with more drama and frustration than he would have liked, but at the end of the day, Roger Hollett is back on track to make his Octagon debut at UFC 152. In what’s turned out… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” After Brock, MMA Needs New Mainstream Stars – Right Now
By Joshua Molina
Mixed martial arts needs a new star, and Nike deal or not, Jon Jones is not it, thanks to Dana White.
It doesn’t matter if the sport has great fighters, smart promoters or, hundreds… Read More
GLORY World Series Adds Six New Fights To Brussels Event Featuring Remy Bonjasky Return on Oct. 6
By FCF Staff
Six new matchups, including a heavyweight collision between Gokhan Saki (76-15, 53 KO’s), who is of Turkish origin fighting for the Netherlands, and Mourad Bouzidi (65-18-2, 33 KO’s) of Tunisia have been confirmed for the GLORY 2… Read More
Vitor Belfort Facing Jon Jones at UFC 152, Veteran Says “I Am So Happy”
By FCF Staff
The bizarre week is continuing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as just one day after Dana White announced that Jon Jones would fight Lyoto Machida on September 22nd, instead of Dan Henderson next weekend, that bout is… Read More
Dana White: ‘Shogun’ Rua vs. Vera Winner Gets Title Shot
By Michael Hatamoto
In a rather confusing decision, winner of the Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua and Brandon Vera fight will be propelled to a UFC light heavyweight title shot in early 2013.
UFC President Dana White confirmed the news again during… Read More
UFC 150’s Nik Lentz: “Now That I’m Going To Be At 145 Pounds, It’s Like A New Beginning.”
By Tom Taylor
At UFC 150, which goes down in Denver, Colorado on August 11, former UFC lightweight Nik Lentz will make his featherweight debut against Japanese veteran Eiji Mitsuoka. While he was not without success at lightweight, Lentz hopes… Read More
Report: Veteran Fighter Sherman Pendergarst Passes Away
By FCF Staff
According to multiple reports today, veteran fighter Sherman “The Tank” Pendergarst has died after an extended battle with cancer. News of the former heavyweight and light-heavyweight’s death was passed along by former teammate Rory Markham and trainer… Read More
Media Watch: Are Showtime Contracts Preventing Several Strikeforce Fighters From Going To UFC?
By Michael Hatamoto
The relationship between Showtime and Zuffa remains rather fickle, with some of Zuffa-owned Strikeforce fighters desperately seeking the opportunity to join the UFC.
However, according to Dave Meltzer in a post on the Wrestling Observer Forums, several… Read More