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Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” With Josh Barnett, Another Coup Opportunity
By Joshua Molina
Does Barnett equal Bellator?
Josh Barnett, the fast-talking heavyweight, appears to be headed away from the UFC after a breakdown in contract talks. That’s a loss for the UFC, which has a lot of mediocre heavyweights. Antonio… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” UFC’s Dana White Sounds Like Broken Record In Bellator Battle
By Joshua Molina
UFC President Dana White is falling back on familiar territory in his criticisms of Bellator and Spike TV.
In a recent interview, White said Bellator is dead and that Viacom runs the show. This is the same… Read More
Guillaume DeLorenzi on Fighting Patricky “Pitbull” in Bellator Lightweight Tourney: “It’s a Really Good Thing”
Quebec Fighter Has Been Training With UFC’s TJ Grant
By Kelsey Mowatt
It didn’t take long for Guillaume “Il Toro” DeLorenzi to be thrust into the Bellator spotlight, as not only was the Canadian tapped… Read More
Report: UFC Working on Ben Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez For April 20th
By FCF Staff
With Strikeforce’s last event now in the books, and Benson Henderson having reportedly signed a new, eight fight deal with the UFC, ZUFFA is apparently working on matching the UFC lightweight champion against Gilbert Melendez next.
A… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Alistair Overeem Looks Smaller In Arm Wrestling Loss to Bob Sapp
By Joshua Molina
The awesome Alistair Overeem appeared in a Japanese Arm Wrestling contest earlier this week.
Doesn’t Overeem have better things to do?
Question the wisdom of locking up with the likes of humongous Bob Sapp a month before… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Pacquiao vs. Marquez V Could Crush UFC’s 2013 Cowboys Stadium Dream
By Joshua Molina
Behind the scenes the UFC has been talking about booking a blockbuster show at Cowboys Stadium, setting a North American attendance record along the way.
But it looks like boxing might beat the UFC to the punch.… Read More
Shinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee Added To DREAM New Year’s Eve Card
By FCF Staff
Just a day after DREAM announced the first two fights for it’s New Year’s Eve event at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, the promotion has announced today that it has added a lightweight contest between Shinya Aoki… Read More
Bjorn Rebney Announces Championship Fight Rematch Clause Coming to Bellator
By FCF Staff
With just a few weeks remaining until Bellator moves over to its new broadcasting home on SPIKE, the promotion’s chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney, has announced that championship fight rematches will be a possibility for the first… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Strikeforce Debacle Snatches Pat Healy’s Dream Away
By Joshua Molina
Poor Pat Healy.
He was on the verge of a title shot against Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez, when Melendez injured his shoulder, forcing the cancellation of a main event and an entire September show.
Melendez separated… Read More
Opinion: What Does The Future Hold For Bellator?
By Jesse Heitz
Bellator, possibly along with World Series of Fighting (should they defy the odds and survive with the business model they’re currently using), is in place to challenge to be the sole “primetime” challenger to the UFC’s near… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” What a ‘Stacked’ Strikeforce January Card Would Look Like
By Joshua Molina
If the so-called “stacked” Strikeforce card happens in January, here are some matches that might be worth considering.
Heavyweight:
Let’s make the Daniel Cormier vs. Frank Mir fight happen. Everyone’s high on Cormier right now, but it… Read More
Report: Shinya Aoki Tells Arnaud LePont He “Made a Mistake” By Calling Him Out
By FCF Staff
Shinya Aoki has been regarded for some time as one of the world’s leading lightweights, but the former DREAM champion’s 2012 campaign has featured only one fight: a quick and one sided TKO loss to Eddie Alvarez.… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Ronda Rousey Whacks Sarah Kaufman; Winners and Losers from Strikeforce in San Diego
By Joshua Molina
Who’s Next?
“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey destroyed Sarah Kaufman last night in spectacular fashion. Can anyone stop this destructive diva?
After the fight Rousey told Showtime’s Mauro Ranallo that she wants to fight Cris “Cyborg” Santos, but only… Read More
Report: Shinya Aoki Still Scheduled For August 31st ONE FC, Despite October 6th Tilt
By FCF Staff
When ONE FC announced yesterday that Shinya Aoki will fight Arnaud Lepont on October 6th, some observers assumed that the fighter was no longer competing at the promotion’s upcoming August 31st event as scheduled. According to ONE… Read More
Shinya Aoki Fighting Arnaud Lepont at ONE FC’s October 6th “Rise of Kings”
By FCF Staff
While the MMA world has been waiting to find out who Shinya Aoki will fight at ONE FC’s upcoming August 31st event, the growing promotion has announced that the DREAM lightweight champ will fight Arnaud Lepont on… Read More
Media Watch: Dana White Says Henderson vs. Edgar II Winner Defends Against Nate Diaz
By Michael Hatamoto
The winner of Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar II tonight will face Nate Diaz sometime in late 2012 or early 2013, it was confirmed.
Regardless of the outcome, there won’t be a rematch for the loser of… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s The Daily Takedown: UFC, Mir, Enter the Hexagon; Invicta FC All-Women’s Show Creates MMA Buzz
By Joshua Molina
Daniel Cormier can’t go to the UFC yet. So the UFC will come to him.
Coming off a one-sided beating at the hands of UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, Frank Mir is now scheduled to battle… Read More
Report: Shinya Aoki Has Signed With ONE FC
By FCF Staff
While ONE FC has already added DREAM’s bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes to its roster, as many expected would be the case, it appears as though it has also signed DREAM’s lightweight champ Shinya Aoki.
Although ONE FC… Read More
Pat Healy Says Next Opponent Mizuto Hirota Has Similar Fighting Style To Champ Gilbert Melendez: “I Think It’s A Good Fight For Me To Start Preparing For What Gilbert Does.”
By Kelsey Mowatt
After Pat Healy tapped out rising lightweight Caros Fodor in March, to score his fourth straight win under the Strikeforce banner, it didn’t take long for the speculation to begin as to who the… Read More
Strikeforce In Desperate Need of a Matchup For Gilbert Melendez
By FCF Staff
Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez is a talented fighter isolated to a dying promotion, Strikeforce, and only has one challenger left.
After his recent split decision victory against Josh Thomson, in a trilogy fight that didn’t garner… Read More