Marcia Allen
Shayna Baszler
Revelina Berto
Jessamyn Duke
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Tonya Evinger
Tara LaRosa
Valerie Letourneau
Lia Mata’afa
Gina Mazany
Roxanne Modafferi
Peggy Morgan
Julianna Pena
Raquel Pennington
Bethany Marshall
Katie Merrill
Colleen Schneider

Give him Lawler or Condit!!!

FanofFights said

This card looked great until I saw Sean Salmons name there.

Pathetic that he is still allowed to compete. If there is anyone who should be accused of throwing fights it is Sean Salmon.

Salmon should really take some tips from Bob Sapp.

Pathetic that he is still allowed to compete. If there is anyone who should be accused of throwing fights it is Sean Salmon.

There are a lot of danger zones with Chael. Chael is tougher than a lot of people give him credit for. When we didn't want to fight him on three days notice or whatever, we'd never fight anybody on such short notice for somebody at Jon Jones level. People think he doesn't have any punching power, but then you see him drop Anderson Silva. Once he gets on top of you, it's trouble, and a lot of guys can't seem to get around that ground and pound style, so if you don't do things correctly with him, you get in trouble real quick.

We have to make sure we take him very seriously. He's a very tough opponent and he's very smart. He's going to try to negate the length and push the fight forward, and we have to be ready for that. We have to be ready for a 25 minute, all out war. He's going to try to wear Jon down with his cardio. We have to be ready for all of those eventualities to make sure that Jon is on point and ready and can execute his gameplan. It's not going to be an easy fight.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/201.....-champions

The author of a now-infamous video shot prior to the UFC 158 weigh-ins is attempting to get the clip reinstated following a copyright claim by the promotion.

Nick McDermott, who captured a UFC executive's "off the record" conversation about weigh-in rules with Nick Diaz, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he's filed a counter-claim to a DMCA request filed by the UFC.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....unterclaim

Full fight card below:

Jay Silva vs. Kyle Keeney
Anthony Hamilton vs. Sean Salmon
Igor Araujo vs. Ahmed Ben Amore
Ihab Janeb vs. Jean-Noel Salamagnou
Sterling Ford vs. Nayeb Hezam
Tony King vs. Abdelrahman Dridi
Walid Znegui vs. Paul Gemmati
Chawki Lafif vs. Ozioma Orgi
Makrem Ben Abdulla vs. Taylor Roberts
Pablo Ben vs. Jin Hirano

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....d-on-card/

Tunisia’s first mixed martial arts organization ‘Tunisian Fighter Championships‘ (TFC) is set to make its official debut on May 3rd in Panama City, Panama. Featuring a wide selection of Middle Eastern and North African fighters , TFC will be looking to hold a memorable first event that would raise awareness for MMA in the region.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....d-on-card/

Yahoo Sports writer Kevin Iole was asked on Facebook what the buyrate was for the show, and he responded with this nugget of information:

"A bit under 1.1 million."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/201.....um=twitter

Nick Lembo of the New Jersey commission tells Bloody Elbow "The cage still needs to gain approval, has not yet. New canvas to be flown in, and new post pads. Will check out tomorrow. Cage must still be inspected and gain approval after noted deficiencies are addressed."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/201.....age-issues

http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-b.....fpride-207

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....8/13209511

GIF taken from @ZombieProphet

After UFC 158, a few of the card’s fighters could potentially face Kampmann when he returns to action, which he hopes will occur this summer. He speculated that he will get a top-ten opponent “coming off a loss,” so both Condit and Diaz are possibilities. While a rematch with Condit is a worthy fight, Kampmann seemed more interested in a match with Nick Diaz. “I’d be happy to fight him,” he said. “[Diaz has] still got a ton of hype behind him… he’s ranked in the top ten, so that would be a good win for me. Yeah, I’d love to beat his ass.”

http://www.bjpenn.com/exclusive-part-1-kampmann-dishes-on-ufc-158-aftermath-id-love-to-beat-nick-diaz-ass-ufc-news/

http://bleacherreport.com/arti.....team-match

British striker Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley will be making his debut in the middle east region as he is set to headline the upcoming Dubai Fighting Championship 4 event in May. The Bellator welterweight is expected to meet OneFC veteran Rodrigo Ribereio in the main event. The news was made official by the organization yesterday.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....nt-in-may/

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....t/13190746

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-on-fox-7/

Strikeforce veteran Amanda “Lioness of the Ring” Nunes has sustained an arm injury and is out of her Invicta Fighting Championships 5 bout on April 5th in Kansas City, Missouri. In Nunes’s place, unbeaten prospect Lauren Taylor has stepped in to face Kaitlin Young in a bantamweight matchup.

http://www.mmarising.com/news/.....icta-fc-5/

1. Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks
2. Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann
3. Jake Ellenberger vs. Demian Maia
4. Jordan Mein vs. Justin Edwards
5. TJ Dillashaw vs. Viana/Rivera winner

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....8/13172851

What do you guys think?

PRICELESS!!!!!

"Let me tell you something, and I'll tell you this, I've never ever said this before ever in an interview anywhere, okay? If Vince hears this he's going to go nuts, okay? Vince it too old. He's too old, which he won't think he is and he'll go crazy. He wanted to do that one time. Vince wanted to fight me - swear to God. He called me up, said, ‘Let's do it. We can do it in the UFC, or let's do it at WrestleMania.' And I said, ‘You are crazy.' Vince is -- a lot of people talk about Vince. I've always said it and I'll say it again, I respect Vince very much. But Vince is too old to be fighting anybody."

Fuck you Matt, fuck you.

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....n/13144075

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....2/13136803

Jones really should focus on fighting...Sonnen is the p4p of verbal assault.

michael @bisping
@Benaskren @sonnench @alanbelcherufc Ben you focus on fightin in a league where hector Lombard is literally unbeatable. And a haircut please

This is hilarious stuff!!

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....r-ufc-162/

"I'd love to do it again," Walker recently told the LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes (106.7 The Fan in Washington, D.C.). "I absolutely love MMA. I think it's an excellent sport."

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....in-the-ufc

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....d/13129291

michael @bisping
Hey I'm over that cheater. He just tweeted something about me so had to respond. All my attention in on Alan Belcher and the 27th of April.

michael michael ‏@bisping
@doggibeach @vitorbelfort I know but he's talking shit do I gotta respond

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping hey @alanbelcherUFC isn't juicing so what is going to be your excuse when he knocks you cold??

michael @bisping
@Benaskren @alanbelcherufc hahaha good one

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping @alanbelcherufc so seriously what's the excuse gonna be? Better start thinking of one now!

michael @bisping
@Benaskren @alanbelcherufc you just focus on continually boring the shit out of people. You do it well.

michael @bisping
@Benaskren @sonnench @alanbelcherufc Ben you focus on fightin in a league where hector Lombard is literally unbeatable. And a haircut please

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping @alanbelcherufc I would blanket you worse than @sonnench did. Watch your tone. Just start thinking of excuses, you will need them

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping Hey at least this doesnt have to happen to me for fans to get excited.

Ben Askren @Benaskren
Seriously though a great American like @alanbelcherufc would never let a stinkin Brit beat him.

Ben Askren @Benaskren
If it was old school MMA I would just take @bisping down and lay on him til he died of starvation. But @alanbelcherufc will put him asleep

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping your little carnie hands creep out Hector.

Ben Askren @Benaskren
@bisping You know what they say about guys with small hands!

michael @bisping
@Benaskren no... No I don't. Please enlighten me toilet brush head.

Ben Askren @Benaskren
OK I am going to dinner with my hot wife. You guys have fun arguing on Twitter.

michael @bisping
@Benaskren your grandads suit doesn't quite fit you.

michael @bisping
Ok I'm bored with giving the blanket some air time. Logging off for now.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-winnipeg/

The next title defense of Jose Aldo in the UFC will be in Brazil. According TATAME found to sources, the UFC will return to the Marvelous City on August 3, with the title dispute between Aldo and Anthony Pettis as the main attraction. The stage will be the HSBC Arena, which hosted the gym three editions of Ultimate locals.

http://www.tatame.com.br/dispu.....em-agosto/

A back injury has forced Nicdali “The Night Queen” Rivera-Calanoc out of a planned atomweight bout against “Sassy” Cassie Rodish at Invicta Fighting Championships 5 on April 5th in Kansas City, Missouri. England’s Simona Soukupova has stepped in to face Rodish on the event’s preliminary card.

http://www.mmarising.com/news/.....icta-fc-5/

MMA Viking has learned that the UFC has cut Finland’s Anton Kuivanen (17-6) following his loss to Michael Chiesa at UFC 157. The Finn went 1-2 during his run in the UFC. Kuivanen’s release was no surprise as UFC has been recently slimming down it’s fighter roster that got bloated after the StrikeForce merger and multiple Ultimate Fighter shows in a short period of time.

http://www.mmaviking.com/ufc-r.....-kuivanen/

Invicta Fighting Championships has announced that tickets for their anticipated fifth event officially go on sale to the public today. The main event features reigning Atomweight Champion Jessica Penne defending her title against “The Karate Hottie” Waterson whilst in the co-main event will feature the first first-ever Invicta FC flyweight title fight where submission ace Vanessa Porto will square off against Barb Honchak.

http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/.....r/13110994?

I hope this is a slug fest and that it doesn't turn out to be JDS blowing him out of the water

He will get the KO! Then get a title shot

Gomez (9-4) on Friday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) he has signed with the California-based Pandemonium promotion and expects to compete there for the first time later this year.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....um=twitter

Hope he gets the KO

MMA fans rejoice, Mark Hunt is finally getting his opportunity against the elite of the heavyweight division. After Alistair Overeem was forced out of the UFC 160 co-main event spot with a quadricep injury, fans bombarded UFC President Dana White with tweets in support of Mark Hunt as replacement. After initially denying the fight, it now appears that fans have gotten their wish as MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani broke the news about the match-up early Saturday morning.

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....t/13093633

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed with sources close to the fighter that he has a signed a multi-fight deal with the Texas-based Legacy Fighting Championship.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....ampionship

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....fighting-3

Yes sir! RT @TheIanBain: Hey @SugarRaySefo have you guys signed Jorge Santiago? Saw his profile was added to the WSOF site?

http://www.mmaopinion.co.uk/20.....-fighting/

I would like to see Middle Eastern MMA grow. Seems like every other area is developing quicker.

There is great potential in the region. Just needs harnessing,

Here are the videos from their last event in Jordan:

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....ent-video/

Bruno “Jacare” Dias (11-3-1)
Cleiton “Foguete” Duarte (12-1)
Daniel “Gelo” Oliveira de Azeredo (4-1)
David Vieira (4-0)
Felipe Olivieri (11-4)
Gil Freitas (14-5)
Henrique “Sucuri” Batista (4-0)
Juliano “Ninja” Wandalen (7-3)
Leandro “Buscape” Silva (5-0)
Leonardo Santos (11-3)
Luciano Contini (8-1)
Luiz Jorge “Besouro” Dutra Jr. (11-2-1)
Marcio “Pedra” Santos (4-0)
Neilson Gomes (14-2)
Pedro Irie (9-5-0)
Roberto Barros “Corvo” Martins Amorim (6-1)
Robson “Negao” Ferreira (4-0)
Ronaldo “Rony Silva” Oliveira Silva (3-0)
Santiago “El Rasta” Ponzinibbio (18-1)
Thiago “Bel” Silva (9-3-1)
Thiago “Marreta” de Lima Santos (8-1)
Thiago “Jambo” Goncalves (15-3)
Tiago “Unstoppable” Alves (3-0)
Viscardi Andrade (13-5)
Wande Lopes Santana (6-0)
Weguimar “Big Big” de Lucena Xavier (17-5-1)
William “Patolino” Macario (6-0)
Yan Cabral (10-0)

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....d/13081765

From Attorney David Wolf's facebook page, Brandon Vera and Dominick Cruz have disassociated themselves from Team Lloyd Irvin

Main Card (10 PM ET)
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Marlon Sandro by TKO (Ref Stoppage, Round 3, 2:38)
Doug Marshall def. Sultan Aliev via split decision (27-30,29-28,29-28)
Brett Cooper def. Dan Cramer via KO (Strikes, Round 3, 3:19)
Mike Richman def. Alexandre Bezerra via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Preliminary Card (8 PM ET)
Akop Stepanyan def. Chris Saunders via TKO (Strikes, Round 3, 3:55)
Keith Berry def. Richard Rigmaden via submission (Kimura, Round 1, 1:31)
Josh Appelt def. Manny Lara via unanimous decision (30-24, 30-24, 30-24)
Aaron Miller def. Shad Smith via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Brandon Halsey def. Rocky Ramirez via technical submission (Arm-triangle choke, Round 3, 0:50)
Cleber Luciano vs. Nick Piedmont
Sabah Homasi vs. Ricky Legere Jr.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....1-in-june/

MAIN CARD:
Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Frodo Khasbulaev (145.8) vs. Marlon Sandro (145.8)
Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Alexandre "Popo" Bezerra (146.0) vs. Mike Richman (145.4)
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Dan Cramer (185.6) vs. Brett Cooper (185.1)
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Sultan Aliev (185.8) vs. Doug "Rhino" Marshall (185.1)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Featherweight Feature Fight: Nick Piedmont (146.0) vs. Cleber Luciano (144.6)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Sabah Homasi (170.6) vs. Ricky Legere (173*
Lightweight Feature Fight: Akop Stepanyan (156.0) vs. Chris Saunders (154.5)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Richard Rigmaden (178.6) vs. Keith Berry (186.0)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Josh Appelt (247.0) vs. Manny Lara (254.2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Shad Smith (146.0) vs. Aaron Miller (146.0)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Rocky Ramierz (204.8) vs. Brandon Halsey (205.0)

*Ricky Legere has two hours to make weight.

#RallyForMarkHunt ?

"If I get the call for the fight, I'm there, of course," Hunt told MMAFighting.com Wednesday night, "and the fans are crazy for it, so it's good."

Seems he is ready.

According to sources close to Overeem, the heavyweight recently suffered an undisclosed injury while training, which will sideline him for four-to-five weeks. As a result, Overeem's camp recently informed the UFC that he will be unable to fight dos Santos at UFC 160 on May 25.

http://www.mmafighting.com/201.....junior-dos

http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/.....s/13071256?

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....to-ufc-162

So I know that it's for the Interim Title, but is Eddie Wineland really deserve the a shot a Barao? I'm not so sure. More importantly: Do they really need to put Barao back in there so quick?

The question is...does the UFC give out title shots only to the deserving? Sonnen is challenging for the light-heavyweight title and Anthony Pettis is dropping from and challenging for the FW title.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-in-april/

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-winnipeg/

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/.....-headliner

http://www.mmafighting.com/201.....or-ufc-162

@bokamotoESPN: Just confirmed with Dana White, Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland booked to headline UFC 161 in June.

@LaMonicaMark's report: L. Fertitta has informed Chris Weidman that he will fight Anderson Silva for the 185-pound belt on 7/6.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....8-line-up/

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-winnipeg/

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-winnipeg/

http://www.mmaweekly.com/franc.....ght-battle

What do you guys think?

Polite Nick wasn't selling PPVs

"Our department is currently investigating allegations pertaining to the information provided on the application," said a spokesperson for the commission, which licensed Fallon Fox to fight as a woman.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/.....10179100=1

“I suspect Ronda (will be) no worse than the #5 draw in the company if she continues to win.” Dave says that one UFC company source believes Ronda can draw 700,000 PPV buys a fight if she continues her winning streak over the next year. Dave says it’s a “wait and see” situation regarding whether or not Ronda can regularly draw more than 400,000 PPV buys per fight. However, if she loses…

This will set the top five draws at:
1.Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Jones
3. Anderson Silva
4.Cain Velasquez
5.Ronda Rousey

http://www.fightopinion.com/20.....ousey-ppv/

http://www.mmaweekly.com/franc.....ght-battle

The third female fight in UFC history has officially been scheduled. Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann is expected to face Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff on the UFC 159 fight card. The news was first announced by groundandpound.de and later confirmed by UFC officials.

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....-in-april/

“South Valley’s Own” Angelica Chavez has an opponent for her upcoming fight at XFC 23: “Louisville Slugfest” on April 19th in Louisville, Kentucky. The New Mexico native is set to face Stephanie “The Scrapper” Skinner in a featured atomweight matchup. XFC officials announced the bout today.

http://www.mmarising.com/news/.....-april-19/

http://www.mmafighting.com/201.....fc-on-fx-8

Here are excerpts of the version of Schultz's statement given to me on February 28 at 8:11 p.m. ET (Full statement here in PDF format):

Recently a fellow team member came to me she was burdened and confused. She sought me out as a confidante, a person she could trust. She had been battling with a situation morally inside her head. She explained the details of secret sexual interactions she had with her martial arts instructor and employer.

She started with the question "Are you supposed to do anything to become a World Champion?" I replied, "Yes, there are sacrifices you must make to become a World Champion and you are going to have to do some things that other people won’t do to become a World Champion". She began to cry as she explained.

She said that when she first joined the team she was given a set of rules. She was told exactly how she should act. Everyone on the team follows the principle of the Android. An Android does what they are commanded with no question and no hesitation. Whatever the Programmer says the Android does. According to the Martial Arts instructor this correlates to Martial Arts if the coach gives a command and the athlete hesitates or questions for a moment it can cost them the match. That is the importance of being an Android.
...
She told me while crying that her instructor would both ask and instruct her to do sexually inappropriate things with him. Re-affirming his instructions with things like "I thought you said you wanted to be a world champion, and you said you would do anything I tell you to do without hesitation". He would make her repeat to him over and over that she loved him like a script.

If she ever hesitated or questioned he would call her a liar and say that she didn’t really want to become a world champion and she wasn’t serious about her goals.

This activity went on for a couple months and then he asked her is she would give herself to him sexually fully, and if she would take the next step and have full sexual intercourse with him.

That’s when she broke down and came to me she was so wrapped up and confused about the tests and hazing she came to me for guidance. And I am happy she did so that I could protect her.
...
I think, but cannot confirm, that there are other victims on the team. I would see the instructor sleeping in the same hotel room, in the same bed with other female teammates at tournaments. Multiple teammates have also been called to his room to give him massages alone together, which I always thought was a little inappropriate considering he is their Martial Arts Instructor.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/201.....ers-exodus

“I’m really disappointed, but I know this is the right decision and I just need to heal up and get my $100,000 prize,” Lima said. “Ben is a great guy, but he’s been in my way before, and I want my rematch with Askren.”

http://www.theflyingkneemma.co.....t-delayed/

“We’re proud to add Winnipeg to our list of Canadian UFC cities,” said Wright, ”The city has an impressive résumé in terms of teams including the Jets and Bombers as well as major events such as the Grey Cup and Pan Am Games. We can’t wait for Winnipeg to experience the UFC.”

http://network.yardbarker.com/.....a/13058056