As we stand on the precipice of the UFC's centennial event, it's hard not to wax nostalgic just a bit and think back to the many great moments the sport's largest promotion has brought us. It all began when a fairly average, albeit angry looking Brazilian by the name of Royce Gracie changed everything we thought we knew about martial arts; and it continues through to this day when, perhaps the least average looking gent to ever enter the octagon, is about to settle a heavyweight title dispute. read more
Shark Fight Promotions, a Texas based mixed martial arts fight Promotion Company, recently announced that they will be hosting a free mixed martial arts event on July 18th in Amarillo Texas at Gamboa's Outdoor Event Center. The popular Texas fight promoter was recently forced to cancel their Shark Fight 5 - Outdoor Bash and Brawl event, due to unpredictable weather. The promoter felt that the best way to make it up to the fans would be to re-schedule the event and give away the tickets. The Shark Fight event on July 18th will be a free admission show. read more
Promoter Don King announced today he will pay tribute to Michael Jackson at a world championship boxing event King has slated for July 11 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. King plans to give Jackson boxing's traditional ringside10-bell count honoring those who have passed and to play Jackson's music and videos at King's previously announced fight card highlighted by an International Boxing Federation bantamweight championship between titleholder Joseph King Kong Agbeko and world champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan, who is moving up in weight to face Agbeko. read more
Eight-Time World Champion Roy Jones, Jr. battles former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in "Hook City," on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi, MS. "Hook City" will be presented by Square Ring Promotions, Inc. and broadcast live on pay-per-view. Tickets, priced at $150, $125, $100, $75, $50 and $25, will go on sale Friday, July 3, at 10 AM CT, and will be available at MS Coast Coliseum Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or on-line at Ticketmaster.com. read more
Chet Koerner's TKO BOXING Promotions has announced the signing of outstanding super middleweight prospect Dennis "THE ASSASSIN" Hasson. The 26 year old Hasson, fighting out of Philadelphia , has compiled a record of 8-0-0 with two knockouts since turning professional fifteen months ago after an outstanding amateur career. Most recently he won a unanimous decision over Johnny Hayes on April 4th in Philadelphia. read more
According to reports, Irish amateur boxer Robert Gorman was responsible for the rib injury that forced Floyd Mayweather Jr. to postpone his July 18th bout with Juan Manuel Marquez. Apparently, Team Mayweather personally invited Gorman to training camp after seeing him spar with rising super featherweight contender Yuriorkis Gamboa at the Top Rank gym. Before the young amateur knew it, he was trading leather and going toe-to-toe with the former pound-for-pound king. read more
Coming off of his career-defining performance against 3-time UFC® heavyweight title challenger Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo last Saturday night in Biloxi, Dutch knockout artist Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel has been added to the Affliction M-1 Global's star-studded "Trilogy" Pay-Per-View event against another former UFC® heavyweight title challenger, Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello, live August 1 from Honda Center in Anaheim. read more
From 2004 to 2007, Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, the two biggest promotional companies in boxing, were entangled in a bitter feud. Competing cards, lawsuits about revenue and countersuits over accounting issues deprived fans of some of the biggest fights that could be made in the sport. Fortunately, after numerous legal disputes, the main one centering around the promotional rights to pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao, the two sides reached a settlement that would pave the way for some of the most anticipated fights in recent years, including Pacquiao-Hatton, Mosley-Margarito, Pacquiao-De La Hoya, Pacquiao-Marquez, Cotto-Mosley and Pacquiao-Barrera II. read more
Rumina Sato. Fredson Paixao. Joe Stevenson. Vinicius Magalhaes. Jeff Glover. Ulysses Gomez. Bill Cooper. To those in the grappling world, the names represent the best of the best. To have them in the same hall together at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center is electrifying enough. To see them competing against each other in four Superfights that cap off the largest Submission Grappling tournament in history is something that could only be held at the UFC® Fan Expo on Friday, July 10th and Saturday, July 11th, just hours before the lights go down for the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, UFC 100. read more
Six-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya mourns the tragic loss of the legendary Nicaraguan boxer, Alexis Arguello. The three-division former world champion and boxing icon was found dead Wednesday morning in his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua. De La Hoya shared several fond memories with the pride of Nicaragua, known as the "Explosive Thin Man" for his slim figure and powerful punch and was shocked to hear the tragic news about the man many considered to be a gentleman both in and out of the ring. read more
It didn't take two-time WBA heavyweight champion John "The Quietman" Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) very long to respond to comments made by unbeaten heavyweight contender Chris Arreola and his promoter, Dan Goossen, at a press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. read more
Former three-division champion Alexis Arguello has been found dead at his home. Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirmed the news earlier today. Specific details of his untimely passing are still unknown, but he was found at his home with a gunshot wound to the chest. Coroners are conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Just last year, Arguello was elected mayor of Managua. Amidst reports of financial mishandling of public money, the shooting is rumored to be a suicide. He was only 57 years old. read more
"After I beat Agbeko, I will fight anyone who is a true warrior…I'm not only going to break him, but I will retire Donaire. I'm going to have it where his corner or no doctor will stop the fight because I'm going to slowly beat him badly and then stop him and retire him. He talks a lot and he forgot who made him, you know? I want to beat him and retire him. I made him and I will break him," stated undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan as he talked about his upcoming July 11th clash with Joseph Agbeko and his future plans. Check it out! read more
On July 11, the UFC® will host its biggest fight card in history, which is taking place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and rolling live on Pay-Per-View. This card is so dynamic that not only are the two championship bouts going to be intriguing, but the undercard bouts are laced with explosive fighters and much back-story drama. read more
Undefeated No. 1 ranked World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight Cristobal Arreola, his promoter Dan Goossen and trainer Henry Ramirez hosted a press luncheon on Tuesday to discuss his future plan and quest on becoming the first Mexican fighter to become World Heavyweight Champion in the history of boxing. read more
Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world participated in a media conference call Tuesday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, July 11, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. The main event fighters and their promoters spoke on an international media conference call Tuesday. read more
Gegard Mousasi has declared his fight against Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, Renato "Babalu" Sobral an all-out war. "Sobral is so tough. When he comes, he comes to fight," says Mousasi, as he trains for one of the biggest challenges of his career. Babalu Sobral ranks in the top ten of light heavyweights and has been training since Mousasi was a newborn. Besides the ten years difference in age and experience, Mousasi will have to contend with Sobral's explosiveness and dangerous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills in the ring. read more
Following a grueling workout at Striking Unlimited last week Friday, UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir sat down with the sports media in Las Vegas to talk UFC 100. Mir gave advice to UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, stating the strategy he used against him the first time around might just work the second. read more
After Saturday's thrilling world title match, which ended in a sixth round technical knockout victory for Argentinean Marcos Maidana when the fight was stopped by the ringside physician due to a severe cut over Victor Ortiz' right eye and swelling under his left eye, Ortiz wants to clear the air with the media and public regarding his performance. read more
Following his 1st round TKO victory over Bob Sapp at Ultimate Chaos this past Saturday, Bobby Lashley shared his thoughts on his performance as well as that of the rest of the fighters on the card. "ATT, I look around at some of these warriors man and I used to watch them before I got the opportunity to get in here and it's an honor to be with these guys. I think the fans of Mississippi got their monies worth here," he stated. "I have to thank my manager, Greg Bloom, Konan as always and my boxing trainer. He took me into the mountains in Colorado and tried to kill me. I don't think I can get tired. I'm definitely ready and I will be back in the gym on Monday training again," Lashley continued as he credited the high-altitude training he did in Colorado for his victory. read more
FightHype.com caught up with Affliction VP Tom Atencio right after his 3rd round TKO victory over the very game Randy Hedderick at Ultimate Chaos this past Saturday night. "I'm fortunate to be in the position that I'm in right now. I probably shouldn't have been on the pay-per-view, but was only on it because of who I am, so I appreciate everyone who was on the undercard and pay-per-view because their hard work put me where I am," he admitted, acknowledging the fact that he was only on the televised portion of the card due to his name. After his war with Hedderick, Atencio was quick to point out the level of respect he has for all fighters, stating, "I have a ton of respect for these guys, especially now that I've been in there a couple of times…Randy is a tough kid. He dropped me and I have no idea how I recovered, but I did." read more
In a recent interview, Oscar De La Hoya accused Top Rank of protecting pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao because they've chosen to make a fight with Miguel Cotto instead of Shane Mosley. "Pacquiao is right now young and a guy that Top Rank is protecting and a guy they have big plans for. We all know that fight with Miguel Cotto wouldn't be as dangerous as a fight with Shane Mosley, so that's why they're doing it," De La Hoya stated. read more
After his brutal 1st round TKO victory over Pedro Rizzo at Ultimate Chaos, Gilbert Yvel was all smiles while he thanked everyone for giving him the opportunity to fight on the card. "I have to thank John Lewis and Eric Bradley. As you can see, what those guys have been teaching me works." Yvel, who is now slated to face Paul Buentello at Affliction "Trilogy", believes he's ready for any top heavyweight. read more
FightHype.com briefly caught up with Bob Sapp following his disappointing loss to Bobby Lashley at Ultimate Chaos this past Saturday night. Humble in defeat, Sapp stated, "He got me down and landed some nice shots. There are no lucky punches because every punch is meant to hurt you. You gotta take your hat off to Bobby Lashley. He came in and did his thing tonight. It was a tough time in there tonight, let me tell you!" read more
