STEVE “USS” CUNNINGHAM WINS ANOTHER BIG BOUT
Steve “USS” Cunningham wins the IBF Cruiserweight championship in Poland Becomes the latest “Philly Fighter” to become world champion Katowice, Poland (May 26, 2007)—Steve “USS” Cunningham took the IBF Cruiserweight championship with a twelve round majority decision over reigning champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk on Saturday night. Cunningham (20-1, 10 KO’s) built an early lead and never […]
VAN MEER TAKES FIGHT OF THE NIGHT HONORS AT MCC VII
Fight Of The Night STORY BY: JOE BALL PHOTOS BY: KRISTIN VAN ZEE This was probably the most entertaining fight of the night! Three rounds of great stand-up fighting by each fighter. Jennet was throwing high kicks every chance he could to take advantage of the height difference over VanMeer, but he was checked nicely […]
MIDWEST CAGE CHAMPIONSHIP VIII REPORT
MIDWEST CAGE CHAMPIONSHIP VIII: MOTIVATION POST-FIGHT REPORT STORY BY: JOE BALL PHOTOS BY: KRISTIN VAN ZEE MCC VIII kicked off his past Saturday in Urbandale, Iowa and provided an amazing card of high-caliber fights. Here’s the rundown: FLYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FIGHT #1: Matt Cook vs. Jeff Carstens RD 1 A stand up war, with neither man […]
NORTHWEST QUALIFIER RESULT FOR GRAPPLING WORLD TOURNAMENT
The following results are from the Northwest Qualifier for the Grappling World Tournament. Over 20 top athletes from Washington, Oregon and Idaho competed for the top three positions to make the World Team Trials in Las Vegas. WOMENS 55k 1st Cindy Hale (Demon Jiu jitsu) 2nd Lisa Ward (United Fight Team) 63K 1st Ginele Marquez-Lee […]
TAYLOR SPINKS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE BOXING: PAVLIK STEALS SHOW
WRONG MAIN EVENT HIGHLIGHTED ON HBO SATURDAY BY: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Yet another hyped up boxing match failed to live up to expectations—just another symptom of the sport’s recent suffering. Only the undercard bout could save the show Saturday on HBO. Undefeated Middleweight Kelly Pavlik showed tremendous power and technical expertise to match. Beating […]
UNTAMED 13 FIGHT CARD PUTS MASSACHUSETTS MMA ON THE MAP
THRILLING UNTAMED 13 CARD BRINGS THROES OF FANS OUT IN THE RAIN By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] A full house of excited MMA fans braved foul weather Friday night to come out and watch 10 bouts unfold on the Untamed 13 fight card held in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Holiday Inn. While a storm […]
COLISEUM CARNAGE COMPLETE WRAP-UP
Coliseum Carnage I Complete Wrap-Up By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] I recently had the good fortune of traveling to Iowa for an amazing MMA event that will not be easy to forget. Filled with blood, intriguing match-ups, and non-stop action, Fight Sport Global Network and Extreme Contact Fighting’s Coliseum Carnage I more than lived up […]
PARADISE THEATER POST-FIGHT REPORT
Joval and Tsurkan victorious at the Paradise Theater! By Matt Yanofsky {Ringside} Middleweight Raymond Joval (36-4, 16 KO’s) shook off a 17 month layoff to earn a unanimous decision over Willie “The Gladiator” Gibbs (20-3, 16 KO’s). The fight featured a lot of back and fourth action within the first few rounds. Joval elected to […]
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