Heath to tangle with Teixeira: Two of MFC’s best strikers set to explode at Bragging Rights
Two fighters with eyes on championship gold will clash in what promises to be an explosive light heavyweight matchup on the main card of the Maximum Fighting Championship’s MFC 27: Bragging Rights. Riding an eight-fight winning streak into his MFC debut, Brazilian striker Glover Teixeira (10-2) will square-off against heavy-hitting American crowd-pleaser David Heath (16-6) […]
“BIG FOOT’’ SILVA TO FACE VALENTIJN OVEREEM AT SCOTTRADE CENTER IN ST. LOUIS
SATURDAY, DEC. 4, LIVE ON SHOWTIME® Dan Henderson To Battle “Babalu” Sobral in Main Event, Paul Daley To Meet Scott “Hands Of Steel’’ Smith, Robbie Lawler Takes On Matt Lindland, Herschel Walker To Make Second MMA Start NEW YORK (Oct. 12, 2010) – Top contender and former EliteXC champion Antonio “Big Foot’’ Silva has recently […]
NICK DIAZ RETAINS STRIKEFORCE BELT AND EVENS SCORE IN INSTANT MMA CLASSIC WIN OVER KJ NOONS
Saturday, Oct. 9, Live on SHOWTIME® From HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.; SAN JOSE, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2010) – A grudge rematch lived up to its hype and more Saturday when Nick Diaz (22-7, 1 NC) of Stockton, Calif., won his eighth consecutive fight and retained his STRIKEFORCE welterweight championship with an exciting, crowd-pleasing five-round […]
Time for the title – Lima vs. Juarez
Top two contenders to vie for welterweight crown at MFC 27 For the first time in the organization’s history, the Maximum Fighting Championship will pit two fighters who have become stars right in the MFC ring against each other for a title. Douglas “The Phenom” Lima (15-4) will clash with Jesse Juarez (15-5) for the […]
VITOR “SHAOLIN” RIBEIRO TO FACE JUSTIN “THE SILVERBACK’’ WILCOX IN MAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY, NOV. 19, IN JACKSON, MISS., LIVE ON SHOWTIME®
Ryan Couture, Son Of MMA Legend, Randy, Returns To The STRIKEFORCE Cage San Jose, Calif. (Oct. 4, 2010) – Lightweight star and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro will take on Justin “The Silverback” Wilcox of Cincinnati in the headlining fight of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers event on Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex […]
Bellator Bound Ferrid Kheder Knocks Out UFC Vet Berger, Talks to TDR TV
35 year old French born MMA fighter Ferrid “Hurricane” Kheder is a world-class champion judoka and mixed martial artist. He had a tremendous weekend in Canada in his KO win against multiple time UFC veteran Steve “The Red Nose Pitbull” Berger. He also sports a KO victory over recent Shine Fights champ Drew Fickett and […]
A look back and forward in the aftermath of MFC 26
MFC Staff Leading up to MFC shows over the past few years, The Z-Files takes an in-depth look at the card, the fighters themselves, and the ramifications of each bout, all leading to the Top 10 Questions. And in the past year, following each show The Z-Files has expanded its review and added in a […]
Lima stuns Ford at Retribution; McKee, Heath, Lewis among night’s big winners
By MFC Staff It wasn’t the homecoming party that Ryan Ford wanted, but it was the coming out party that Douglas Lima deeply desired. Stunning a vastly partisan crowd in his opponent’s home town, Lima (15-4) scored a second-round submission victory over Ford (12-3) in the co-main event of MFC 26: Retribution held Friday night […]
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