YardBarker got inside WildCard Boxing Club and spoke with Legendary Boxing Coach, Freddie Roach. Silva’s professional boxing record has been a controversial form of discussion in many MMA forums recently due to lack of information on Silva’s boxing stats. According to BoxRec, Silva has 2 professional boxing matches in Brazil, the first being in 1998 […]

On May 26 in Yokohama, Japan, Dream 9 will be hosting an open-weight tournament, dubbed as “The Super Hulk Tournament”, and will feature some of the largest fighters and baseball players on the planet…. that’s right, I said BASEBALL.
The tournament will be spread over 3 events and the early pairings include:

Major League Baseball player Jose […]

In case you missed it, the M-1 Challenge in Japan was actually more than a sparring match between Fedor and Aoki.  In fact, the US team had a great showing with 5-0 sweep over South Korea.
Below are the results from Wednesday’s fights at the Differ Ariake in Japan.
Team Spain def. Team France 3-2

LW: […]

Courtesy of Fighters Only magazine, Michael Bisping talks about TUF and the growth of MMA in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oImtqhM7S0

Fedor Emelianenko beat up Shinya Aoki in the Deep M-1 Challenge. Props to BloodyElbow for the quick results. We’ll post a video as soon as it hits the wires.
Fedor was basically playing with Aoki. He allowed him to get sub attempts like a flying armbar, a leg lock attempt, and even takedowns like the double […]

Thiago Silva (13-1) is having himself a pretty confusing 24 hours. The Brazilian was first slated to go up against former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin. But that date was suddenly cancelled due to a “Spider” intervention. Griffin will now take on MMA’s middleweight king, Anderson Silva on August 8.
The other Silva, Thiago, was […]

Strikeforce has released a statement that Kim “Sugar Free” Couture, wife of MMA legend Randy Couture, has withdrawn from her debut Strikeforce Challengers fight with submission specialist Miesha Tate which was scheduled for May 15.  No explanation has been given yet regarding Couture’s withdrawal, but Strikeforce is working to replace the fight and finalize the […]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin is receiving a change of plans. The fight between himself and Thiago Silva has been cancelled for UFC 101. Instead, Forrest will lock horns with UFC middleweight champion, Anderson “The Spider” Silva.
The news comes as a surprise to many of us. Although not official, MMA Junkie is reporting […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGoN4UaWu0

Striking while the iron is hot, 25 year old Nick Diaz (19-7) and 29 year old Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith (17-5) look to keep the good times rolling by accepting to fight at Strikeforce’s June 6 event, in a special 180-pound showdown during the live SHOWTIME® telecast of Strikeforce:“Lawler vs. Shields” from the […]