26-year-old Vietnamese MMA fighter Nam Phan currently holds a professional record of 15-6. The California native has fought in such promotions as WEC, King of the Cage, K-1 Hero’s, Strikeforce, and is currently under contract with World Victory Road’s Sengoku organization.
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Mayhem Promotions will hold “Disorderly Conduct III” on Sat., July 18, 2009 at the DuPage Expo Center in St. Charles, Ill. There are a total of 13 bouts scheduled and three titles will on the line. Public weigh-ins will be held on Fri., July 17.
President and CEO of Mayhem Promotions Jeff Albin, spoke to PRO MMA (promma.info) about the big event, “We had a really good show at the same venue back in March. We’ve continued to develop relationships with impressive camps in this area, and feel we are putting forth a strong fight card; camps like Team Colon, Extreme Couture, Hackney’s Combat, The Hive, and Victory Martial Arts. We’re confident that every one of our fights can contest for fight of the night. We’re introducing two new belts at the 155 lbs. and 170 lbs. classes.” Continue reading →
Pat Miletich joins the MMA Live crew to help begin the breakdown of UFC 100 and UFC cutman ‘Stitch’ Duran joins the program to talk about the art involved in being one of the best in the business.
Dan Henderson is currently in preparation for his upcoming fight against opposing TUF 9 coach Michael Bisping.
The two will meet as one of the featured bouts at “UFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir 2″ taking place July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Henderson joined host Larry Pepe on Monday night’s Pro MMA Radio show to talk about the July 11th bout as well as his time serving as coach of Team U.S. on season nine of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. vs U.K.” Continue reading →
While friends and family will be back at home in the U.S. celebrating the Fourth of July Holiday at BBQs and fireworks displays, Team USA West will find itself immersed in a best-of-five series with Team Russia Imperial in Seoul, South Korea.
And when the 2009 “M-1 Challenge Presented by Affliction” (www.M-1Global.com) resumes with its “Sixth Edition” inside the Seoul Arena, Group B leading USA West (2-0 in team challenges and 8-2 overall individually) will find itself going head-to-head with an Imperial team that will not feature a single member from its 2008 M-1 Challenge Championship team. Continue reading →
One of the big fights at UFC 100 on July 11th will be Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves. In the first video, Georges talks about having more tools than Alves. He says he will dictate the pace and control the fight and can take the fight anywhere. In the second video Thiago says the only advantage Georges has is the title and he thinks GSP ’s style is made for him and he is going to knock out the champ.
The world’s best, including Japanese legend Rumina Sato, hit the mat to cap off the largest submission grappling tournament in history.
Las Vegas, NV – 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. Continue reading →
UFC pioneer Patrick Smith was there at the beginning and 16 years later the ageless wonder is still going strong as he prepares to fight another UFC veteran, super heavyweight Kevin “The Shamnan” Jordan (11-8-0), in the Super Fight on American Steel Cagefighting’s (ASC) first professional mixed martial arts show, July 31 at the Icenter in Salem, New Hampshire.
Smith (16-13-0), now fighting out of Milburn, Oklahoma, lost a tough fight to Ken Shamrock in UFC 1. He came back strong in UFC 2, winning three fights in a row, before eventually losing in the championship match to legendary Royce Gracie. Patrick’s most notable wins have been against Rudyard Moncayo in UFC 6 and last year versus Eric “Butterbean” Esch. Continue reading →
In this new video, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is hanging out with his buddy “Computer” in Las Vegas. Rampage lets it be known that he hits people in their mowf and he also says he will be fighting “Sugar” Rashad Evans in Memphis, Tenn. in December! If true, this is big news for Tennessee UFC/MMA fans!
The famed American Kickboxing Academy made its presence felt on this special in studio edition of THE INFO when “Crazy” Bob Cook and Luke Rockhold (5-1) stopped by the show. Matt De La Rosa and “Fast” Eddie Constantine talked with the guys about all things MMA, AKA, Strikeforce, UFC, Santa Cruz and business.
Cook filled the guys in on the best up and coming AKA prospects that fans may not know about, the old AKA try out process, Cain Velasquez, Lyoto Machida, the relevance of UFC 100 and the future of MMA. Rockhold broke down his win over Cory Devela, living in one of California’s most famous beach towns, sponsors, his teammates and where he thinks the sport will be when he hangs up the gloves.
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PRO MMA (promma.info) was on hand at Revolution Fight League’s “Maximum Impact” card held this past Saturday, June 27, 2009, at the Horseshoe Casino in New Albany, Ind.
A sell out crowd of over 3000 fans were in attendance to see Ron “The Monster” Sparks of Louisville MMA crowned the new RFL Super Heavyweight Champion with a unanimous decision victory over Clarksville, Tenn.’s Johnathan Ivey in the main event.
Both guys were looking to land the big punch early and it was Ivey who landed some good combos first. However, toward the end of the first round Sparks opened up with combinations and knee strikes that had Ivey backing up to take the round. Continue reading →
PRO MMA (promma.info) was notified by the WEC on Tuesday that Zuffa’s World Extreme Cagefighting organization will be coming to the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio on Wed., Sept. 2, 2009.
“WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson” will air live on Versus beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT. Tickets for the event will go on sale starting Thurs., July 9 at 10am ET.
With lightweight champion Jamie Varner unable to defend his title due to a hand injury, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will face feared striker Ben Henderson for the interim lightweight title in the main event. The show will mark the WEC’s first visit to the state of Ohio. Continue reading →
With the recent developments regarding “Lightning” Lee Murray, it seems appropriate to post this video of ESPN’s E:60 piece on him last year that gets pretty deep into who Murray is and the details surrounding what has been called “the biggest cash money heist in history.” They talk with some of Murray’s friends as well as Pat Miletich who he trained with and who he wrote to while in prison. Also discussed is his brief time in the UFC, his legendary street fight with Tito Ortiz, and the reason he fought in the UFC only one time.
26-year-old Vietnamese MMA fighter Nam Phan currently holds a professional record of 15-6. The California native has fought in such promotions as WEC, King of the Cage, K-1 Hero’s, Strikeforce, and is currently under contract with World Victory Road’s Sengoku organization.
Nam has fought twice so far in 2009. In his first fight of the year Nam defeated Hideki Kadowaki at Sengoku 7 back in March with a first round TKO. Then, two months later at Sengoku 8, he lost to Michihiro Omigawa in a first round TKO stoppage.
PRO MMA (promma.info) was able to catch up with the young fighter Monday evening for a few minutes as he took a break from instruction at his Garden Grove academy. Nam talked to us about his most recent fight against Omigawa, his school, his martial arts training that began at a very young age, MMA within the Vietnamese community, and what the future holds for this very talented athlete. Continue reading →
Carson’s Corner host Bob Carson reported on his June 28 podcast that Nick Diaz will be fighting Joe Riggs on August 15 as part of the “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Santos” card taking place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
If true (and Carson seems damn sure of his source), this will be the second time Diaz and Riggs have met in the cage. They first fought back in Feb. 2006 at UFC 57, with Diaz losing a unanimous decision to “Diesel.”
Both fighters are coming off impressive victories at the June 6 Strikeforce card in St. Louis. Riggs won a unanimous decision over the ever tough Phil Baroni, and Diaz took out Scott Smith with a 3rd round rear naked choke. Continue reading →
As one of the birthplaces of martial arts, China is rightfully considered to be hallowed ground for the warriors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Today, UFC is pleased to announce a television deal with Inner Mongolia Television that will mark the first time in history UFC will be seen on TV in China, continuing the global expansion of the premier brand in mixed martial arts.
“Obviously China is a huge market and the Chinese understand the martial arts probably better than anyone else in the world. It’s a no brainer that UFC programming will be appreciated in China, and will become a big hit for the NMTV network,” said Dana White, UFC President. Continue reading →
Mayhem Promotions will hold “Disorderly Conduct III” on Sat., July 18, 2009 at the DuPage Expo Center in St. Charles, Ill. There are a total of 13 bouts scheduled and three titles will on the line. Public weigh-ins will be held on Fri., July 17.
