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Matt Hamill Biopic 'The Hammer' Light On MMA, But Well Worth Seeing
When you look back at the post-2005 boom period in mixed martial arts, it's pretty incredible that Matt Hamill didn't get more national recognition for what he accomplished as a deaf professional athlete. Over a 14-fight career spent almost completely in the UFC, Hamill competed against and beat...
Report: Fedor Emelianenko To Fight Bobby Lashley In 2012
Bobby Lashley may not have gotten a fair shake from the MMA community. He entered the fight game after a career in the WWE and was viewed by almost everyone as a 'poor man's Brock Lesnar'. It's how the WWE fans viewed him when he made his wrestling debut and it's how MMA viewed him as well. During...
Video: Chael Sonnen Gives Passionate Speech About Intensity
Chael Sonnen is a man of many faces. To some, he's the trash talking gangster from the mean streets of West Linn, Oregon. To others, he's the man who has created a real life story line with the entire country of Brazil. However, to a lucky few, Sonnen is seen as much more than just a persona. To...
Bellator Signs Top Welterweight Prospect Andrey Koreshkov
Less than a day after he was named the top 170-pound prospect in Bloody Elbow's 2011 World MMA Scouting Report, Bellator announced the signing of Andrey Koreshkov to a contract. A teammate of Bellator No. 1 middleweight contender Alexander Shlemenko, Koreshkov (8-0) will bring his undefeated record...
October 2011 MMA Recap: GSP Hurts Knee, Nick Diaz Beats Up B.J. Penn, Chael Sonnen Returns
As 2011 began to rumble toward its wintry end, one of the best fighters in the world and an all-time great was faced with a serious injury, a former champion was battered in what could be his last fight and the final part of a trilogy was as good as advertised. October 2011: Of Knee-Jerk...
UFC 141 Results: Brock Lesnar's Retirement Highlights Need To Build New Stars
If he could have, I'm sure Dana White would have let out a guttural scream when Brock Lesnar announced his retirement after his loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. Why? His biggest pay-per-view draw is leaving the company. How much of an impact has Lesnar had on the UFC's bottom line? Take a look...
Another Boxing Champion Seriously Considering Move to MMA
Our friends at Bad Left Hook brought our attention to another boxing champion who is apparently seriously considering a move to mixed martial arts. That fighter, a three division world champion, and the current IBO title holder, Vic Darchinyan (37-3-1). The Armenian is set to challenge Anselmo...
How's Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the 1st Week of September
A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twitterverse PHILOSOPHY "The Ultimate fighter has Strike Force, Pride & a Dream. But if u are a Bellator in times of Sengoku it can really be a Shark fight. #puns" -Kenny Florian "Title defense? I'm looking at it more like a title...
How's Taste My Tweet Tweet? Mixed Martial Arts on Twitter for the 4th Week of August
A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twitterverse I'M NOT GOING TO SORT THESE OUT FOR YOU "Treinos dos lutadores amanha, Praia de Copacabana. Venham ver Anderson Silva, Shogun, Minotauro. 13horas." -Lorenzo Fertitta "BRAZIL PREP IS HARD WORK! How is it so time consuming when...
98 Year-Old Keiko Fukuda Earns 10th Degree Black Belt in Judo
Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco, California, was promoted to the rank of 10th dan (degree) black belt in Judo this week by USA Judo, the sport's national governing body. This is the highest ranking one can achieve in judo, but Fukuda is not featured in Bloody Elbow's world scouting report, nor is...
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