By Steven Kelliher on September 2, 2010
At the highest levels of professional mixed martial arts competition, undefeated fighters are few and far between. Undefeated champions are ever rarer, which is why Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto is taking his first official challenger very seriously. Tapology recently caught up with Soto on the eve of his first title defense to discuss his [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged bellator, featherweights
By Steven Kelliher on September 1, 2010
While many fans and pundits disagree with Joe Warren when he proclaims himself “The Baddest Man on the Planet,” it is impossible to deny that the top Bellator featherweight contender sets his goals high. After sweeping the Season 2 Featherweight Tournament, Warren earned a shot at Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto. Although Warren has only [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged bellator, featherweights
By Steven Kelliher on August 25, 2010
Joe Lauzon’s last fight marked the first time in his professional career he has been to the judges’ scorecards. Unfortunately, he lost a three-round war with Canadian striker Sam Stout after nearly ripping his opponent’s arm off in the first round. Next up for the Massachusetts native was supposed to be British standout Terry Etim, [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged lightweights, ufc
By Steven Kelliher on August 24, 2010
Just a few weeks after fighting Joe Soto for the Bellator Featherweight Championship, Joe Warren will take on top Dream featherweight Michihiro Omigawa on the September 25 Dream 16 card. Tapology’s Steven Kelliher learned of the match-up from Warren earlier today. Dream 16 takes place September 25 from the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. [...]
Posted in Industry Analysis | Tagged dream, featherweights
By Steven Kelliher on August 24, 2010
Three months ago Marcus Davis finished Canadian striker Jonathan Goulet with a vicious knockout at UFC 113 in Montreal. The victory marked a triumphant return to the cage following the worst loss of Davis’s professional career when he found himself on the wrong end of Ben Saunders’s Thai clinch last year. Now in the midst [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged ufc, welterweights
By Steven Kelliher on August 23, 2010
When the news broke in early 2010 that the state of Massachusetts would finally be officially sanctioning mixed martial arts beginning in March, the early buzz revolved around the UFC’s debut show. With the historic UFC 118 now just days away, Tapology sought some insight into the inner workings of the new Boston MMA scene [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged insiders, ufc
By Steven Kelliher on August 18, 2010
For Dan Hornbuckle, a shot a Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good was nearly within reach. All he had to do was get by Olympic wrestler Ben Askren in the Finals of the Season 2 Welterweight Tournament, and the title shot was his. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out as he had planned, and Askren now occupies [...]
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By Steven Kelliher on August 18, 2010
While the image he cuts walking out to the cage draped in a cape and surrounded by a gaggle of attractive women might rub some fans the wrong way, King Mo makes no bones about it; he doesn’t really care. That reaction might give you the wrong impression, however, as countless members of the media [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged light heavyweights, strikeforce
By Steven Kelliher on August 13, 2010
Since June of 2009, Armed Forces veteran Tim Kennedy has made quick work of three of the most promising fighters in the Strikeforce middleweight division. After his latest win–a June submission over Trevor Prangley–Kennedy was surprised to receive a shot at the Vacant Middleweight Championship following Jake Shields’s departure from the promotion. Currently in the [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged middleweights, strikeforce
By Steven Kelliher on August 11, 2010
WEC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz is one of the most difficult fighters to figure out in the promotion. With only one loss–above his natural weight class–in 16 career fights, Cruz is ready for all comers, even if he’s already beaten them In the midst of final preparations for his first title defense, a rematch against [...]
Posted in Exclusive Interviews | Tagged bantamweights, wec
