Andreas Kraniotakes News
Monday 12.03.2012 3:15am ET | View Full Article
A heavyweight bout between Josh Barnett (31-6 MMA, 2-1 SF) and promotional newcomer Nandor Guelmino (11-3-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) is now set for next month's "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" event.MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported the bout this past weekend, and executives recently made it official.
Sources said Guelmino simply needed to resolve some visa issues to get official clea...
Thursday 11.29.2012 4:01pm ET | View Full Article
Josh Barnett will indeed be competing one last time in Strikeforce after all. He has been added to the main card of the Strikeforce: Champions card on January 12th, but his opponent is someone you've likely never heard of - Nandor Guelmino. MMA Junkie has the news:
Sources close to the fighters today told MMA Junkie that Barnett (31-6 MMA, 2-1 SF) is targeted to meet fellow heavyweight Nandor G...
Sunday 06.17.2012 3:58pm ET | View Full Article
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Hope you jerks are having a better Father's Day than some of us.
Yesterday didn't just provide us with depressing fights from former contenders. We also got to witness a fight from former champion Tim Sylvia and Jong Dae Kim attempt to win The Bob Sapp Challenge™. Okay, so it was still somewhat depressing. But at least you won't feel guilty for pointing and laughing at anyone involved, so what...
Sunday 04.15.2012 9:30pm ET | View Full Article
Remember that "big announcement" former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia was teasing for April 14? Well he revealed all on his Twitter account and while some were surely hoping Dana White had changed his mind about bringing "The Maine-iac" back to the UFC, that's simply not the case.
Instead, it was just as my colleague Jesse Holland said it would be: a simpl...
Thursday 04.05.2012 1:36pm ET | View Full Article
Could it be?
With the possibility that Alistair Overeem is no longer eligible to compete for Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) heavyweight title on May 26 in Las Vegas, any "big announcement" coming from a 265-pound fighter is worth paying attention to.
Even if it's from Tim Sylvia.
"The Maine-iac," who in recent weeks has resorted to begging his old boss for another crack at fame and for...
Friday 03.16.2012 3:25pm ET | View Full Article
Prior to Friday, heavyweight Mike "300" Hayes was considering a drop to the light heavyweight division.
Now, he's Cage Warriors Fighting Championship's heavyweight champion.
Hayes scored a nifty third-round submission over Andreas Kraniotakes in the main event of Cage Warriors Fight Night 4, which took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United Arab Emirates and aired on MMAjunkie.com....
Friday 03.16.2012 1:11pm ET | View Full Article
Le jeune prodige français Mansour Barnaoui (6-0) disputait son premier combat à l’étranger le 16 mars. Voici les résultats de l’évènement. Carte principale Mike Hayes (225.8) vs. Andreas Kraniotakes...
Friday 03.16.2012 12:30pm ET | View Full Article
You can watch a live video stream of today's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4
main card on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)
following Facebook prelims at 12:05 p.m. ET.
Today's event takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United
Arab Emirates. The main card begins at 9 p.m. locally in Dubai
(and 5 p.m. in England).
The heavyweight headliner pits Andreas Kraniotakes a...
Friday 03.16.2012 10:30am ET | View Full Article
With 13 finishes in 13 career wins, Andreas Kraniotakes is all about the stoppage win.
With all four of his career losses coming by way of decision, Mike Hayes isn't exactly familiar with stopping short of the final bell.
"I have 13 wins in my career, and all of those wins came by way of
submission or knockout," Kraniotakes told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "He's a guy that refuses to get finished.
T...
Friday 03.16.2012 5:00am ET | View Full Article
You can watch a live video stream of today's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4
main card on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)
following Facebook prelims at 12:05 p.m. ET.
Today's event takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United
Arab Emirates. The main card begins at 9 p.m. locally in Dubai
(and 5 p.m. in England).
The heavyweight headliner pits Andreas Kraniotakes a...
Thursday 03.15.2012 11:15am ET | View Full Article
MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Bellator 61 middleweight-tournament fighter Brian Rogers and Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 headliner
Andreas Kraniotakes.
We also welcome former M-1 champ and current MMA free agent Vinny Magalhaes to the studio.
MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. PT) live from
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Thursday 03.15.2012 9:30am ET | View Full Article
"I've been not fighting much over the past year and a half, and not by my choice," Mike "300" Hayes told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "I want to get in the cage and do something."
The heavyweight was so restless, he recently fought for and won his release from Bellator Fighting Championships.
Now a day away from his international debut at Cage Warriors Fight Night 4, Hayes wants to pace the upstart pr...
Thursday 03.15.2012 7:35am ET | View Full Article
All fighters taking part in Friday's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 event today made weight for the show.
The event takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the main streams live live on MMAjunkie.com at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).
Headliners Mike Hayes and Andreas Kraniotakes, who meet for the Cage Warriors' vacant heavyweight title, both easily made weight.
Thursday 03.15.2012 7:35am ET | View Full Article
All fighters taking part in Friday's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 event today made weight for the show.
The event takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the main streams live live on MMAjunkie.com at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).
Headliners Mike Hayes and Andreas Kraniotakes, who meet for the Cage Warriors' vacant heavyweight title, both easily made weight.
Wednesday 03.14.2012 1:25pm ET | View Full Article
Andreas Kraniotakes and recent Bellator competitor Mike Hayes are featured in the headlining bout of this weekend's Cage
Warriors Fight Night 4 event, and MMAjunkie.com will
feature a live stream of the evening's main-card action.
Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 takes place Friday at the Dubai World Trade
Centre. The stream kicks off at 1 p.m. ET (9 p.m. GST local time).
Kraniotakes and Hayes me...
Tuesday 03.13.2012 4:15pm ET | View Full Article
Three weeks ago, Bellator veteran Mike Hayes was making the drop from
heavyweight to light heavyweight, and he was just 10 or so pounds from
his goal.
But then Cage Warriors called and offered him a heavyweight title fight
at Friday's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 event, which streams live on
MMAjunkie.com.
In a video preview of the event, Hayes discusses why his weight worries him little ahe...
Thursday 03.08.2012 10:35am ET | View Full Article
The main card is set for next week's Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 event.
The show, which streams live on MMAjunkie.com, takes place Friday, March 16, at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
As previously announced, the event features a headliner of Andreas Kraniotakes vs. recent Bellator competitor Mike Hayes for the organization's vacant heavyweight title.
Monday 02.27.2012 1:20pm ET | View Full Article
Following a recent Cage Warriors 46 main-event victory, Andreas Kraniotakes will now fight recent Bellator competitor Mike Hayes for the organization's vacant heavyweight title.
Cage Warriors officials today confirmed the details with MMAjunkie.com.
The event, Cage Warriors Fight Night 4, takes place March 16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the main card streams live on MMAjunkie.com.
Monday 02.27.2012 12:50pm ET | View Full Article
Germany’s top heavyweight, Andreas Kraniotakes, continues to build his reputation as a man willing to step up on short notice.
Thursday 02.23.2012 3:45pm ET | View Full Article
In a heavyweight headliner, Germany's Andreas Kraniotakes reigned
supreme and made quick work of Ukrainian competitor Dmitry Poberezhets.
Kraniotakes bloodied his opponent, forced him to the mat, and then tapped him out with a deep first-round rear-naked choke.
The main-event fight was part of Cage Warriors 46, which took place
today at Stereo Plaza in Kiev, Ukraine. The night's main card s...