With a distance of roughly 1,800 miles between Macao and Tokyo, the countries of China and Japan aren’t exactly next door neighbors, but on November 10th, Japanese MMA will be well represented on the first UFC event to take place in China, as standouts Takanori Gomi, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Riki Fukuda, and Takeya Mizugaki all take to the Octagon for what promises to be an historic event not just fo...

LINCOLN, R.I. (Aug. 2, 2012) – Once tomorrow’s highly-anticipated main event between John “Doomsday” Howard and Scott Rehm is over with, Howard promises nothing will change his cordial relationship with Rehm. “We’ll probably grab a beer afterward, maybe party, etc., etc.,” Howard said. “We’re going to have fun. This is what we do for a living. It’s a business. It’s not personal.” Howard (16-7, ...

With no immediate challenger, Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler will not sit out the entire spring as it was announced Wednesday he will face Akihiro Gono on May 4 in Rama, Ontario, at Bellator 67.

Chandler (9-0) defeated Eddie Alvarez last November via fourth round submission in one of the best fights of 2011, culminating a run through his first lightweight tournament. They had no ...

The car crash effect gets us all. For some reason, we turn into rubberneckers and slow down our speeding vehicles to catch a brief glimpse of the accident causing all the delays and traffic jams. The same thing roughly applies to mixed martial arts - except we replace the metal and plastic wreckage with organic, human bodily damage as limbs get torqued beyond their capacities.

In a similarly mac...