Mir defeats Lesnar in 1st round Ex-champion spoils former WWE wrestler’s UFC debut LAS VEGAS (AP) — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira took the UFC interim heavyweight title, forcing former two-time champion Tim Sylvia to tap in the third round on Saturday…
Dave Meltzer Brock Lesnar’s notoriety as a World Wrestling Entertainment champion and headliner has created great interest in his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut on Saturday night against former UFC champion Frank Mir. But because his fame comes from scripted entertainment,…
By Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports Sam Vasquez of Houston may have become the first fighter to die from injuries sustained in mixed martial arts competition in North America. A report by The Fight Network cited the Harris County (Texas) medical…
For everyone who followed pro wrestling from childhood, there was always a lingering question: How would certain guys, not necessarily the biggest stars but the ones who are known by fans as real-life tough guys, do if the battle was…
Brock Lesnar, a former NCAA heavyweight champion for the University of Minnesota and former pro wrestler, has joined the UFC, it was announced on Saturday. On UFC.com, UFC president Dana White said, “I don’t think there are any other pro…
by Matt Culbertson published on Friday, October 19, 2007 STING LIKE A BEE: Christian Grosinsky, 25, of Tempe practices a punch sequence with ASU nursing graduate Lars Havens at the Student Recreation Complex. Pankration is a form of mixed martial…
Heavyweight champion Randy Couture has severed ties with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, his Las Vegas spokesman said on Thursday. Spokesman Sean O’Heir of Couture’s Xtreme Couture MMA said Thursday that the UFC Hall of Famer had vacated his championship and…
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY In decades past, an outstanding college wrestler like Johny Hendricks probably would have focused his post-graduate efforts on trying to make the Olympics. Instead, he’ll make his mixed martial arts debut in a cage match…
Johny Hendricks By Jenni Carlson Staff Writer Willie Gunter wants to be a mixed martial arts fighter when he grows up. He already has a nickname picked out””The Beast.” He has a way to reach his dream, too. Wrestling. Already…
John P. Katsantonis ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In the wake of Jake Rosholt and Eric Bradley’s stunning SRO victories at ‘Masters of the Cage XV’ last month, Team Takedown (TTD) is preparing its latest fighting machines, OSU-NCAA wrestling champ Johny Hendricks…
