Now that the dust has settled in the DREAM featherweight grand prix, champion Bibiano Fernandes makes the top 10 rankings for the first time. Was Shinya Aoki's win over Joachim Hansen enough to surpass B.J. Penn as top lightweight? Jake Shields makes the top 10 middleweights after his victory over Jason "Mayhem" Miller, and is UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre still on top of the P4P rankings?
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
ROGER HOLLETT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
By: Derek Leblanc
It has been over two years now since Roger Hollett has won a fight in Alberta for the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC). After snapping a two fight losing streak at Extreme Cage Combat 10 (ECC) to Chris Peak in September, The Hulk looks to leave Edmonton with a win on Friday when he faces Aron Lofton at MFC's Heat XC four. Hollett is determined to do whatever it takes for the W.
"We have trained really hard for this camp," Hollett.
"Things went really well. I hope it is just a good fight. I will take on whatever I will get. I won't pass up a good submission or a good knockout."
THE FIGHT FORECAST: FEDOR VS. ROGERS
By: Jordan Small
This Saturday night marks the return of two things, the long awaited return of mixed martial arts to network television and the return of the king. In October of 2008, Elite XC aired their last show on CBS following Kimbo Slice's 14 second KO loss to Seth Petruzelli. Now it is 13 months later and Strikeforce MMA will get their crack at network television and they will kick it off with a bang. One of the greatest ever to grace mixed marital arts in Fedor Emelianenko, will put his top ranked status on the table and headline the card against the undefeated, bull of a man, Brett "Grim" Rogers. This isn't a title fight so it will be three, five minute rounds for the number one contendership to the Strikeforce heavyweight title.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
THE FRANCHISE WEIGH IN PODCAST
Listen in to The Franchise Radio's Gary and Nick as they deliver the MMA Weigh In Podcast and preview Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers on the Strikeforce card this Saturday.
http://www.thefranchise.ca/podcast/mmaweighin110109.mp3
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
LESNAR OUT OF UFC 106 DUE TO ILLNESS
By: Jordan Small
UFC 106 just got a whole lot lighter, literally. The UFC's brick wall of a champion Brock Lesnar has been crumpled by an illness and will not be defending his title on the UFC 106 pay per view on November 21st. Lesnar was scheduled to face off against fellow behemoth and number one contender Shane Carwin, instead, the heavyweight title will be defended on January 2nd at UFC 108.
Much like Lesnar's smothering style of fighting, this illness has held Brock down for several weeks and hasn't allowed him to train for his upcoming bout. Speculation is that it might be the dreaded H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the swine flu) but nothing has been confirmed.
The departure of the Lesnar/Carwin title fight has left the rest UFC 106 card looking as bare as maple tree during winter. The new main event will be a rematch between the returning Tito Ortiz and track star Forrest Griffin.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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