Don’t forget to check out the rest of the UFC 163 main card preview here. As the UFC heads back to the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, fight fans are foaming at the mouth in anticipation for UFC 163’s main event. Longtime featherweight champion and hometown hero Jose Aldo will put his title on […]
The UFC is one again heading back to Brazil- or as it is often referred to in the media, the Mecca of Mixed Martial Arts. Headlined by a featherweight championship bout between long time champion and hometown hero Jose Aldo and fan-favorite Chan Sung Jung, this card has fireworks written all over it. Add in […]
All week, talks of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. stepping into the ring together began to pick up steam. It seemed like only a matter of time before Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney made the bout official. That all changed Wednesday afternoon when Rampage — during an […]
Fight fans are in for a treat this Saturday as the UFC heads back to Seattle for UFC on Fox 8. Sandwiched between the historic UFC 162 and the upcoming UFC 163 next weekend, this free fight card has gone rather unnoticed, which is a travesty as it has all the makings to be an […]
With Phoenix native John Moraga set to challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC Flyweight championship Saturday, the former ASU wrestler will look to join fighters Cain Velasquez, Benson Henderson and Dominick Cruz as UFC champions with very strong ties to Arizona. Combine this with UFC superstars Ryan Bader, C.B. Dollaway and Kyle Kingsbury and MMA […]
Fans have been calling for it, both fighters have been calling for it and now it has become a reality. After a concussion forced UFC lightweight contender T.J. Grant to pull out of his title match against champion Benson Henderson at UFC164, fight fans began to wonder who would step up against such a dangerous […]
We’ve reached the halfway point of 2013 and with several milestones taking place since UFC on Fox 6 kicked off back in January, it has already been a more thrilling year than the injury-riddled 2012. Now I realize the historic events of UFC 162 were technically held in the second half of the year, but […]
On Sunday, 17-year-old Alexis Urbina and his coach, Andy Soto, will arrive at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to participate in a three week training camp, organized by the USA Boxing head coach Pedro Roque. It’s just another step in the journey that Urbina hopes will lead to an Olympic medal in 2016. […]
On Saturday, UFC president Dana White revealed plans for what will become known as the most anticipated fight card in mixed martial arts history. Appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter, White announced the rematch of the historic UFC 162 main event between newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva had been made official for […]
The sweat hadn’t even dried following Chris Weidman’s historic knockout victory over former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva at UFC 162 when talks of a rematch between the two octagon warriors had already begun to swirl. After all, it only made sense that the greatest champion the sport of mixed martial arts had ever known […]
It is a day no mixed martial arts fan will soon forget. In front of 12,000 screaming fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, new UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman did the unthinkable, not only defeating, but finishing the greatest fighter the world has ever known and taking the belt from the longest-reigning champion in […]
As a boxing fan, I run into a lot of people who tell me, “I stopped watching boxing after Tyson,” or, “Boxing is dead. I’m an MMA fan.” (I also run into a fair number of people who say they were Golden Glove Champions in past lives, but I digress.) This week, it became apparent […]
The UFC is returning to Brazil for UFC on Fox Sports 1:3, with a pair of high profile fights booked for the Sept. 4 card being held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, including the main event between light heavyweights Glover Teixeira (21-2, 19 straight wins, 4-0 UFC) and our own former ASU Wrestling All-American and Ultimate […]
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to catch up with ageless legend Dan "Hendo" Henderson for an Arizona exclusive one-on-one interview that ran Saturday afternoon on The Power MMA Show, on Arizona Sports 620 and here on ArizonaSports.com.
‘Suga’ Rashad Evans (17-3-1) vs. Dan ‘Hendo’ Henderson (29-9) At one point Dan Henderson had earned a shot a shot at UFC lightweight champion Jon Jones’s belt. One knee injury, a cancelled UFC event and a loss to Lyoto Machida, and the oldest active fighter on the UFC roster is looking rewind the clock and […]
With UFC 160 now a distant memory, fight fans everywhere began to turn their attention to the injury riddled UFC 161 being held at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, originally scheduled to be headlined by an interim Bantamweight championship fight between Renan Barao and Eddie Wineland before a foot injury forced the champion Barao out […]
Undefeated world champion boxers Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will stop in Phoenix during the course of an 11-city press tour that begins June 24th in New York City. They are promoting their September 14th super fight slated to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Showtime pay-per-view. […]
Before there was Georges St. Pierre there was Matt Hughes. A two-time Welterweight champion and the holder of the most wins in UFC history, Hughes was one of the most recognizable fighters in the early days of the UFC. In fact, one could make an argument that outside of the big three in Randy Couture, […]
The UFC is back in Brazil Saturday night for UFC on Fuel 10 headlined by a heavyweight bout between mixed martial arts legend Antônio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and fellow Brazilian submission specialist Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum Being held at the Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium in Fortaleza, Brazil this event will also feature the final round of […]
Last week, John Moraga called into The Power MMA Show to chat with his former ASU Wrestling teammate Ryan Bader, Coach Aaron Simpson and host Jim Grieshaber and clear up some controversy caused by a comment he had made a week earlier about UFC Flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, his opponent in the headlining […]
The sports world is abuzz with the news that Miami-based Biogenesis founder and suspected PED peddler Anthony Bosch is set to assist MLB with its investigation into banned substance use by several high-profile baseball players, including the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and the Brewers’ Ryan Braun. The investigation began in January when former Biogenesis employees came […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Televisa announced on Thursday the planned launch of 24-hour UFC only channel that will be made available throughout most of Latin America. This new channel, set to launch in late 2013, will be subscription-based and will target fight fans in both Central and South America, with the exception Brazil, since […]
Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez confirmed for September 14th – Arizona Boxing Community Reactions It promises to be one of the biggest boxing events of the year. September 14th, Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26KO) will face Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KO) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The announcement came as a […]
The first time Cain Velasquez squared off against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, back at UFC 146 last July, the former ASU wrestling All-American was coming off the first loss of his career, a devastating knockout at the hands of Junior Dos Santos at UFC on Fox 1 that also cost the former Yuma Kofa state champion […]
The first UFC pay-per-view of the summer also has the potential to be one of the fastest UFC cards in recent memory. With a slew of knockout artists appearing from the opening Facebook prelim to the colossal main event, UFC 160 is guaranteeing fireworks from beginning to end. With four of the top 10 heavyweights […]
The baddest man on the planet. It’s the title bestowed upon the best of the biggest in combat sports. While it does not have a physical belt to go along with the title, it is recognized amongst the fighting community as a prestigious accomplishment only granted to a handful of men deemed worthy to carry […]
For Arizona’s newest favorite son Cain Velasquez, his surreal and magical journey from breaking his back working the lettuce fields of southwestern Arizona with his father to standing in the center of the UFC’s octagon at MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, with thousands of fans in the building and millions around […]
UFC on FX 8, taking place in Jaragua, Brazil, doesn’t exactly have fight fans foaming at the mouths. But who can blame them? The first fight card of the summer has the unfortunate position of being sandwiched between UFC 159, headlined by the highly anticipated Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen match, and UFC 160 headlined […]
It’s just been announced that you’re going to face Manny Pacquiao in China. What are your thoughts on this fight? It’s going to be a great fight. A hell of a fight! I get to see another country. I’m very happy, very excited. It’s going to be a toe-to-toe battle, an all out war. What […]
