And Albany thumbs its nose at MMA … again Legalize the Empire documents the story of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo releasing his proposed budget which allegedly focuses on economic change and growth, and aims to trim the state’s massive deficit. While education and Medicaid both take cuts, there is absolutely no mention of MMA [...]

UFC 126

Anthony Pettis is in an ideal spot. Even after the UFC changed course and postponed Pettis’ promised lightweight title shot in favor of Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard III, an immediate and necessary rematch of their split draw at UFC 125, Pettis remained in line to fight the eventual winner. All Pettis had to do [...]

Anthony Pettis

The year of 2011 has the look of a breakthrough for Strikeforce. First was the formal announcement of a three-stage, single-elimination tournament to decide the Strikeforce heavyweight champion throughout the course of the year. It begins with the return of Fedor Emelianenko, after M-1 Global signed a multi-year agreement to co-promote events headlined by “The [...]

Strikeforce

It wasn’t too long ago the Ontario government refused to sanction mixed martial arts. That changed in August when lawmakers saw the light. On Tuesday, the UFC announced that UFC 131 will be Zuffa’s debut in the province when it visits Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Saturday, April 30, 2011. In addition, a two-day Fan Expo [...]

UFC 131

Kyle Noke didn’t watch this season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but the Season 11 alum can relate with what the Season 12 cast endured en route to Saturday night’s Ultimate Finale, the main event pitting Jonathan Brookins against Michael Johnson to decide who earns a six-figure contract from the UFC. “It’s a great experience to [...]

TUF (The Ultimate Fighter)

A dynamite UFC 125 card scheduled for New Year’s Day in Las Vegas is currently without a co-main event as UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was forced to withdraw from his title defense against Josh Grispi. Heavy.com first reported that a compacted vertebrae was causing tingling in Aldo’s arms and Aldo’s trainer, Andre “Dede” Pederneiras, [...]

BJ Penn, UFC 125

Georges St-Pierre (GSP) was recently featured in an ESPN SportsCenter commercial, promoting his upcoming UFC 124 showdown with UFC welterweight title contender, Josh Koscheck. GSP and Koscheck will meet at in GSP’s back yard, Montreal, Quebec Canada. Koscheck is looking to hand St-Pierre his first loss since April 7th, 2007 when the current champion lost [...]

ESPN, GSP