MMA Mania brings you an exclusive interview with Bellator 115 pound women fighter Jessica Aguilar. I think that his problem is he’s a businessman. Obviously, he feels like, how’s he gonna put together a division if there’s no depth to it. “There’s not enough females out there” has been his take but now when you [...]

If Josh Koscheck’s twitter account is to be believed, the on-again, off-again retirement of former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn has officially come to an end. This morning, Koscheck announced via twitter that he was offered a fight with The Prodigy, and that he was thrilled for the opportunity. “UFC just offered me [...]

The following is an editorial, expressing the opinions of MMA writer and one of the more obnoxious Fight Nerd correspondents Peter Lampasona. The opinions expressed in this editorial do not necessarily reflect those of The Fight Nerd.com or any of its contributors. On Saturday, May 12, conservative blogger Granville Ampong published an interview with eight-division [...]

Things are starting to look up for K-1 fans. The K-1 Global Holdings Limited group has officially taken over the K-1 brand as of February, just before it was announced that former parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group declared bankruptcy. Now, K-1 has revealed that former K-1 World Max Champion Masato has taken the role of [...]

Charity amateur boxing promotion Haymakers for Hope will bring its Rock ‘n Rumble event to the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts tomorrow night, with all proceeds going to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund. Among the amateur fighters debuting against cancer are two local pillars of the community and members of generation X: [...]

The newest political poll from Siena college showed for the first time that more people in New York support the legalization of MMA in the Empire State than oppose it. The poll reported that a total of 32% of those surveyed support lifting the ban on mixed martial arts, while only 26% want the ban [...]

When it comes to grapplers, there are two major schools of thoughts – submission over position, or position over submission. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately, the techniques involved are still effectively the same, it is more how they are applied that is changed. Either way, you still need to have the [...]

Last night, UFC president Dana White missed his first company event since Zuffa Entertainment purchased the promotion in 2001 after being diagnosed with Ménière’s disease. Just before the UFC on Fuel TV 3 card, White tweeted his laments for not being present. “First fight I will miss in 11 years and it is killing me,” [...]

This morning, in response to the now infamous no-show by Nick Diaz for his Jiu-Jitsu superfight with Braulio Estima, Diaz’s head coach Cesar Gracie released a statement detailing what had gone wrong with the event up to that point. In the statement, Gracie accused the promoter, identified only by the name “Junior,” of bending the [...]

This morning, Nick Diaz’s head coach Cesar Gracie issued an official statement explaining his protege’s failure to show this weekend in his World Jiu-Jitsu Expo superfight against Braulio Estima. Until today, media speculation as to why Diaz elected not to attend one of the most publicized Jiu-Jitsu matches in recent memory revolved mostly around questions [...]