Ruslan Karaev has been named as one of the potential participants in the theft of several pieces from the Kunsthal Gallery, in Rotterdam. Ruslan Karaev was never what you might call a star in K-1, but he was a name fighter with victories over Kyotaro, Badr Hari, and Stefan Leko. However, after a 2009 loss to
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Josh Rosenthal has refereed MMA at the highest level, including the UFC, where he reffed many times, including a world heavy weight title bout between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. The referee was also praised by UFC President, a rare occasion in this sport. Now the referee however finds himself in a difficult situation and will
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BY DWIGHT BRAXTON Over the past couple of months, a lot of buzz has surrounded FKP MMA patriarch Chris “Mjolnir” Franco’s decision to move the second location of his groundbreaking club from Port Moody to Surrey’s World Gym. Deals were struck, equipment was purchased, and things were seemingly full-speed-ahead for the scheduled January 7th grand
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UFC middleweight Jake Shields released a statement issuing an apology for using a banned substance ahead of his UFC 150 clash with Ed Herman. The decision has resulted in a six-month suspension, according to the fighter. Shields, who previously challenged for the UFC welterweight title before returning to 185 pounds, did not specify in
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After a motorcycle accident led to Jose Aldo missing what would have been the biggest featherweight fight in two years, UFC is attempting to contractually clamp down on a number of activites. When featherweight champion Jose Aldo and Kyle Kingsbury were both injured riding motorcycles last month, the UFC found itself with yet another type of injury
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Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia battled it out for the fourth time inside a cage at ONE FC 5: “Pride of a Nation” in Manila, Philippines. “The Pitbull” vowed to get his revenge on “dickface,” no matter the cost, and that’s exactly what he did. The cost ended up being the fight. The Belarusian
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Jason “Mayhem” Miller has been charged with vandalism after allegedly breaking into a church, getting buck ass naked, and trashing the place … this according to the Orange County District Attorney. According to the charging docs, obtained by TMZ, Mayhem was hit with one misdemeanor count of vandalism — and if convicted, he faces
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In the history of MMA there have been many talented competitors, but there are only a handful of competitors, so good that the nature of MMA changed forever from their presence in the sport. When Jon “Bones” Jones thoroughly devastated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128, just about everyone watching felt they were not only
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Rashad Evans will return to UFC action and face his former training partner and newly crowned light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in a future bout as was made official last night following Jones UFC 128 win over Shogun Rua and UFC President Dana White talked about Evans and their past differences in deciding that Evans
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Mirko “Cro Cop’s” time in the UFC has likely come to an end following a devastating third round knockout at the hands of Brendan Schaub at UFC 128. At the post fight press conference, when asked about where Cro Cop would go from here, Dana White offered the following: “I was talking tonight about how
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