Below is the tentative fight card for UFC Fight Night 20: Maynard vs. Diaz, scheduled to take place on January 11, 2010, from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA:
Main Bouts:
Gray Maynard (8-0) vs. Nate Diaz (11-4)
Efrain Escudero (12-0) vs. Evan Dunham (9-0)
Tom Lawlor (6-1) vs. Aaron Simpson (6-0)
Rory MacDonald (9-0) vs. Mike Guymon (10-2-1)
Preliminary Bouts:
Chris [...]
Sneak Peek: The Best for Last
Spike.com has released a video preview of the two-hour episode, which features the show’s final two preliminary bouts and both semifinal fights. The two remaining fighters meet for the show championship at Saturday’s live finale in Las Vegas.
I suppose it depends on who you actually believe as viewership numbers can be manipulated to a degree, but according to M-1 Global and Strikeforce, 25 million worldwide viewed the Fedor Emelianenko-Brett Rogers main event that took place on November 7 at Hoffman Estates, IL.
The event, viewed mainly through CBS (United States, 5.46 million viewers) [...]
Below are the results from the Shark Fights 7 card, which took place on Saturday at Azteca Music Hall in Amarillo, TX:
Trevor Prangley defeated Marcus Sursa (rear-naked choke), Round 1
Liam McCarty defeated Tony Castillo (triangle choke), Round 2
Kyle Bracey defeated Steven Ray (north-south choke), Round 2
Brandi Hainey defeated Yadira Anzaldua (guillotine choke), Round 2
Jared Lopez [...]
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UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn may be fighting on December 12th, but mixed martial arts’ latest prodigy takes to the Octagon a week earlier. He’s Jon Jones. You’ve heard the name, you’ve seen what he can do in the Octagon, and you’ve heard all about the 22-year old’s potential.
And frankly, it’s hard [...]
I never thought I would see the day when professional wrestling at the corporate level would enter the MMA world, yet there is that possibility out there as WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon had been rumored to have cashed out $50 million of his $80 million in WWE stock, which as it [...]
Below is the tentative fight card for UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva, scheduled to take place on January 2, 2010 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV:
Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller
Paul Daley vs. Carlos Condit
Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout
Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller
Martin Kampmann vs. Rory Markham
Sean Sherk [...]
As good as Anderson Silva is, even he can be bitten by the injury bug; in his case, it is his recovery from recent elbow surgery. Because his recovery time is taking longer than usual, it appears highly unlikely that Silva will participate in UFC 109 on February 6, 2010 against Vitor Belfort and may [...]
The first of many up-and-coming MMA fighter prospects that Octagon Buzz will feature now and in the future:
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division.
A veteran of the IAFC (International Absolute Fighting Council), he began his career win an impressive 15 fight win streak. He has also fought [...]
As Octagon Buzz already does, they endeavor to advance and bring attention to one of the most popular sports here in the United States and abroad: mixed martial arts.
While there are lots of MMA organizations here in the States and internationally, there’s one thing that has kind of flown under the radar: the overlooked MMA [...]
November 30th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
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