May 2009

It’s been two years in the making and now Matt Hughes will finally square off against Matt Serra in the co-main event of UFC 98 – assuming neither of them get mysteriously injured Ken Shamrock-style. The whole beef between the polar…

Several years ago kickboxing legend Joe Lewis was asked about the relevance of kickboxing in self defense and mixed martial arts and he said that while 90% of fights end up on the ground, they all start on the feet. In spite of this,…

Bobby Lashley doesn’t regret walking away from a lucrative professional wrestling career to enter the fight game; it’s what he really wanted to do all along.

Fight emcee Jimmy Lennon Jr. announced today in St. Louis that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski would face former EliteXC fighter Brett Rogers live on Showtime from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on June 6. Lennon…

It’s ironic that I’m writing this commentary on the impact, or lack thereof, Bellator Fighting Championship has had on the MMA scene. I wrote a feature on the company for the April issue of Fight! Magazine, which focused on their…

Bwoop. "I'm 8-3," read a new instant message from FIGHT! Magazine managing editor Matt Brown. "I made my own guy." I chatted with Brown the day before, or at least I'd attempted to. You see, he'd gotten an advance copy of "UFC:…

It's been more than week since Cole Escovedo won his fight at Palace Fighting Championships 13. Michael McDonald made Escovedo fight and "The Apache Kid" looked impressive in the process. The fight was fun to watch, but what occurred after…

I got Mario Lopez on the phone for a few minutes this morning on a totally unrelated matter but took advantage of my opportunity to talk to him about his work for EliteXC and his boxing. FIGHT! Magazine: You did some cageside reporting…

“Whether I win or lose, I want people to always say, ‘That guy can fight — that guy loves to fight,’” Spencer Fisher said. “Everybody remembers my fights — I try to leave that out there.” Fisher’s penchant for intensity began as a young…