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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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Danny Acosta spoke with WEC co-general manager Reed Harris today on his Fox Sports Reno, NV radio show. These are excerpts from the conversation. On coming back to Sacramento:"Yeah I think so, our tickets are actually tracking better…
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By FIGHT! contributor Jon Lane Anthony Johnson loves anything involving the likelihood of getting hurt. At the age of six something compelled him to emulate a trapeze artist. He tied a rope from one end of his swing set to the other,…
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Former UFC lightweight champion Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk is set to face Frankie Edgar at UFC 98 on May 23. Terry E. Bush caught up with Sherk to talk to him about where he's been and where he plans on going. FIGHT! Magazine: First…
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LEMOORE, Calif. – Palace Fight Championships welterweight title-holder Olaf Alfonso showed up at the Tachi Palace Casino and Hotel with a live Mariachi band to defend his middleweight title for the first time. Unfortunately the band…
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