K-1 returned! The World MAX 2012 began in earnest with a solid showing in Spain, whose capital Madrid hosted some of the world’s finest stand-up fighters for the world’s most exciting light-middleweight tournament, and some heavyweight superfights thrown in for good measure! Badr Hari may have gotten the main billing, and between his and Artur […]

“It is God’s Will”, says Fedor, the greatest Mixed Martial Arts fighter to have ever competed professionally. That was how he justified his fall from the top, as his decade of destruction and 32-fight-unbeaten streak of terror was finally ended by Fabricio Werdum. And so it is now, as he prepares to end his career […]

What’s done is done; the past is behind us and the future is unwritten. Embrace it. K-1 imploded under its former management, as financial issues and the stagnant combat sports scene in Japan combined to bring the once great kickboxing promotion to its knees, with a host of unpaid and aggrieved European fighters kicking their […]

March-June 2012 is a great time to be a fan of Muay Thai, especially in Thailand! After the consecutive Saturday Lumpinee Stadiums cards Sam-A/Petchpanomrung & Saenchai/Sagetdao, we had several announcements, the three most eye-catching to me of which I will feature here, namely: *The Omnoi Stadium tournament. *The WMC 4-man 72kg title tournament *The WBC […]

With the Bantamweight Grand Prix definitely in mind, Andrew Leone may have been refereeing at the Phuket Top Team BBQ Fight Night, but I’m sure he had a keen ear out for the results of this event in which two former foes and fellow Grand Prix contestants fought on, with mixed results. Korea’s Kyung Ho […]

The World MuayThai Council have put together a tournament featuring four of the best middleweights in the world. Saiyok, Jordan Watson, Ilya Grad and Vuyisile Colossa will compete in Bangkok on April 3rd, in a round robin style tournament to determine the man at the weight. It coincides with the WMC’s petition for Muay Thai […]

I caught up with Jorge Masvidal, training at Phuket Top Team in Phuket, Thailand. Here is the interview of the Strikeforce title challenger, former Sengoku & Bellator contender and top lightweight. http://www.twitter.com/FightSportAsia http://www.twitter.com/DanielFletcher_ http://www.PhuketTopTeam.com

One was the former #1 lightweight, and one is the unofficial #1 featherweight. Takanori Gomi and Hatsu Hioki represented both their country and the Japanese MMA scene superbly with two displays of varying excellence. Hioki put on yet another grappling clinic, whereas the wilder Gomi showed considerable grit to come back from a combination of […]

Explosive! It didn’t take long before fans of worldwide Mixed Martial Arts began writing, with just a small dose of vitriol, “OneFC > UFC”. While there was a definite degree of knowing defiance in said vitriolic remarks, it must be said that in order for such remarks to be made, a promotion has to deliver […]

An ambitious promotion, they say they will be the next PRIDE, bringing a new age of prosperity to the world of Mixed Martial Arts in Asia. Victor Cui’s OneFC are only one event in, yet have already brokered a deal with FEG and officially partnered up with Japan’s current biggest Mixed Martial Arts organisation DREAM. […]