It was a fitting end for a legend in the sport Saturday night at UFC 115. Chuck Liddell came into his main event fight with Rich Franklin having lost 4 of his last 5 and being knocked out in 3 of them. It was Chuck’s last stand and he left it all in the cage. He came out like the Chuck of old with his hands and feet ready for war and it was late in round 1, with his once rock solid chin gone from years of battles and knockouts scummed to a Franklin right hand that put him down and out.

Many are sad that Liddell with no longer grace the octagon. We will never see the Iceman’s lethal right hand and overpowering punches. We will never see the mo hawked rock star, who was truly the first Read More

It was another exciting and busy weekend in MMA. We saw a great champion fall, another climb back up and our first UFC in the Philadelphia. Here is how we saw the action.

1. Champions will rise Just as Fast as they Will Fall

Anderson Silva rose to the occasion Saturday night. He was facing a very tough former champion at 205 lbs in Forrest Griffin and made him look like an amateur. He regained the support of the fans who booed him mercilessly during his introduction and cheered for him loudly after his KO win. One of the greatest fighters on the planet is back. Miguel Torres looked human Sunday night at WEC 42 when he was knocked out for the first time in his career by newcomer Brian Bowles in the very first round. It was Torres second loss in 39 fights and the top 5 pound for pound fighter in the world will have to go back to the drawing board and climb his way back. Read More

October 14, 2006. UFC 64. It’s a day that Kenny Florian thinks about often and uses as motivation every day in his training. Standing across the cage from him was the muscled up Sean Sherk with a UFC title on the line. Sherk’s impressive career consisted of 30 wins with only 2 loses coming to Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes. It’s a night that changed Florian’s fight preparatin forever.   Read More

The biggest card over the weekend was “Ultimate Chaos”held in Biloxi, Mississippi featuring a main event between Bob Sapp and Bobby Lashley. While the main event was less than thrilling, the remaining fights on the card exceeded expectations and we saw the evolution of a few fighters and a T-shirt guy.

1. Chris Horodecki is back
Horodecki has been out of the MMA cage for over a year. His only fight in the last 12 months was a decision loss to Hiroki Shishido at Shoot Boxing S-Cup tournament in Japan. (His full blog on that even can be found HERE) Cage rust wasn’t an issue for the young Canadian member of the MMATraining.com team. Horodecki looked sharp on the feet and brought William Sriyapai quickly to the mat after a minute. Horodecki use his always evolving ground game to put an end to Sripapai’s night at 4:02 in round 1. It was an impressive performance to move the 21 year old to 13-1 as a pro and he will look to build on that August 1 at Affliction 3 as he faces another impressive young fighter, Dan Lauzon.

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It was another busy weekend in the world of MMA with two big shows on tap with the Strikeforce event on Friday and the Ultimate Fighter Finale on Saturday Night. Both were excellent cards, with the TUF finale being one of the best of the year. Here is how we saw it.

1. Jorge Gurgel is a tough guy to figure out.

Gurgel is a difficult fighter to understand. Not from a technical aspect, but more about his strategy entering fights. Over the years Gurgel has built a reputation as a tough durable combatant and one that loves to stand and bang it out with his opponents - even though he is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt. On the weekend he fought in Strikeforce for the Read More

UFC 99 in Germany this Saturday will answer many questions. Can the German media look past the label that MMA is “human cockfighting” and see it as the legitimate sport it has become? Will Marcus Davis and Dan Hardy kiss and make up after their scheduled 3 round battle? And the most important question on the minds of most fans will be, who’s career is hurt more by a loss - Mirko Cro Cop or Wanderlei Silva? 

2 and a half years ago Cro Crop was the second best heavyweight in the world behind Fedor. He had become the Pride Open Weight championby beating Wanderlei Silva and Josh Barnett in the same night and both by brutal strikes. The UFC signed him immediately after and he was hyped as the next great heavyweight. Then he went out and disappointed everyone. He lost 2 of 3, including a brutal devastating head kick to Gabriel Gonzaga and left the UFC at the end of Read More

It was an action packed weekend in the MMA world as Strikeforce and the WEC puts on excellent shows Saturday and Sunday respectively. Like any major fight card there were some surprises and some things that we learned about certain fighters. Here are the top 3.

1. Andrei Arlovski suffered another KO loss, and this time it was to a virtual unknown in Brett Rogers. It came early and it came vicious. Poor Arlovski. The former UFC heavyweight champion has now lost 2 in a row by brutal knock out and it won’t get much easier for him to climb up the heavyweight ladder. Read More

In Randy Couture’s “Becoming the Natural:” My life in and Out of the Cage, he and co-author Loretta Hunt dive into the details of Randy’s life, from his father’s departure at a young age, to his two failed marriages, to finally, his final days with the UFC. And just like many championship moments inside the cage, Couture once again delivers. Read More