Written by: CR Hess

“Lets be clear here about something. If you get into Mixed Martial Arts, then you know what to expect. I couldn’t be anymore obvious and straight forward with that statement even if I had competed myself… Oh, wait, I HAVE!”

Written By: CR Hess

At 6’2, 184 pounds, Anderson “The Spider” Silva is without a doubt the most successful mixed martial artist to date. From his debut in the UFC in June of 2006 against hard hitting knockout artist Chris Leben, to top Japanese contender Yushin Okami in 2011, Silva has carried the weight of everyone’s expectations from the start.

Written By: Jillian Bullock

Whether you are an amateur or professional MMA fighter there is no getting around the dedication you must have to prepare your mind and body to face off against an opponent in the ring or cage. It is no secret that mixed martial arts is one of the most demanding and challenging sports out there, and leading up to a competition takes a great deal of preparation, especially if you want to win.

Written By: Aiden Rudd

“When Strikeforce was purchased by the UFC’s parent company Zuffa LLC in March, Strikeforce chairman Scott Coker, has professed that it is ‘Business as Usual’ for the companies. Strikeforce was still to operate as a separate promotion, it would still co-promote with M1-Global to keep the whole Fedor fiasco from collapsing. However, 7 months later is that statement still realistic?”

With several big attractions defecting to the UFC in search of bigger fights and even bigger paydays, can Strikeforce still operate as a ‘Major Promotion’? With talent such as Nick Diaz, Jason Miller, Alistair Overeem and Dan Henderson trickling down to the UFC, the promotion’s increasingly obsolete titles are for the large part vacant. As out of the 5 male weight divisions, only two have currently got a title holder. Luke Rockhold recently defeated ‘Jacare’ Souza to capture the Middleweight title, and Gilbert Melendez, who has been documented as being unsettled at the promotion’s lack of legitimate contenders to his Lightweight title, that he is currently preparing to defend for the 3rd time in December against Jorge Masvidal.

Written by: Aiden Rudd

For several years now, Anderson Silva has been given the title of Pound for Pound best fighter in the world.  Not many people are stupid enough to argue that point.  The real argument from experts and fans alike is “who is number two?”  Many people have weighed in on the argument, including recently UFC President Dana White. Georges St. Pierre, the long time UFC Welterweight Champion, has often been given the title of ‘Number 2’. But, he has come under scrutiny from fans over his last few fights, for being a boring fighter.

Discounting a corner stoppage against BJ Penn, he hasn’t finished a fight since he beat Matt Serra to regain his title in April 2008. Fedor Emelianenko has been up there but has lost three on the bounce and has been finished in two of them and was stopped by the doctor in the third. Jose Aldo has also looked less than impressive in his last two MMA fights.

Every now and then we like to feature another MMA related website that we think our readers would like and most of all find useful, and we have found such a site.  We have started monitoring for the latest news in the world of mixed martial arts is MMAHeadliner.com.  So, we wanted learn a little more about this website along with the idea and person behind the headlines.  The owner of MMAHeadliner.com is Mike Schluter who started the website because he was tired of tracking the important MMA news through several websites.  So, instead of just continuing to be frustrated he did something about it.

He started www.MMAHeadliner.com which is an MMA news aggregator that pulls in all the latest and greatest news stories around the world of Mixed Martial Arts.  In his own words about MMAHeadliner Schulter had this to say, “MMA Headliner is almost one year old and was created for the hardcore MMA fan who is tired of checking for the latest MMA news”.

by Jillian Bullock

September and October are two months dedicated to National Childhood Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Month, Prostate Cancer Month, and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. However, many members of the mixed martial arts community understand that when these months end the disease will still be present. To help knock out cancer MMA organizations and fighters are on a mission is to raise awareness about this horrible disease that affects millions of people each year by holding fight events and other promotions to raise money for research, education, medical treatment, and financial aid for cancer patients and their families.

FACTS:

It’s amazing to think that MMA was just a baby 10 years ago. MMA has moved from a little-known sport to a billion-dollar industry. The roots of this exploding sport is found in Brazil’s Vale Tudo and Japan’s Shoot-fighting. When the Ultimate Fighting Championships came on the scene in the early 90s, spectators got to witness fighters from different styles competing with no time-limits, no weight classes, and almost no rules. Since then, the UFC has risen to the top as the premiere organization in the sport. Rounds, referees, and safety rules have been created to make MMA a safe and legitimate combat sport.

Striking & Grappling

Halloween is quickly approaching and that means Halloween costumes need to be decided upon. So we have put together a list of great MMA and martial art Halloween costumes we could find.  From the Tapout MMA Gear founders to the yellow jumpsuit of Bruce Lee there are some really great costumes here. Let us know what you think below in the comments!

Tapout Guys Mask, Skyscraper, and Punkass Posing as the famous picture of Tapout's company founders; Mask, Punkass, and Skyscrape. Like these guys know so well you can accessories with other MMA Gear so well.