World class grappler and mixed martial arts enigma Roger Gracie will finally make his Strikeforce debut when he tangles with free-falling light heavyweight Kevin Randleman at the upcoming Showtime event planned for May 15 in St. Louis, MO.
Gracie confirmed the pending match up to Graciemag.com earlier today.
The celebrated ADCC and CBJJ jiu-jitsu champion made his [...]
Amaury Bitetti’s fast-rising Bitetti Combat staged its sixth event in Brasilia, Brazil on Thursday, February 25.
The fight card was plagued with a series of late withdrawals – most notably the retreat of the embattled middleweight, Paulo Filho – that led to the unraveling of several matches.
Jeff Monson was scratched from his fight against Glover Teixeira. [...]
Seems like the UFC isn’t the only promotion to be snake-bitten on the heels of a major event.
Somebody on the Bitetti roster must have gone all Bobby Brady and unearthed an ancient Tiki when they got to Brazil, because the bad luck continues to befall the Feb. 25 fight card just hours before showtime.
Cocky and [...]
Cocky and stocky submission specialist Jeff Monson (32-9) has agreed to make his Xtreme Kombat League (XKL) debut opposite heavyweight prospect Scott Barrett (9-1) at the promotion’s inaugural event scheduled for March 20 at the Convocation Center from the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
Our amigos over at ULTMMA.com confirmed the pending match up [...]
Sengoku, Bellator and EliteXC veteran Dave Herman (16-1), better known to most MMA fans as “Pee Wee,” is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding
Shine Fights roster.
The organization announced the signing late Monday night via Twitter.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that near-12-year veteran [...]
Anyone notice those longer lines at airports around the country? Returning from Washington D.C. and Ultimate Fight Night 20, my first experience at Dulles proved to be a show of inefficiency. But it’s all in the name of safety, right?
MMA fighter Kit Cope put TSA to the test on a trip to Tulsa and he [...]
The upstart Shine Fights organization is still doing a last bit of holiday shopping, and the organization’s latest signing has earned them
a “Snowman.”
MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that Jeff Monson (31-9) is Shine Fights’ newest addition.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though it is believed to be a
multi-fight contract that [...]
UFC and PRIDE veteran Jeff Monson (31-9) has been linked to both
Brazil’s Bitetti Combat and the California-based Strikeforce promotion in recent weeks, but “The Snowman” is currently only heading to one place.
Alabama.
Monson meets MMA super-veteran Travis Fulton (191-45-11) in a heavyweight main event at Thunder Promotions’ “Alabama Pride” event on Dec. 12 in Birmingham, [...]
“Paulo Filho is confirmed. He couldn’t fight in Japan recently and was calling me everyday willing to fight at Bitetti Combat. He has been training very hard to erase any bad impression. His opponent will be a Japanese fighter who still has to be confirmed. It seems a foreign website stated that Jeff Monson won’t [...]
A handful of notables, including former UFC heavyweight title challenger Pedro Rizzo, one-time top UFC heavyweight contender Jeff Monson and PRIDE veteran Murilo “Ninja” Rua, have been announced for the next installment of Bitetti Combat.
Bitetti Combat 5 takes place Dec. 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Rizzo (17-9), who defeated Monson via unanimous decision at Bitetti Combat [...]