Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #1 Damkovsky vs. Taisumov

Friday, December 31, 2010

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global As the year comes to a close, M-1 Global has announced that the October 28th lightweight bout between Artiom Damkovsky (pictured) and Mairbek Taisumov, has been named the promotion's best in 2010. The fight, which...
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Takaya Outscores Fernandes; Overeem Destroys Duffee

By FCF Staff It may not have been the kind of highlight reel victory Hiroyuki Takaya was looking for, but the Japanese fighter avenged his previous split decision loss to Bibiano Fernandes today in Saitama, Japan, earning a unanimous decision win to...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #2 Sarnavskiy vs. Kuku

Thursday, December 30, 2010

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global Coming in as the second best bout to take place under the M-1 Global banner in 2010, is a bout between Alexander Sarnavskiy and Victor Kuku, which took place October 28th in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Pictured:...
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Robbie Lawler Signs Multi-Fight Extension with Strikeforce

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Liddell Officially Retired, Named VP of Business Development

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

By FCF Staff After months of speculation as to whether UFC Hall of Famer and former champion Chuck Liddell would finally retire, “The Iceman” announced today at the UFC 125 pre-fight presser in Las Vegas that he’s hanging up the gloves. The 41 year-old...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #3 Jeffries vs. Geurin

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global M-1 Global has announced that the September 18th middleweight tilt between Mike Geurin and Tyson Jeffries, has been named as the promotion's third best bout for 2010. The fight, which took place in Atlantic City,...
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Menjivar Taking Training and Career to New Levels in 2011

By Kelsey Mowatt Fighting for just the second time since 2006, Ivan Menjivar showed little signs of any cage rust during his thrilling WEC 53 bout with Brad Pickett earlier this month, but in the end, the “Pride of El Salvador” fell short, losing by...
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Nick Diaz Signs “Multi-Year” Extension with Strikeforce

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

By FCF Staff Strikeforce has announced this afternoon that it has signed welterweight champion Nick Diaz, to what the promotion has described as a “new, multi-year agreement.” No specific terms of the contract extension were given. “I’m looking forward...
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UFC 125 Prelims to Air on ION

By FCF Staff The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that three preliminary bouts from the promotion’s upcoming, January 1st, “Resolution” card will be broadcast live on ION Television. According to a statement on the official UFC website,...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #4 Vasilevski vs. Narkun

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global M-1 Global has announced that the December 10th, light-heavyweight championship bout between  Vyacheslav Vasilevski (pictured) and Tomasz Narkun, is the fourth best bout to take place under the promotion's...
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MFC Signs Undefeated Tyrone Glover

  By FCF Staff, photo courtesy Maximum Fighting Championship The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that it has signed undefeated lightweight Tyrone Glover to a four fight contract. The 31 year-old-fighter could make his promotional debut...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #5 Byrd vs. Vizcaya

Monday, December 27, 2010

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global M-1 Global has announced that a light-heavyweight showdown between Byron Byrd and Daniel Vizcaya, is number five on the promotion's list of top ten bouts for 2010. The tilt took place on September 18th in Atlantic...
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Hornbuckle Out, Okuno to Face Chonan at “Soul of Fight”

By FCF Staff Just days removed from World Victory Road’s December 30th “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” card in Tokyo, Japan, the promotion has announced that Taisuke Okuno, and not Dan Hornbuckle, will face Ryo Chonan at the day long martial arts festival....
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #6 Vasilevski vs. Guzev

Sunday, December 26, 2010

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global M-1 Global continues to announce the promotion's best bouts for 2010; coming in at number six is a light-heavyweight tilt between Vyacheslav Vasilevski amd Sergey Guzev, which went down April 10th, in Kiev, U...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #7 Fioravanti vs. Guseinov

 By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global Fight number seven on M-1 Global's best of 2010 countdown is a middleweight bout between UFC vet Luigi Fioravanti and Arthur Guseinov, which took place December 10th, in Moscow, Russia. ...
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Video: M-1 Global Best of 2010: #8 Sultanakhmedov vs. Kusch

By FCF Staff, photo courtesy M-1 Global Check out video below of a middleweight tilt between Magomed Sultanakhmedov and Pavel Kusch, which took place February 26th in St. Petersburg, Russia. M-1 Global has announced that the fight was the eighth best...
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Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda Confirmed for UFC 127

Friday, December 24, 2010

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New FCF Radio with Jim Miller

On this episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio, it's time to review the last-ever World Extreme Cagefighting where Anthony "Showtime" Pettis took the WEC belt from Ben Henderson with a performance that will go down in the history books. Will anyone ever...
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GSP Wins Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year for a Third Time

Thursday, December 23, 2010

By FCF Staff Just days removed from his dominant, unanimous decision win over Josh Koscheck at UFC 124, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been named Sportnet’s Canadian Athlete of the Year for the third year in a row. According to the...
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