With Cage Wars 27 less than a week away we suggest you get your predictions in right now. The fight card has changed a little so far and should reflect on the prediction page.
If you still need tickets don’t forget you can buy them off of your favorite fighter as well as from cagewarsny.com.
Following the news today of Olympic gold medalist and former Legacy FC fighter Henry Cejudo dropping out of his scheduled fight at UFC 177, AXS TV’s INSIDE MMA caught up with Legacy FC President Mick Maynard to capture his reaction to the news. During the interview with series hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten, Maynard expresses his concern for the young fighter’s career and questions Cejudo’s commitment to the sport.
Maynard’s interview, which was taped live on site at AXS TV FIGHTS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 34 from the Horseshoe Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, is available here:
Also on tonight’s show, Bellator President Scott Coker sat down with Rice and Rutten on the AXS TV balcony at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. In this clip, Coker discusses Bellator’s release of newly signed UFC fighter Eddie Alvarez and the future of the Bellator women’s division:
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AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Strikeforce and Bellator veteran Brian Hall defeated top prospect Pedro Souza in the main event tonight at AXS TV FIGHTS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 34. The event was broadcast live from the Horshoe Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.
Full highlights and analysis are available here by AXS TV FIGHTS commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and “The Voice” Michael Schiavello: http://bit.ly/1qp7eup
Results from the televised main card are as follows:
Brian Hall (W) vs. Pedro Souza (L)
Jonathan Brookins (L) vs. Austin Lyons (W)
Ben Brewer (L) vs. Gilbert Smith (W)
Thomas Gifford (W) vs. Wade Johnson (L)
Joel Cooper (L) vs. Grady Hurley (W)
Bobby Taylor (L) vs. William Walker (W)
Muay Thai fighting returns next week with AXS TV FIGHTS: LION FIGHT 18 on Friday, Sept. 5 at 10pE/7pP live from the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. With the men’s middleweight belt on the line in the main event, the United Kingdom’s Salah Khalifa will fight reigning champion Muay Thai legend Yodsanklai Faritex.
ABOUT AXS TV FIGHTS
AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada and the Caribbean.
As you can see above the Cage Wars 27 fight card is out! We do want to add a fight that is not on the above card and that is Matt Boyce vs Dustin Brooks and preliminary discussion is Kenny Gordon will not be fighting on this card. As with all fight cards they are subject to change so keep checking back as we will being you updates. We will not be attending this event so we suggest you get your tickets for the show so you don’t miss the action.
Some are calling this one a quick stoppage by John McCarthy some agree he is just doing his job by protecting Henderson.
Take a look at the highlights and let us know what you think, and not to sway your decision as I am a fan of Benson Henderson but fighter safety must be paramount in this sport and the third person in the cage has a tough job when he or she has to stop a fight.
Two champions were crowned tonight at AXS TV FIGHTS: RESURRECTION FIGHTING ALLIANCE 17 as Christos Giagos knocked out Dakota Cochrane to claim the inaugural RFA lightweight title and Justin Lawrence defeated Mark Dickman for the vacant RFA featherweight title. Tonight’s fights took place at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was the first legally sanctioned MMA event in the state.
Full highlights and analysis are available here by AXS TV FIGHTS commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and “The Voice” Michael Schiavello: http://bit.ly/1t1nMMo
Results from the televised main card are as follows:
Dakota Cochrane (L) vs. Christos Giagos (W)
Mark Dickman (L) vs. Justin Lawrence (W)
Darrick Minner (L) vs. Luke Sanders (W)
Issac Appel (L) vs. Francisco France (W)
Donavon Winters (L) vs. Jordan Larson (W)
Bruno Frazatto (W) vs. Cory Galloway (L)
Next week on AXS TV FIGHTS: LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 34, top prospect Pedro Souza faces Strikeforce and Bellator veteran Brian Hall in the main event on Friday, Aug. 29 at 10pE/7pP live from the Horshoe Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.
ABOUT AXS TV FIGHTS
AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada and the Caribbean.
We have video highlights from last night’s episode of AXS TV’s “Inside MMA” with hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten. First up we have UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw explains whether or not he wanted an immediate rematch with his upcoming opponent Renan Barao.
Next up we have the newly signed UFC lightweight fighter Eddie Alverez discusses his future with the UFC, including his upcoming fight versus Donald Cerrone and his thoughts on MMA rankings.
UFC Fighter Krzysztof Soszynski officially announced his retirement tonight while appearing on AXS TV’s Inside MMA. During the interview with series hosts Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice, Soszynski said, “I will never have another mixed martial arts fight ever again.” For the first time, Soszynski candidly reveals the reasons for his retirement, the short term memory loss issues he suffers from daily, and the effects on his family and personal life:
Head injury expert Vernon Williams, M.D., the director of the Kerlan-Jobe Center for Sports Neurology, joined the show to weigh in on Soszynski’s decision. See Williams’ discussion on brain injuries in mixed martial arts here:
Never one to back from a challenge, tonight Rutten faced his most formidable opponent, a frigid bucket of ice in the now viral “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.” Watch him crush it in this video and see who he puts up to the challenge:
ABOUT AXS TV FIGHTS
AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada and the Caribbean.
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Matthew Secor has signed with World Series of Fighting and will be fighting September 13, 2014 at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Matt will be facing Ian Stevens in the cage. Secor is the second professional fighter from the area that will be fighting on the September 13th card. We told you earlier in the week that Thomas Marcellino signed with WSOF and will be fighting the same night.
As we receive more details we will keep you up to date.
I do want to start off and let people know this is an opinion piece written by your truly and though I may not be the next Mr. Olympia, people do deserve to be treated with respect. I frequent Planet Fitness in Hudson NY and for some time now. Why do I keep giving them my money? It’s simple actually, Planet Fitness knows no matter how they treat you, you will come back or we really don’t care they are taking your monthly dues out each month. Me it is a necessity that I go as I have more metal in my body than most of their machines and I really don’t feel like travelling a 1/2 hour to go to a decent gym, just to keep me moving.
What do I mean about being treated with respect you ask? This does not include all their employees as they do have about three people on staff that are friendly and will take the time to say OK when you check in. Others after you give them your member number they go back to watching TV or bullshitting with other employees. A simple OK or fuck off would suffice, something to acknowledge that I have checked in.
They have a personal trainer on staff there I have seen on the floor a few in the last few months. When she is not strategically placed behind the counter sneaking in her texting time, she is making fun of people coming in or working out. What happened to the Judgement Free Zone?! Well that’s not present here. And would it kill the employees to walk around the gym and maybe pick the filthy place up? I have seen Tootsie Roll wrappers in the same bike I go to daily for the last week! I used to pick it up, but it’s not my job remember I pay to go there (silly me). The other girls (not all of them the Manager is super nice and another one is very pleasant) behind the counter love to chime in and make fun of people. Just a helpful hint just because it appears that someone is listening to music because they have earphones in that may not be the case. I hear you and as much as you make fun of people you must be very displeased with yourself.
But they don’t poke fun of all the visitors as they have their favorite law enforcement officers and other people that are their favorites. If you have been to a Planet Fitness you know the type of people I am talking about. You have the old guy that reads the entire New York Times sitting on a machine not working out, the LEO that carries his shaker cup with him and can be at the other end of the gym and come to the machine you are on and let you know he was using it (I think not). It’s actually a shame, but this is the Judgement Free Zone (yeah right). Once again I do not lump all the LEO’s that are in the gym, just the ones that may not not like the shirt you are wearing because you support a group or don’t look like you because maybe you don’t look like a law abiding citizen. How about those with swamp ass that don’t wipe the machines off. I just wish once an employee would let those that don’t rid the machine of swamp ass ask them to wipe it down. Is that a lot to ask for? If I am waiting for a machine and someone doesn’t wipe it off after leaving their signature on the machine I usually ask them for a “courtesy wipe”. I usually get the odd look or the mumble telling me to go fuck myself. It’s all good I have broad shoulders, but an employee should tell them not me. Now they can’t be everywhere at once, but if they left from behind the counter they would see what is happening in their facility. Don’t even get me started on pizza night. I stay clear away that day because people sit on the machines while eating their pizza and employees are sneaking pies to their vehicles, quite comical to watch, but I am getting old and my patience at times wears thin and my big mouth says things and I don’t need to be judged more than I already am there.
So why don’t I do something if it’s so bad? I have! I have been on the phone with their corporate office and have even been in contact with their local GM and they truly don’t care at all.
Even though tomorrow I will be right back at Planet Fitness in Hudson NY, my year is coming up for renewal and guess what I WILL NOT be renewing this time around, even though I said I need to keep moving I would rather not give them my money longer than I have to.
In the AXS TV FIGHTS debut of CES MMA, Julian Lane won the vacant lightweight title, defeating Luis Felix by submission at AXS TV FIGHTS: CES MMA XXV. The event took place live from the Twin River Casino in Providence, Rhode Island.
Results from the televised main card are as follows:
Luis Felix (L) vs. Julian Lane (W)
Gil de Freitas (W) vs. George Sheppard (L)
Charles Rosa (W) vs. Jake Constant (L)
Chip Moraza-Pollard (L) vs. Harley Beekman (W)
Gemiyale Adkins (W) vs. Nate Andrews (L)
Tateki Matsuda (W) vs. Robbie Leroux (L)
AXS TV FIGHTS returns Friday, Aug. 22 with AXS TV FIGHTS: RESURRECTION FIGHTING ALLIANCE 17, live from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, making it the first ever legally sanctioned MMA event in the state. The night’s action features two title fights with Dakota Cochrane and Christos Giagos squaring off for the inaugural RFA lightweight title in the main event and Mark Dickman vs. Justin Lawrence for the vacant RFA featherweight title in the co-main event.
Full highlights and analysis are available here by AXS TV FIGHTS commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and “The Voice” Michael Schiavello:
ABOUT AXS TV FIGHTS
AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada and the Caribbean.
In an interview on AXS TV’s Inside MMA tonight, UFC light heavyweight contender Daniel Cormier discussed his relationship UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones that included a flair up earlier this week at a press event and an off-air exchange after an interview with the two fighters.
Highlight quotes from the interview include,
Cormier on the aftermath of his the past week’s events:
“You’ve got two of the best fighters in the world fighting for a championship…. I think we need to focus more on that than all the stuff that’s happened outside of the cage. The stuff that’s happened outside of the cage isn’t good. It’s not a proud moment for me, it’s not a proud moment for Jon [Jones]. So we have to carry ourselves better and show people why they’re really tuning into the fight.”
Cormier on potential disciplinary action from the UFC or the Nevada State Athletic Commission:
“It hasn’t happened yet. We kind of expect for it to happen. You can’t behave in that way and not expect some sort of punishment. Whatever they divvy out is gonna be just and we’ll move forward from that.”
The full interview with series host Bas Rutten and guest host Ron Kruck, who filled in for series host Kenny Rice this week, is available here:
Next week, INSIDE MMA returns to its regular time, Friday, Aug. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
It’s official the Hot Gate MMA fundraising event will be August 23, 2014 right at the gym located at 70 Tivoli Street in Albany New York. If you will be attending please head over and join the event on Facebook and spread the word. Tickets will be $25 at the door and all are welcome!
If you are unable to attend you can still donate via MeFighter!
Stay tuned as more details will come.
I will start off by letting everyone know we have reached out to a few people and agencies before posting this. By the poster above it says it all. A local promotion is advertising a fight that is being held tomorrow night in Amsterdam NY with pro fighters on the poster. As MMA Journalist has stated Marvin is a great guy and this poster is old, but it makes you wonder is this just advertising for ticket sales because both fighters are well versed in the sport and wouldn’t risk their careers.
For original article post by MMA Journalist please click here.
We will continue to bring updates to those that are wondering what is going on, and we thank those that are concerned with the sport we all love for bringing this to our attention and we will continue to try to get to the bottom of this.
September is looking like a great month for local professional MMA fighters. As you might already know Marvin “The Bulldog” Maldonado is set to fight on Bellator 123 card September 5, 2014 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are available through TicketMaster or you can contact Marvin directly. If you are unable to attend the fights will be live on Spike.
To stay up to date with The Bulldog’s progress or get tickets checkout his Like page on Facebook.
Local professional MMA fighter and Reality Fighting Lightweight Champion Thomas Marcellino has inked a new contract and will be fighting for WSOF on September 13, 2014. Stay tuned as we will bring you more updates about his upcoming fight. For now you can follow Thomas on Facebook by following the link below.
Post from Thomas Marcellino Facebook:
To all my Family Friends Supporters here we go again I Just signed my contract I will be fighting for WSOF September 13 against one of the top prospects in the world. It will be my hardest test yet. Back to being the underdog, just how I like it. I will have tickets in a few weeks, for my friends out of state my fight will be shown live on the main card on NBC so you guys can watch it at home. Thanks to everyone for the Support. #AmsterdamIsInTheBuilding #ScrapOrDie
Congrats Tommy!
We told you the other day about the Hoodlum Fight Gear/Hobbs Strike Force Gym heading our way. But we didn’t tell you that the gym would be named Hot Gates MMA! That’s right the gym we spoke about is the same one. Now a lot of things will be rolling out in the next few days and we ask that you stay tuned for all the news. Right now we can tell you that there will be a fundraiser for the new gym August 23, 2014 and the price for tickets will be $25 per person. Now there will be some perks for attending the fundraiser and once all the details are ironed out we will let you know about them. For now please Like and share Hot Gates MMA page on Facebook as a lot of important things will be released on there as well.
Here is what Hot Gates MMA will have to offer:
Hot Gates MMA is a full service Mixed Martial Arts Training Facility providing BJJ, Judo, Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling and Strength & Conditioning. The gym is located at 70 Tivoli St. Albany NY.
Mayura Dissanayake, the fighter who recently stopped a robbery at a gas station using his MMA background, joined INSIDE MMA for an interview with series host Bas Rutten from the scene of incident in Houston. During the interview, Dissanayake discusses the positive response he has received from the MMA community and how he has used this support as motivation to continue training.
In the highly anticipated rematch between Malaipet Sasiprapa and Justin Greskiweicz, Sasiprapa emerged victorious, winning by unanimous decision at AXS TV FIGHTS: LION FIGHT 17 from the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Earlier in the night, Cosmo Alexandre and Jo Nattawut faced off in the co-main event, with Nattawut defeating Alexandre via split decision.
Full highlights and analysis are available here by AXS TV FIGHTS commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and “The Voice” Michael Schiavello:
Results from the televised main card are as follows:
Malaipet Sasiprapa (W) vs. Justin Greskiewicz (L)
Cosmo Alexandre (L) vs. Jo Nattawut (W)
Brett Hlavacek (W) vs. Cyrus Washington (L)
Rami Ibraham (L) vs. Carlos Lopez (W)
Victor Saravia (W) vs. Andy Singh (L)
Pedro Gonzalez (W) vs. Tim Amorim (L)
Next week AXS TV FIGHTS features the network debut of CES MMA on Friday, Aug. 8 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with AXS TV FIGHTS: CES MMA XXV live from the Twin River Casino in Providence, Rhode Island. Luis Felix meets Julian Lane for the vacant lightweight title and top prospects Gil de Freitas and undefeated Charles Rosa in action.
ABOUT AXS TV FIGHTS
AXS TV Fights presents more LIVE mixed martial arts and kickboxing events than any other television network with 40+ LIVE world-class fight cards each year. “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and five-time MMA world champion Pat Miletich call all the action as champions, challengers, and top prospects take center stage every Friday night at 10pE/7pP. AXS TV Fights can be found online, on Facebook and on Twitter. AXS TV is widely distributed in the U.S. viaAT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also carried in Canada and the Caribbean.
