MMA Madness

Brandon Vera was once the bright, upstart prospect. Jon Jones is where Vera used to be and is in his way of getting his shot at glory. The future and the past clash Sunday in the present.

Brock Lesnar speaks, McKee talks nonsense, Dana talks a potential Penn-Gomi match-up and the Countdown to the UFC on Versus begins.

On Saturday, March 6, 2010, WEC heads to Columbus, Ohio with a stacked card headlined by a world bantamweight title fight between champion Brian Bowles and number one contender Dominick Cruz. What’s more, WEC’s first trip to Columbus features the return of former bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres, as well as the comeback of former UFC(r) lightweight titleholder Jens Pulver.

In 1998, two of the United States’ greatest amateur wrestlers – Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman – were scheduled to meet in a relatively new proving ground called the Ultimate Fighting Championship. That mixed martial arts bout at UFC 17 never happened due to injury, but on Saturday, February 6th, nearly 12 years and six UFC championships later, Couture and Coleman finally square off at UFC 109: Relentless, for a colossal meeting of Hall of Famers over a decade in the making.

Tyron Woodley and Kerry Vera were victorious on the latest ShoMMA card in Kansas City, Kan. Woodley earned his sixth consecutive submission victory, while Vera stopped Kim Couture by TKO.

Jose Aldo, a 23-year-old explosive striker in the World Extreme Cagefighting® featherweight division, is riding a five-fight win streak in the organization, including an eight-second TKO over Cub Swanson in his last fight in June. Just days away from his first world title shot against champion Mike Brown at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas on Nov. 18, the native of Rio de Janeiro feels that his time to rule the featherweight division has come.

Join MMAMadness.com as we bring you live play-by-play results from the Spike TV broadcast of UFC 105. Spoilers after the jump.

World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today a lightweight showdown that will have tremendous implications on the future of the 155-pound division. On Saturday, Dec. 19 from The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV, lightweight title contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will take on striker extraordinaire Ed Ratcliff, while in the co-main event, Muay Thai sensation Anthony Njokuani battles former IFL star Chris Horodecki. When the smoke clears on Dec. 19, the world may know who is next in line for a crack at the WEC lightweight champion.

Written by Paul Delos Santos
Muhshin Corbbrey hasn’t seen his family in three months, and will see them soon. But first, he has a fight with Anthony Njokuani before he can see his wife and son.

Tito Ortiz is doing a little bit of his own reporting these days through his Twitter account. Ortiz is claiming through his Twitter account, that his opponent Mark Coleman is pulling out of his fight, and is awaiting a new opponent.