Matt Riddle has officially joined the Bellator MMA roster.The signing was confirmed by the organization today. Riddle joins a welterweight division staffed by the likes of Ben Askren, Paul Daley, Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders, Andrey Koreshkov and Karl Amoussou.Riddle will debut when he enters the Bellator Welterweight Tournament this autumn and goes...

Since losing to Anderson Silva by way of front-kick KO at UFC 126, Vitor Belfort is now riding a four-fight win streak in the middleweight division and is making strong arguments for himself as the division’s top contender.His last two victories have been spectacular stoppages. A left-leg head-kick stopped Michael Bisping in January and at the...

Gokhan Saki is the top contender in heavyweight kickboxing right now and will be challenging Semmy Schilt for the world title later this year.He trains at Mike’s Gym, also the home of talents such as Badr Hari and Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley when he is in camp. Saki moved there recently, switching from the Golden Glory team when his trainer Cor...

The campaign to keep wrestling as part of the Olympic Games continued at the weekend with the ‘United 4 Wrestling’ event , a three-team exhibition at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.Teams representing the US, Russia and Canada competed against each other using new rules which had been signed off just a day earlier by the sport’s...

Full video of the UFC on FX 8 post-fight press conference, the highlight of which is Vitor Belfort telling a reporter to “talk to the hand” after being asked about Testosterone Replacement Therapy yet again.The question is legitimate but Belfort is sick of answering it. “You’re boring man,” he said to his interlocutor, adding (hopefully...

Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza has a godlike reputation in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world and brings an absolutely world-elite level floor-game to the UFC middleweight division which he now calls home.The former Strikeforce champion beat Chris Camozzi with a first-round submission on Saturday night at UFC on FX 8, showcasing his BJJ skills in the...

Mark Hunt has finally been granted his visa to travel to the US and fight at UFC 160 next week.The May 25 fight had been placed in jeopardy when Hunt, who has fought numerous times in the US, was denied the right to board a flight to Las Vegas from New Zealand two weeks ago because of a 2002 arrest. Despite that arrest having previously been...

Luke Rockhold has given Vitor Belfort credit for the spinning back-kick which stopped him in the first round of their UFC on FX 8 fight.Prior to the fight Rockhold had been vociferously criticizing Belfort’s use of the controversial Testosterone Replacement Therapy treatment.But afterwards he gave the veteran a nod for his “spectacular”...

Vitor Belfort, Ronaldo Souza, Lucas Martins and Jeremy Larsen were the bonus winners at UFC on FX 8. They took him bonuses of $50,000 for their standout efforts on the card, which took place in Belfort’s native Brazil and marked the UFC’s first visit to the south of the country. Belfort earned Knockout of the Night for this spectacular...

A brace of first-round finishes marked the latter half of the UFC on FX 8 main card as ‘Jacare’ Souza submitted Chris Camozzi in the co-main and Vitor Belfort stopped Luke Rockhold in the headline bout. Belfort’s stoppage of former Strikeforce middleweight champion Rockhold was spectacular, a spinning-heel kick reminiscent of the...