Interviews

Cast your mind back to issue 41 of Fighters Only and you may recall a certain young lady called Charlotte Thomson gracing our 'Babes of MMA' section? Of course you do.Well, we are proud to announce that Charlotte's careered has sky rocketed since working with us and has now been unveiled as this years winner, of FHM magazine's annual High Street Honeys competition....

Fighters Only catches up with Paul Kelly as he gets into his training camp for his June fight against Roli Delgado at UFC 99. Fighters Only: Hi Paul, welcome back to Fighters Only again. What have you been up to recently?Training! I've been living in the gym - literally. I'm not one of those fighters who can get by on technique, I'm just fucking gore aren’t I!...

Antonio Rodrigo “Minatauro” Nogueira (31-5-1) attended the World Fighting Combat last Friday at Quality Hotel, Niteroi-RJ. Brasil Combate reporter Carla Krys talked to the UFC heavyweight, who has started his training camp for a fight with veteran Randy Couture at UFC 102.  Brasil Combate: Minatauro, how’s your training to fight Randy Couture...

After beating two credible opponents in Lee Doski and Jason Ball in only his first two pro fights, North East based welterweight Eddie Ng gained instant recognition on the UK domestic scene. A long lay off from competition followed but the 23 year old is now back, and ready to pick up where he left off, by facing tough Swedish based fighter, Joakim Engberg (4-3-1)...

British heavyweight James 'The Colossus' Thompson has had mixed fortunes of late, including a fight that ended in near-riot when one-off Canadian promotion Strikebox implemented a strange ruleset for his fight with popular local man Steve Bosse. Jim Page: Is it alright to give some background to the Strikebox rules confusion?We all had separate rules meetings which I...

Anderson Silva will defend his middleweight title belt against fellow Brazilian fighter Thales Leites at UFC 97 in Montreal, Canada on April 18th. It will be his fifth defense of the belt since winning it from Rich Franklin in 2006.Question: You have talked about being interested in professional boxing, specifically a fight with Roy Jones Jr. You’ve also talked...

Chuck Liddell faces Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua at UFC 97 next week. The former light-heavyweight champion goes into the bout off the back of a loss to Rashad Evans at UFC 88.Question: Dana White made some comments earlier last month saying that you have to show him something.  What does he mean by that? And what do you take his meaning to be? Chuck...

You may know him best as a referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or perhaps you remember his stint as a heavyweight in the now defunct Cage Rage promotion.  But it is arguably Marc Goddard’s most significant contribution to British mixed martial arts that has received the least recognition outside hardcore MMA circles.A veteran of the U.K. fight...

Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua is fighting former light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell at UFC 97 on April 18th. It will be his third fight for the UFC since joining the organisation in 2007.Question: Do you see any signs that Chuck Liddell’s skills have slipped from where they were a couple of years ago? Shogun: No, absolutely not.  My take on...

Paul ‘Relentless’ Taylor has more than lived up to his nickname. In five UFC fights, he has won ‘Fight of the Night’ honours three times. This remarkable achievement indicates the kind of fighter he is and explains why he has earned himself so many fans with his dangerous stand-up skills. His next fight is at UFC 99 in Germany.Fighters Only:...