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Allowing gay couples to become legally married is the first step on a path that will lead to people being legally allowed to marry animals, children or their siblings.That’s the opinion of former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson, who is not a fan of current proposals to overturn Californian state law against same-sex marriages.“Should you be allowed...

RFA president Ed Soares announced today that due to personal reasons, Jeff Curran was forced to pull out of the RFA 8 main event. Soares also confirmed that Dillard "Smokin' Joe" Pegg (5-1) has agreed to step up as a late replacement to fight Sergio "The Phenom" Pettis (7-0) for the RFA flyweight title in the main event of RFA 8 - Pettis vs. Pegg. RFA 8 takes place...

Irish prospect Conor McGregor has a little move around with fellow Irish (boxing) prospect Patrick Hyland, 27-1.The pair are only going light and obviously Hyland doesn’t know how to wrestle but it’s a very interesting thing to see nonetheless. Also watch out for the evil laughter from Conor’s coach Jon Kavanagh behind the camera. ...

UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson was in Mexico recently on a publicity tour and while he was there he dropped in on Fighters Only Espanol to have a chat about the lightweight scene and his next title defense.Henderson also got the chance to snag a copy of the latest Fighters Only Espanol magazine, our Spanish language edition, which features him on the cover....

Randy Couture, Greg Jackson, Matt Mitrione and Joe Warren give their pro-picks for the upcoming UFC 161 event this weekend, which features Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson in the main event. Mitrione’s pick: “I train with Rashad, I care about him deeply… I’d like to think he can win. Hendo is dangerous in a lot of ways, everybody knows what he brings to the...

This seemed fairly random when it popped up on the Twitter feed of UFC president Dana White earlier, but its actually hilarious and well worth a watch. Some enterprising MMA fan with far too much time on his hands has (ironically, as you will see…) used hair products to remake Jay-Z/Kanye West tune ‘Niggaz in Paris’.He’s also reworked the lyrics to include...

Spike TV and Bellator MMA have released the first ten minutes of the premiere episode of the upcoming ‘Fight Masters’ reality show series. Featuring the likes of Greg Jackson and Frank Shamrock in team coaching roles, the season is apparently going to be a departure from the ‘Ultimate Fighter’ format we’ve seen 17 seasons of from the UFC. The show premieres...

One thing that really made Pride FC stand out was the elaborate opening ceremony for every show, a piece of theatre during which the fighters were introduced via a production which was a small event in and of itself.KSW, the Polish promotion which punches well above its weight in entertainment terms, has often been likened to a mini-Pride because it follows the same...

La Fenix is an “alternative comedy team” in Brazil, in some ways a little like the Jackass crew of old.Featherweight challenger Anthony Pettis was in Brazil recently so the La Fenix team met up with him in order to get their asses kicked… ...

The fight which really catapulted Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson into the A-list was the one where he finished Ricardo Almeida with a powerbomb slam triangle escape which knocked the Brazilian out right as he was about to lock the submission in.Sometimes referred to as ‘Slampage’ afterwards, it became a trademark of his in MMA. But few know that he was also doing...