Midwest Mixed Martial Arts MMA News and Information

Duane Ludwig will meet promotional newcomer Darren Elkins, a late replacement for an injured Spencer Fisher, in a preliminary lightweight match at UFC on Versus 1 on March 21 at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colo.

In the first match of the year 2010, Yoshihiro Sato has unexpectedly become a threat to current MAX champion Petrosyan, and it's causing quite a stir. What kind of show is Sato going to give us at the FieLDS K-1 WORLD MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament? (March 27th, Saitama Super Arena Community Arena)

Strikeforce and M-1 Global are in the final stages of signing off on a revised deal that will see the two organizations co-promote additional events together in the U.S. in 2010.

When finalized, the re-bolstered business relationship will also signal the return of Fedor Emelianenko

Frank Curreri, WEC - Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez, who fought last August, are once again on a collision course.
Both fighters earned career milestones at WEC 47 in Columbus, Ohio - with Cruz dethroning WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles and Benavidez submitting former kingpin Miguel Angel Torres - and afterward Benavidez made it clear he welcomes a sequel with the belt on the line.

Robert Emerson will lock horns with Nik Lentz in a preliminary matchup at UFC Fight Night 21 on March 31 at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C.

With Dominick Cruz’s victory over Brian Bowles Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, the WEC bantamweight title has now changed hands twice over the last seven months. Is recent rotation of titleholders bad for the WEC? Not according to matchmaker Sean Shelby.

The man who authored the most memorable moment in the brief history of Bellator Fighting Championships will return for its second season.

Last weekend, Wisconsin Combat Sports had the opportunity to experience the spectacle that is the Arnold Sports Festival; stationed in Columbus, Ohio, the nation’s largest multi-sport event featured a ton of celebrities, an insane amount of activities, and impressive performances from local Wisconsinites.

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Martins Denis, UFC - Every fighter that steps into the Octagon has a particular quest inside his mind, and even if climbing the mountain to earn a fight for the title is a mutual goal, each combatant still has his own formula to grab it.

Minnesota’s B.J. “Da Beast” Lacy was in action over the weekend against a former WEC champion.
Lacy squared off against Doug “The Rhino” Marshall at Playboy Fight Night on Friday at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, Calif.
Da Beast stuck with Marshall for the first two rounds, using his reach advantage to keep Marshall at a distance.
The two competitors went toe-to-toe for most of the fight, with each fighter landing plenty of big punches.
Marshall was fighting in front of his hometown crowd, and he didn’t disappoint.