Just days ahead of stepping into the cage for his BAMMA 8 main event clash with MMA veteran Anthony Rea, the UK’s top light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa sat down for an EXCLUSIVE chat with MMABay’s Brad Wharton. The ‘Posterboy’ discussed his recent return to the cage, his thoughts on signing for BAMMA, and his new gym, Lion’s Pride. … Continue Reading
Little is known in the UK about Sweedish MMA fighter Diego Gonzalez, but all that is set to change on December 10th, as the Hilti NHB fighter tangles with Andre Winner on the main card of BAMMA 8. The talented grappler, a veteran of Sengoku, Cage Warriors and the M-1 Challenge, spoke EXCLUSIVELY to MMABay about the opportunity. … Continue Reading
MMABay sat down with one of the UK’s most exciting welterweights, BanDog’s own Jamaine Facey, earlier this week for an exclusive interview. Up for discussion was Jamaine’s recent highlight reel KO of Ultimate Fighter veteran Ross Pointon, what the victory meant for him and his plans for the future. Hands up, guns down, read on… … Continue Reading
Although he was not able to secure a fight on the BAMMA 7 card, new signee Nate Marquardt was in town to promote both the event and his welterweight debut at BAMMA 8. MMABay caught up with the former UFC title contender to discuss his move to BAMMA, his desire to punch Paul Daley in the face, and his picks for some of Saturday’s big fights. … Continue Reading
An 8-0 pro MMA record. 5-1 as an amateur. An extensive boxing background. Oh, and two tours of Afghanistan. Jack Marshman is the epitome of hard core. Did we mention that he’s only 22? The young warrior is set to take the MMA world by storm, and took time out to chat to MMABay’s Brad Wharton before his Lonsdale British Middleweight title bout with Carl Noon at BAMMA 7. … Continue Reading
Originally pencilled in as one half of BAMMA 7’s main event against Frank Trigg, middleweight champion Tom ‘Kong’ Watson sat down for an exclusive chat with MMABay’s Brad Wharton to discuss his forced withdrawal from the bout. As well as updating us on his heath situation, ‘Kong’ gave us his pick for the new main event, as well as discussing the role of trash talk and entertainment in MMA. … Continue Reading
Ahead of his upcoming BAMMA 7 fight against tough Bulgarian Jordan Radev, British slugger Paul “Semtex” Daley sat down for an EXCLUSIVE chat with MMABay’s Brad Wharton. Up for discussion were this weekend’s bout, fighting alongside his RoughHouse team mates and his plans for the rest of 2011. … Continue Reading
If you missed it this past Sunday here’s your chance to listen again to the recent interview conducted with UFC bantamweight number one contender, Demetrious Johnson ahead of his UFC on Versus 6 showdown with Dominick Cruz on October 1st in Washington, D.C.. Enjoy! … Continue Reading
MMABay sat down for a very special EXCLUSIVE interview with K-1 World Grand-Prix champion, Alistair Overeem this afternoon to talk to him about the situation surrounding his mixed martial arts career. Not only does he address his recent axe from the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix but he tells us that if the UFC offer him a lucrative enough deal he’d love to walk away from all his other interests and immediately compete for the UFC heavyweight title. … Continue Reading
MMABay sat down for an EXCLUSIVE interview with former UFC light heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson tonight ahead of his UFC 135 fight with Jon Jones next month in Denver, Colorado. We asked him how his training camp was going at the Muscle Pharm facility, the recent split with head coach Lance Gibson and what we can expect tomorrow night when Tito Ortiz takes on Rashad Evans at UFC 133. … Continue Reading
While the UK MMA scene is bustling with talent in nearly all of the major weight classes, it’s often said that a quality light-heavyweight is rarer than rocking-horse poop in the UK. Until now that is. With the likes of ‘Posterboy’ Jimi Manuwa and Nick ‘Head Hunter’ Chapman ruling the roost, things are picking up in the UK’s 205lb ranks. But what of the next wave? Who will step up to the plate to challenge the current domestic kingpins. MMABay’s money is on the hard-hitting Iain ‘Badman’ Martell… and yours should be too… … Continue Reading
Despite Dana White’s continued reluctance to import female fighters into the UFC Octagon, women’s MMA is slowly but surely establishing itself alongside its male counterpart. This weekend at Ultimate Challenge 22: Warrior Creed in London, England, Michelle Tyler will become the first woman in history to have a mixed martial arts bout aired on the UK’s Sky Sports. MMABay’s Brad Wharton spoke to Michelle ahead of her fight to find out what it means to her, and women’s MMA in general. … Continue Reading
MMABay sat down for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Strikeforce 135 pound women’s contender, Liz Carmouche ahead of her Strikeforce Challengers 17 clash with former champion, Sarah Kaufman. We asked her about coming so close to winning the title last time out and what’s her plans for the future moving forward. … Continue Reading
MMABay’s roving reporter, Brad Wharton sat down for an EXCLUSIVE interview with the man at the head of the ever growing BAMMA promotion in the UK, Liam Fisher this week to talk about their immediate and long-term plans, which include the recently announced BAMMA 7 card headlined by middleweight champion, Tom “Kong” Watson. … Continue Reading
MMABay sat down for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Legacy Fighting Championship flyweight title contender, Chad Robichaux ahead of his fight this Friday night with Jonathan Mackles. We asked him what he feels he’s learned from his first career defeat and how he plans on standing out in at 125 pounds, something he hopes will lead to a call up by the UFC for their soon to be unveiled newest weight class. … Continue Reading
Check out this EXCLUSIVE MMABay interview with towering UFC heavyweight monster, Stefan Struve ahead of his UFC 130 clash with Travis Browne this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. We ask “The Skyscraper” about his preparations for this one, his weight coming into the fight and how we can expect him to take his career forward. … Continue Reading
It’s taken its time, but the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix finally reaches its climax this weekend as Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier’ goes down on Saturday, May 19th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. MMABay is at hand to break down the four main card fights starting with the first fight on the Showtime card – [...]
‘UFC on FUEL TV 3: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier’ is in the bag, as an exciting night of fights went down last night at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, continuing the trend of so-called ‘minor cards’ delivering the goods. A main event to remember and some spectacular wars firmed up the main card and [...]
MMABay will be coming to you LIVE from Fairfax, Virginia, tonight, the scene of UFC on FUEL TV 3, in order to bring you all the action from the Patriot Center where featherweights, Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier meet in the main event of the evening.
The MMABay Radio team is back for another weekend show as we round up all the news stories form the past couple of days from around the mixed martial arts world. This week the team talks about this Tuesday nights UFC on FUEL TV 3: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier fight from Fairfax, Virginia, Muhammed “King Mo” [...]
