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Blog-o-plata: And so it begins – MMA pioneer diagnosed with brain damage

February 14, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, K-1, UFC

When opponents of MMA criticise its brutality, one defence the community has always had to fall back on is its safety record. Deaths as a direct result of MMA bouts are few and far between, and we’re quick to point out the multiple in-ring deaths of boxers each year, along with the long line of broke, punch-drunk and brain damaged veterans of the sweet science. Well sorry folks, we can’t play that card anymore. The harsh reality of head trauma is about to hit the MMA world. … Continue Reading

MMABay Hands On: UFC Undisputed 3 Career Mode

January 27, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

Videogames may be more and more focused on online play these days, but in MMABay’s opinion you can’t beat a good career mode. That’s especially true of our beloved MMA/boxing games, after all, who doesn’t want to mould their own fighter and take him to championship glory? After the disappointment of UFC 2010’s career mode and the solid – yet basic – effort put in by EA MMA, all eyes were on THQ to deliver the ultimate MMA career experience with Undisputed 3. MMABay was about to find out if they were up to the task… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: The Final Count-down?

January 27, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

Sometimes an opportunity arises that is simply too good to pass up on. But chances inherently contain a measure of risk; the question then becomes one of risk versus reward. Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping was recently presented with such a dilemma; take the path of least resistance to the UFC gold, or throw himself headfirst at a Chael Sonnen-shaped roadblock for an instant title opportunity. We all know which option Bisping took, but was it the right move, or will he live to regret it? … Continue Reading

MMABay gets hands on with UFC Undisputed 3!

January 21, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

Sometimes an opportunity comes along that is just too good to pass up. MMABay, big fans of both MMA (obviously) and videogames, had such an opportunity on Friday when we were invited to London for a long, hard day of playing UFC Undisputed 3, the latest in THQ’s line of successful MMA’em-ups. And boy, was it worth it. … Continue Reading

MMABay Film Review: Haywire, staring Gina Carano

January 19, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives

On Tuesday night in London, England, MMABay was invited to a top secret preview screening of ‘Haywire’ alongside the great and the good of UK MMA. MMA stars have had mixed success in movies ranging from the good (Randy Couture in The Expendables), to the bad (Randy Couture in Scorpion King 2) and the terrible (Kimbo Slice in Scorpion King 3, and everyone in Never Surrender). Would Gina Carano outdo them all? MMABay was about to find out… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: 2011 – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (part three)

January 8, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

2011 has been a blockbuster year for mixed martial arts; records have been broken, stars have been born and sea changes have dramatically altered the landscape. MMABay puts the kettle on, sits in front of the typewriter and beats back 12 months of Sunday morning hangovers to recount the good, the bad and the ugly of the past year. Catch up on The Good and The Bad, or read on for the ugly side of 2011… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: 2011 – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (part two)

January 6, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, K-1, Strikeforce, UFC

2011 has been a blockbuster year for mixed martial arts; records have been broken, stars have been born and sea changes have dramatically altered the landscape. MMABay puts the kettle on, sits in front of the typewriter and beats back 12-months of Sunday morning hangovers to recount the good, the bad and the ugly of the past year. Catch up on The Good here, or read on for all that’s been bad in 2011… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: 2011 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (part one)

January 3, 2012All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives

2011 was a blockbuster year for mixed martial arts; records were broken, stars were born and sea changes dramatically altered the landscape. MMABay puts the kettle on, sits in front of the typewriter and beats back 12-months of Sunday morning hangovers to recount the good, the bad and the ugly of the past year. First up, the good… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: Fighting Chris Leben’s corner

November 29, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

On Monday 28^th of November, the UFC released the news that middleweight mainstay Chris Leben had failed his UFC 138 post-fight drug screening. It is his second offence and has landed him a 12 month ban. It’s easy to label Chris a ‘drugs cheat’ – easy and accurate. But there’s a bigger issue at hand; not that Leben took a banned substance, but why? … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: The burning question coming out of UFC on Fox – Could Jez KO a cow?

November 16, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

The dust has settled on UFC on Fox, and many a question has been left in its wake. How will Junior Dos Santos rank amongst MMA’s all-time elite? What will become of fallen champion Cain Velasquez? While these vanilla topics are debated by all and sundry, leave it to the Blog-O-Plata to get down to the nitty-gritty and tackle the real burning issue at hand: Could Iron Jez KO a cow? … Continue Reading

Full Contact Contender: Best of the North West to showcase upcoming UK talent

November 11, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives

There’s only one thing on the minds of MMA fans worldwide at the moment; the UFC’s impending debut on Fox and the titanic clash of heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos. But that doesn’t mean that the rest of the MMA world has stopped turning; grassroots MMA is still very much alive and kicking. As if to prove a point, Full Contact Contender explodes onto the scene next Saturday night from Bury, Greater Manchester, showcasing some of the region’s best up and comers. … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: UFC on Fox – Why it has to work

November 11, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

Remember where you were this coming Saturday night at 9pm ET (2am in the UK), for you will bear witness to a seminal moment in the history of our young sport. Up there with the birth of the Unified Rules, the Ultimate Fighter classic between Griffin and Bonnar and the purchase of PRIDE by Zuffa, Saturday’s debut of ‘UFC on Fox’ has the potential to bring about the winds of change in mixed martial arts. If it works, it’ll be a game-changer; here’s why failure is not an option. … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: Medical Matters – Should fighters ask for handouts?

October 26, 2011All MMA News, Bellator FC, Blog, Exclusives

The UFC can be criticised for many things, but you have to hand it to them when it comes to the comprehensive health insurance policy the organisation rolled out earlier this year. The coverage, which takes care of any and all injuries and accidents, both in the cage and out of competition, is one of the most progressive moves in the short history of MMA. But what of those outside the ZUFFA umbrella? What of Bellator champion Zoila Gurgel, who this week has asked fans to foot a $5,000 medical bill? … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata: Can K-1 save the 2011 World Grand Prix?

October 14, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, K-1

With just two weeks to go until their proposed World Grand Prix 2011 Elimination round, cash-strapped kickboxing giants K-1 have reportedly offered settlements to a number of fighters in a last-gasp effort to secure their participation. While the news will come as a welcome surprise to several top names, including current champion Alistair Overeem, who have publicly stated that they are owed to the tune of six figures, there’s a catch: They’ll only get 50% of what they’re due… … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata – And What About Gegard Mousasi?

August 11, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, Strikeforce

It seems like a distant universe when fight critics and fans alike were looking outside the UFC for great fighters. In that search, three names stood out among the rest: Alistair Overeem, Fedor Emelianenko, and Gegard Mousasi. We know that Overeem has been canned by Zuffa for many different reasons (management, injuries leading to lack of work, etc…). Emelianenko has been cut for failing to win in Strikeforce. Mousasi meanwhile keeps winning on the outside of either the UFC or Strikeforce, but he keeps getting pitted against lower-level talent. All of which he destroys. With only one loss in the last 5 years, he seems to be a better candidate than say a Tito Ortiz to determine who fights for a title, right? … Continue Reading

Blog-O-Plata – Tito Ortiz: A Matter of Respect

July 6, 2011All MMA News, Blog, Exclusives, UFC

Time is indeed a cruel mistress and nobody in the mixed martial arts world knows that better than Jacob Christopher ‘Tito’ Ortiz. The years have been unkind to Tito, once the poster child for an emerging sport, more recently reduced to a figure of tabloid fun and a shell of the fighter he used to be. After all that’s been and gone, is it still possible to respect ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’? … Continue Reading

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UFC 144 – Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski preview

February 22, 2012

We continue our focused previews of the UFC 144 main card fights with this interesting featherweight affair featuring top rated Japanese product, Hatsu Hioki and former WEC roster member, Bart Palaszewski. With both men winning their octagon debuts in 2011 they will be looking to put a nice little run together in 2012 and force [...]

UFC 144 – Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis preview

February 21, 2012

Perhaps odds on favourite to pick up the “Fight of the Night” award this weekend at UFC 144 in Saitama, Japan, the first fight of the main card pits perennial contenders Joe Lauzon and Anthony Pettis against each other. With the lightweight division thinning out by the month could we see a new number one [...]

‘UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson’ preview and predictions (Preliminary Card)

February 21, 2012

We’re rolling back the clock this weekend as we witness top-level MMA in Japan for the first time since PRIDE uttered it’s last gasps as ‘UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson‘ goes down at the infamous Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. There will be no screaming female ring announcer and no WWE-esque walk-ins but the [...]

Cage Warriors 45 results: Brents victorious, Fields advances

February 20, 2012

Cage Warriors returned to Kentish Town’s HMV forum on Saturday night for their first domestic card of the year. Despite the cancellation of the highly anticipated John Phillips/Tony Machado tilt, the promotion delivered a stellar night of action in front of the electric London crowd, completing the semi final brackets of their middleweight tournament and [...]

MMAApparel.co.uk presents MMABay Radio (Epic-sode 105) – UFC on FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger review, UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson preview…

February 19, 2012

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 the recent UFC on FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger card from this past Wednesday night, review the UFC 144: Edgar [...]

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