The Bellator 28 fight card is now complete for September 9 in New Orleans with the additions of former IFL champ and UFC veteran Matt Horwich vs. WEC vet Eric Schambari and four-time All-American wrestling champ Eric Larkin vs. Marcus Andrusia.

The GMA growth is non stop. We have just added another member in Sydney, Australia. The Dojo Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy is our newest addition. Head instructor Daniel Sainty offers BJJ, muay thai and MMA classes. Sainty has coached many students to success while himself competed locally and overseas. Daniel is the Ground Impact (Brown/Black) Champion, [...]

The GMA has a new member in the UK. Andy Roberts BJJ, of Farnborough, has just joined the team. The academy is under the umbrella of Roger Gracie Team. Roberts started in the martial arts when he was only eight years old. Judo was his first art before moving to Japanese ju-jitsu, in which he [...]

Thiago “Pitbull” Alves (ATT) already has an opponent for his next outing in the octagon. The Brazilian faces John Howard at UFC 124. Thiago had medical issues and hasn’t tasted victory since 2008, but still in some way or another commands some prestige – at least until UFC 124. The owner of feared fists and [...]

<B>By MATT BOONE<BR>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer</B><BR><BR>

The following is an excerpt from a new <A HREF="http://www.mmanews.com/browse-blogs" target="_Blank">MMANEWS.COM Blog</A> by our own <A HREF="http://www.mmanews.com/blog/TheFightGame" target="_Blank">John Specht</A>:<BR><BR>

<B>The Top 5 Current Blood Feuds</B><BR><BR>

I'm sure this has been done before, but we are going to do it again, taking a look at the top 5 current rivalries and some of the figh

New York 2008, Bráulio Estima closed out with Rolles Gracie in the absolute final; Lucas Lepri and Tarsis Humphreys took third. In 2009, Rafael Franca (Renzo Gracie) and Icelander Gunnar Nelson shut out the division themselves. And in 2010, who takes it? Don’t miss the last chance to sign up for this year’s No-Gi Pan [...]

Professor Robert Drysdale arrived home from Europe excited after a successful seminar tour. Our GMA in Las Vegas, Drysdale realized what it is that motivates him at this point in his career: to finally beat Roger Gracie, the current absolute world champion of Jiu-Jitsu and the only three-time champion in the sport’s history. After three [...]

Chael Sonnen will get another shot at middleweight champ Anderson Silva as early as UFC 125 on Jan. 1, but the rematch could be delayed until Super Bowl weekend.

A rematch between lightweight champ Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard is also slated for early-2011 and could take place at UFC 125 or an expected UFC 126 event later in January in Pittsburgh.

The picture of the lightweight division grew clearer on Aug. 28 in Boston, as there is no longer any debate. MMA’s lightweight king hails from Toms River, N.J.

Karo Parisyan hit rock-bottom on Nov. 19, 2009.

Four-time collegiate All-American wrestler Eric Larkin will make his Bellator Fighting Championships debut against Marcus Andrusia on Sept. 9 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans.

SAN ANTONIO, TX. (September 2, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships crowned a new Featherweight World Champion in front of a boisterous crowd at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio.

Let the trash talk begin for the October 9th rematch between KJ Noons and Nick Diaz. Noons is first out of the gate with his take on Diaz, who he says will have to kill him to stop him:<Br><Br>

"I'm super excited about the opportunity, and I think it's a great thing for me. To be in the Strikeforce main event on Showtime, to be in line to be a two-time, two-division world champion, and getting to beat Nick again in the process... I couldn't ask for a better fight. I already got one up on Nick. I beat the crap out of the guy.

Sidelined since a January loss to Rashad Evans, former light heavyweight contender Thiago Silva will soon resume training from a back injury which forced him off August's UFC 117 and is targeting a December return to UFC action.

“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 9 winner James Wilks will meet International Fight League veteran Claude Patrick in a welterweight duel at UFC 120 “Bisping vs. Akiyama” on Oct. 16 at the O2 Arena in London.

American MMA has a new candidate for darling of the public and media, but the guy had it coming. We’re talking about Joe Warren (Team Quest), the new Bellator champion in the USA.

A middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 11 castmember Kyle Noke and Rob Kimmons has been added to the preliminary card of "UFC 122: Belfort vs. Okami" on November 13 in Oberhausen, Germany.

The UFC 122 fight card, which airs on tape-delay on Spike TV, is headlined by middleweight contenders Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami.

This September 25 the 15th Brazilian Team National Championship will take place in the Tijuca Tennis Club. Sign-ups are open (sign up here) and should you need to renew your IBJJF ID cards, they will be valid for the 2011 season, too. It’s a tradition that the Brazilian Team Nationals includes some of the country’s most prominent [...]

Lyoto Machida is already at full steam training in his hometown of Belem, Brazil, so it would be wise for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Machida’s next opponent, to drop his summer holidays. The fight between two former light heavyweight division champions is set for the November 20 UFC 123 show in Detroit. Before one of his [...]

A welterweight title fight between 170-pound champ Lyman Good and season two tournament winner Ben Askren has been added to Bellator 33 on October 21 in Philadelphia.

The Bellator 33 fight card is headlined by a non-title superfight between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and Roger Huerta.

Warren Rallies to TKO Soto

Gray Maynard, the No. 1 contender for the UFC lightweight title, has been criticized for the fact that his last seven fights have all gone the distance and he has just one finish (a knockout) among his 10 career wins.

Jordan Breen will host his weekly MMA chat at 1 p.m. ET.

Joe Warren survived a first-round beating at the hands of featherweight champ Joe Soto before storming back to win the title by knocking Soto out just 33-seconds into the second in the main event of Thursday's Bellator 27 in San Antonio.

Three times absolute black belt world champion Roger Gracie (also a GMA member) opened a new branch of his academy in London. His third in the city. The new place can be described as very well located. In the heart of the SoHo district, it is only five minutes away from the world famous Picadilly [...]

GMA member Dana Taylor announces the results of the Best of The Best Jiu-Jitsu Pro-Ams, held last August 30th. The event organized by the leader of Omaha BJJ was a success and a new installment is scheduled next November 13th. Check out the results: Aflac Team Champions: Adult- Combative Sport Center, Manhattan, KS Juvenile- Midamerica Martial [...]