MMA - Mixed Martial Arts

Recent blog posts about MMA

MMA: Ellenberger learned to wrestle the hard way

By CARLOS ARIAS UFC welterweight contender Jake Ellenberger was well into his MMA career when he first stepped foot on a wrestling mat. ?I didn't start wrestling until I was a bout 21 (years old),? said Ellenberger, who started kickboxing when he was 5 ...

New Tennessee weight room features MMA cage

If you're Derek Dooley and Tennessee, you get it a mixed martial arts fighting cage. That's not an exaggeration or a typo; among the many details revealed regarding the Volunteers' new $45 million practice facility during the Knoxville News-Sentinel's ...

MMA: 'The Nightmare' is over

By CARLOS ARIAS Diego Sanchez has always been an eccentric character since he burst onto the MMA scene and won the first season of ?The Ultimate Fighter,? but no one can deny his action-packed fighting style that has resulted in many memorable fights ...

Mike Pierce Says MMA Needs Some Officiating Changes

You can count the now 13-5 welterweight among those calling for change and consistency in overall MMA officiating. "You've got to make sure you're the hands-down, clear-cut choice as to who the winner is, but sometimes that's hard ?