During the past three weeks here in the Throwdown, we’ve covered the “big three” fights that comprise UFC 84: “Ill Will,” from BJ Penn-Sean Sherk to Lyoto Machida-Tito Ortiz to Keith Jardine-Wanderlei Silva.
It’s obvious that this is one of the better cards in recent memory.
But of course there are things that we haven’t discussed about […]

Brian Stann (6-0) will defend his WEC light heavyweight title for the first time when returns the cage against Steve Cantwell (5-1) on August 3. The “All-American” made the announcement on the Howard Stern show this past Thursday.
No location or possible venue for the showdown is known at this time.
Stann captured the 205-pound crown with […]

“… I know there are a lot of people out there doing steroids, cheating and every time I run into one of them, I’m going to call them on it and then I’m going to beat the shit out of them.… It’s going to be a historic night because all the kids out there will […]

A “Dragon” looks for his coming out party while a “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” looks to be the spoiler in this week’s edition of the Friday Night Throwdown.
In the second part of this three-part series, we will look at the other light heavyweight battle between Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz at UFC 84: “Ill Will” […]

With a sell out crowd of 8,000 fans expected to fill up the lower bowl of the Arco Arena, the WEC recently announced that it will release more tickets for WEC 34: “Faber vs Pulver” on June 1.
In fact, according to the press release, the Zuffa-owned promotion will sell tickets for the upper sections of […]

Welcome back folks for another edition of the Friday Night Throwdown here on MMAmania.
This latest installment will be one of a three-part series that takes a look at the three key fights that will headline UFC 84: “Ill Will” on May 24. In part one today, I’ll go in-depth on the upcoming light heavyweight tilt […]

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) yesterday released the final card for its biggest event in the organization’s history at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on June 1.
The blockbuster event will feature two title fights along with the return of former champions “Razor” Rob McCullough and Chase Beebe.
Here’s the final line up:
Main event
WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah […]

WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit (22-4) signed a four-fight contract extension with the Zuffa-owned promotion, according to USAToday.com.
“The Natural Born Killer” — who was a spectator at last Saturday’s UWC show in Washington, DC — made the announcement during the event. It must be noted that prior to the extension that Condit had one more […]

Welcome to the debut of the “Friday Night Throwdown” here on MMAmania.com.
Every Friday night here on MMAmania.com, I’ll wrap up the major weekly MMA news and attempt to digest it all. The Throwdown will also include featured columns, fighter interviews and fight previews of all of the big events in the coming months.
In addition, the […]

Former WEC lightweight champion Razor Rob McCullough is set to get back on the road to reclaim his 155-pound title, beginning with Kenneth Alexander at WEC 34: “Faber vs. Pulver” at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif, on June 1.
McCullough is looking to rebound after losing his WEC lightweight strap to Jamie Varner his last […]