For 25 year-old Aaron Rosa, it’s not getting to the cage that’s the tough part-it’s pulling the trigger once you’re there.
The light heavyweight was four months into training when he notched his first amateur victory in San Antonio, Tex. College football toughened him up for the experience, even though he was a tight end and [...]

By day, Ben Holscher (1-0) is an educator in Clovis, California’s public high school system. After school is out, though, he shifts gears towards his other career – professional mixed martial arts (MMA) prize fighting in the cage.
The 28-year-old Health teacher, who also coaches wrestling for the high school, is in the midst of preparing [...]

It was Billy Evangelista’s job to carry a light artillery mortar, and he didn’t much like it.  
 
“They call it light artillery, but no way, man,” he said. “That thing’s heavy. Try carrying it for a couple of miles—it sucks.”
 
Here was a kid from the arid fields of central California, lugging metal tubing and shells all [...]

Mixed martial arts upstart Kim “Sugar Free” Couture (1-1), wife of MMA legend Randy Couture, will take a major step up in competition when she squares off with fearsome submission expert Miesha Tate (5-1) in a 135 lb. limit in a live, SHOWTIME-televised contest at the inaugural SHO MMA: Strikeforce Challengers event at Save Mart [...]

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Mixed martial arts made a smashing return to premium network television Saturday with a scintillating fight card that featured heaps of strikes, kicks, drama, unbelievable comebacks and a brilliant, poised, victorious performance by Nick Diaz.
In a dominant outing in which he was in control throughout, Diaz (19-7, 1 NC) of Stockton, Calif., made good on [...]

Official fighter weigh-ins for Saturday, April 11 Strikeforce mixed martial arts (MMA) mega-event at San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion at San Jose.
Four-time World Champion and mixed martial arts legend Frank Shamrock will make his dramatic return to the cage against fellow knockout artist Nick Diaz in the main event.
Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez and Rodrigo Damm [...]

SHOWTIME will offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans the opportunity to get immersed in the April 11, blockbuster premiere of Strikeforce on SHOWTIME with its new interactive online experience, Strikeforce: All Access, it was announced today by the network’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports and Event Programming, Ken Hershman. The digital initiative, an [...]

A middle finger greeted Frank Shamrock as he crossed the Avalon Club stage in Hollywood, the strains of Saliva’s “Ladies and Gentleman” blaring in the background.
A firing line of flashes went off as he raised his fists and waved his opponent over for a staredown picture. The owner of the bird in question, Nick Diaz, [...]

Legendary MMA Pioneer and main event fighter, Frank Shamrock (23-9-2) held a media conference call on Thursday to discuss his upcoming fight against talented MMA Bad Boy and Cesar Gracie Black Belt Nick Diaz (18-7) of the “Shamrock vs. Diaz” mega-event to be held Saturday, April 11 at HP Pavilion at San Jose.
To hear what Shamrock had [...]