Call him brash and cocky, Muhammed Lawal doesn't care. He's not going to back down from any challenge, so when a female reporter from Black Belt Magazine mentioned Fedor Emelianenko () to a guy with just six pro mixed martial

Fighters prepare in different ways the night before they go to battle. WEC lightweight fighter Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone has been doing this for a while and doesn't lack for confidence. He certainly didn't before his fight against Ed Ratcliff. Cerrone

Can Steve Mazzagatti get through a Nevada or California fight card without getting blasted? "The Stache" was the recipient of more @danawhite tweets for his tardy stoppage during Brandon Visher's win over Courtney Buck. Photographer extraordinaire @mstracylee was out helping

Here are the official fighter salaries for WEC 45.

MMAPayout.com has retrieved the disclosed payouts for WEC 45 - held this past Saturday, December 19th - from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.Please note the following represent only a portion of the fighters total purse.Disclosed PayoutsMain Event:Donald Cerrone $24,000 ($12,000

Here are the payouts for Strikeforce: Evolution card which was held on Saturday, December 19th from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.Scott Smith: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Cung Le via: $150,000Gilbert Melendez: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Josh

The WEC and Strikeforce battled head-to-head over the weekend in a match-up of Saturday night events that closely paralleled their on-going war for the number two position in MMA. But did WEC 45 or Strikeforce: Evolution really make a case

Strikeforce has officially announced two title fights for their upcoming Miami show this January.

Here are the official fighter salaries for the Strikeforce: Evolution fight card.

Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly brings us the latest news regarding Strikeforce's next CBS event scheduled for April, which is likely to feature a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum."It's not confirmed... (but) on that fight card, you'll most

Cung Le came into the bout an undefeated former Strikeforce middleweight champ, but he left with a smashed nose, a storybook of bumps and abrasions on his face, and a big, fat "L" on his record. At Strikeforce's "Evolution", lightweight

Josh "The Punk" Thomson and Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez are thirsting for more respect.They closed 2009 with an absolute top five candidate for Fight of the Year setting up another chapter in a trilogy somewhere down the road. Both fighters

Strikeforce has been scooping up fighters left and right in the second half of 2009. The big signings included Fedor Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi and Dan Henderson. Those guys have combined for 83 wins and fought all over the world but

Bobby Lashley and UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar are always linked. The reasons are obvious. After big careers in the WWE, they both decided to try their hand at mixed martial arts. They're also both 255-265 pound behemoths who had decorated

Geno McGahee of Ringside Report writes that Floyd Mayweather has threatened to pull out of the bout against Manny Pacquiao, tentatively scheduled for March 13th, because of differences in weight allowance.According to a source very close to the situation, Floyd

Here are the official results from last night's Strikeforce: Evolution fight card.

Here are the official results for last night's WEC 45 event.

If Strikeforce has any luck avoiding the recent injury bug that seems to have run rampant in mixed martial arts, its next card is stacked with some excellent fights. CEO Scott Coker confirmed that Nick Diaz will fight DREAM welterweight

Anthony Njokuani (pictured) won his third knockout of the night bonus for his headkick KO of Chris Horodecki. His previous bonuses came for knockouts of Bart Palaszewski at WEC 40 and Muhsin Corbbrey at WEC 43.--Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff

It seemed like it was the kind of night where Donald Cerrone couldn't win, but he fought back to win when it mattered most. He submitted Ed Ratcliff at 3:47 in the third round with a rear naked choke. Cerrone