They say you learn the most from your defeats and that losing makes you stronger but Ian Loveland took it to a new level. After losing back-to-back fights in the UFC and being released, Loveland returned to action in May to capture the Tachi Palace Fights bantamweight championship with a late first round knockout.
Former UFC fighter and TUF alum Robert Emerson returns to the cage next month after dealing with nagging injuries that has kept him out of action for over a year. Emerson last fought on January 29th of 2011, losing a unanimous decision to Justin Salas at Full Force Fighting.
The night didn’t go nearly as planned for Joe Soto tonight at Tachi Palace Fights 10 in Lemoore, California. The Inaugural Bellator season one winner and first ever Bellator Featherweight champion fought Eddie Yagin for the vacant Tachi Palace Fights featherweight title in the night’s co-main event.
Josh Wood and Dan Rose cover the week’s breaking news, including Fedor being released as well as all the Golden Glory issues with Zuffa. Then sit down and relax as they break down UFC 133 which takes place live tomorrow night on PPV from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All that and more on an all new episode of the MMA Pulse.
Summer is winding down and after a slow month of July in Zuffa land (compared to May) August is packed with three UFC events and one Strikeforce. Contrary to what some might tell you Mixed Martial Arts isn’t just the UFC and Strikeforce. On any given week there are several MMA events taking place in the United States and across the world.
The fan outcry for the possible reason to why Gerald Harris (18-4) was cut from the UFC was diluted even more last night when Harris took on Anthony Ruiz (25-16) at Tachi Palace Fights 9: Contenders. Harris came into the fight with a two fight losing streak and who was coming off a local show loss to the relatively unknown James Head.
Zuffa has done its best Pacman impersonation, gobbling up Pride, WFA, IFL, WEC and now Strikeforce, leaving no clear second organization. I know Mark Pavelich would have you believe MFC is number 2 but the truth is it’s a committee effort to supply the needed fighters to move onto the biggest stages, as well as [...]
From being the first ever WEC Featherweight Champion to coming back after a horrible staph infection that left him out of the sport for about three years, Cole Escovedo has done more than most people in his MMA career. The Fresno, California native will return to Tachi Palace Fights on May 6th when he takes on 7-1 Tommy Vargas.
