Not only is James “Lights Out” Toney one tough dude (don’t let the slurred speech fool you), but he also happens to be the best hand striker in all of MMA—and that’s without ever having a fight inside of the Octagon. Quite simply—how can you not respect a pure boxing champion? On the Eve of UFC 118, I sincerely believe that James Toney is being more than a little over-looked at the moment by the majority of MMA fans (is it denial?) and I am seriously worried for their collective mental health should Randy “the Natural” Couture actually lose. [Mixture of boos and laughter] Oh don’t...

Today, a Federal judge handed down a 4-year prison term to a local pharmacist convicted of participating in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell anabolic steroids made in Mobile, Alabama. J. Michael Bennett, was the supervising pharmacist at Applied Pharmacy Services and was the first to be sentenced from a group of five men who have been found guilty after a five-week trial earlier this year. Prosecutors referred to Bennett, 44, and the others in a sentencing memorandum as “drug dealers in lab coats.” They argued that Bennett played a key role in an enterprise involving unethical...

According to the Toronto Sun, mixed martial arts is about to get legalized in Ontario, Canada. The Dalton McGuinty government will officially sanction and regulate the wildly popular MMA, allowing matches to be fought anywhere within the Province’s boundaries. Despite previous claims by McGuinty that permitting MMA was a “non-priority” for the Province, it would seem that Ottawa has had a major change of heart. Tom Wright, director of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Canadian Operations, said that the organization made a significant commitment to Canada by opening a Toronto office...

At 47-years-old, Randy “the Natural” Couture is still competing in mixed martial arts at the highest level possible in the UFC and is currently scheduled to take on professional boxer (mixed martial artist?), James “Lights Out” Toney. Think about that for a second. The man is 47-years-old and even though he gets very little credit from many of the fans for being able to compete with the top level talent in either the Light Heavyweight or the Heavyweight divisions, the reality is that Randy Couture could easily clean out about 90% of the fighters in the largest and most prestigious fighting...

“To work hard is what is expected, to train like a madman is to exceed all limitations!”—Brands Brothers Training out of the Miletich Fighting Systems, is the young and undefeated (10-0) MMA fighter by the name of Zack Micklewright. Micklewright is currently scheduled to take on Bart Palaszewski at WEC 50 on August 18th, in a bout that was originally scheduled for the preliminaries, but recently got moved up to the televised main card. This is my interview. Please enjoy. . James Ryan: Hi Zack. Zack Micklewright: Hey there, James. . James Ryan: Thanks for agreeing to this interview....

Dear Mr. Ryan, I used to be a big Dana White fan. No one can argue against the fact that he has done a lot to help the sport of mixed martial arts. He has brought MMA into the world spotlight, and not just in the US where he obviously did a lot to get it sanctioned, when many State Athletic Commissions wanted nothing to do with MMA. But I don’t know what it is lately…perhaps a shift in his focus or something that maybe we didn’t notice until it started picking up momentum… As any good businessman and CEO would do, Dana is now trying to make sure that his promotion—and his promotion...

So here we are—three days later, and I finally had the opportunity to watch UFC 117. What can I say? It was an awesome event—particularly the fight between UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson “the Spider” Silva, and Chael Sonnen. Just incredible. . Despite eventually getting submitted in the fifth and final round, Sonnen absolutely dominated the man that is commonly referred to as the best pound-for-pound champion in the entire world. And he did it for four straight rounds. Never before in the history of the UFC Octagon, had Silva ever been beaten up and controlled so badly. My hat is...

Strikeforce veteran Paul Bradley, recently competed against “Smile’N” Sam Alvey in the Main Event at King of the Cage: Chain Reaction on July 17th, in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, things didn’t go exactly as planned. I guess that’s what can happen when a promotion schedules an outdoor event on a dark, cloudy day. Bradley now has an impressive professional MMA fighting record of 12-2-1, and has competed for national organizations such as Strikeforce, Ultimate Cage Fighting Challenge, and Ring of Combat. Bradley also happens to be a former NCAA Division I stand-out and a former cast member...

“Lance Armstrong did a number of things and he gave himself cancer,” Sonnen said on Pro MMA Radio. “He cheated, he did drugs, and he gave himself cancer. Well, instead of saying ‘Hey listen, I cheated and gave myself cancer, don’t be like me,’ he actually made himself the victim and then went out and profited something like $15 million from this ‘Hey, poor me, let’s find a cure for cancer’ campaign instead of just coming clean and saying, ‘Look, here’s what I did, I screwed myself up, and I hope people learn from my mistakes.’” Apparently,...

So there I was, lathering up my man parts in the shower, thinking about how I’m unfortunately going to have to miss the fights on Saturday night due to a last-minute camping trip planned by the girlfriend (don’t worry, I’ll catch them the next day on FightPromo.ca for free) and that’s when the horror set in. No, it wasn’t the bar of soap lodged in a place that it didn’t belong. It was more of an unholy epiphany—a nightmare really. “What if Chael Sonnen actually won this weekend?” I wondered. “What kind of a UFC Champion would this guy make?” Not that I’m a big Anderson Silva...