Miguel Iturrate started in the MMA business in the crazy early days of the mid-nineties. He has match-made more than 100 MMA events in Japan, Brazil, Russia and all over the United States, and played an integral role in MMA’s early modern history. Through Hook 'n' Shoot, Florida’s AFC, the Euphoria shows and bodogfight, Iturrate has left an indelible mark on MMA history. He can also lay claim to a record that not even the UFC can by contracting 36 fights in three days.
Last night, Las Vegas hosted the re-match between Philippino superstar Manny Pacquiao and his nemesis Timothy Bradley. As expected, it was a high skill, tactical battle, however it the match did not turn into a coronation for Bradley but was more of a redemption and a return to the top for Pac-Man. Bradley showed his […] More
Abu Dhabi was the scene for UFC Fight Night 40, where Heavyweight Roy Nelson found his home run punch and took out Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera with a massive, twitch inducing right hand. For Nelson, it snaps a two fight winning streak and he was able to display his trademark KO punch, while Noguiera has lost […] More
Bellator 116 is in the books, as the show came to us last night from Temecula, California featuring the semi-finals of their season 10 Heavyweight Tournament. Neither tournament bout made it past the first round, as Blagoi Ivanov submitted Lavar Johnson and Alexander Volkov took out Mighty Mo Siliga. As predicted, this sets up an […] More
Though the pair have not fought in a while and neither has a fight on their schedule, Nick and Nate Diaz continue to make headlines. Nate was recently in the press ranting about fighter pay and about his drawing capability, while Nick is reported to have turned down a fight with Hector Lombard. The pair […] More
The UFC 174 card scheduled for June 14th, in Vancouver Canada will be headlined by the flyweight title bout between Champion Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov. The card also has announced a high voltage welterweight tilt between Tyrone Woodley and Rory MacDonald. For Johnson, it will be the fourth defense of the Flyweight title, while […] More
The UFC announced it’s arrival in New Zealand with a live show scheduled for June 28th, and the event will feature a middleweight fight between James Te Huna and Nate Marquardt. For Te Huna, it marks his debut as a Middleweight, as he did well as a Lightheavyweight but hit a ceiling and could not […] More
The UFC recently released welterweight Jake Shields and Lightweight Melvin Guillard after long runs with the company. Neither cut comes as a real surprise to insiders, as Shields has earned a reputation as ‘methodical’ (that means boring) while Guillard’s bad points have lately outweighed his good points after a 22 fight UFC career. The World […] More
The UFC Fight Night 39 card is this Friday, April 11th and it features a headliner of Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera against Roy Nelson. Right now, BETDSI has Nelson as a slight (-155) favorite over Noguiera, who returns (+135). The co-main event featuring featherweights Clay Guida and Tatsuya Kawajiri is also a tight affair at the […] More
This coming Friday night, April 11th, 2014, Bellator 116 comes to us from Temecula, California with a card headlined by the semi finals of the company’s season 10 Heavyweight tournament. It is the one benefit of the accelerated tournament format Bellator uses, and that is that you get to see the semi finals and finals […] More
This past weekend Reno, Nevada hosted Bellator 115, an event headlined by the Heavyweight Title bout between newly minted titleholder Vitaly Minakov and UFC veteran Cheick Kongo. The match itself revealed much in its five rounds. First, it showed that Minakov is a solid fighter, and one who has a gas tank that can go […] More
We take a look at the lines appearing for boxing, starting with this weekend’s Matchroom Boxing card In Leeds, England. Several boxing matches scheduled for the first half of October have already posted lines, including the big Gennady Golovkin versus Marco Antonio Rubio bout on October 18th. We review the lines for early October…. More
