Articles tagged with: murilo rua
Dave Herman needed just 60-seconds to stop Don Frye on Saturday in the main event of Shark Fights 6, forcing a referee stoppage at the one-minute mark of the headliner. Gerald Harris, a cast member on the Ultimate Fighter 7, knocked out former WEC and UFC fighter Nissen Osterneck in the co-main event to with the promotion’s middleweight title.
Complete results from Shark Fights 6, Arena Rumble, and Bitetti Combat are after the jump…
Read More »Hayato "Mach" Sakurai needed just 27-seconds to knockout Shinya Aoki on Sunday at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, pinning him in the corner of the ring before unloading a series of knees and punches that forced the referee to halt the DREAM 8 main event.
Read More »All twenty DREAM 8 fighters, including headliners Hayato "Mach" Sakurai and Shinya Aoki, successfully made weight today in Japan for their bouts tomorrow at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Read More »Josh Koscheck has been forced off UFC 98 due to a foot injury, UFC President Dana White will reportedly reduce his public UFC role, Strikeforce is considering a rematch between Mitsuhiro Ishida and Gilbert Melendez for its April 11th event, and more.
Read More »DREAM today announced additional bouts for DREAM 8, which takes place on April 5th at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan and features the opening round of the promotion's welterweight grand prix.
Read More »Jon Fitch has signed a five-fight extension with the UFC, Bellator has announced the complete lineups for its first three events, Kendall Grove and Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer have been added to UFC 101, and more...
Read More »EliteXC on Wednesday officially announced the main card for the promotion’s October 4th event at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
As MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) reported on Monday undefeated heavyweight streetfighter-turned-mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will meet UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock in the main event of the CBS-broadcast event.
In the co-main event [...]
Former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua (16-8-1) will fight UFC and IFL veteran Benji Radach (18-4) at EliteXC’s October 4th event on CBS.
Radach informed Sherdog of the matchup earlier today.
Radach compiled a five-fight win streak in the IFL with wins over Ryan McGivern, Brian Foster, Bristol Marunde, Gerald Harris, and Brent Beauparlant. In his [...]
KJ Noons def. Yves Edwards via TKO – Round 1, 0:48
Nick Diaz def. Muhsin Corbbrey via TKO – Round 3, 3:59
Murilo “Ninja†Rua def. Tony Bonello via TKO – Round 1, 3:16
Dave “Pee Wee†Herman def. Ron Waterman via TKO – Round 1, 2:19
Rafael Feijao def. Wayne Cole via TKO – Round 1, 2:47
Bubba McDaniel [...]
KJ Noons (160) vs. Yves Edwards (158.5)
Nick Diaz (169) vs. Muhsin Corbbrey (163.5)
Murilo “Ninja†Rua (184) vs. Tony Bonello (185)
Dave “Pee Wee” Herman (243.5) vs. Ron Waterman (263)
Rafael Feijao (205) vs. Wayne Cole (204)
Kala Hose (186) vs. Bubba McDaniel (184.5)
Chris “Red Bull†Willems (141.5) vs. Mark Oshiro (140.5)
Kaleo Kwan (160) vs. Mike Aina (160)
Lolohea Mahe [...]
One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card on Saturday, June 14, that will feature EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., against rejuvenated Yves Edwards (33-13-1) of Coconut Creek, Fla.
Preceding a main [...]
Though the face of EliteXC, Kimbo Slice, emerged victorious last night, it was controversy that reigned supreme in front on 8,033 fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey for EliteXC “Primetime”, the sport’s first-ever network television card.
In the main event, former internet street fighter turned mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson was [...]
Kimbo Slice def. James Thompson via TKO – Round 3, 0:38
Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith – No Contest*
EliteXC Middleweight Championship
Gina Carano def. Kaitlin Young via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 5:00
Joey Villasenor def. Phil Baroni via TKO – Round 1, 1:11
Brett Rogers def. Jon Murphy via TKO – Round 1, 1:01
Chris [...]
An EliteXC welterweight title bout between Jake Shields (20-4-1) and Drew Fickett (33-5) scheduled for June 14th in Hawaii has again been postponed, this time due to a knee injury suffered by Fickett.
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw announced the latest setback in a recent interview with MMA Weekly:
“Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and [...]

