After screaming in horror at Dan Miragliotta's decision to allow Shane Carwin to repeatedly punch a man laying face down with his arms out, it struck me that Frank Mir's career is once again at a crossroads. Having lost two of three fights at heavyweight, he once again finds himself in a position where he must win his next fight to stay relevant. Frank Mir is one of the company's top attractions, mostly because of his way with words. He doesn't need to be a world beater to stay on top of cards, he simply needs to stay relevant. Even though he lost to Shane Carwin this past Saturday, if he wins two fights while ...

Middleweight Rousimar Palhares, who defeated Tomasz Drwal via heel-hook, was suspended 90 days for failing to release the hold. The dangerous lock, which can quickly cause serious damage to the knee of a competitor, is often banned in lower-level competitions. Palhares latched on to Drwal and cranked hard even as the Polish slugger tapped repeatedly. Palhares had to be pried off of his foe by referee Kevin Mulhall before finally releasing the hold. from BloodyElbow.com

NEWARK, N.J. – If Shane Carwin keeps this up, he’s going to give mixed martial arts a bad name. This is the sport that takes a lifetime to master. It requires hours upon hours of daily training. It humbles even the greatest of athletes and the strongest of men. You don’t do MMA as a side job and win championships against the best in the world. At least, that was the conventional wisdom before Carwin came along and blew that school of thought to bits. Carwin still holds down a full-time job as an engineer and is a married father of a newborn daughter. That’s plenty to make the average man weary at ...

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - by Ken Pishna, MMAWeekly.com Georges St-Pierre entered the Octagon at UFC 111 on Saturday night the overwhelming favorite, and he exited in the same fashion. He left know doubt in anyone’s mind that he is the most dominant welterweight fighter, and one of the pound for pound best fighters, on the planet. St-Pierre wasn't able to finish Hardy, but he thoroughly dominated the fight from bell to bell. Every single round, Hardy came out trying to find an opening for his striking arsenal, and every single round, St-Pierre picked the Brit up and dumped him on his back. He wasn’t able to do much visible damage ...

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Press Release courtesy of Bellator Fighting Championships The international production and distribution company Engine Entertainment has completed an agreement with Bellator Fighting Championships to handle the exclusive worldwide distribution (excluding US and Canada) for this first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. With its unique tournament format, Bellator allows fighters to control their own destiny by eliminating the subjectivity of matchmaking and replicating the objectivity of virtually every other professional sport. Guided by this concept, Bellator produces a unique, exciting, competitive and entertaining brand of MMA programming that is based on the most successful real-sports, objective competition format. Bellator has taken the U.S. by storm since it debuted in April 2009 on ...