The 205 lb or light heavyweight division has been the most stacked weight class in the sport of mixed martial arts for quite some time. There have been all-time greats such as Randy Couture and Mark Coleman who have competed in this vaunted division, as well as newcomers such as Rashad Evans, Shogun Rua, and Lyoto Machida who have dominated the division as of late. Ranking a top-10 of all-time at this division is beyond difficult, even ranking a current top-10 is hard enough to rank. "This fighter beat this fighter, but he beat this guy, and this one beat him too," seems to be the common theme when putting a nail on ...

I will Start this Article with a comment made by Gus Johnson via cage potato   "I take a lot of criticism, but I try my best to try to help promote this fucking sport, when nobody else, including television executives could give two shits because they think it’s barbaric and it’s filled with a bunch of hoodlums, which is exactly how it looked to everyone watching the show Saturday ...

   The deal to bring Fedor Emelianenko back to Strikeforce isn’t a done deal yet, but the promotion is hopeful he'll be on board for a June fight against Fabricio Werdum. Just last month the word was that Fedor was confirmed for the June card, and while Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says they are hopeful to have him on the show in San Jose, Calif., it's an ongoing situation. "We have a date in June on hold for him, and we're hoping we work things out where he can come fight that fight," said Coker when appearing on MMAWeekly Radio on Wednesday night. "I wish I could give you more details, but I really can't talk about the minutia ...

The highly touted Takanori Gomi made his UFC debut live on Spike TV from North Carolina against perennial title challenger Kenny Florian to headline the UFC Fight Night 21 card. The UFC sold him as an "all time great", "the last PRIDE champion" and his 30+ wins were mentioned. Former title challenger and TUF veteran Kenny Florian entered the cage as the home country fighter, well known and respected by the fans.   He then proceeded to utterly dominate and dismantle Takanori Gomi. Florian picked Gomi apart standing in the first round but waited until the third, when Gomi began to land punches on the feet to shoot in for the take down where ...

It looks like former WEC and Pride champion Paulo Filho will try to make another go of it in the United States when he faces Hector Lombard in a middleweight superfight for Bellator Fighting Championships on May 13. The promotion officially announced the previously rumored bout on Tuesday, stating the fight would be a non-title affair with the venue for the fight still to be determined. Filho was widely considered one of the top middleweights in the world just a few short years ago, but the Brazilian fell on hard times during his stint with the WEC after moving their when Pride was purchased by Zuffa. Going 2-1 with the promotion, Filho never quite looked himself in any of his fights ...