We caught up with American Top Team fighter Charles Rosa at the 2012 Beyond the Cage MMA Expo and discussed his successful pro debut, not having any opponents to follow it up, his future and...
Carson’s Corner: Tom DeBlass gives Carson the SCOOP on his shockingly short retirement!
April 12, 2013Even short-time listeners of the show may remember Bob Carson’s insightful and timely interview with former UFC fighter Tom DeBlass on his reasons for retiring from the sport during what was arguably the prime of his career. Those same listeners may be SHOCKED to discover that T...
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CageJunkies Reviews: Tatami Estilo Kids BJJ Gi
April 9, 2013CageJunkies! I hope you enjoy this thorough review of Tatami’s Estilo Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gi. It is a single piece of Tatami’s High Tech weave, featuring contrast stitching, updated patchwork with a rubberized lapel. It is a well-made and affordable Gi retailing for $59.99. Visit ht...
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CageJunies, we need your help! Judo for Jake
April 5, 2013Mark “Stan” Staniszewski’s passion for martial arts began over 3 decades ago as a young boy growing up on Long Island, NY. Years later, Stan discovered Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Stan excelled in both, and has dedicated his life to studying, competing, and teaching the two discipli...
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Bec Hyatt – Ready To Throwdown
April 2, 2013If Jasminka Cive had her way, Bec Hyatt would be announced inside the cage as the Invicta FaceBook champion of the world. Tension has grown between the two in the lead up to their Invicta FC 5 fight on April 5. Cive has stated numerous times that Hyatt doesn’t actually train and that she spe...
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Carson’s Corner Radio: Red Fury Team’s Adlan Amagov AND post-surgery Prindle!
March 31, 2013Folks, Carson’s Corner is BACK with a special double interview bonanaza! First up, courtesy of Red Fury fight team, the man known as “Hot Copy” hosts Adlan Amagov, known for his incredible spinning kick knockouts who now makes the jump to competing for the UFC...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 10
March 27, 2013Perhaps the most anticipated episode of the season, with two quarterfinal fights and star studded special guests like Mike Tyson and current UFC Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. Tonight’s two quarterfinal fights are: Collin Hart (Team Jones) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (Team Sonnen) ...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 8
March 12, 2013This week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter saw the last Preliim fight between Dylan Andrews (Team Jones) and Zak Cummings (Team Sonnen). The choice of who to give the wildcard spot to came down to Bubba McDaniel and Clint Hester, and Zak Cummings, Kevin Casey. B...
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XFC 18 Australia Highlights
March 7, 2013In the past twenty-four hours XFC Australia has released their highlight package from the sold out February 8 event which took place at The Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Queensland. The main event of the evening saw 5 x Australian Judo champion, Michael Tobin take out the XFC Batamweight champions...
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A CageJunkies Editorial: Should Transgendered MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Be Allowed To Fight In WMMA?
March 6, 2013Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author of this article does not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of CageJunkies.com, it’s editor, or other authors. If you haven’t been living under a rock the last few days you have ...
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Soa Palelei On His Return To The UFC
March 6, 2013When the news broke on Tuesday morning that Soa Palelei (18-3) had finally inked a contract with the UFC, fans around the world breathed a sigh of relief. It has been five long years since Palelei has graced the Octagon with his presence and in that time he has won ten of his past eleven bou...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 7
March 5, 2013Tonight we’ll see Team Jones’ #1 pick take on Team Sonnen’s Jimmy Quinlan in this season’s 6th preliminary fight, and a classic striker vs grappler match. The fighters also get a night on the town with a trip to Hooters, and Josh Samman gets a trip to the emerg...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: CFA on transgendered Fallon Fox – ‘We stand behind the fighter.’
March 5, 2013Although this past weekend Fallon Fox defeated Ericka Newsome by KO in the first round at CFA 10, it is definitely not the biggest splash that she has made in the last week. On Monday Fallon went on record with SI.com and revealed that she is MMA’s first admitted transgender fig...
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Charles Rosa – Delving Into The Untold Story
March 3, 2013Charles Rosa has become one of the electrifying pro fighters of his generation; but, there is more of Charles than just a fighter. Rosa, a family man, was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, but moved to Seabrook Beach, New Hampshire when he was a senior in high school; he graduated from ...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 6
February 27, 2013The show opens with replays of last week’s episode, when underdog Team Sonnen’s Kelvin Gastelum upset Team Jones’ Bubba McDaniels. At the training center, Uriah Hall was sparring with Luke Barnatt, and Uriah throws a pretty stiff jab, which Luke complains about. R...
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James Te-Huna – “I Want Shogun”
February 25, 2013When “Men In Black” blared over the sound system at the Wembley Arena and James Te-Huna started his entrance for his fight with Ryan Jimmo dressed in a black suit and dancing, you kind of got the feeling that something special was going to take place inside the Octagon. Fans worldwide...
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Alex Chambers – Invicta Debut
February 24, 2013When Alex Chambers (3-1) tore through experienced MMA vet Mika Nagano (11-8) at the Brace For War all female event back in October 2012, her name was thrown into the spotlight as a dominant force on the Australian WMMA circuit. After her highlight reel finish, it was revealed that Ch...
Read more...Now That’s A Flyweight! – XFC Australia
February 21, 2013Whilst the division is quite new to the UFC, the 125lbs division boasts quite a number of explosive fighters worldwide. Some criticism the division takes is that the fighters don’t possess the same knockout power that the heavier divisions have. In Australia, that is not the case. The footage...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 5
February 20, 2013The Ultimate Fighter 17 Team Sonnen vs Team Jones airs every Tuesday at 9pm ET on FX. This week we’ll see the highly touted and much talked about Robert “Bubba” McDaniel (Team Jones) take on underdog and youngest fighter in TUF History, Kelvin Gastelum (Team Sonnen)...
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Damien Brown – Brace 19 Winner
February 18, 2013At Brace For War 19, the highly anticipated lightweight match-up of Damien Brown and Rob Hill took place and much to the delight of the fight-fans in attendance, it was a fight that did not disappoint. After a three round war, Brown emerged the victor and in the process extended his winning ...
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Brandon Sosoli – Evolving
February 12, 2013Photo source: FaceBook It’s not often that a fighter can redeem their first professional loss and win a championship belt in the same night, for Brandon Sosoli (2-1) that “perfect storm” of events all took place in Canberra, Australia on February 2nd. Going into the Heavyweight elimin...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: Charles Rosa talks going pro, opponents dropping out and more!
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CageJunkies Exclusive: Alex “Bruce LeeRoy” Caceres talks getting back in the win column
posted by Jim Masciantonio
TUF and UFC veteran Alex “Bruce LeeRoy” Caceres talks to us about his training, dropping weight classes, not following MMA, and his UFC...
CageJunkies Exclusive: In The Mind Of A Menace – The Blackzillians Michael Johnson
posted by Jim Masciantonio
The Ultimate Fighter alumn Michael “The Menace” Johnson has been on a tear lately. Having won his last 3 fights he is one of the fastest rising young talents in the UFC’s heavily...
CageJunkies Exclusive: Randy “The Natural” Couture talks MMA, The Ultimate Fighter, Chael Sonnen and more…
posted by Jim Masciantonio
We caught up with former multiple time UFC champion Randy Couture at the 2012 Beyond the Cage MMA Expo and discussed the MMA legends thoughts on how far the sport has come, the impact...
As JimmyMas Sees It: GSP vs. Anderson Silva
posted by Jim Masciantonio
It’s that time again. A week has passed since I last took to the keyboard to let my not so humble opinion on recent developments in mixed martial arts be known. Last week I gave my thoughts on the...
As JimmyMas Sees It
posted by Jim Masciantonio
What’s up cagejunkies? I have been thinking about writing a weekly opinion based article ever since I was offered an opportunity to contribute to this site but due to (insert cliché excuses to...
Opportunity Knocks for Sky “El Chivo Loco” Moiseichik this Friday
posted by Jim Masciantonio
For every one mixed martial artist who gets his or her chance to showcase their skills in major promotions like The UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator there are literally hundreds of others who...
Fight Time 12 “Warriors Collide” Play by Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
Dennis Alzugarey vs Yvon Agneord Round 1: Dennis throws a few leg kicks to start the action and then charges accross the ring throwing wild punches but Yvon easily avoids damage and hits a double...
Fight Time 11 “Unfinished Business”
posted by Jim Masciantonio
Bruce Lutchmedial vs Cedar Serje Round 1:Bruce really picked Serje apart in the first rounnd...
Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Tate Play-By-Play Here!
posted by Jim Masciantonio
If you can’t catch all the action live, follow it here with our exclusive play-by-play! Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling Result: Roger Bowling Winner by TKO Ryan Couture vs. Conor Heun Result:...
UFC on FX 2 Play-By-Play Here!
posted by Jim Masciantonio
If you can’t catch UFC on FX 2 tonight, follow the play-by-play right here! SHAWN JORDAN VS. OLI THOMPSON Round 1: They feel each other out and Jordan lands a hard right hand and gets Thompson...
UFC 144 Japan Play-By-Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
If you can’t watch UFC 144 tonight, check out our exclusive play-by-play here! ISSEI TAMURA VS. TIEQUAN ZHANG Round 1 -Tiequan Zhang landed early but Tamura responded with his own power shots....
Fight Time 8 Play by Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
Hauley Tillman vs Lasiel Marquez Round 1- Tillman comes out strong landing a series of hard...
UFC on Fuel 1: Ellenberger vs. Sanchez Play-By-Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
Here is our play-by-play of tonight’s UFC on Fuel event. We will pick up the play-by-play sometime during the prelims. Enjoy! BERNARDO MAGALHAES VS. TIM MEANS Round 1 - ANTON KUIVANEN...
UFC 143 Play By Play Here
posted by Jim Masciantonio
If you can’t watch UFC 143 tonight, check out our exclusive play-by-play here! MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz (for interim welterweight title) Round 1: Candor...
UFC on FOX 2 Play-By-Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
Check out our exclusive play-by-play of tonight’s UFC on FOX 2! CHRIS CAMOZZI VS. DUSTIN JACOBY Round 1 - Round 2 - Round 3 - JOEY BELTRAN VS. LAVAR JOHNSON Round 1 – Joey...
UFC on FX 1 Play-By-Play
posted by Jim Masciantonio
If you don’t have FX or you’re away from a tv, please feel free to follow tonight’s exciting UFC on FX event right here with the CageJunkies! Enjoy! MAIN CARD (FX) Melvin...
Sarah Kaufman Draws Alexis Davis at Strikeforce in Ohio
posted by Jim Masciantonio
A possible No. 1 contender’s bout is on deck for the upcoming Strikeforce show in March as...
Robbie Lawler Towers Over Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine Fighter Salaries
posted by Jim Masciantonio
The Strikeforce; Rockhold vs Jardine fighter salaries were released by the Nevada State Athletic...
UFC News: UFC 141 Drug Tests Come Back Clean, Including Alistair Overeem
posted by Jim Masciantonio
According to Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) executive director Keith Kizer, all the tests...