Perhaps 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....
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...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 8
posted by Steve Solar
This 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...
CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 7
posted by Steve Solar
Tonight 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...
CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 6
posted by Steve Solar
The 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...
CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 3
posted by Steve Solar
It’s Time!!! (Sorry Buffer, don’t sue me) It’s time for your exclusive CageJunkies.com Ultimate Fighter 17 recap! Let’s do this! Chael Sonnen...
CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 1
posted by Steve Solar
Tonight we will see the 2 hour season premier of The Ultimate Fighter 17 on FX, featuring coaches Chael Sonnen and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones....
One Year Later: 10 Fighters the UFC Needs to Sign
posted by Steve Solar
As of the writing of this article, a little more than one year ago today I profiled the 10 fighters the UFC needs to have under contract. That article can be found here:...
CageJunkies UFC 152 Breakdown
posted by Steve Solar
What: UFC 152 Jones vs Belfort Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada When: Saturday September 22nd- Facebook Card starts at 6:30pm. FX Card starts at 8:00pm. Main Card...
Fight Factory Season 1 – Season Finale
posted by Steve Solar
It’s time for the season finale of Fight Factory. Bad blood between AKA Owner and Head Coach Javier Mendez and Josh Koscheck continues to get close to a boiling...
Fight Factory Episode 4 Recap
posted by Steve Solar
Last week we saw Josh Koscheck lose his fight to Johnny Hendricks, and veteran Phil Baroni lose a heartbreaking fight to Chris Holland. This week’s episode starts...
Fight Factory Episode 3 Recap
posted by Steve Solar
There’s been a lot of buzz for fight documentary “Fight Factory”, And this week we’ll take a look at the 3rd episode, which features the everyday life of fighters...
Fight Breakdown: Nate Diaz vs Ben “Smooth” Henderson
posted by Steve Solar
Just hours before Ben “Smooth” Henderson won a very controversial decision against Frankie Edgar at UFC 150, Dana White announced that Lightweight contender Nate Diaz would...
Exclusive Bellator 72 Play-By-Play Here!
posted by Steve Solar
Check out our exclusive Bellator play-by-play of the main card here! MAIN CARD: Welterweight Tournament Final Fight: Bryan Baker (18-3) vs. Karl Amoussou (15-4-2) Round 1 Quick start...
Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson named TUF 16 Coaches
posted by Steve Solar
The coaches for UFC’s reality show on FX, The Ultimate Fighter’s 16th...
AllOutMMAGear – From Miami to the World
posted by Steve Solar
One of the great sponsors we have for our CageJunkies One Year Anniversary/UFC 148 Watch Party is Miami’s own AllOut MMA Gear. The folks over at AllOut gave us a few minutes of their time...
Are PEDs and TRT Giving MMA a Proverbial Black Eye?
posted by Steve Solar
There is text going back to antiquity, that suggests men have always tried to work harder or at least suffer less as they were doing so. When the fittest of a nation were selected as...
UFC 146 Hangover: Extensive Post-Fight Analysis
posted by Steve Solar
When Alistair Overeem tested positive for elevated Testosterone levels, and had to pull out of his fight with current UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos, many felt this event was...
The Ultimate Fighter Live Episode 11 Recap
posted by Steve Solar
Steve Solar here. It’s time for everyone’s favorite MMA reality show that’s on FX! There’s a lot at stake on this week’s episode. Not only will the last two...
TUF Live Episode 10 Recap
posted by Steve Solar
Steve Solar here. It’s time for another installment of The Ultimate Fighter Live. Last week we saw Team Faber’s Andy Ogle submit Team Cruz’s Mike Rio in their fight, to move...
TUF Live Episode 9 Recap
posted by Steve Solar
Welcome to the CageJunkies TUF Live Recap! Tonight’s episode will feature the last quarter-final bout between Team Faber’s Andy Ogle and Team Cruz’s number 4 pick Mike Rio. Team...