MMA Big Show has signed a deal with Goliath Productions and AMG Networks for the regional promotion to be televised in syndication nationally and internationally.
Two-hour specials and 13 half-hour episodes are slated to begin airing in the fall.
"We are starting out by airing some of our historical fights such as Mojo Horne vs. Josh Haynes, which was a banger, then move to airing our new matchups starting from our March and April events while aiming towards live two-hour specials," said promoter Jason Appleton.
MMA Big Show will release the full TV schedule for each market on its website at MMABigShow.com.
Strikeforce middleweight Phil Baroni and Jeff Piecoro of Fox Sports are commentators for the promotion.
Yesterday, the UFC announced it has partnered with Grapplers Quest to host the first ever UFC sponsored grappling tournament.
Held in conjunction with the historic UFC 100 event, the tournament will be held on July 10 and 11 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the previously announced UFC Fan Expo.
Open to the first 1,500 registered competitors, the announcement stated the UFC expects the event to "be the largest submission, grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in history".
The Grapplers Quest event will award "thousands of dollars in prizes" across multiple divisions that include men, women and children from all skill levels.
Registration is currently open for the event. Entry fees start at $89 to register in one division and include a free two-day pass to the UFC Fan Expo – a $50 value.
The tournament schedule includes all adult, no-gi divisions and superfights on Friday, July 10, while all children, teen and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu divisions will be contested on Saturday, July 11.
Grapplers Quest held its first event in 1997, the first ever submission grappling tournament contested in the US. Current UFC fighters Mark Bocek, Kenny Florian, Matt Hughes, Denis Kang, Eliot Marshall, Mike Massenzio, Kurt Pellegrino, Matt Riddle and Brandon Vera have all competed in previous editions of Grapplers Quest.
The Grapplers Quest tournament is the latest addition to the UFC Fan Expo's growing two-day lineup of events. The organization has also planned meet-and-greets with several current and historic stars of ZUFFA-owned organizations as well as mixed martial arts demonstrations and training sessions.
UFC light heavyweight fighter Houston "The Assassin" Alexander rescued a child left alone inside an unlocked car in Omaha, Nebraska, last Wednesday according to Omaha's NBC network affiliate, WOWT-TV.
Alexander, who spotted the four-year-old girl crying inside a Chevy Lumina, attended to her by leading her on a search for her guardian. The heavy puncher first took her into a dialysis center before finding the girl's mother at the next door plasma center.
The mother was reported to the Child Protective Services and cited for misdemeanor child neglect.
Alexander out of Omaha, has another heroic story. The father of six carries a scar on his stomach from donating his kidney nine years ago to his daughter.
Alexander recently withdrew from his UFC 98 bout on May 23 against Andre Gusmao due to an injured hand.
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture knows what Chuck Liddell is currently going through. He knows what it feels like to have the UFC push him into retirement. The only difference is that Couture was never as close to UFC President Dana White as Liddell is and that really is the problem according to Couture.
"It's like, 'you're not going to fight for the UFC again, because we don't want to see you do this anymore.' That sucks." Couture said.
The talk is about Liddell's age and declining ability but Couture attributes Liddell's recent losses to something else. "He's got that kind of style anyway, that's the fighter he's always been. We're just used to seeing him on the other side of it – landing the shot instead of taking the shot."
Couture does hope that its ultimately Liddell's decision at the end but that people he's spoken to who are close to the Liddell situation told him, "I know he's struggling with the decision, he's being pressured, and he's not sure that's what he wants to do."
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, the twin brother of former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, was victorious Saturday at Jungle Fight in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
Interestingly, it was Nogueira's first fight in Brazil. Nogueira has fought in Japan, Canada and USA but had previously never competed in his home country.
Nogueira took on 30-year-old striker Dion Staring in the main event and submitted the Golden Glory fighter with a triangle choke in the third round.
Nogueira improved to 17-3, while Staring fell to 15-6.
Nogueira was coming off a knockout win over Vladimir Matyushenko in January at Affliction: Day of Reckoning and the win over Staring extended his win streak to five.
Only a week after offering a candidate for submission of the year, Bellator Fighting Championships presented a potential knockout of the year at Bellator VI in Robstown, Texas.
Taped on May 8, 2009, Yahir Reyes scores one of the most electrifying knockouts in mixed martial arts history over Estevan Payan. Reyes lands a perfectly executed spinning backfist that lifts Payan of the canvas, spins him 180 degrees and plops him on the mat.
Reyes advance to the Bellator Featherweight Finals. He will face Joe Soto, who moved on with a unanimous decision over former EliteXC Bantamweight Champion Wilson Reis.
MMA Big Show has signed a deal with Goliath Productions and AMG Networks for the regional promotion to be televised in syndication nationally and internationally.
