http://www.fighters.com MMA News, Stats, Videos, and Fighter Profiles Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sunday, "Unstoppable" Cheick Kongo (11-4-1) announced that he'll bounce off his March defeat to Fighters.com eighth-ranked heavyweight "Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring (28-13) versus Norwegian Dan Evensen (10-2) in Minneapolis in August. Evensen is primarily a BodogFight product, going 3-0 in that now-defunct promotion. Evensen won his last fight in November by unanimous decision ... http://www.fighters.com/05/20/kongo-needs-a-stoppage-in-august/ By Jon Grilz “I would love a shot at [Yushin] Okami,” exclaimed Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked welterweight “The Goat” Nick Thompson (35-9-1), when asked if he would like a shot at redeeming a loss years prior. "Thunder" Okami (22-4) is Fighters.com’s fifth-ranked middleweight. “No disrespect to him, but I got injured in the fight right ... http://www.fighters.com/05/20/348/ Saturday night at Harlow's Casino and Resort in Greenville, Mississippi, Abel Cullum (11-1) submitted "Lion" Ryan Diaz (12-11) in a fifth-round armbar to take the Canadian's King of the Cage 135-pound title. Cullum has stopped his last ten opponents; Diaz is the first of the string to get out of the ... http://www.fighters.com/05/20/cullum-captures-kotc-flyweight-title/ Sunday in Tokyo at Sengoku II, Fighters.com's third-ranked heavyweight "Babyface Assassin" Josh Barnett (22-5) ground out a unanimous decision over "Snowman" Jeff Monson (24-8) in a match battled mostly on the mat. Heavyweight "Monster" Kevin Randleman (17-12) also pulled out a UD over Pancrase star Ryo Kawamura (8-3-2).  The decision was considered ... http://www.fighters.com/05/19/barnett-weathers-snowmans-assault-at-sengoku/ Makin' moves!  Fighters.com proudly sponsored Omaha Fight Club's Amateur Fight Night Friday night, then the Xtreme Couture Operation Freedom 5k Run Saturday morning in Las Vegas. Photos From Omaha The Omaha Fight Club's Fighters.com-sponsored cage. You can always spot a fighter as the guy with both eyes black and both arms full. The new ... http://www.fighters.com/05/18/fighterscom-omaha-to-las-vegas/ A card featuring a former combatant on The Ultimate Fighter, Blake Bowman (1-0), and "Mr. International" Shonie Carter (38-17-7) as referee proved to be one of those where you truly "didn't want to blink." At Legends of Fighting 25: Breaking Point in Indianpolis, Bowman, oft-criticized cast-member of TUF 6, made his pro ... http://www.fighters.com/05/17/legends-of-fighting-25-breaking-point-2/ By Jon Grilz “I’m ready to get in there and show everyone who the champ is," Fighters.com's fifth-ranked lightweight "Muscle Shark" Sean Sherk (32-2-1) told Fighters.com Thursday from the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy in Minneapolis. At UFC 73 last July, then UFC Lightweight Champ Sherk defended his title by unanimous decision over ... http://www.fighters.com/05/17/redemption-for-sean-sherk/ Friday in Connecticut, IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson (13-2) blitzed "Hillbilly Heartthrob" Brad Imes (11-5) at the bell to score a TKO in 2:55 and retain his title. "Lion" Ryan Schultz (20-9-1) defended his IFL lightweight title in a five-round unanimous decision "W" over tough Lithuanian Deividas Taurosevicius (9-3). Middleweight Dan Miller ... http://www.fighters.com/05/17/nelson-schultz-defend-ifl-titles-miller-wins-first-belt/ Two No Contests marred Thursday's King of the Cage Opposing Force card at San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, outside of San Bernardino. The card's main event between welterweight champion "Slam" Aaron Wetherspoon (7-2) and challenger Anthony Lapsley (11-3) was one of the false starts. Top super heavyweight contender "Rhino" Mike Bourke's ... http://www.fighters.com/05/17/kotc-opposing-force-results/ I can defend the reasonable. When middleweight Kalib Starnes (8-3-1) was being derided as a coward after losing to "Rock" Nathan Quarry (10-2) last month, I took his word that he broke his foot early in the fight, tried to look at the fight through his eyes, and posted the best ... http://www.fighters.com/05/16/starnes-claims-hes-still-with-att/