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Today at a press conference in Tiger Schulmann's in Manhattan, America's oldest feeder promotion, King of the Cage, announced that they are planning an event for New Jersey as part of their new east coast schedule. While no details have been finalized as to exactly wher...e or when the event will be held, King of the Cage's new director of east coast operations Keith Creed confirmed that the Garden State will...

In addition to the three bouts already unveiled for next Thursdays Bellator 29 event in Milwaukee, USCombatSports.com has learned of four other confirmed matchups. A showdown between Matt Major and Brett Cooper has been added to the televised card, but it is a local fig...ht between David Oliva and Justin Lemke that could steal the show.Read more...

Nine weeks before the biggest fight of his career, Will The Franchise Dicke decided to pack his bags and make the move from Metzs Combat Club to Roufusport. With only hours remaining until his bout with Caleb Nelson at Combat USA, Dicke is hoping that the switch will prove successful.Read more...

KJ Noons, fresh off his dominating knockout win over Jorge Gurgel at Strikeforce: Houston last month, is already preparing for his next fight. As far as his next opponent, Strikeforce gave the fans what they wanted.

Charles Oliveira just fought at UFC on Versus "Jones vs. Matyushenko"  in August. He will be back in the octagon for his second fight with the UFC, and will be featured in the co-main event of the night at Ultimate Fight Night 22 in Austin.

http://espn.go.com/espn3/index/_/sport/boxing/view/upcoming/ is the only place to watch the highly anticipated rematch between WBO/IBO/IBF Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 48 KOs) and contender Samuel Peters (34-3 27 KOs), as the two square off for 12 exci...ting rounds from Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany this Saturday the 11th at 5:00pm ET.

Two New Mexicowarriors head to Amarillo this weekend to fight on the Shark Fights Promotion. Keith Jardine (15-8-1) will take on UFC vetTrevor Prangley (22-6-1)in the main event. Joey Villasenor (27-7) will meet Danillo Villafort (11-3). The co-main eventhas UFC vetsRam...eau Soukoudjou facing Houston Alexander. Paul "Semtex" Daley, infamously known for his sucker punch of Josh Koscheck will fight Jorge Masvidal.

Citing a training injury, UFC veteran Marcus Aurelio has pulled out of the Shine Fights Lightweight Grand Prix. Taking his place will be fellow former UFC fighter Shannon Gugerty.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has found its newest welterweight prospect. According to sources close to his camp, USCombatSports.com has learned that undefeated Kenny Robertson has agreed to terms on a four-fight deal with the worlds largest mixed martial arts organization.

MATCS and Chris Manuel of Team Manuel bring out the final episode of this four part series.

Mid-Atlantic Combat Sports is giving away free tickets to the M-1 Global Selection Americas Finals, to be held Saturday, September 18 at the Bally's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first three readers to answer the trivia question below will win two free tickets each to the event....

Despite the controversy and confusion surrounding the relocation of the Shine Fights Lightweight Grand Prix, the first round matchups have been finalized. James Warfield has been assigned to begin the tournament against Kyle Baker, however, suspensions could be levied a...gainst each man who competes in the unsanctioned competition.Read more...

Since its announcement, the single elimination tournament put on by Shine Fights known as the Lightweight Grand Prix has seenseveral injury replacements,matchmaking determined by online vote, and a location change from Virginia to Oklahoma. MATCS' own MMA Mom, Lynne McC...reary, returns with herBlog to recap the storm of events surrounding the Shine tournament.

MMA promotions TuffNUff , will invade Florida on October 9th, 2010 at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida. TuffNUff is a mma promotion compny out of Las Vegas Nevada and is trying their luck in the Florida market. Based on their pro shows in vegas, the... October 9th event is set to be the best Am-MMA show ever to hit Florida.

Last week the UFC Fan Expo and smash success of UFC 118 left one story in Boston seriously overlooked: the adventure MATCS reporters had in attendance. After the jump, courtesy of our friends at The Fight Nerd is a video overview of both Matt Kaplowitz of The Fight Nerd... and Peter Lampasona of MATCS touring the UFC fan expo.

The STFC 12 fights where held lastnight in Mcallen Tx. With a guest appearance by Wanderlei Silva. The fights got off to a good start with Jay Mosley taking on Josh Hill. Mosley started the fight with a few hits here and there and finally catching Hill who recovered and finished the round....

Pumping music, a flood of lights and the fans of the best fight city in the world combined with twenty two MMA gladiators to create Jacksons MMA Series II held Saturday night at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel. The show began with electrifying amateur matchups pitting si...x up-and-comers from Jacksons Gym against opponents from New Mexico and beyond....

UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares  has undergone several changes since being announced in June. Fighters have had to be replaced due to injury. The replacement fighters have switched opponents, only for their new opponents to be replaced as well. Finally, the U...FC has their official lineup set for the September 15th event.

October 9th Rio Rancho High School will be the site of the 2010 Southwest Grappling Championship. Hosted by the Combat Sports Club and the Southwest Grappling League this will be the third annual championship and the last event of the 2010 season. The tournamentis doubl...e elimination,placing 1st-4th,with Gi and NoGi divisions for men, women and kids of all ages and skill levels.

Ring of Combat founder and former kickboxing champion Lou Nelgia says that he has no jealousy towards fellow feeder organization King of the Cage as the long time industry staple moves to the east coast. While King of the Cage and Ring of Combat have long duked it out i...n the eyes of the pundits for which one is the essential penultimate promotion on the way to the big show, Neglia...

With still a week remaining until Combat USA hosts its State Finals event at the Oneida Casino, the card has already proved successful, at least financially. USCombatSports.com has learned that the finale of the seven-month-long tournament has sold all tickets to for the card on September 11.Read more...

The summer's over but September promises to be the most hectic month to date for regional shows in the Mid-Atlantic region. The panel returns at its usual time, Saturday at 1:30 PM eastern, to discuss September's MMA schedule including King of the Cage, Ring of Combat, Asylum Fights, and more....

We had a great timeand it was a learning time about boxing in the 1800stwo and one half days of FUN!Howard William Backus, fighting name, Billy Backus, won the World Welterweight Title on December 3, 1970, when he stopped the esteemed Jose Napoles on cuts in four rounds.

In less than two weeks Jameel The Real Deal Massouh is set to take on Kyle Dietz at Bellator 29. And while Massouh is excited to face a fellow WEC veteran on September 16, he wishes Chico Camus was still signed on as his opponent for the night.Read more...

Dave May's PowerhouseCombat Sports presents Firestorm, an MMA show scheduled for September 18th at theGrant County Conference Center. The following article, written by Danny Uderowas published recently in the Silver City Sun News including the complete fight card.

The STFC 12 Tuff Enough weigh ins where held today at Butt Wild Sports Bar in Harlingen Tx. Butt Wild only hosted the weigh ins the fights will be held at the Mcallen Convention Center on Sep 3. All fighters made weight, but some, like Willie Munoz had to resort to the old sweat it off techinque....

On September 18, undefeated prospect Daniel Viscaya will be facing Byron Byrd, who has also never seen a mark in the L column, in the M-1 Global Selection Americas finals in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Against a fellow young up and comer who shares his propensity for fir...st round finishes, Viscaya has found a way to distance himself from his opponent pre-fight by getting himself closer to the fans.

The list of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts within Wisconsin continues to grow. Two weeks ago, Monkey Bar Gymnasium head instructor Thales Blaso received the prestigious honor from teachers Luiz Claudio and Thiago Veiga while on a trip to Brazil.Read more...

This months USCombatSports.com Open Mat has been postponed until a later date. Originally scheduled to take place at the Chosen Few Gym on September 11, the Madison-based grappling session will be on hold until at least October.Read more...