Europe’s leading MMA promotion BAMMA; and Syfy have announced BAMMA 6 will take place on Saturday 21st May at Wembley Arena headlined by Tom “Kong” Watson V Murilo “Ninja” Rua in a clash for the BAMMA Middleweight Title.
Watson said: ”Ninja is without doubt one of the most exciting and top Middleweight fighters in the world. I am so excited that this fight will happen in London for the UK fans. I HAVE NO DOUBT THIS WILL BE A WAR!!”
More than 835,000 TV viewers in the UK tuned in to watch Watson go …

On Sunday 13th, I attended 10th Legion 7 headlined by Jess Liaudin vs Rafael Silva. The event was held at Scala, in Kings Cross – London. All the fights were entertaining – a credit to the match maker. In particular I was very impressed by Fadi Jameel who defeated Alexander Vieira via rear naked choke. I’d like to give a big shout out to Alan Orr who gave IFI access to the weigh ins and the fight night. Everyone from the fighters to the ring girls were all great and …

Yesterday IFI attended the 10th Legion 7 weigh ins, at Urban Kings MMA in Kings Cross London. Everything was well organised and it was great to see all the fighters make weight. Pre fight pictures below – more to come.

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by Christopher Bailey
On Saturday 26th of February, IFI attended Total Fight League at the Harlow Greyhound Stadium, East London. This was a grass roots MMA promotion, showcasing local talent from the likes of Team Titan. Two MMA fighters fought on the card that night. A newcomer to the semi-pro scene, Juan Carlos Rios, and the seasoned “Baby Face Mark”. Both fighters impressed, showcasing a solid and rounded skill set. The highlight of the night was Mark, who ended his bout in circa 2mins via rear naked choke. Congrats to all that …

UFC 127 takes flight this Saturday and the team at IFI have very different views on how everything is going to go down! Predictions below.

Chris Camozzi vs Kyle Noke
Sean O’Sullivan
Don’t really know anything about this fight except that the only reason it’s on the main card is because Noke is Australian. Both of these guys are former TUF fighters, I’ll take Noke via 2nd round TKO.
Jesse Zavala
Both guys have the potential to be built up as a mainstay in the UFC middleweight division, but …

Thanks to Halo PR and Aundre Jacobs for this interview with Ricco.
Make sure you check out http://www.mmaukblog.com/
BAMMA 5 will be held on Feb 26 in Manchester England: http://www.bamma.net/

Thanks for doing the interview Ricco. It’s a pleasure to be talking to you. Firstly, I’ve got to ask, where did you get your nickname from?
It was just something that people in my family call me and it’s from a rapper called Gerardo (Rico Suave). It was something that described me perfectly, because if you know me well or you know …

By Christopher Bailey
Yasubey Enomoto is one of the most technical Welterweights on the planet right now. High level Muay Thai and BJJ have contributed to his position as a fan favourite. His dispatching of Taisuke Okuno in the semi final of the SRC Welterweight GP back in August 2010 was a joy to watch, and big things were on the horizon for the Swiss  fighter. However, a rear naked choke in round 2 of the GP Final ripped the rug from under his feet. IFI takes a few minutes to catch …

By Christopher Bailey
Colin French is rising through the Welterweight ranks of UCMMA. He’s 3-0-0 in his professional MMA career, and he’s shown no signs of slowing down. Colin gave us some of his time between training, family, and work in order to learn what he thinks of GSP, how he ends his nights on the town, and an insight into his laid back attitude.  Enjoy.

1. Colin, hows things?
Yeah not too bad thank you.
2. How’s the camp for UCMMA 19 going?
Really good. My trainers have got some new things they are …

UCMMA 18: FACE OFF
February 5th, Live from Troxy, London
The New Year has only just begun and already Ultimate Challenge are firing on all cylinders and starting out 2011 with a card of the year contender.
UCMMA is set to have another record breaking year but on February 5th the stakes have been raised as warriors from all over the globe are set to face off.
Welterweight kingpin John Maguire will look to continue his devastating run of form as he locks horns with the herculean Dean Amasinger. It’s sure to be one …

First off, if you didn’t get the chance to watch the Strikeforce Diaz vs. Cyborg card, we have all the fights right here on IFI: http://ironforgesiron.com/2011/01/strikeforce-diaz-vs-cyborg-santos-videos/. Praise be to IFI’s Zombie Prophet.
For those that did watch the event, I hope you agree that it was yet another great card delivered by every MMA fans’ current saviour, Scott Coker.
Not one of the fights on the main card, or on Sherdog.com’s live stream, went to the judges. That’s 10 consecutive bouts that finished inside the distance.
Great matchmaking played its part as always, …