Macau Friday, July 15, 2011: Eighteen of the regions top mixed martial arts athletes made their Macau debut today at City of Dreams, Macau at the Official Weigh-In ahead of tomorrows nine-bout Legend Fighting Championship 5 at Grand Hyatt Macau at City of Dreams from 7pm.

If you’re a hardcore American MMA fan no doubt you watch or record whatever the hell is on HDNet every Friday & Saturday nights.

In the series Mauro Ranallo reminisces about some of the crazy moments from his old school PRIDE days. We hear some of the fun stories, unknown facts, and juicy details about everyone’s favorite MMA promotion, PRIDE FC.

On July 15 th Shark Fights returns to HDNet with Shark Fights 17 live from the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco , TX . Headlining the event will be a rematch between Eddie Bravo disciple Matt “Suave” Horwich and Jake Rosholt. We’ll see the return of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez as he faces submission guru Karl Knothe in the co-main event.

by Jeremy Latham

Iron Forges Iron would like to send a big congrats to Michael “The Voice” Schiavello and his new fiance Irene. As his tweet says, The Voice was a true gentleman and got down on one knee in Italy, the country of his roots, romantic Rome! The Trevi Fountain was constructed in the 1700′s and is considered one of Rome’s most romantic locations.

Costa Mesa, Calif. (July 8, 2011) –All but one bout in Friday night’s M-1 Challenge event from The Hangar at OC Fair & Event Center in Orange County, Calif. ends via knock-out. The five-fight telecast aired LIVE on SHOWTIME ® .

Costa Mesa, CA– All 10 fighters competing in tomorrow/Friday’s M-1 Challenge event at The Hangar at OC Fair & Event Center in Orange County, Calif., weighed in on Thursday at Hooters in Costa Mesa. Friday’s five-fight telecast will air LIVE on SHOWTIME ® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

PRIMM , NV –Lion Fight Promotions announced today that it has added a world interim middleweight (160 pounds) title bout and co-main event pitting champion Ky Hollenbeck (18-1)of San Francisco, Calif. against challenger Simon Chu (29-6) of Leeds, England to its highly-anticipated World Boxing Council (WBC)-sanctioned Muay Thai fight card at Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nev. on Sat., Aug. 20.

M-1 GLOBAL will be holding their second event on Showtime this Friday night, July 8 th , titled M-1 Challenge: Bennett vs. Garner live from The Hangar in Costa Mesa , California at 11 p.m. ET. The always entertaining Mauro Ranallo and Pat Miletich will call the action from ringside.

IFI is happy to announce that the Bushido Lounge makes it’s return this Tuesday at 10pm ET.
MMA-Japan.com’s Gary “the Grape” LaPlante and Jason Nawara from MiddleEasy.com will be joinging “The Hooligan” Jeremy Latham to discuss the ever-growing relationship between MMA and Twitter. You can listen live right here as we discuss how Twitter will impact the future of the sport, some of MMA’s funniest Twitter personalities, and why you should get in on the action now!
Visit Bushido Lounge’s main page to listen in and join the live chat.