Kokoro Mixed Martial Arts International, HQ, North Dublin City

It’s been a crazy weekend but it’s been worth it! Some forty or so volunteers from the gym have been working the whole weekend to get our new HQ up and running. We’re pleased to say, that training at the new place has begun!

Great Performance from Kokoro at Chaos 4

Thomas Nolan and Jonny Origan stepped up to the plate for their ring and Chaos Fighting Championships debut this evening.

Press Release: Cage Talk and Ultimate Conversations Hit the Stands

We’ve just received word from Fiaz at HNL Publishing that a couple of new books on MMA are now available on general release. Touted as “the best books available on MMA”. We’ve not received copies, so we can’t vouch for the content but they could be worth checking out to see if they [...]

Dan Henderson Prepares for UFC 93 at Kokoro MMA in Dublin

It’s been a pleasure having MMA Legend Dan Henderson and his team (Krzystzof, Carlos and Tarec) with Kokoro this week. Dan has been working out and finalizing preparations for his UFC 93 clash with Rich Franklin this weekend.

Having the guys from Team Quest with us has been an honour and a privilege.

Anderson Silva vs. Chuck Liddell – Any Takers

Kevin Iole at Yahoo! Sports talks about the possibility of seeing Anderson Silva compete against Chuck Liddell at UFC 94 in January:

UFC88: Results

Great night of action from the UFC. The following are quick-match results from the UFC 88 “Breakthrough” event from Atlanta, Georgia.

Lesnar vs. Couture – Who gives a sh1t about Fedor?

It’s official. Couture and Lesnar will go at it for the UFC title. This is immense. Do we Couture keeping the belt. His wrestling is good but is it Brock Lesnar good?

UFC 88: Breakthrough – Prediction Competition

‘The Iceman’ Chuck Liddell is back to face his biggest challenge yet…… Rashad Evans!

UFC 87: The Results

I say “God Daaamn…! That was a tasty show!” If you’ve not seen the show yet, you don’t want to open this article. If you want to know the results or fancy a chat then…

Prediction Competition – UFC 87: Seek and Destroy

Who the hell makes up the names for each UFC? Seek and Destroy? Give me a break.

Affliction Banned: The Results

This event was “holy crap!” capital H, capital C. Scrap that, it was all caps so let’s try again. This event was “HOLY CRAP!” and then some. Results and chat here (spoilers of course!)

Prediction Competition: Affliction Banned (July 19th)

Monster fight card scheduled this weekend. Fedor v Sylia headlines the event, which also boasts fights featuring Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo and Babalu.

MMA News Top 10 Rankings – Who’s the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter?

The following rankings were compiled by the MMANews.com web team on Monday, July 14, 2008. There are some “interesting” choices here. Particularly interested in the “Pound for Pound” category. Who would be your Top 10?

Affliction Banned: Countdown to July 19th

This card is going to be awesome. With colour commentary from the best in the business and top names on the bill – we can’t wait to see how this one turns out!
Fedor, Sylvia, Arlovski, Barnett, Rizzo, Sobral and Lindland on the card. Big John and Quadros on the mic. We’ve high hopes [...]

UFC 86 – Results – Jackson vs. Griffin

A great night. A support title match to finish, what more can your average MMA Addict ask for?  Full results here and chat about UF86 here.

UFC 86 – Prediction Competition

The first UFC in ages not to have a silly name attached to it should be a good one – Rampage Jackson defends his light-heavyweight title against Forrest “Hit Me Again” Griffin in the main event.

Affliction… …A July 19th Card that Kicks A$$

The card(s) for the upcoming Affliction events are super strong. With “The Trump” behind them; they’ve the financial muscle to be a force. They’ve also got a card that has us interested in “commercial mma” again.

UFC The Game! Pure Class or Sucks Ass?

It’s time for UFC the video game. Has to be said, looks cool and we’re guessing that the Bash Brothers are about to become the first UFC Game Addicts on record.

Will the UFC Game be a hit… …or will it vanish into obscurity and be laid to rest with the PrideFC game?

Michael Bisping Vs. Chris Leben To Headline UFC 89

Bisping is going from strength to strength. Does Leben have what it takes to stop The Count? We seriously doubt it but… …this is MMA.

Jesse Taylor Vs. CB Dolloway Official For UFC Fight Night 7/19

Looks like Jesse Taylor is getting back in the cage after all. Did we really expect anything different? It’s a fight we all want to see for sure but it still begs the question. Should Jesse be allowed back in?