Bay Area native and resident, Darren “BC” Uyenoyama (6-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), makes his long awaited UFC debut this Saturday, November 12, 2011, at UFC on Fox in Anaheim, California. Although most casual MMA fans may not be too familiar with Uyenoyama, he has fought around the world and shall bring a wealth of experience with him into the UFC Octagon.  Boasting a 6-3 overall MMA record, Uyenoyama’s career already includes appearances in various major Japanese MMA leagues, such as Deep, Dream, and Shooto, as well as an undefeated run in Strikeforce. FightStylez recently caught up with Uyenoyama, and had read more…

Tachi Palace Fights 12 took place at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California on March 9, 2012. The night was highlighted by an exciting MMA card filled with numerous finishes from the majority of the matchups, and several up-and-comers that have the brightest of futures in the sport of mixed martial arts. The night opened up with a rematch between flyweights Edgar Diaz (2-3) and Alex Perez (5-2) at a 130-pound catchweight bout.  Unfortunately for Edgar Diaz, history repeated itself as he found himself on the receiving end of a fight-ending kimura at just 2:33 of R1.  read more…

STRIKEFORCE® RETURNS TO SAN JOSE ON MAY 19 WITH AN ACTION-PACKED EVENT GRAND PRIX HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL JOSH BARNETT vs. DANIEL CORMIER LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT – RUBBER MATCH BAY AREA’S GILBERT MELENDEZ DEFENDS HIS TITLE AGAINST SAN JOSE’S JOSH THOMSON PLUS: RAFAEL ‘FEIJÃO’ CAVALCANTE vs. MIKE KYLE BOBBY VOELKER vs. NAH-SHON BURRELL Saturday, May 19 from HP Pavilion – San Jose, Calif. Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on West Coast) Preliminary Card Live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 8 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on West Coast) TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 6 The much-anticipated conclusion of the STRIKEFORCE® GRAND PRIX read more…

Las Vegas, NV (USA) and Mumbai, India – Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) and Multi Screen Media (MSM) – a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television, recently announced their newly formed partnership to broadcast UFC programming in India and the rest of the sub-continent. MSM’s new sports channel – SIX, will deliver the world’s largest brand of mixed martial arts to Indian fans across the country by airing live UFC events, taped specials, and exciting bouts from the vast UFC library. “When we went to India over a year ago I felt the market held enormous potential for the UFC,” said Lorenzo read more…

The third episode of The Ultimate Fighter® Live reality show on FX will take place on Friday, March 23.  Missouri native Justin Lawrence (4-0) will take on Brazilian veteran Cristiano Marcello (13-3), as they continue their quest to be the next Ultimate Fighter and receive a six-figure contract from the UFC and a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Lawrence had the following to say about his upcoming fight. “I’m definitely training hard for my upcoming fight again Marcello.  It’s exciting, nerve-racking.  He’s a very good grappler so I really want to try and stay on my feet and make him feel uncomfortable as much as possible. read more…

The Ultimate Fighter® Live coaches and bitter rivals Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber picked their teams this past week from the field of 16 finalists who won their elimination bouts to enter The Ultimate Fighter® Live House.  Missouri native Justin Lawrence was the first overall selection by Team Cruz, while his teammate James Vick (5-0), of Fort Worth, Texas and Team Faber’s Daron Cruickshank (10-2), of Wayne, Mich., were slated to face off in the first fight of the night. Episode No. 2 – “Embrace the War” – saw 16 victorious lightweights move into the TUF house and begin their quest read more…

Over the course of the last 12 months, tensions have brewed between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones and his ex-teammate – the former UFC light heavyweight champion “Suga” Rashad Evans. Jon Jones reached the pinnacle of the UFC’s light heavyweight division after his then teammate, Rashad Evans, faced an injury during training camp and was forced to bow out of a scheduled bout with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.  Fresh off the heels of a submission win over prospect Ryan Bader, Jones accepted the title fight against Shogun on only a few weeks’ notice.  He dominated his way to victory read more…

The Ultimate Fighter®: Live premiered on FX last Friday, March 9, 2012 to an impressively strong start.  According to the UFC, it delivered a total of 1.28 million viewers, including approximately 953,000 adults ages 18-49, 538,000 adults ages 18-34, and ranked among the top five cable programs on Friday night in Men 18-34 (#2), Adults 18-34 (#3), Men 18-49 (#4), and Adults 18-49 (#5). According to these stats, The Ultimate Fighter®: Live was up +58% in Adults 18-40, +96% in Men 18-49, and +124% in Men 18-34 in comparison to this same time last year. “We’ve been anticipating this day read more…