On the Canvas
UFC signs Overeem; faces Lesnar on Dec. 30 show in Vegas
September 6th, 2011
The "big" fights just keep on coming in for the UFC as it announced today that Alistair Overeem will face Brock Lesnar in the promotion’s end-of-the-year show on Friday, Dec. 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Read more »
Velasquez, Dos Santos headline UFC's first event on FOX
September 2nd, 2011
The UFC announced that its first-ever fight on FOX will be a match-up of two of the company’s biggest stars, literally, when UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez takes on Junior Dos Santos Nov. 12 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Read more »
UFC, FOX Sports sign multi-year deal
First live event will take place Nov. 12 in Anaheim, Calif.
August 18th, 2011
FOX and UFC officials announced today a new seven-year, multi-media rights agreement for primetime fights and UFC programming to be shown on the FOX cable network as well as its sister networks. Read more »
Mayweather facing yet another lawsuit
August 17th, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s return to the ring after a 16-month layoff is now just a month away, but the champion boxer continues to make headlines outside of it. Read more »
MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins dead at 37
August 15th, 2011
Shawn Tompkins, the Las Vegas-based MMA trainer who coached some of the UFC's biggest stars, was found dead Sunday morning in his native Canada. Read more »
Muay Thai coach Yarborough competes on stacked kickboxing card
July 30th, 2011
If you want to see the man responsible for some of the top MMA stars in Vegas’ Muay Thai training, head out to The Joint tonight where Shawn Yarborough takes on Belarusian Pavel Turuk in a main bout of a Kickboxing Empire Card. Read more »
Boxing Notebook: Khan easily KOs Judah
Trainer Roach working with U.S. Olympic team
July 25th, 2011
Amir Khan easily won his super lightweight unification fight with Zab Judah Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center — although to call the bout a fight was debatable. Read more »
Voelker wins trilogy bout in first Strikeforce show in Vegas
July 23rd, 2011
Bobby Voelker promised a victory Friday night in his trilogy match against Roger Bowling at the Palms, and the 32-year-old Kansas City, Mo. native delivered in a big way. Read more »
Strikeforce CEO Coker, main event fighters ready to put on show for first-ever Vegas event
July 21st, 2011
There’s no way that Scott Coker could have ever imagine four months ago that he would be promoting a summer event in Las Vegas. But Friday night at the Palms that’s exactly what the CEO of one-time UFC rival, Strikeforce, will be doing when the former San Jose, Calif.-based MMA promotional company holds its first-ever Vegas event, Strikeforce Challengers 17, at The Pearl Theatre. Read more »
Boxing Notebook: Greenburg resigns as president of HBO sports
Top Rank's Arum disputes Pacquiao rumor
July 18th, 2011
Ross Greenburg, the President of HBO Sports since 2000, officially announced Monday that he was leaving the network he had worked 33 years for. Read more »
