Heavyweight contender Roy Nelson is always entertaining inside and outside the octagon. In less than two weeks he will step in the cage and battle another slugger, Dave “PeeWee” Herman at UFC 146. Roy took some time away from his training schedule and talked to VigilanteMMA about Herman. But we also discussed some other topics [...]
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UFC 146′s Roy Nelson calls Dave Herman a “White Version of Anderson Silva”
Posted: May 24, 2012 in InterviewsTags: Roy Nelson, UFC
Bellator’s Andreas Spang Visits ‘Beyond the Cage’ MMA Podcast, Sponsored by VigilanteMMA
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Cool Stuff We Like, InterviewsTags: Andreas Spang, Bellator
Bellator 69 is tonight. The main event will pit Andreas Spang and Maiquel Falcao in the finals of the Bellator middleweight tournament. Our friends at Beyond the Cage chatted with finalist Spang last night. They discussed getting the call from Bellator to enter the tournament; his confrontation with Falcao (or maybe there wasn’t a confrontation!); [...]
MFC’s McGillivray clears the air on Greg Jackson: “It’s the doctor’s job to make sure I can go, not Greg’s”
Posted: May 10, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Interviews, Latest newsTags: Greg Jackson, Maximum Fighting Championship, Ryan McGillivray
Much has been made of Greg Jackson’s corner work in last weekend’s MFC welterweight title fight between Nathan Coy and Jackson protégé Ryan McGillivray. The VigilanteMMA article posted yesterday made its way around the cyber world via Facebook, Twitter and several other MMA sites. Today, we went straight to the source and spoke with Ryan [...]
Just Part of the Game: George Sotiropoulos Talks about working his way Back to Contention
Posted: April 30, 2012 in Interviews, Latest newsTags: George Sotiropoulos, UFC
Lightweight contender George Sotiropoulos would rather be training for a fight right now. Instead he’s making his way back from some injury issues that have sidelined him for almost a year. In fact, his last fight was against Rafael Dos Anjos back in July of last year. We wanted to catch up with our old [...]
Exclusive Q&A with Caged Star Matt “Danger” Schnell.
Posted: April 23, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Interviews, Latest news, Who's NEXT?Tags: Caged, Interview, Korean Zombie, Matt "Danger" Schnell
Meet Matt “Danger” Schnell, the breakout star of MTV’s ground-breaking MMA series Caged. As humble as he is talented, Matt not only went undefeated during his time on Caged, he did so with his dignity intact. No small feat for cast member on an MTV reality show. But make no mistake, Matt isn’t just some [...]
Exclusive Q&A with Tim Boetsch: “I plan on taking out Bisping”
Posted: April 12, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Interviews, Latest news, UFC EventsTags: Anderson Silva, Fresh, Michael Bisping, Tim Boetsch, UFC 148
I recently had the good fortune to interview middleweight top contender Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch. And in spite of his moniker, Tim couldn’t be a nicer fellow…that is until he starts talking about his plans to take care of Michael Bisping and eventually Anderson Silva. Make no mistake fight fans, Tim Boetsch is the dark [...]
Mir blames Brazilian fans for him not taking Werdum fight
Posted: March 26, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Interviews, Latest news, UFC EventsTags: Frank Mir, Fresh, UFC 146, Werdum
In an interview posted on MMAMania.com, former UFC heavyweight Champ tells why he turned down Werdum fight in Brazil. “Werdum is a greatly improved fighter with phenomenal stand-up and I think his jiu-jitsu is some of the best in the world. The guy is awesome. The only reason why I at first said, ‘hmmm, maybe [...]
Brian Ebersole Fires Back at Koscheck’s Verbal Attack of AKA: “I’m not alone in thinking he’s a dick”
Posted: March 20, 2012 in Interviews, Latest newsTags: American Kickboxing Academy, Brian Ebersole, Javier Mendez, Josh Koscheck
UFC contender Brian Ebersole is a frequent visitor to our site. He has given us some of the most interesting, entertaining and popular interviews we’ve ever done. So when Brian agreed to talk to us about his history with AKA and Josh Koscheck, we knew we’d get a nice insider’s view of what might be [...]
Jorge Masvidal: “I think if I fight Melendez 10 times, I win 9.”
Posted: March 15, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Interviews, Latest news, Strikeforce EventsTags: Fresh, Jorge Masvidal, strikeforce
Strikeforce welterweight Jorge Masvidal is going to give you candid answers, as we ourselves already knew from an interview we did with him this past December. More recently through, Masvidal was interviewed by MMAMania where he was asked about his street fighting past and about his title fight with Gilbert Melendez, a fight he lost [...]
Introducing Shannon Ihrke — Model, Marine, Ring Girl and Newest Addition to VigilanteMMA
Posted: May 29, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, InterviewsTags: Shannon Ihrke
We are very pleased to announce that ring girl, model and former Marine Shannon Ihrke will be joining the VigilanteMMA team this summer. You’ve probably seen Shannon’s work as ring girl for ProElite, or perhaps in Maxim Magazine. And soon, you’ll be able to see her right here at VigilanteMMA. Shannon will be pulling double [...]