Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Some of the biggest excitement to come out of the UFC recently has been the addition of the flyweight (125 pound) division. If that weren’t exciting enough, the fist world champion will be determined by a 4-man tournament. The competitors entered are UFC stars Demetrious Johnson and Joseph Benavides; the current Shooto world champ and [...]

Here is the our full interview with UFC lightweight contender George Sotiropoulos that was conducted in April of 2012. George has been kind enough to chat with us several times over the years and he always gives us a great interview. This time, George chatted with us while rehabbing a couple of nagging injuries that [...]

We have been lucky enough to catch up with Bobby “the Believer” Reardanz, who will be making his Bellator debut at Bellator 60 live from the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana next month. Fighting out of the Chicago area, Reardanz found himself on Bellator’s radar after making a splash with two 1st round submission wins [...]

“This is an opportunity that people would die to have and there’s no way I’m going to waste it.” Almost a year and a half ago, I got to speak with a young fighter named Justin Salas, who was working his way up the local circuit, stringing wins together hoping to get noticed. Our loyal [...]

With UFC set to make it’s Fuel TV debut in less than a week, I thought it would be a perfect time to dig into our archives and find one of our most popular interviews. Jake Ellenberger is not only one of the fastest rising stars in the UFC, he’s also one of the most [...]

During this time of year, everything from TV shows to radio programs are rolling out their “best of” lists to cap off the year. But don’t get any ideas. We here at VigilanteMMA will not stoop to that level of lethargy and monotony. S-Cla$$ and I are professionals dammit. That said, here are the Top [...]

TUF Alum Ryan “The Kid” McGillivray knows a thing or two about second chances. After breaking his back at the age of 16, Ryan was nursed back to health at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Now Ryan wants to give “back,” and you dear readers, are the ones that will benefit! Ryan is [...]

From fighting in the streets of Miami to the cusp of a world championship, Jorge Masvidal is truly a fighter amongst fighters.  Jorge was kind enough to answer a few of our questions after his dominating win over perennial title contender KJ Noons last June, which now places him in the cage with Strikeforce champ [...]

Brian Ebersole is only a week away from his next challenge–a UFC 140 encounter with Claude Patrick. But that didn’t stop him from chatting with us about it. A 3rd consecutive win inside the octagon could mean bigger and better things for Ebersole, and his days of being considered the underdog “funny guy” would be [...]

UFC Welterweight and recent recipient of some horrible calls (e.g. Shields and Sanchez), Martin Kampmann talks to MMA Sucka about those two losses, his upcoming fight with Rick Story this Saturday night and his thoughts on current #1 contender Nick Diaz. On Diaz: “I personally think Carlos Condit got screwed. Nick Diaz has been pretty [...]