Today on a busy day of combat sports news we preview Holly Holm latest fight, break down Austin Trout performance against Miguel Cotto and preview this weekends action featuring UFC on Fox and Juan Manuel Marquez versus Manny Pacquiao on the same night.

To explain how much former Marine and MMA fighter Matt Leyva is beloved by family, friends and fans is to explain how deafening the silence seemed after Leyva was dispatched by Anthony Birchak in the main event of Jackson's MMA Series X. After a minute and a half of frenetic exchanges on the feet and the canvas, Leyva was caught by a well-placed straight from Birchak at 1:22 of the first round. While disappointing, the loss for Leyva should serve as lesson and happens to the best on their way up. Big ups to Nick Urso in the co-main that should've been but wasn't, his opponent came in 15-pounds over. Did he forget what weight he was fighting at? I was looking forward to seein...

Hello again to everyone that reads these wonderfully written, behind the Ultimate Fighter scenes exclusives with me Smile'N Sam Alvey. This week's episode led off with the two nicest guys in the house squaring off in the octagon Jon Manly and Joe Rivera. Let me tell you, both of these guys really didn't want to fight each other. Jon had a ton of respect for Joey, and Joey knew how good Jon's ground game was, and this led to a fight that Dana was not to impressed with but Jon did pull out the win and will be moving onto the semi finals. The build up for the fight between the Canadians was a little bigger and the fight a little faster paced. Hill and Ricci were "budd...

LA Boxing amateur fighter, Daniel Martinez, will be facing El Paso's Robert Gonzales for the SWKA 185-lb Kickboxing title at Art Monsivaiz presents SWKA Kickboxing and Boxing Championships, which takes place this Saturday, December 1, at Zero Gravity in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Two other SWKA titles will be on the line, as Alex Lagutin (Judgment MMA) faces Mark Morgenstern (LA Boxing) for the 140-lb title, and Joe Rodriguez (El Paso) faces Carlos Juarez (Phoenix, AZ) for the 120-pound title. Martinez, an Albuquerque native, is an amateur kickboxer/cagefighter with years of training in boxing and kickboxing, having begun at LA Boxing in 2005, after he graduated from Albuquerque High Sch...

"Hurricane" Heather Jo Clark made her debut in the strawweight division at XFC 18 against Avery Vilche with a first round submission win via Rear-Naked Choke. The move down from 125 pounds went as planned, and Clark felt comfortable enough with the weight cut to make the full time move to 115 pounds. After climbing her way into the top 10 ranked female fighters at 125 pounds, Clark will look to do the same in her new division. Clark has only been involved in mixed martial arts for a few years and already seen great success inside the cage, under the Jacksons MMA team. After a decision loss in her pro debut, Clark moved on to earn four straight wins including a 10 second knock out...