Nearly five years ago Wisconsin Combat Sports opened its doors in an effort to shine some light on the exciting local combative sports scene throughout the state of Wisconsin. The effort was an instant success. Providing written coverage, fight photography, and video from events across the state WCS emerged as the unofficial online community for all things Wisconsin MMA. Creating gym listings for local businesses, increasing ticket sales for local promotions, and helping local fighters gain recognition the site helped raise awareness for members of the fight community. Two years later the site made its way across the United States. Transitioning from Wisconsin Combat Sports to US Combat Sp...

How many times have you watched a sporting event and wanted to physically choke a judging official for blowing a call? Manny Pacquiao versus Timothy Bradley, anyone? But there is hope as a new form of technology has been developed that could potentially sideline judges in the near future, ultimately helping to fix one of the sport's most nagging flaws. PunchForce is designed and calibrated to measure both speed and force of a boxer's punches. Information from this recording is then transmitted instantaneously to the television viewer.

Xtreme Fighting Championships returns to action this Friday, live on AXStv from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The event will be the third in Tennessee in 2012, as the promotion continues its Southeastern tour. XFC President and matchmaker John Prisco has supplied yet another set of great match ps. "Going to be a memorable night for all those in attendance and watching live on HDNet/AXStv. A night no MMA fan will want to miss," says Prisco. The live action will begin when two middleweight contenders face off as Joe Ray enters the cage against Tennessee's own, Dustin West. Ray, who is known for pushing the pace and punishing his opponents with an array of Muay Thai style...

Two grappling aces will meet in an XFC Welterweight matchup when the promotion returns to the Volunteer state on June 22nd for XFC 18: Music City Mayhem in Nashville. In what will be an exciting episode of the Tennessee vs. Kentucky MMA rivalry, Donny Wallace fighting out of Scottsville will take on Nashville's Jason Blackford. Donny "High Intensity" Wallace, a two time XFC veteran with a promotional record of (1-1) and an overall record of (5-2) has proven he can make opponents tap, and make them tap quickly. On three different occasions, including at XFC 5, "High Intensity" was able to submit his opponent in the first round. Wallace also submitted one opponent wit...

On June 22nd Xtreme Fighting Championships returns to Tennessee for the third time in 2012, for XFC 18: Music City Mayhem. The fights will take place at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and will air live on HDNet beginning at 9pm. Included in the live portion of the event will be the Co-main Event, a heavyweight fight between Gabriel "The Franchise" Salinas-Jones and Scott "The Bear" Barrett in what Salinas-Jones is claiming may be a one-sided beat down. Salinas-Jones admitted months ago his momentary lack of concentration on MMA was partly to blame for his loss to Devin Cole after GSJ opened his business "OA Athletics" in early 2011. But now that the busine...