Texas weighs in on the upcoming UFC light heavyweight bout between champion Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua and Jon 'Bones' Jones.   Mike Calimbas (txmma.com): Tough one to analyze; too many variables in this fight! Bones Jones has to earn the type of respect I've already afforded to Rua. I'm going SHOGUN purely based on my reverence for his history and earned achievements! Josh 'Pool Boy' Smith (North Texas MMA): Jones.At anytime something that you haven't practiced for might be coming. Michael Wolman (USCombatSports.com):Hard to believe Jones is a Las Vegas favorite against the champion. Jones unorthodox striking and ability to get up at will is enoug...

The UFC 128 pre-fight press conference at Radio City Music Hall, today, had a surprise guest speaker in the form of New York City Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera. The Councilman decided to throw his hat into New York's MMA legislation arena on his own initiative, requesting time to speak when he found out a major MMA press event was being held in New York. Rivera opened the press conference ceremonies by preaching to the choir of MMA fans who had come in for the event, which was open to the public. "We all know that MMA, or the UFC, is a safe sport," said Rivera. "It's about time the government takes off the shackles. It's time the government opened up the...

Iowans have a saying: ‘Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball.’· Dan Gable is revered for winning 15 national titles as a coach at the University of Iowa, two as a wrestler for Iowa State, and one Olympic Gold medal.· While the University of Iowa has been atop the division one collegiate wrestling heap since Gable stepped foot on campus, a much smaller Iowa college has built its own dynasty; The Iowa Central Tritons. Iowa Central Junior College, three hours’ drive northwest of Iowa City, has ruled the junior college landscape for two decades and produced some of the finest grapplers in the world.· A quick glance at former All Americans that wrestled for the rural school show just ho...

USCombatSports.com photographer Dominic Velando was cageside to capture the action at Shark Fights 14 in Lubbock, Texas last Friday. Check out all of the best photos from the event right here.

Mid-Atlantic Fighter of the Year and reigning King of The Cage flyweight champion, Jimmie “El Terror” Rivera, will make his next title defense against the man from whom he won the strap in their legendary bout last year, Abel Cullum. Below is an interview with the New York native on his upcoming rematch with the Cowboy, courtesy of The Fight Nerd: