After a three-week sabbatical, the UFC returns with the exciting UFC 179 pay-per-view card live from Brazil featuring the Featherweight title fight between Diamond MMA supporter Chad “Money” Mendes and Jose Aldo.
Of course “Money” isn’t the only fighter in Brazil sporting Diamond MMA on fight night. No. 13 ranked Featherweight Darren Elkins, who takes on Lucas Martins on the pay-per-view main card, will be protecting his nuts with Diamond as well!
Former TUF 17 star, Bubba “The Menace” McDaniel returns to action this Friday evening in the opening bout on Spike TV for Bellator 128 in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
McDaniel will look for his second career Bellator victory and third win in a row when he takes on the dangerous Emiliano Sordi in his Bellator debut.
Coming off an electric performance at UFC 173 in which he became the UFC bantamweight champion via an enormous upset, TJ Dillashaw looks to defend his title for the first time against the very man he took it from only three months ago, Renan Barao.
In the main event of UFC 177 tomorrow, Dillashaw and Barao will go to war once more in a highly anticipated rematch.
Dillashaw has been a long time supporter of Diamond MMA products and will be protecting his jewels tomorrow night with Diamond.
After a three-week hiatus, the UFC is back for an exciting fight night event in Bangor, Maine. Among the exciting fights for UFC Fight Night 47 is the middleweight collision between contenders Brad Tavares and Tim Boestch.
Hyder Amil is an up-and-coming young fighter training out of Gil Melendez's El Nino training center. Here he shares with us, how he got involved in MMA and fell in love with the sport.
Why I Fight
I fight due to a culmination of reasons- mixed martial arts or mma is the combination of my passion for creativity, discipline, health, self-defense, competition and is also great way to relieve stress. MMA allows one to have unrestricted self-expression that other sports cannot achieve. Fighting or mixed martial arts seemed like a natural transition for me.
