Rob Emerson Predicts 2nd Round KO of Phillipe Nover at UFC 109!
January 21, 2010

Fight Trader: You’re living in California now, is that where you do you’re training as well?
Rob Emerson: Yeah, for the most part down here in Orange County; I kind of just bounce around. I hit up like four, five gyms through out the day, and then when B.J. (Penn) is in town for his fights, we train at this gym right by my house.
FT: That’s amazing. So, he was your coach on the Ultimate Fighter (reality) show, right?
< read more...Interview with Jeremy Horn
January 18, 2010

Jeremy Horn is a veteran of over 100 fights. With a record of 84-19, Jeremy Horn has fought the who’s who in mixed martial arts including Chuck Liddell twice, Nate Marquardt, Forrest Griffin, and Randy Couture just to name a few. Despite being a 13-year veteran, Jeremy still has a burning desire to compete at the highest level.
Fight Trader: Jeremy Horn read more...
Brawls at Bourbon Street!
January 18, 2010
Brawls at Bourbon Street
By: Matt Coffman
www.mmasucka.com
The crowds waited to enter the arena on January 13, 2010. Another amateur MMA event is taking place at Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park,IL. With the weigh-in happening yesterday most fighters looked at least 5 pounds heavier on the fight day. Tonight will be some fighter’s first fight in a cage.
Going into an amateur MMA event you have to have a different mindset then watching a UFC event. It is not the high lev read more...
Interview with UFC’s Mike Goldberg
January 12, 2010

For over a decade, Mike Goldberg has been the voice of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Throughout the course of his tenure as the voice of broadcast, Goldberg along with Joe Rogan have called defining moments in the careers of Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, and BJ Penn just to name a few. The man they call “Goldy” continues to bring his tremendous passion, high energy and smooth delivery to every single read more...
Interview with UFC’s Matt Arroyo
January 10, 2010

Matt Arroyo Talks About His Experience on the Ultimate Fighter, and What It’s Like To Have One Guy in a Triangle Choke While Another Guy Kicks You in the Face.
Fight Trader got a chance to speak with one of the standouts from Ultimate Fighter Season 6, Matt Arroyo, who just got his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu a few days before our conversation.
Fight Trader: What did you learn from your experience on The Ultimate Fighter? read more...
Interview with WEC’s Lightweight Sensation Ben Henderson
January 9, 2010

Ben “Smooth” Henderson (9-1) has quickly become a star in the WEC’s lightweight division. Since his WEC debut last January, he has defeated the likes of Anthony Njokuani, Shane Roller, and most recently defeated Donald Cerrone for the Interim WEC Lightweight title. This Sunday at 9PM ET from the Arco Arena in Sacramento LIVE on Versus, Henderson will look to become the undisputed WEC lightweight champ as he squares off with Jamie Varner in t read more...
Interview with UFC’s Efrain Escudero
January 9, 2010

At 8-0 Efrain Escudero is really making a name for himself in the UFC’s lightweight division. After winning Season 8 of the Ultimate Fighter, Escudero is coming off an impressive first round TKO win over Cole Miller at UFC 103 in September. Coming up this Monday January 11th at 9PM ET on Spike, Escudero goes head to head with Evan Dunham at UFC Fight Night. We had the chance to catch up with Efrain.
Fight Trader: Let’s talk about your upco read more...
Interview with UFC’s Aaron Simpson
January 9, 2010

Most recently age has become just a number in sports. There are some athletes 35 years of age and up who are competing at a world class level. One of those is none other than UFC’s Middleweight sensation Aaron “A-Train” Simpson. With an undefeated record of (6-0) the 35-year old faces his biggest challenge to date as he battles Tom Lawlor (6-1) this Mo read more...
Interview with former UFC Lightweight standout Hermes Franca
January 8, 2010

Former UFC Lightweight standout Hermes Franca (19-8) returns to action this Friday for the first time since his September loss to Tyson Griffin. Hermes will be taking on Eric Wisely (13-4) in the co-main event at MaxFights DM in Des Moines, Iowa. Franca is no doubt looking forward to getting back on the winning track. We caught up with the former UFC #1 cont read more...
Interview with UFC’s Cole Miller
January 8, 2010

This past Saturday at UFC 108, UFC lightweight Cole Miller (16-4) survived an early barrage and went on to submit Dan Lauzon. It was a big win for Miller to kick 2010 off with a big win. He’s won 3 of his last 4. Fight Trader had a chance to catch up with Cole to talk about his win.
Fight Trader: How rocked were you in the fight against Dan Lauzon?
Cole Miller: I was rocked enough to not remember what happened, but as you can see read more...



