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Team Link’s Ricardo Funch Returns to the UFC
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 17, 2011 | 1:26 pm | 0 Comment
Team Link’s head trainer Marco Alvan made a second big announcement in two days. Yesterday, Alvan announced that Gabriel Napão Gonzaga was returning to the Octagon to face Ednaldo Oliveira, and today Alvan is happy to announce another Team Link fighter making his return to the UFC! Today, Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch (8-2-0) signed a 4 fight more...
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Gabriel Napão Gonzaga Set to Return at UFC 142
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 16, 2011 | 3:15 pm | 0 Comment
Gabriel Napão Gonzaga Set to Return at UFC 142 Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga is set to make his return to the UFC at UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. It was announced today by Team Link’s head trainer and Gonzaga's manager, Marco Alvan, on their website(www.linkbjj.com) that Napão is set to make his Octagon where he will face more...
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Local Fighters are Headed to Vegas for TUF Tryouts
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 4, 2011 | 12:19 pm | 2 Comments
On December 5th, the UFC will be hosting open tryouts for their upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. The 15th season of TUF will feature fighters from the Lightweight and Welterweight division, and it will mark the 1st season to be aired on a network other than Spike TV. The show is expected to debut some time in the Spring of 2012, and will most likely be aired on more...
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TUF14 Finale Preview
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 3, 2011 | 1:21 pm | 0 Comment
Tonight we have the season finale of The Ultimate Fighter Season 14. This is also the series finale for Spike TV. After tonight, their will be no more live UFC cards airing on Spike TV as tonight’s fights conclude the UFC’s contract with Spike TV and will be moving their production to FOX and their channels. Alas, we will not be able to see any more...
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Premier FC 7: Preview of an Early MMA X-Mas Present
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 29, 2011 | 9:11 pm | 0 Comment
Christmas comes early this year for MMA fans when Premier FC has their latest promotion December 3rd at theMullinsCenter on the UMass-Amherst campus. The mantra of save the best for last is fitting for Premier FC’s last promotion of the year that as the only word that can describe the fight card is “WOW.” With 17 Amateur and Pro fights, Premier FC has more...
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Bellator 59 Post Fight Conference Videos
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 27, 2011 | 3:42 pm | 0 Comment
After an action pack and eventful Bellator 59, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, flanked with a number of the night's winners and losers, addressed the media and the audience in attendance via the internet about the fights. The big story of the night was whether Kurt Pellegrino was truly going to retire this time. Other hot topics were the stoppage of the more...
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Gabriel “Gladiator” Santos Opens New MMA Gym in Western Mass
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 20, 2011 | 9:22 pm | 0 Comment
Western MA has found a new home for premium BJJ and MMA training. Gabriel “Gladiator” Santosopened his new training center, Gabriel Gladiator Training Facility, on November 19th, 2011. The gym is located at130 Myron St inWest Springfield and features 3,300 Sq Ft of training space. Of the 3,300 Sq ft of the Gabriel Gladiator Training more...
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CFX 18: Rumble in the Jungle Live Play by Play
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 19, 2011 | 3:44 pm | 0 Comment
Shockblast Media is live at the JunplePlex in Plymouth, MA for CFX 18: Rumble in the Jungle. The main event features Robby Roberts (7-14-0) defending his Middleweight title against Jason Dublin (7-9-1). This is the 2nd time these men face each other under the CFX banner where their 1st fight took place at CFX 3 in June 2009 when Roberts lost by TKO at 2:13 in the 1st more...
CES MMA: Undisputed Live Play by Play
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 18, 2011 | 6:58 pm | 2 Comments
Shockblast Media is live at Twin River Casino for CES MMA: Undisputed. Tonight CES will crown their 1st champion when Todd “The Hulk” Chattelle (9-6-0) fights Brett Oteri (8-2-0) for the Middleweight Title. The co-main event features Mike Campbell vs Jeff Anderson in what is being unofficially called the bought for Rhode Island's top Lightweight fighter. The card more...
CES MMA: Undisputed
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 9, 2011 | 6:46 pm | 1 Comments
On November 18th Todd “The Hulk” Chattelle (9-6-0) and Brett Oteri (8-2-0) will fight for the CES MMA Middleweight Title at CES MMA Undisputed. The fight takes place at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI and marks the 1st time CES MMA has crowned a champion for their organization. CES has been promoting boxing events for over 20 years, but is committed to bringing more...
UFC on FOX 1: Velasquez vs Dos Santos
By Nathaniel Pratt at November 8, 2011 | 5:36 pm | 5 Comments
UFC on FOX 1: Velasquez vs Dos Santos This Saturday night marks one of the most anticipated fights the UFC has put on for a while. This is going to be an explosive match up not only because it features two of the greatest heavyweights, but it also is going to be a free heavyweight title fight on network cable. This marks the biggest leap into more...
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz
By Nathaniel Pratt at October 26, 2011 | 11:37 pm | 5 Comments
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz This weekends UFC fight could easily be called UFC 137: Two Step Dance. With all the shuffling that has happened with this card, we may be left with more questions than answers. Let’s take a look at the different should of, would of, and could have been for this weekend. Originally, the headline fight was going to showcase Nick more...
Reality Fighting: Porter vs Gonzaga Fight Gallery
By Nathaniel Pratt at October 9, 2011 | 8:28 pm | 3 Comments
On October 8th ShockblastMedia traveled to Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT for Reality Fighting: Porter vs Gonzaga. Nathaniel Pratt was set to photograph the fights while Scott Stankus provided the live Play by Play commentary; In a twist for the night, Nate was not allowed to photograph the fights cage side. Instead, Nate was seated on Press Row next to Scott and helped more...
Reality Fighting: Porter vs Gonzaga Live Results and Play by Play
By Nathaniel Pratt at October 8, 2011 | 10:40 am | 3 Comments
Shockblastmedia will be live at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT for Reality Fighting: Porter vs Gonzaga. I will be cageside photographing the fights and Scott Stankus will be reporting the live results and play-by-play of tonight’s action with the fights scheduled to start at approximately 8 pm. This marks the return of former UFC Heavyweight Contender Garbriel more...
Interview with Reality Fighting Heavyweight Champion Parker Porter
By Nathaniel Pratt at September 28, 2011 | 7:41 pm | 2 Comments
As part of our coverage for Reality Fighting: Gonzaga vs Porter, we had the chance to sit down with current Reality Fighting Heavyweight Champion and headliner, Parker Porter as he prepares to defend his title against former UFC Heavyweight Contender, Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga, on October 8th at Mohegan Sun Arena. Scott Stankus and I will also be live October 8th at more...
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