http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ MMA beat writer Dann Stupp is founder and editor-in-chief of MMAjunkie.com, a content partner site of Yahoo! Sports and the World MMA Awards winner for best media outlet. He won the Dayton Daily News' 1997 Si Burick Scholarship before graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. en-us dann@mmajunkie.com 2009-10-07T19:09:51-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/10/07/rich_franklin_and_dustin_hazel.html Rich Franklin and Dustin Hazelett, UFC fighters who both live in West Chester Twp., were today named finalists in the 2009 World MMA Awards. The World MMA Awards, operated by Fighters Only magazine, are the leading industry awards for the... 15147903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Dustin Hazelett 2009-10-07T19:09:51-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/10/06/osu_legend_mark_coleman_out_of.html An injury has forced Mark Coleman out one of his biggest career fights on one of the year’s biggest mixed-martial-arts cards. Coleman, a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion at Ohio State University, was slated to fight ex-UFC champ... 15128403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ UFC 106 2009-10-06T20:07:15-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/27/after_latest_win_kennedy_prove.html Tim Kennedy (11-2) delivered previously un-beaten Zak Cummings (11-1) his first career loss and improved his stock in Strikeforce’s intriguing middleweight division in the main event of the Friday, Sept. 25, Strikeforce Challengers event. The show took place at the... 14973203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Strikeforce Challengers III 2009-09-27T12:08:52-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/25/fighters_make_weight_for_frida.html Strikeforce returns to Showtime tonight for its latest “Strikeforce Challengers” installment. Strikeforce, one of the top organizations behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship, features two of the sport’s top middleweight prospects when current U.S. soldier Tim Kennedy (10-2) takes on undefeated... 14945903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Strikeforce Challengers III 2009-09-25T10:14:58-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/21/nfl_great_herschel_walker_47_s.html Two-time NFL Pro Bowler and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker has signed a deal the mixed-martial-arts promotion Strikeforce and will make his pro MMA debut sometime in early 2010, the organization today announced. Walker is 47 years old, which... 14882903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Michael Westbrook 2009-09-21T19:16:16-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/20/west_chester_twps_franklin_kod.html DALLAS - A grazing punch hit Rich Franklin in the top of the head. He saw stars. He dropped to the mat. And he remembers little else. The former UFC middleweight champion suffered another setback on Saturday, Sept. 19, and... 14857203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ UFC 103 2009-09-20T03:46:43-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/19/ufc_103_live_updates_from_dall.html DALLAS - The Dayton Daily News is on scene for tonight’s UFC 103 event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Tonight’s event features a main event of former UFC middleweight champion and West Chester Twp. resident Rich Franklin (27-4)... 14854003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ UFC 103 2009-09-19T18:21:09-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/18/franklins_ufc_103_opponent_str.html An immensely hard-to-predict UFC 103 main event fight between Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort may have swayed into the local fighter’s favor. Franklin, who headlines Saturday’s UFC 103 event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, had no trouble making... 14849603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ UFC 103 2009-09-18T22:41:32-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/18/ufc_wont_return_to_columbus_in.html Despite three consecutive shows that scored some of the biggest crowds in the promotion’s history, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will not return to Columbus for a fourth show in 2010. Beginning in 2007, the UFC hosted an annual pay-per-view event... 14832203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ 2009-09-18T07:09:32-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/17/mma_returns_to_network_tv_with.html Mixed martial arts will again air live on U.S. network television following today’s announcement that Strikeforce, arguably the top MMA promotion behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has struck a deal with CBS. The first event, headlined by Fedor Emelianenko (30-1)... 14827803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ 2009-09-17T19:47:25-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/17/diaz_and_maynard_big_winners_a.html Nate Diaz picked up a “Submission of the Night” bonus for disposing of Melvin Guillard in the main event, and former Ohio high school state wrestling champion Gray Maynard moved deeper into lightweight title contention with a decision victory over... 14823003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ C.B. Dollaway 2009-09-17T17:05:25-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/15/ufc_fight_night_19_fighters_ma.html On Wednesday the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Oklahoma for the first time in 15 years when it hosts UFC Fight Night 19 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. All 22 competitors taking part in the event, including... 14786903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ C.B. Dollaway 2009-09-15T17:55:51-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/08/ohiobased_shine_fights_signs_b.html Shine Fights, an Ohio-based mixed-martial-arts organization headed by Ohio State MBA graduate Devin Price, today signed veteran boxer Ricardo Mayorga to an MMA contract. The organization, which hosted its second-ever event in Miami, Fla., this past weekend, will likely feature... 14674403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Ricardo Mayorga 2009-09-08T15:40:16-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/09/06/ufcs_quinton_jackson_lands_b_a.html One of the UFC’s biggest fights of 2009 has been postponed because former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has landed the role of B. A. Baracus in a film remake of “The A-Team.” The A-Team” aired in the 1980s,... 14654103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ Quinton Jackson 2009-09-06T13:58:58-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/entries/2009/08/26/world_extreme_cagefighting_can.html Citing the loss of main-event fighter Benson Henderson because of an injury, World Extreme Cagefighting recently canceled its Sept. 2 show, which was slated for the Covelli Center in Youngstown. In the official announcement, WEC officials said the event will... 14482703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mixedmartialarts/ WEC 43 2009-08-26T09:34:37-05:00 dann@mmajunkie.com