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The 28-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, War Machine, a.k.a. Jon Koppenhaver announced his official debut as porn star, War Machine XXX, on twitter last month. He was last seen in Tampa at the mixed martial arts event, XFC 9, where he defeated Mikey Gomez (fully clothed) via TKO in round three. Maybe his loss to David Mitchell at TPF 1 on Oct. 8, 2009 inspired him to start a new career doing what he loves most next to fighting: adult entertainment.

“I’m a full time Alpha Male. I get paid to fight and to fuck….what more could I ask for,” War Machine states in his twitter bio.

With a fight record of  10 wins and 3 losses after almost six years as professional fighter War Machine might just hang up his gloves for good. His career highlight was the win over Jared Rollins at TUF 6 Finale in Dec. 2007 immediately followed by his devastating loss to Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 84 in May 2008.

Ever since, his MMA star has been falling while he floated around regional MMA events without leaving his mark or earning a title. As much as he claims to love fighting, he seems to lack the direction to take his career to the next level.

Watch the fight video of War Machine vs. Mikey Gomez at XFC 9 after the break.

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Getting a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Guzzo brothers’ mixed martial arts (MMA) movie Caged Dreams really makes MMA fans appreciate all the hard work that goes into each fight scene. It also proves that team work is necessary to accomplish any great task.

Local MMA talent on set included former UFC fighter and owner of Gracie Tampa South, Matt ‘No Regard’ Arroyo, former TUF contestant, Allen ‘Monstah Lobstah’ Berube, pro fighters, Mike Greeson and Frank Santore, and last but not least XFC ring announcer, Christopher James. Read the rest of this entry »

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fans In Tampa enjoyed an action-packed nine-bout fight card hosted by the Xtreme Fighting Chamionships (XFC) at the St.Pete Times Forum on Saturday. In the main event of the evening, Pablo Alfonso was crowned as the new XFC Bantamweight Champion after a four-round war against defending champion Jason Goodall. War Machine defeated Mikey Gomez in the co-main event of the  XFC Evolution bouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike Gomez

Former Elite XC fighter Mikey Gomez replaces Roger “Relentless” Bowling in the main event of the upcoming Xtreme Fighting Championship (XFC) fight card Evolution on Sept.5 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. Adding a sense of deja vu, this is the second time Bowling forfeits his chance to fight War Machine due to a pre-fight injury.

Gomez will face off against The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 6 finalist, War Machine, a.k.a. Jon Koppenhaver. Read the rest of this entry »