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Just wanted to keep everyone updated with Nick Diaz’s status. (It has become something of a novelty here at MMA HQ.)
Diaz is scheduled to fight Thomas Denny on January 20, 2007 in Miami at the American Airlines Arena on the Gracie Fighting Championship: Evolution card.

** UPDATE **
Word on the street is that Quinton Jackson’s opponent could very well be Sam Hoger.
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Sure, UFC 66 is right around the corner; but, you know me. I’m always looking ahead.
So here is what appears to be the current full fight card for UFC 67, scheduled for February 3, 2007 in [...]

It appears that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopovic will be officially joining the UFC in the near future. Multiple sources are confirming that fact that Cro Cop is on his way to fight in the UFC.
Look out Tim Sylvia… Your days as heavyweight champion are numbered.

I was going to go through the full Dana White interview in the Orange County Register myself and post a breakdown of the highlights, but a few other guys have already done a great job at it.
Zach Arnold at Fight Opinion gives his analysis here.
Scott White at MMA on Tap gives his breakdown here.

Dana White, president of the UFC, confirmed to the media yesterday that the third fight between Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and former champion Matt Hughes will take place on April 7, 2007 in Montreal, Canada. The rubbermatch will mark the first UFC event held in Canada, and the start of a big international [...]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s official website, UFC.com, is reporting that Zuffa (UFC parent company) has “acquired select assets from the World Fighting Alliance (WFA) organization. Under the terms of the purchase, World Fighting Alliance, Inc. will cease all operations.”
The specific “select assets” that the UFC acquired in the deal were not mentioned but it can [...]

Last month, we reported that the UFC had ended its contract with David Loiseau Well, it looks like The Crow will be fighting in the first MMA event on Showtime this coming February.
David has said on his myspace.com blog that he signed a contract with Pro Elite Inc., which just recently joined up with [...]