It looks like eBay has become quite popular among UFC fighters lately. First we had Tim Sylvia auctioning of a Playstation 3, then this past week we saw Rich Franklin auction off his TUF Hummer and one of his custom “American Fighter” choppers. Well, today Melvin Guillard jumped into the eBay auction scene. Melvin is [...]
Archive for March, 2007
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Burkman vs Parisyan Signed For UFC 71
Well, I’m pleased to announce and introduce the newest contributor to the MMA HQ team, Jason Gatties. Many of you already know Jason both from this site and from his KnockoutZone.com MMA site. Jason is one of the guys who I’ve kept in touch with as an MMA blogger and I’m very glad to welcome [...]
Brandon Vera Staying With UFC
Loretta Hunt over at The Fight Network is reporting that Brandon Vera has signed an extension to his existing UFC contract and plans to remain with the UFC. Heavyweight contender Brandon Vera has signed an extension with the Ultimate Fighting Championship with plans to complete the remaining fight on his existing contract with the Las [...]
PrideFC – R.I.P
Nice little tribute video for all the PrideFC lovers out there…
My Opinion of the Zuffa – PrideFC Deal
So, now that the dust is starting to settle on the Zuffa purchase of Pride, we all can sit back and digest what has happened and what the “future” of MMA might look like. I want to give my thoughts on the whole situation, and hear what all of you have to say. First off, [...]
Zuffa, LLC Purchases Pride Fighting Championships
As was expected, it was announced today that Dream Stage Entertainment as sold the Pride Fighting Championships to Zuffa, LLC. This is slightly different than was originally anticipated in the fac that Zuffa is the purchasing agent in this deal. Original speculation was that Lorenzo and Frank Fertita were purchasing PrideFC separate from Zuffa, which [...]
Pride Sold to the Fertitas Official
Well, it appears that after over a week of “speculating” and “rumors,”the final official words and announcement of the sale of Pride Fighting Championships to Lorenzo and Frank Fertita will come tomorrow in Tokyo, Japan. MMAWeekly reported today on the fact that SportsHochi, a Japanese newspaper, reported today that the Fertitas will disband Dream Stage [...]
Diego Sanchez Test Positive for Mirijuana
UFCMania.com has picked up on a story in todays OC Register online edition that Diego Sanchez tested positive for mirijuana after his victory over Joe Riggs last December. This is the first I have heard of this and I haven’t seen it posted anywhere else before today either. According to Carlos Arias of the OC [...]
Have the Fertitas bought PrideFC???
I’m only posting this because I’m sure most of you have either heard or seen this report on other sites by now. There are reports circulating that the Fertita brothers (Frank and Lorenzo who also own Zuffa, LLC) have purchased PrideFC from Dream Stage Entertainment for a reported $65 million dollars. This rumor first surfaced [...]
Thoughts on the IFL
I just wanted to give a few of my thoughts on the International Fight League and some pros and cons that I see in the future for the company. And now seems to be as good a time as any, considering the “uproar” over the pilot episode of IFL Battleground. Many of you here at [...]
Wes Sims Is Not Happy
I know, I know… what else is new. But anyways, apparently Wes Sims isn’t too pleased with his “part” in the first IFL Battleground show the other day. Sims was shown being choked out during his IFL fight with Daniel Gracie and the show let viewers to believe that Sims possibly even died. Well, without [...]
Randy Couture Montage
Here’s an excellent Randy Couture video that I first found on The EvilMaster Report’s website: The Natural – ThJokerUploaded by thjoker2242
Forrest Griffin Off UFC 70 Fight Card
UFC.com posted a quick news brief that Forrest Griffin has had to pull out of his scheduled fight with Lyoto Machida at UFC 70 because of a staph infection. Light heavyweight contender Forrest Griffin has been sidelined by a severe staph infection in his knee and today was forced to withdraw from his UFC 70 [...]
Jeff Monson vs Kazuyuki Fujita in PrideFC
Former UFC Heavyweight fighter Jeff Monson revealed yesterday on his personal website blog that he will be fighting Kazuyuki Fujita this March in PrideFC. Monson was originally supposed to fight Roman Zentzov this April in BodogFIGHT, but apparently that fight is now off and Monson will be fighting in Pride. hey This morning i found [...]
Signed UFC Fight Poster Auction
I wrote last week about Evan Tanner and his new “fight house” that he is involved with. Well, Evan has put up a signed UFC poster on eBay to help raise money for the house. This is a framed poster from UFC 36 and his signed by Randy Couture, Andre Arlovski, Matt Lindland, and Evan [...]






