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UltimateFantatic.com, a French-Canadian site, has an interview today with Stéphane Patry, Georges St. Pierre’s trainer. In the interview, Patry implies that perhaps GSP didn’t train has long and hard as he should/could have for his title defense against Matt Serra. Patry says GSP only trained roughly 3 weeks for the Serra fight instead [...]

During a conference call today with members of the media, Zuffa President Dana White confirmed that the UFC and HBO have officially signed a deal together. MMAWeekly.com has a full writeup on the call, and instead of rehashing what they and other sites are posting, I’m just going to quote their article. You [...]

For those of you who haven’t been able to see the BodogFIGHT matchup between Fedor and Matt Lindland this weekend, here is the video:
Fedor vs Matt- 14 April 2007Uploaded by bosnia_

Well, last night was my first time attending an International Fight League show, and I must say, I enjoyed the whole night very much. The production value, the fights, the way the show was run; everything was top notch.
I had to include the photo at the top because I find it to be hilarious. [...]

Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Melvin Guillard tested positive for cocaine metabolite after his recent UFC Fight Night fight against Joe Stevenson.
A post-fight urinalysis conducted for April 5 UFC Fight Night headliner Melvin Guillard has allegedly tested positive for cocaine metabolite, said the Nevada State Athletic Commission today – a first for a [...]

The International Fight League takes another step forward in their evolution this Friday as they will have their first “same day” televised fight card. The IFL event this Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT will be broadcast the same night starting at 11pm EST on Fox Sports Net.

The two-hour program [...]

It appears that Diego Sanchez isn’t willing to own up to his recent loss to Josh Koscheck at UFC 69. An attentive MMA HQ reader alerted me to the fact that Diego recently updated his myspace.com page. In the “about me” section Diego has the following to say:
I AM A FIGHTER FOR UFC [...]