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The Nevada State Athletic Commission handed down their rulings regarding the suspensions resulting from positive drug test for Joe Pearson, Kit Cope, and Nick Diaz.
Joe Pearson tested positive for Delta-9-THC after his loss to Urijah Faber in the WEC on January 20, 2007. Pearson was suspended 6 months and fined 20% of [...]

No this isn’t a post about Georges St. Pierre, rather an update on a few of his fellow Canadian fighters. The FightNetwork reported yesterday on the status of Canadian fighters Mark Hominick and Sam Stout.
According the the FightNetwork report, Mark Hominick will transition forfeit the remainder of his current UFC contract and instead transition [...]

Stephan, over at mmatoronto.com, had a nice catch yesterday regarding the upcoming Pride Lightweight 2007 Grand Prix.
If you take a look at the Pride LWGP poster, you will see the faces of both Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez. As Stephan noted, the Pride LWGP traditionally has been held at a 160 lbs. weight limit, [...]

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Ok, so everyone else is posted this video today, so why should MMA HQ be left out? Enjoy…
*** UPDATE ***
Sorry, but it looks like Viacom has had the video taken down from YouTube.com

If there is one thing that UFC 69: Shootout reinforced, it’s the fact that, in the world of Mixed Martial Arts, anything can and will happen. In back-to-back UFC events, we have seen how Mixed Martials Arts is easily the best and most exciting combat sport in the world, and a lot of that [...]

Reports are now surfacing that Diego Sanchez had to be removed from Saturday nights UFC 69 event because he failed to clear medicals. Loretta Hunt of The FightNetwork reported that Diego Sanchez was absent from the pre-fight press conference yesterday.
Noticeably absent was Diego Sanchez (17-0), who meets TUF 1 rival Josh Koscheck (8-1) in [...]