UFC Hall-of-Famer Ken Shamrock announced yesterday on Fight Network Radio that his contract with the UFC has been terminated by Zuffa. You may remember a little while back when the FightNetwork.com reported that Ken Shamrock might be fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 75, even though TicketMaster.com was already promoting the event as featuring a fight [...]

Luke Thomas over at BloodyElbow.com has gotten his hands on the fighter payouts from the Strikeforce/EliteXC Judgment Day show last weekend. -Frank Shamrock ($1.3 million) def. Phil Baroni ($75,000) -Cung Le ($100,000) def. Tony Fryklund ($12,000) -Murilo “Ninja” Rua ($50,000) def. Joey Villasenor ($32,000) -Paul Buentello ($50,000) def. Carter Wiliams ($25,000) -Paul Daley ($30,000) def. [...]

UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN’s “The Hot List” this afternnon and announced that BJ Penn would be fighting the winner of the Sean Sherk vs Hermes Franca fight which will take place July 7 at UFC 73. Seems kind of surprising to me considering that BJ seemed like he wanted to return to [...]

Looks like EliteXC is getting into the MMA Reality Show scene and joining the UFC with The Ultimate Fighter and BodogFIGHT with their reality shows. However, EliteXC is pulling out all the stops and has brought in reality show mega-producer Mark Burnett to produce their show. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the [...]

I’m not sure how many of you remember or even care about the whole issue with the Texas Board of Licensing not releasing the fighter salary information after UFC 69: Shootout was held in Houston, Texas. After the event I had quite a few readers ask me for the fighter payouts from the event. I [...]

If you missed last nights co-promotion between EliteXC and Strikeforce, then I feel bad for you. I’ve been telling you for weeks to buy this PPV and if you didn’t, thats your problem. For those of us with half a brain that bought the card, we were treated to one of the best events in [...]

The UFC wraps up season 5 of The Ultimate Fighter this Saturday night with a fight card headlined by the rematch between BJ Penn and Jens Pulver. Jens Pulver Vs. BJ Penn – I’m very interested in this matchup and very intrigues to see how both fighters show up for this fight. Will BJ Penn [...]

Josh Gross at Sherdog.com is reporting that highly sought after Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has agreed to terms on a four-fight contract with EliteXC. Sokoudjou made a quick name for himself in PrideFC with first round knockout victories over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. Sokoudjou, who has a strong Judo background, is looked at as [...]

Well, two good nights of fights this weekend, so I’m going to make this simple and take a few polls on what you guys think will happen this weekend.

The co-promotion between Strikeforce and Gary Shaw’s EliteXC continues Friday night with the Shamrock vs Baroni: Judgment Day fight card. This event is stacked with fighters from top to bottom and is one of those fight cards that everyone has been waiting to see for quite a while. Phil Baroni vs Frank Shamrock – Boy, [...]

If you have the opportunity, you really should buy this card tomorrow night.

Josh Gross at Sherdog.com is now reporting that Murilo “Ninja” Rua will likely be allowed to fight this Friday night on the Strikeforce/EliteXC fight card. Last Friday, EliteXC announced the Rua would be off the card after he failed his physical with the California State Athletic Commission. EliteXC immediately was able to sign Falaniko Vitale [...]

Lets hope not… Originally, Bisping was reported to be fighting Matt Hamill at UFC 75 in England. Today, Loretta Hunt from The FightNetwork is reporting that Ken Shamrock will come out of retirement to fight Michael Bisping at UFC 75. The overseas new may not end there. Loretta Hunt, managing editor for The Fight Network’s [...]

This will be a sad day for many long-time Mixed Martial Arts fans. The California State Athletic Commission is reporting that Royce Gracie failed his post-fight drug testing after his match with Kazushi Sakuraba at the K-1 show on June 2nd. Mixed martial arts icon Royce Gracie, best known as the slender gi-wearing Brazilian who [...]

I’ve got to admit, it’s been a while since I’ve been as excited about an upcoming event as I am for the Shamrock vs Baroni Strikeforce/EliteXC card on June 22. Enjoy this preview that recently aired on Showtime. Part 1 Part 2