MMA HQ – Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis

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 [...]

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. Duane “Bang” Ludwig ($15,000)
-Edson Berto [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
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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, [...]