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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]