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Once again, it’s time for another UFC Pay-Per-View event. This Saturday night in Sacramento, California, UFC 73: Stacked will take place with what is easily the best fight card lineup the UFC has had in quite a long time. Two UFC title belts will be when Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca battle for [...]

Well, less than 24 hours after Sherdog.com “anonymously” reported that both BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez had agreed to fight each other at UFC 74 in Auguest they are retracting their story. Today, Josh Gross at Sherdog.com is reporting that BJ Penn’s camp denies that he will be fighting Sanchez in August and even [...]

The California State Athletic Commission has announced that Phil Baroni tested positive for anabolic sterioids after his recent fight with Frank Shamrock on June 22 in San Jose.
Baroni tested positive for both Boldenone and Stanozolol metabolites and was fined $2,500 and suspended for a full year (365 days). You may remember Boldenone is the [...]

We all speculated how long BJ Penn would stay at Lightweight after defeating Jens Pulver at the TUF 5 Finale. Dana White announced that Penn would fight the winner of this Saturday’s Lightweight title fight between Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca at UFC 73, and I questioned that bout due to statements Penn had [...]

Everyone seems to have suddenly picked up on Dana White’s comments during the UFC 73: Stacked conference call regarding the upcoming matchup between Dan Henderson and Quinton Jackson. I’m not sure how this little nugget slipped past everyone’s radars (including mine) but I’m glad it’s being brought up now.
When Dana White was [...]