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Ever since last Saturday nights UFC 74: Respect event, Josh Barnett has one again managed to put himself near the top of the MMA world’s discussion list.
First, Barnett was a corner man for Renato Sobral in his fight against David Heath. We all know what happened in that fight and that Babalu has since [...]

In an effort to keep making discussion easier and easier here on MMA HQ, I’ve added a new feature today to the comments section. When reading and leaving comments, you will now see some new links that will allow you to “quote” another user.
In a lot of discussion back and forth in [...]

While I’m still in the mood to look at possible future fight matchups, let’s think about what might be next for Gabriel Gonzaga.
Gonzaga fought every well in the war with Randy Couture at UFC 74 and simply couldn’t overcome Randy’s clinch game and a severly broken nose. Regardless of the loss, I still think [...]

For those who haven’t been able to see the Frank Mir vs Antoni Hardonk fight from UFC 74 yet, here is the video. I didn’t really care so much about the fight itself as much as how Frank Mir looked physically. Mir actually looked like he trained and was in shape for this [...]

Now that the dust is slowly beginning to settle after UFC 74, I can’t help but look ahead and think about future matchups for the UFC 74 contestants. In particular, let’s talk about Roger Huerta and what might be coming up down the line for him.
In my UFC 74 recap post, I said that [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for this past Saturday’s UFC 74: Respect card.

Randy Couture — $250,000
Gabriel Gonzaga — $45,000
Georges St. Pierre — $140,000
Josh Koscheck — $10,000
Roger Huerta — $34,000
Alberto Crane — $4,000
Joe Stevenson — $32,000
Kurt Pellegrino — $8,000
Patrick Cote — $24,000
Kendall Grove — $12,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral — $50,000
David Heath — [...]

For those who might have missed EliteXC’s ShoXC card this past Saturday night, here is a video of the main event between Charles “Krazyhorse” Bennet and Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela. Not too exciting of a fight; Valenzuela pretty much controlled the fight. This fight was originally scheduled to take place on the Shamrock [...]