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Spencer Fisher announced today that he has pulled out of his scheduled fight with Din Thomas on September 19 due to a staph infection in his knee. Fisher and Thomas were set to headline the UFC Fight Night Card in Las Vegas
Fisher notified fans of his infection earlier today through a posting on his [...]

BJ Penn recently gave an interview where he spoke pretty frankly about his feelings on the steroid issue in MMA, as well as training, BJJ and Bas Rutten.

Thanks: RJ St. Croix

You may remember that this past Saturday we reported that Joe Riggs and Jason Miller would be fighting at an upcoming WEC event.
According to Joe Riggs’ own words:
“I’m fighting Mayhem at the WEC in October,” said Riggs. According to Riggs, the bout will determine a contender for the WEC middleweight title…
Well, today the other shoe [...]

Carlos Condit showed once again why he is the WEC Welterweight champion. The “Natural Born Killer” displayed his impressive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game and secured a nasty armbar on Brock Larson during the first round of their championship fight.
Early on Larson looked to use his strength and bring Condit to the mat, not wanted to [...]

Paulo Filho made short work of Joe Doerksen tonight and easily won his WEC debut in the first round.
Doerksen looked pretty good early on in the round and was fairly crisp with his strikes and kicks. Filho attempted a few loose takedowns early on and Doerksen was able to stuff them. When Filho [...]

Andreas Serna over at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe “Diesel” Riggs and Jason “Mayhem” Miller will fight each other in the WEC this October.

“I’m fighting Mayhem at the WEC in October,” said Riggs. According to Riggs, the bout will determine a contender for the WEC middleweight title; the promotion will crown a fresh champion Sunday [...]

Sam Caplan over at FiveOuncesOfPain.com is reporting that Gilbert Melendez will be fighting next on September 29 in the Strikeforce promotion.
Melendez is currently undefeated with a 12-0 record and is widely regarded as one of the top 5 Lightweight fighters in the world. Melendez most recently fought in PrideFC prior to Dreamstage Entertainment selling [...]