MMA HQ – Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis

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EliteXC will hold their first co-promotion event with newly acquired ICON Sport this Saturday night in Honolulu, Hawaii. The main event features another one of these “unification” bouts between ICON middleweight champion Robbie Lawler and EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo Rua.
This card also features the return of Nick Diaz after a six-month suspension due to [...]

Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe Riggs has left World Extreme Cagefighting and signed a contract with Strikeforce. Riggs will reportedly make his Strikeforce debut on September 29 in Los Angeles where he will fight current Stikeforce champion Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship belt. Both Jackson [...]

If you can understand Croatian, here is the video interview.

What can I say, I’m very disappointed. I broke a rib already in the first round, so I was breathing heavily, I also got two knees in the groin, which hurt my stamina. I feel bad, I fought bad, maybe I’m getting older,” he tried to [...]

You asked for more guests and Inside the Cage has delivered! Joining Matt Cava and Sam Caplan this week were EliteXC play-by-play announcer and Fight Network Radio host Mauro Ranallo and UFC lightweight contender Frankie Edgar.
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Both segments were great. Mauro was especially in rare form today as we discussed a number of topics including his [...]

We ended up with 11 guys in the fight camp for UFC 75 and, needless to say, it wasn’t a very good event overall for the MMA HQ crew. We had some guys mop up in the wagering department but not too many high scorers.
Here are the top 3 point leaders for UFC 75:
JasonGatties [...]

UFC 75 is in the books and overall the fight card was a decent one. Some good fights, a LOT of commercials, and some questionable decisions all equal another UFC event.

Quinton Jackson vs Dan Henderson – This fight was everything it should have been as a fight between two champions. If you are [...]

Much has been made about the current state of contract negotiations between Fedor Emelianenko and the UFC. Fedor’s management team has been meeting off and on with the UFC brass over the past two weeks and no official announcement regarding the negotiation’s status has been made.
With UFC 75 just around the corner tomorrow night, [...]

Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last nights WEC 30 event.

Rob McCullough: $24,000
John Alessio: $22,000
Miguel Torres: $20,000
Rich Crunkilton: $10,000
Chase Beebe: $10,000
Brian Stann: $10,000
Marcus Hicks: $8,000
Donald Cerrone: $6,000
Bryan Baker: $6,000
Rani Yahya: $6,000
Blas Avena: $6,000
Jeff Bedard: $4,000
Ian McCall: $4,000
Jesse Forbes: $4,000
Kenneth Alexander: $3,000
Marcelo Brito: $3,000
Jeremiah Billington: $2,000
Scott McAfee: $2,000
Joe Benoit: $2,000
Coty Wheeler: $2,000

The total fighter [...]

WEC 30 proved to be an excellent night of fights with both title holders retaining their belts at the end of the evening.
“Razor” Rob McCullough made easy work of challenger Rich Crunkilton in the first round. Both guys were throwing heavy punches from the opening bell as McCullough staggered Crunkilton and then Crunkilton returned [...]