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With the recent departure of heavyweight champion Randy Couture, the UFC Heavyweight title is once again up for grabs. Reports are now surfacing that the fight between Brandon Vera and Tim Syliva at this Saturday night’s UFC 77 event will be for the #1 contender spot.
The win of Vera-Sylvia will most likely face Antonio [...]

Well, after much waiting and a lot of development on my part, the MMA HQ Top Ten Rankings site is finally ready for beta testing. Those of you who are regulars here at MMA HQ are going to get the first crack at the site. You can find the new MMA Rankings site [...]

Just a few quick news and notes items from the past weekend…

MMA-Europe.net is reporting that the “Vale Tudo News” notes former PrideFC star Ricardo Arona has signed a new four fight deal with M-1 and will make his M-1 debut in December. While no official opponent was named, it is assumed he will be [...]

ESPN did a quick phone interview with Randy Couture today about his resignation from the UFC.

The UFC held their UFC 77: Hostile Territory conference call today.
Steve Cofield has the audio from the conference call here.
Brad McCray from MMA Madness has the conference call notes here.

When EliteXC announced they had signed Nick Diaz to a new contract earlier this week, it was revealed that Diaz’s next fight would be for the EliteXC 160lb title. At the time no official opponent was named as a challenger.
Today, EliteXC announced via ProElite.com that Diaz will face Karl-James “KJ” Noons, a upcoming [...]

Oh, man oh man. I have never hated Kevin Iole more than I do now. I didn’t think my disdain for him could grow any deeper, and yet it has. I’m reading through the latest MMA news tonight and came across this headline from Iole in my RSS Reader.

White’s reaction could determine [...]