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Chute Boxe Brazil has long been considered one of the premier Mixed Martial Arts teams in the world. Known for their superior Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and vicious standing knees, Chute Boxe fighters have always enjoyed great success in MMA.
Recent months have not been as kind to Chute Boxe however. Earlier this year, Wanderlei Silva, [...]

Just to lighten everyones day up…

It appears that the International Fight League has done what the Ultimate Fighting Championship wasn’t able to: sign a television deal with HBO.
The IFL announced today that HBO Latin America will begin showing IFL content in 2008. The HBO deal will bring IFL programming to a spanish language audience covering Latin America, Brazil and [...]

Michael Bisping officially announced today via UFC.com that he will be dropping down from the UFC’s light heavyweight division to their middleweight division.

“Even though I’ve never fought at middleweight, I’ve gone back and forth with the decision to go down pretty much my whole career,” Bisping said. “Even from my very first pro fight (April [...]

As we once again near the end of another year, it’s time to start thinking about the yearly MMA “awards” that will be given out. This is the first year, MMA HQ is going to list our own awards selections and I’m looking for input from our faithful readers.
In the comments section of this [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salary information from last Saturday nights Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale event.

Roger Huerta — $38,000
Mac Danzig — $16,000
Jon Koppenhaver — $16,000
George Sotiropoulos — $16,000
Ben Saunders — $16,000
Troy Mandaloniz — $16,000
Matt Arroyo — $16,000
Roman Mitichyan — $16,000
Jonathan Goulet — $14,000
Clay Guida — $11,000
Tommy Speer — $8,000
Jared Rollins — [...]

After a full three month layoff, World Extreme Cagefighting is putting on another show this Wednesday night in Las Vegas and this fight card is worth the weight. Three WEC title belts will be on the line as the Featherweight, Middleweight, and Light Heavyweight titles all go up for grabs. The WEC returns [...]