The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released their medical suspensions from the March 4th event. You can download the full PDF file here. Here are some of the notable highlights: Franklin must have broken left hand cleared by Dr or no contest until 09/01/06, minimum suspension no contest until 05/04/06, no contact until 04/19/06 Suspend [...]

UFC 58 is freshly in the books, and its time to look ahead. In the world of MMA, and more specifically the UFC, it seems the favorite thing to do is not look ahead to the next event, but to look forward to the event after the next; in this case UFC 60. The big [...]

Full Contact Fighter is reporting that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is going to be out of action for at least 6 months as he recovers from the injury he suffered in his fight with Mark Coleman at Pride 31. Unfortunately, it turned out that Rua had fractured his elbow, as well as ruptured all his elbow [...]

The IFL just posted an official press release announcing their new MMA promotion. If you read my site at all or keep up with the MMA world, you are already familiar with the IFL and their recent court struggles with the UFC’s parent company, Zuffa LLC. I’m glad to see they are still charging forward [...]

Man, oh man. UFC 58 was everything that I was hoping it would be. I’m going to start off with the Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn fight. This fight lived up to its billing, and the better fighter won the fight. I don’t care what GSP looked like physically, St. Pierre won that fight [...]

Taken from: UFC® : Ultimate Fighting Championship® LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t the type of injury anyone expects a mere day and a half before a fight, but while engaging in light sparring Thursday night for his fight at UFC 58 against Tom Murphy, Christophe Midoux took a knee to the stomach and suffered a [...]

With all the excitement surrending UFC 58 and the recent court battles between the UFC and IFL, it has been easy to forget that there is an excellent MMA event happening tonight. The Gracie Fighting Championship will hold their “Hammer House vs. Team Gracie” event tonight in Ohio. Team Hammer House is captained by Mark [...]

UFC-IFL Draw: Judge Denies Injunction, Extends TRO @ (Sherdog.com) Dana doesn’t look too happy. Then again, he has a face only a mother could love (if she had glaucoma). LAS VEGAS, March 2 — Judge Valerie Adair of the Nevada District Court issued a ruling extending the temporary restraining order against the International Fight League [...]

Looks like Kenny Florian is also not going to be fighting this Saturday. The following story is taken from Sherdog.com. Boston’s Kenny Florian (Pictures) will have to wait before making his UFC lightweight debut, as a back injury has forced him to withdraw from Saturday’s bout versus Sam Stout (Pictures), the UFC reports in its [...]

Don’t know if you’ve seen the update section of my previous post, but I’ve decided to make another post about this issue. After reading all of the court documents that I linked to, I can only say that this whole thing is a joke. Dana White deserves all of the criticism and personal attacks that [...]

Well, who would have guessed this would happen? The UFC (Zuffa LLC.) has issued a lawsuit against the newly formed International Fight League (IFL) and, in response, the IFL has issued a lawsuit against the UFC. Is this just Dana White being his usual self and trying to bully any other MMA organization in the [...]

Looks like Diego Sanchez is off the card for this Saturday’s UFC 58. Sanchez was scheduled to fight John Alessio, but according to Sherdog.com , FightReport.net, and the UFC’s official website, Sanchez had to withdraw due to illness. According to Sanchez’s manager, Diego became ill sometime last week and has dropped in weight all the [...]