With all the discussion over the Ortiz vs. Shamrock III fight, news of BJ Penn’s next fight seems to have slipped through the cracks. BJ Penn’s camp is reporting that he has verbally agreed to fight Kuniyoshi Hironaka on the October 10th UFC Fight Night card. Penn hasn’t fought since his return to the UFC [...]

Stephan Marceau over at FightOpinion.com was the first to note the upcoming fight between Brandon Vera and Frank Mir. FightOpinion.com lists the fight as coming at the upcoming UFC 62, however the BrandonVera.com homepage says the fight will happen at UFC 65. Brandon Vera fights in UFC 65 Brandon Vera vs. Frank Mir (former UFC [...]

I guess its a good thing that Thomas Gerbasi at UFC.com wrote that “rematch” article a few weeks ago. It appears that Dana White has confirmed that the UFC has a verbal agreement from both Tito Oritz and Ken Shamrock for a third fight between the fighters that is scheduled to take place on October [...]

There was much discusson over the weekend that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was in a dispute with Pride FC management (Dream State Entertainment) over they money being paid for the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix final. I held off writing about the situation because I had a feeling it would sort itself out pretty quickly, [...]

MMAnews.com is reporting that David Terrell has pulled out of his upcoming fight against Yushin Okami at UFC 62. Matthew Boone at MMAnews.com is reporting that Terrell pulled out due to a sinus infection he is suffering from. I don’t have additional sources verifying this story and there has been no official announcement from the [...]

*** UPDATE *** It appears that Mario Sukata has been injured and will not be able to fight at UFC 63 *************** Mark Pickering over at FightOpinion.com is reporting that form UFC Heavyweight Champion and current Pride fighter, Mark Coleman will be fighting Mario Sukata in the UFC in September, most likely at UFC 63. [...]

Recently, Thomas Gerbasi over at UFC.com wrote a rather lengthy article entitled “A Word or Two (or 1,500) on Rematches”. Here is a how he begins the article: The rematch is a strange beast to figure out. In boxing (with obvious exceptions, of course), it can be a recipe for disaster, with the fighter who [...]