Today brings in a first for MMA HQ. Today, we will be featuring our first “reader contributed” article. Loyal MMA HQ reader Brian contributed the following article to me for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card. I’m more than happy to welcome all user submitted content here at MMA HQ; in fact, I welcome it. [...]

UFC 67 is right around the corner on February 3rd in Las Vegas. A while back, soon after it was announced that Quinton Jackson had signed with the UFC, I brought up the possibility of Sam Hoger being Quinton’s first UFC fight. This was, of course, before it was announced that Jackson would be fighting [...]

The first “Zuffa-run” WEC event will be held this coming Saturday night in Las Vegas, and the card is headlined with a matchup featuring “Razor” Rob McCullough and Kit Cope as well as “The California Kid” Urijah Faber vs. Joe Pearson. For those of you with digital cable or satellite television, you should be able [...]

Tyson Griffin will return to the UFC octagon and put his undefeated 8-0 record on the line at UFC 67 on February 3, against UFC newcomer Frankie Edgar. Tyson Griffin made his UFC debut at UFC 63 where he rather easily submitted David Lee by rear naked choke in the first round. Griffin is looked [...]

The rumor mill is running wild right now, as there is wide speculation that UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture will be coming out of retirement to fight current UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Syliva at UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio. Couture is set to make an appearance on “Inside the UFC” this Thursday night on SpikeTV, and [...]

MSNBC will air the first part of a four-part series featuring Mixed Martial Arts in the United States. The show is called Warrior Nation, and tonights airing will feature Urijah Faber and Enoch Wilson. Check it out. MSNBC’s “Warrior Nation,” takes viewers inside the world of MMA, mixed martial arts, beginning January 9th at 10 [...]

I know we dog on Tim Sylvia every now and then, but I thought this commercial was actually pretty funny.

Well, now that its 2007 its time to pick a “fighter of the year” for 2006. Sherdog.com picked UFC Light Heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell as their fighter of the year for 2006. Personally, I wouldn’t have picked Chuck, and I’m interested in what you the MMA fan and reader of MMA HQ thinks. So I’ve [...]

Man, lots of news is being confirmed today about UFC 68, and it now appears that my previous speculation regarding a Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan matchup at UFC 68 was incorrect. It appears that Matt Hughes will be fighting Chris Lytle at UFC 68, and both fighters have now confirmed and accepted the fight. [...]

It appears that the UFC and Brandon Vera have not been able to work out their contract negotiations, and Tim Sylvia’s next defense of his Heavyweight title will be against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 68. Many people expected Brandon Vera to have the next title shot as he is easily the #1 heavyweight contender, but [...]

Jason MacDonald won his second fight in the UFC against Chris Leben at UFC 66 and now several different sources are reporting that MacDonald’s next opponent will be against former Middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 68. This will be Franklin’s first fight back after losing his title to Anderson Silva at UFC 64, and [...]

I’m pleased to announce that you can now view MMA HQ on your mobile phone or any other mobile device that supports WAP 2.0. All the full length posts as well as all the comments will be available through this service. Just point your phone’s browser to http://m.mmahq.com and you can enjoy all the regular [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries from UFC 66. Chuck Liddell: $250,000 Tito Ortiz: $210,000 Andrei Arlovski: $145,000 Michael Bisping: $24,000 Forrest Griffin: $16,000 Keith Jardine: $14,000 Jason MacDonald: $10,000 Chris Leben: $7,000 Marcio Cruz: $5,000 Eric Schafer: $4,000 Thiago Alves: $22,000 Gabriel Gonzaga: $18,000 Yushin Okami: $16,000 Tony DeSouza: $7,000 [...]

The following was just posted today on the UFC’s official website: UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from February 3rd’s UFC 67 card due to a knee injury suffered during training for his first title defense against Matt Serra. The rest of the card, which includes the UFC Middleweight title [...]

While it hasn’t been officially announced yet, it is widely speculated that another fight between Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes won’t be taking place this April. They exact reasons are unknown, and probably never will be, but the general consensus is that Matt Hughes wanted to take a fight in between his loss to [...]