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Some of you may have heard TUF 3 competitor Matt Hamill’s quote about being ready to fight Michael Bisping after he defeated Rex Hollman at UFC 68. For those that didn’t, here is the specific quote: I think I’m ready for I guess Mike Bisping from England. We are going to find out who’s going [...]

According to Dave Meltzer over at WrestlingObserver.com the UFC is still having a hard time negotiating a deal with HBO to carry UFC events. There has been much speculation on how the UFC would broadcast UFC 70 in Manchester, England; would it be on a tape-delayed PPV, would HBO broadcast it? Well it appears now [...]

Evan Tanner Back to Normal

March 8th, 2007

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I’m personally a fan of Evan Tanner. Yeah you remember him, used to be the Middleweight UFC champ. Well, Evan’s been out of the fight game since last April when he defeated Justin Levens at UFC 59. Since then, he hasn’t fought once and has pretty [...]

UFC 72 is currently scheduled for July 7 and the fight card will feature at least two title fights. Anderson Silva will make his second title defense of the UFC Middleweight title against Nathan Marquardt. Silva recently fought Travis Lutter in what turned out to be a non-title fight after Lutter failed to make weight. [...]

Frank Mir has been taken off the UFC Fight Night Card scheduled for April 5. Mir was scheduled to fight Antoni Hardonk, but reportedly was removed due to an injury. Some rumors are circulating that Mir was actually removed from the card by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but I haven’t been able to verify [...]

UFC 68 Fighter Payouts

March 6th, 2007

Here are the fighter salaries for last weekends UFC 68: The Uprising event. Randy Couture: $250,000 Tim Sylvia: $100,000 Matt Hughes: $150,000 Rich Franklin: $42,000 Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $21,000 Martin Kampmann: $20,000 Jason Lambert: $18,000 Jason MacDonald: $14,000 Chris Lytle: $10,000 Drew McFedries: $5,000 Jon Fitch: $28,000 Matt Hamill: $10,000 Luigi Fioravanti: $8,000 Jamie Varner: [...]

Nick Diaz Fails Drug Test

March 5th, 2007

As much as I hate to give the following news, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has revealed that Nick Diaz tested positive for a banned substance following Pride 33: The Second Coming last month. Diaz did not test positive for sterioids or diuretics, but rather marijuana. Nick Diaz will have the opportunity to appear before [...]

In an interview with MMAToday.com, Tito Ortiz confirmed that his next fight will be against Keith Jardine at UFC 71. MMAToday: What can we expect from you in 2007? TO: More movies? My heart is really in fighting right now andIm in fighting mode. I want to keep going with Punishment Athletics.Im a business man [...]

UFC 68: The Uprising Recap

March 5th, 2007

Well, overall I thought UFC 68 was pretty standard and underwhelming but the main event definitely was worth watching Couture looked brilliant; Sylvia looked despicable. I never thought Sylvia would get dominated in the standup game like he did. I think we all knew that Randy would easily control Tim on the ground if he [...]

Dana White appeared on FOX News Fight Game program the other day and gave a pretty decent interview. He talks about Liddell vs Rampage, Kurt Angle and Fedor. Check it out.

Here’s Brians take and predictions on this Saturday’s UFC 68. UFC 68 brings us the return of Rich “Ace” Franklin and Matt Hughes. After they lost their titles, both fighters have been looking to get their career back on track. Dana White has helped both fighters out by setting them up with arguably slightly above-average [...]

What’s Up With Chuck?

March 1st, 2007

Don’t know how many of you have seen this video, but had an interview today with WFAA, a Dallas, TX television station. The interview was to promote Frank Miller’s new movie 300 which is one of Chuck’s sponsors. Just watch the video and see what you make of it. I really have no idea. Was [...]

The UFC is making its first trip to the state of Ohio for UFC 68: The Uprising and overall it looks like the MMA fans in Ohio are in for a pretty decent fight card. Four former or current UFC champions will be fighting on the card, so lets take some time and break down [...]

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