It’s hard to believe that it has been one full year since Ryan Bennett was killed in a car crash with his wife and four children in Fillmore, Utah. Ryan’s wife Tonya and two of their children were seriously injured and are still recovering from some of their injuries. The Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund is [...]

Here are the fighter payouts from UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson this past weekend. The total disclosed payout was $920,500. Chuck Liddell: $500,000 Quinton Jackson: $225,000 Karo Parisyan: $32,000 Ivan Salaverry: $17,500 Terry Martin: $12,000 Kalib Starnes: $10,000 Chris Leben: $10,000 Houston Alexander: $8,000 Josh Burkman: $7,000 Keith Jardine: $7,000 Din Thomas: $28,000 Wilson Gouveia: [...]

For those of you who didn’t get to see the Thiago Silva vs James Irvin fight from UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson, here is the video. Be warned though, Irvin’s knee injury might make you a bit “squeamish.” (By the way, this video is in Portuguese no English.)

Here is a clip of the post-fight press conference after UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson. As you can tell from the video, this video is courtesy of www.boxingscene.com.

I know we are only mere hours after Chuck Liddell losing his UFC Light Heavyweight, but there appears to be some exciting news for Liddell fans. It appears that the “dream fight” between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that we were all promised several months ago, might in fact now happen. Might… I said might [...]

In a short press release, published on the Japanese version of the Pride website, DSE, the company that gave birth to the organization, communicated the cancellation of the lightweight GP, the first phase of which was planned for July. According to the release, the fans that had already purchased tickets will be reimbursed. The release [...]

Another night and another UFC in the books. Overall, I thought this was a great PPV card and pretty much every fight was worth watching. We got to see seven of nine fights, and unfortunately we missed the James Irvin vs Thiago Silva fight because it seems Irvin suffered a pretty nasty knee injury trying [...]

Well, we’ve talked and talked about this fight for months now. The day of the fight is finally here and I’ve got just one simple question for you all…

Remember the day before UFC 69 when I reported the possibility that Diego Sanchez was taken off the fight card because he had tested positive for Hepatitis-C? Well, it appears that my report wasn’t entirely incorrect. Dave Meltzer from WrestlingObserver.com gave a recap of Dana White’s press conference this morning. Here is what Meltzer had [...]

According to Josh Gross at Sherdog.com, the sale of Pride Fighting Championships to the Fertita brothers has been finalized. However, two sources tell Sherdog.com that the deal has in fact been finalized, and that former PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has said as much to former DSE employees in the last 48-hours. Citing Issues with several [...]

Finally, the fight everyone has been waiting for and talking about is finally here. UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson could end up being one of the best events of 2007 if the main even lives up to the expectations. The main fight card features several solid fights including the return of Ivan Salaverry to the [...]

After the video I posted earlier this week promoting current UFC Light Heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell, I thought it was only fair to post on promotion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson before UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson happened this weekend. Enjoy…

Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network reported today on the Fight Network radio show that the K-1 Hero’s card scheduled for June 2 in the LA Coliseum is in serious trouble. To start with, Hunt reports that the K-1 show has not yet received a license from the California State Athletic Commission to even hold [...]

More and more news organizations are jumping onto the rapidly growing MMA bandwagon. This past week, Chuck Liddell was featured on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. ESPN also officially announced their internet partnership with Sherdog.com and announced that ESPNews will be covering the weigh-ins for UFC 71 this Friday. Well, keep your eyes out [...]

The following statement appeared on the Chutebox US website this morning: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has signed a contract with the UFC and may participate in UFC 72. Previously we had heard rumors that Shogun had signed some sort of four-fight deal with UFC/PrideFC that would have him fight 2 fights in each organization. Of course, [...]