Well this is it boys and girls. What we have been waiting for and discussion ad naseum for the past few months: UFC 71:Liddell vs Jackson Here is an interesting little video to get everyone warmed up. (I know everyone is more than warmed up, but hey, I just wanted to use the cliche.) This [...]

I really don’t know what to say about this. I’ve very dazed and confused after watching it and little by little my confidence in the IFL is waning.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the Cro Cop vs Gonzaga recap video so here is a “preview” of the upcoming Quinton Jackson vs Chuck Liddell fight at UFC 71. Is this a sign of things to come? I won’t spoil the end for you. Enjoy…

Congratulations to Sherdog.com. ESPN officially announced their partnership with Sherdog this morning. You can read the full press release below. This is a pretty big deal for MMA fans as MMA content will now be featured along side other sports on ESPN.com and ESPNRadio.com. Congrats to Jeff Sherwood and all the guys over at Sherdog.com. [...]

Former UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre gave an interview yesterday with a the FAN 590, a Canadian sports radio station based out of Toronto. I figured some of you might be interested so here it is. Also on the show were David Loiseau and Riccardo Ammendolia. [audio:http://www.showdown.ca/media/TheShowdown10May07.mp3] In the interview, GSP acknowledges that he [...]

Zach Arnold, over at FightOpinion.com, digs into the current status of the Zuffa – Dream Stage Entertainment sale of PrideFC. A few days back, Arnold brought up a few issues related to the transaction since the deal hadn’t been completed yet. Initially, the transaction was thought to be finalized as of May 1st; but the [...]

Remeber Chuck Liddell’s infamous appearance on that Texas morning news show? Yeah, the one where he appeared to be drugged but was just high on pain and cold medication? Well, remember how Chuck said he wanted to fight Tommy Morrison for his next fight? Looks like Tommy’s practicing… The World Fighting Championship announced today that [...]

Melvin Guillard was suspended for eight months and fined $2,100 (30% of his $7,000 fight purse) for testing positive for Benzoylegonine, a metabolite of cocaine, after his loss to Joe Stevenson at Ultimate Fight Night 9 on April 5th. MMA HQ first reported the positive drug test back on April 13. According to Ivan Trembow [...]

Rich Franklin confirmed that Yushin Okami has signed to fight in replacement of Martin Kampmann at UFC 72. The following was posted by Rich Franklin this morning on his official website: I spoke with Monte (my manager) Saturday evening and that conversation eluded to the fact that Kampman may be out. Monday,I was told he [...]

This morning, Royce Gracie finally confirmed what has been rumored for about two months now. The first K-1 Hero’s card to be held in the USA on June 2 will feature a fight between Royce Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba. This morning on the MMAtv.com UnderGround forums, Royce made the following post: For years the fans [...]

According to UFC.com Martin Kampmann has pulled out of his scheduled fight with Rich Franklin at UFC 72 scheduled for June 16. According to his manager, Ken Pavia of Pavia, Ciscone, & Associates, Kampmann injured his knee while wrestling in training last week at UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture’s gym in Las Vegas, Nev. “Martin’s [...]

The UFC officially announced another fight today for the UFC 73: Stacked card that will be held on July 7. UFC 73 was already scheduled for a title fight between Anderson Silva and Nathan Marquardt, a title fight between Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca, and a light-heavyweight fight between Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans. Today, [...]

It’s nice to see that even SpikeTV is bashing Gabe “Godzilla” Ruediger this morning. I found this on the SpikeTV TUF 5 site, and had to pass it along. And while we’re all kicking Gabe while he’s down (and fat) here’s a video of blue belt Allen “Monstah Lobstah” Berube choking Gabe unconscious during a [...]

As you can tell, this has been a pretty slow MMA News week, so I give you this. Enjoy… Prank Call to Dana WhiteUploaded by mma-tv

When Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championships, purchased the WEC earlier this year, it was announced that a cable television deal had been signed with the Versus network. It appears now that the first WEC events will start appearing on the Versus network starting with a WEC Live even on June [...]