Greg Savage from Sherdog.com interviewed Wanderlei Silva yesterday at Randy Couture’s training facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wandi talks about his contract negotiations with the UFC, his desire to fight Chuck Liddell this December, and his new academy in Florida where he will now reside. Click To Play
Archive for August, 2007
Video Interview with Wanderlei Silva
MMA HQ Partners With Inside the Cage Radio
MMA HQ is proud to officially announce that we have partnered with Inside the Cage Radio and will be carrying their MMA Radio show on our site as an affiliate. Inside the Cage Radio is hosted by Sam Caplan and Matt Cava. Sam Caplan runs FiveOuncesofPain.com and also covers MMA for CBSsportsline.com as well as [...]
Dan Henderson Training for UFC 75
Last night, Dan Henderson posted the following video to the MMA.tv Underground Forum. Dan, the current PrideFC Middleweight and Light Heavyweigth champion, will fight current UFC Light Heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson at UFC 75 in London, England on September 8th. UFC 75 will be shown for free on SpikeTV and will “unify” both the PrideFC [...]
Antonio McKee Resigns From IFL
GracieFighter.com is reporting that Antonio McKee will be leaving the Internation Fight League to fight Jake Shields in the Extreme Cage Fighting Championship. McKee, a member of the Tokyo Sabres, faced the choice of fighting the highly touted Shields or sticking with the IFL. According to the report: On October 19, 2007 San Francisco California, [...]
Kenny Florian Replaces Spencer Fisher
Elias Cepeda over at InsideFighting.com is reporting that Kenny Florian will replace Spencer Fisher against Din Thomas for the main event at UFC Fight Night 11 on September 19. “Yeah, I am. I just signed a contract today. We got word that he [Spencer Fisher] may be out with staph. That’s a fight I want. [...]
Spencer Fisher Off Fight Night Card
Spencer Fisher announced today that he has pulled out of his scheduled fight with Din Thomas on September 19 due to a staph infection in his knee. Fisher and Thomas were set to headline the UFC Fight Night Card in Las Vegas Fisher notified fans of his infection earlier today through a posting on his [...]
BJ Penn Speaks His Mind
BJ Penn recently gave an interview where he spoke pretty frankly about his feelings on the steroid issue in MMA, as well as training, BJJ and Bas Rutten. Thanks: RJ St. Croix
Jason Miller Denies Fight With Joe Riggs
You may remember that this past Saturday we reported that Joe Riggs and Jason Miller would be fighting at an upcoming WEC event. According to Joe Riggs’ own words: “I’m fighting Mayhem at the WEC in October,†said Riggs. According to Riggs, the bout will determine a contender for the WEC middleweight title… Well, today [...]
Carlos Condit Keeps WEC Belt
Carlos Condit showed once again why he is the WEC Welterweight champion. The “Natural Born Killer” displayed his impressive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game and secured a nasty armbar on Brock Larson during the first round of their championship fight. Early on Larson looked to use his strength and bring Condit to the mat, not wanted to [...]
Paulo Filho Wins WEC Debut
Paulo Filho made short work of Joe Doerksen tonight and easily won his WEC debut in the first round. Doerksen looked pretty good early on in the round and was fairly crisp with his strikes and kicks. Filho attempted a few loose takedowns early on and Doerksen was able to stuff them. When Filho did [...]
Joe Riggs vs Jason Miller in October WEC
Andreas Serna over at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe “Diesel” Riggs and Jason “Mayhem” Miller will fight each other in the WEC this October. “I’m fighting Mayhem at the WEC in October,” said Riggs. According to Riggs, the bout will determine a contender for the WEC middleweight title; the promotion will crown a fresh champion [...]
Gilbert Melendez Fighting in Strikeforce
Sam Caplan over at FiveOuncesOfPain.com is reporting that Gilbert Melendez will be fighting next on September 29 in the Strikeforce promotion. Melendez is currently undefeated with a 12-0 record and is widely regarded as one of the top 5 Lightweight fighters in the world. Melendez most recently fought in PrideFC prior to Dreamstage Entertainment selling [...]
UFC 76: Evan Tanner vs Marvin Eastman
UFCDaily.com is reporting that Evan Tanner will fight Marvin Eastman at UFC 76 in September. It has been widely speculated that Evan Tanner would make his long-awaited return to the UFC at UFC 76, but his opponent has been somewhat of a mystery so far. Marvin Eastman was originally rumored to be fighting Drew McFedries [...]
Thales Leites to Replace Lutter at UFC 74
Dave Meltzer from WrestlingObserver.com is reporting that Thales Leites will replace Travis Lutter at UFC 74 on August 25 and fight Ryan Jenson. Earlier today we reported that Lutter withdrew from his fight at UFC 74 because of an injury. Leites is currently 2-1 in the UFC with victories over Pete Sell and Floyd Sword [...]
Travis Lutter Off UFC 74 Card
Travis Lutter announced today on his MySpace blog that he has pulled out of his fight at UFC 74 due to an injury. Saturday July 28th I was training and reagrivated a old injury. After giving my neck a chance to heal I decided I was not going to be healed in time for the [...]









