Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you’ve noticed the rapid explosion in popularity of Affliction Clothing shirts among the MMA crowd. It seems like most fighters and their fans are wearing the Affliction brand and the abundance of Affliction apparel prompted Joe Rogan to announce “if I see one [...]

Georges St. Pierre recently appeared on “The Hour” with George Stroumboulopoulos (yes, that is his real last name) on CBC Television in Canada.

By now, you may or may not have heard that all the fighters at UFC 76 passed their initial drug tests except for one: Kazuhiro Nakamura. Nakamura tested positive for marijuana after his loss to Ryoto Machida by unanimous decision. Nakamura smokes weed? Really? I never would have guessed by his ring entrances from PrideFC [...]

In a recent interview, Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueria states that his next fight will be in December at UFC 79 against Cheick Kongo. Of course, I don’t speak Portuguese so I translated the interview into English online. If it doesn’t all make sense, its not my fault. My next fight must be in December, with the [...]

The International Fight League announced today that they will present the first live Mixed Martial Arts event to be aired in prime time on US broadcast television. The IFL World Grand Prix semifinals will be held on November 3rd in Chicago, IL and be televised live on MyNetworkTV starting at 8pm EST. The hour long [...]

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC 76: Knockout. Chuck Liddell – $500,000 Mauricio Rua – $150,000 Lyoto Machida – $50,000 Jon Fitch – $44,000 Forrest Griffin- $44,000 Tyson Griffin – $24,000 Rich Clementi – $24,000 Diego Sanchez – $22,000 Kazuhiro Nakamura – $20,000 Matt Wiman – $16,000 Keith Jardine – $14,000 Christian Wellisch – [...]

I found this over at MMAHaven.com today. This has to be the worst guillotine choke I have ever seen. This guys neck must be made of Silly Putty. Either that or his father was Stretch Armstrong. The Most Brutal Guillotine Choke in MMAUploaded by Bulletproof2

Here is the UFC 76 Post-fight presser from Saturday night in California.

We finally have another contributor here at MMA HQ. Several of you have written articles once or twice in the past and today MMA HQ reader Drehog has sent in a very interesting article regarding the current state of the UFC Light Heavyweight division after what happened this past weekend at UFC 76. Enjoy the [...]

The dreaded staph infection has struck again, this time afflicting Nick Diaz. GracieFighter.com is reporting that Nick contracted staph a few days before his past fight in EliteXC against Mike Aina. GracieFighter reports the infection to be “severe” and notes that Diaz was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital after arriving to watch his brother [...]

With all the upheaval in the UFC light heavyweight after UFC 76, it’s hard to predict what will happen in the coming months for the 205 lb division. What will Dana White and UFC matchmaker Joe Silva do now that both Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Chuck Liddell have lost? Wanderlei Silva was scheduled to fight [...]

Loretta Hunt from TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that we may see a UFC lightweight title fight between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson at UFC 79 in December. The one-year suspension of champion Sean Sherk for alleged steroid use following his July 7 title defense to Hermes Franca at UFC 73 in Sacramento, Calif., has stalled plans [...]

The latest edition of Inside the Cage Radio is now available! Joining Matt Cava and Sam Caplan this week were Kenny Florian, Ricco Rodriguez, and Joe Riggs. [audio:ICR_092207.mp3] Here’s a rundown of this must-listen show: Segment One – EliteXC’s female MMA controversy: Sam and Matt share their thoughts about the fallout from the Gina Carano [...]

Another UFC event is in the books, and the world of MMA keeps getting more and more interesting with each passing day. UFC 76: Knockout was one of the best all-around night of fights that we have seen in while. With four of the five main card fights going to decision (and the Griffin vs [...]

Alex Marvez from FoxSports.com is reporting that current TNA wrestling “superstar” may be close to signing a deal with the International Fight League to complete in MMA. Angle, who won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics, has voiced his interest in competing in MMA for quite a while now. “God willing, the IFL and [...]