Earlier today we reported that EliteXC will hold an event on November 10 in Texas that will feature a 160lb title fight with Nick Diaz. Looks like that same card will also feature the EliteXC debut of Kevin Ferguson (a.k.a Kimbo Slice). Kimbo made his MMA debut in the Cage Fury Fighting Championships at CFFC [...]
Archive for October, 2007
EliteXC Adds Kimbo Slice to Roster
Nick Diaz to Fight for EliteXC Title
Word surfaced yesterday that Nick Diaz had agreed to a long-term contract extension with EliteXC. Reports are that Diaz has signed an exclusive contract with EliteXC that will extend his current contract through 2009. Diaz will fight between three and five times a year over the length of the contract with his next fight coming [...]
Fedor Signs with M-1
Well, it appears that all our hopes and dreams of seeing Fedor Emalianenko in the UFC have been dashed. Actually, our hope of seeing Fedor fight any top level heavyweight competition has been dashed as it appears Fedor has reached an agreement with Russian promotion M-1. Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork is reporting that Fedor has [...]
Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva – Finally?!?
After Chuck Liddell lost to Keith Jardine at UFC 76 last month, it looked like MMA fans might never get to see the once dreamed about matchup between Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. Had Liddell defeated Jardine, the UFC was set to promote their much-awaited bout between the two fighters on the UFC 79 fight card [...]
CFFC 6 Officially Canceled
Over the past week, the status of the upcoming Cage Fury Fighting Championship event in New Jersey has been up in the air. Earlier in the week reports surfaced that the event had been canceled only to find out later that the event was still on and just the In-Demand PPV contract had been canceled. [...]
Leland Chapman Makes Pro MMA Debut – UPDATED
If you have no idea who Leland Chapman is, that is perfectly normal and you can just skip this article. For those of you who share the same weird fascination with Dog the Bounty Hunter like I do, keep reading. No Limit Fighting will hold their Brawl for it All even on October 20th in [...]
Bisping vs Evans to Headline UFC 78
Well, the fight card with no identity finally got a face late last night when the UFC announced the main event for UFC 78: Validation. Michael Bisping will face off against Rashad Evans at UFC 78 which is scheduled for November 17 in Newark, New Jersey. It was widely assumed that UFC 78 would feature [...]
Strikeforce Fighter Payouts
Here are the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday night’s Strikeforce card held in Beverly Hills, CA. The total disclosed fighter payroll was just over $230,000. Gilbert Melendez – $30,000 Tetsuji Kato – $6,000 Joe Riggs – $29,500 Josh Thomson – $24,500 Daniel Puder – $20,000 Bobby Southworth – $20,000 Falaniko Vitale – $20,000 Jorge [...]
Evan Tanner’s Struggles Continue
I have been a long-time Evan Tanner fan and have documented some if his struggles here at MMA HQ over the past few years. Most recently it appeared that Evan was getting back into the MMA scene and had moved down to California to train with the Chute Boxe team there. Rumors began to surface [...]
Inside the Cage Radio
Hosts Sam Caplan and Matt Cava were joined by special guests Dan Stupp of MMAjunkie.com and renowned MMA broadcaster “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros. [audio:ICR_092907.mp3] Dann joined the gang to help break down UFC 76 and the three discussed whether a case can be made for Tyson Griffin as fighter of the year; whether Jon [...]









