The Palm Beach Post is reporting that Din Thomas has had all charges against him dropped in regards to the “illegal cage fighting” competitions he was arrested for last month. Prosecutors this morning decided not to file charges against a nationally-renowned mixed martial arts fighter who was arrested in October after investigators alleged he organized [...]

Here are the latest rankings from MMA HQ.net: HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Fedor Emelianenko 2. Randy Couture 3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 4. Josh Barnett 5. Tim Sylvia 6. Gabriel Gonzaga 7. Andrei Arlovski 8. Mirko Filipovic 9. Aleksander Emelianenko 10. Cheick Kongo LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Quinton Jackson 2. Dan Henderson 3. Wanderlei Silva 4. Mauricio Rua 5. [...]

MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Leonard Garcia will move from the UFC’s lightweight division (155 lb) to the WEC’s featherweight (145 lb) division. Garcia made his UFC debut against Roger Huerta at UFC 69 in what was one of the best fights of the year. After losing the tough decision to Huerta, Garcia submitted Allan Berube [...]

RawVegas.tv has the following video interview with Wanderlei Silva discussing his upcoming fight with Chuch Liddell at UFC 79. [Source: RawVegas.tv]

A few fights are now being confirmed for upcoming UFC shows. UFC Fight Night 12 will feature they welterweight debut of Mike Swick taking on Josh Burkman. UFC 81 will feature the return of Nathan Marquardt as he fights Thales Leites, while David Heath will face off against Andre Gusmao. Gusmao will be making his [...]

Here is the audio from yesterday’s UFC 79 Conference Call with Dana White, Matt Hughes, and Georges St. Pierre. This was the conference call to “officially” announce the fight to the media and allow for questioning. If you have some time, give it a listen. [audio:ufc79_conf_call.mp3]

According to Matt Hughes’ personal website, Hughes will be fighting Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79 for an interim UFC welterweight title. This past week, Matt Serra announced he was withdrawing from his scheduled title fight against Matt Hughes at UFC 79 due to a back injury. Tonight, Hughes broke the news that he would [...]

Matt Serra has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in December due to a back injury suffered during training. Serra, the current UFC welterweight champion, apparently suffered a herniated disc in his back this past week while training for his fight. “This is the hardest thing I’ve [...]

The International Fight League issued a press release today announcing that co-founder Gareb Shamus has resigned as CEO and that current President Jay Larkin has been named active CEO. Shamus has stepped down from both his chairman and CEO positions and will remain available as a consultant for the near future. Considering the IFL’s financial [...]

Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last Friday nights Strikeforce fight card. Cung Le: $50,000 Trevor Prangley: $30,000 Alistair Overeem: $30,000 Brian Schwartz: $30,000 Falaniko Vitale: $20,000 Paul Buentello: $20,000 Jorge Santiago: $15,000 Sam Morgan: $10,000 Bobby Southworth: $10,000 Luke Stewart: $10,000 Dennis Hallman: $10,000 Alexander Crispin: $6,500 Sean Salmon: $5,000 Eric Lawson: [...]

UFC 78: Validation brought professional MMA back to New Jersey and overall the show was a solid event. Nothing to spectacular or outstanding happened, but there were some solid MMA fights. Rashad Evans vs Michael Bisping wasn’t quite the fight I had hoped it would be. I was surprised that Rashad didn’t let his hands [...]

The biggest news coming out of last nights UFC 78 event in New Jersey didn’t happen during any of the fights but rather during the post-fight press conference. Dana White announced that current UFC middleweight champion will fight current PrideFC champion Dan Henderson at UFC 82, currently scheduled for March 1, 2008 in Ohio. This [...]

Strikeforce held their weigh-ins yesterday for tonights “Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives” light heavyweight tournament event. At the weigh-ins the tournament fight matchups were determined. The initial round of the tournament will feature the following matchups: Trevor Prangley vs Falaniko Vitale Yuki Sasaki vs Jorge Santiago Sean Salmon vs Dennis Hallman (alternate bout) [...]

The UFC adds the next chapter to their PPV library this Saturday night as they return to New Jersey for the first time since UFC 53 in June of 2005. While UFC 78 has faced some harsh criticism for the perceived lack of a “main event” fight, there is no denying that this card is [...]