If it wasn’t for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua tearing apart light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida like a shark on a seal, we’d all still be talking about the blight that was Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley. As it is, one of the most egregious incidents in recent UFC history gets a casual glossing over. A coaching [...]

I’m amused, appalled and embarrassed, the latter because despite my pronouncement that I wouldn’t wade back into the muck and sludge of the Tito Ortiz-Jenna Jameson domestic violence saga, here I am, hip-deep in the ooze and worried about leeches. The amused and appalled part? It’s the race between Ortiz and Jameson – MMA’s answer [...]

It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out what was foremost on the minds of the hundreds of fans and media who turned out for Tuesday’s Q&A with Dana White in downtown Toronto: When is the UFC coming to Ontario? More specifically, they wanted to know when mixed martial arts will be sanctioned in [...]

Gegard Mousasi is coming to the UFC. No, the deal hasn’t been signed. There hasn’t even been discussions, as far as I know. The Dutch-Armenian fighter is still under contract with Strikeforce, where he holds the light heavyweight belt. He’s expected to put that belt on the line against wrestler Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal in [...]

Would people please stop calling for Randy Couture to get the next light heavyweight title shot. It’s embarrassing. Yes, he destroyed UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman at Saturday’s UFC 109. Made him look like the washed up old wrestler he is (Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler comes to mind). But, please, a little perspective [...]