Travis Lutter failed to make the required weight of 185 pounds for his scheduled Middleweight title fight against Anderson Silva. Lutter first tipped the scales at 187 pounds and was only able to cut another half pound over the next 2 hours and weighed in his final time at 186.5 pounds. In a non-title fight, [...]

Here’s Brian’s take on tomorrow nights UFC 67. As UFC 67 quickly approaches, I can’t help but think that this UFC will have some highlight knockouts on the table. Mirko Cro Cop and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are facing off against what should be considered ‘easy prey’. That’s probably due to the fact that President Dana [...]

It’s that time again. Time for another great weekend. While most of America will be focused on this Sunday’s Super Bowl, the MMA community will be focused on Las Vegas this Saturday night for UFC 67, and the introduction of both Quinton Jackson and Mirko Filipovic to the US audience. Main Card Anderson Silva vs. [...]

Here are the official payouts from last weekends Ultimate Fight Night. Rashad Evans — $24,000 (incl. $12,000 to win bonus) Sean Salmon — $3,000 Jake O’Brien — $18,000 (incl. $9,000 to win bonus) Heath Herring — $6,000 Hermes Franca — $24,000 (incl. $12,000 to win bonus) Spencer Fisher — $13,000 Nathan Marquardt — $44,000 (incl. [...]

Here is the official fight lineup for this Saturday’s UFC 67 in Las Vegas. Main Card Anderson Silva vs. Travis Lutter John Halverson vs. Roger Huerta Eddie Sanchez vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic Marvin Eastman vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Patrick Cote vs. Scott Smith Undercard Sam Hoger vs. Lyoto Machida Terry Martin vs. Jorge Rivera [...]

Overall, I thought last nights event on Spike TV was a good event. There were some highlights, and some lowlights, but you can’t complain with free MMA. Here are just a few quick thoughts from last night. After watching last nights event, it goes without saying that no matter combat sport you prefer (MMA, boxing, [...]

Word coming out of tonights Ultimate Fight Night event is that one of the marquee fights at UFC 69 in April will feature Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck. Koscheck has been begging for a rematch with Diego ever since the first season of The Ultimate Fighter ended. Most people think Diego Sanchez deserves a shot [...]

Here are the official weights from today’s UFC weigh-ins. A few things of note, Chris Price was 7 pounds overweight. I don’t know how that happens. Did he not know the limit was 185? He’s only had several months to get down to that weight. Also, how about Ross Pointon weighing in a pound and [...]

The UFC continues their Spike TV shows tomorrow night with another Ultimate Fight Night card, headlined by TUF Season 2 winner Rashad Evans. Lets dig right in and get some previews and predictions for the Fight Night card. Main Card Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon – The main event features two fighters who both have [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salary payouts from this past weekends WEC event held in Las Vegas. Rob McCullough: $20,000 Urijah Faber: $10,000 Kit Cope: $5,000 Joe Pearson: $4,000 John Alessio: $10,000 Rich Crunkilton: $10,000 Alex Karalexis: $8,000 Logan Clark: $8,000 Carlos Condit: $8,000 Antonio Banuelos: $6,000 Brian Gassaway: $4,000 Brendan [...]

We’ve got another user contribution today, as Brian gives us his second MMA HQ article. Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove is rumored to return to the Octagon this coming April. The word is that Grove could be on Spike TV’s Ultimate Fight Night 10 or even UFC 69; both of which are in April. His opponent [...]

Man, it seems like there is quite a bit of Nick Diaz news recently. First Diaz’s title fight against Thomas Denny in the Gracie Fighting Championships gets “postponed;” next, Diaz signs a deal with the newly formed Elite XC promotion to fight in May. Now, Nick Diaz has signed a two-fight deal with Pride Fighting [...]

MMA is more than just knockouts, and I hope everyone who visits MMA HQ can appreciate the beauty of a great submission move.

Loretta Hunt, over at The Fight Network, is reporting that there is a possibility that Matt Lindland will fight Fedor Emelianenko in BodogFIGHT this April in Russia. It looks like Jeff Monson, who was scheduled to fight Fedor, is not signed to an official contract and Lindland may have been approached to fight Fedor. With [...]

Renato “Babalu” Sobral will make his return to the UFC after his brutal loss to Chuck Liddell at UFC 62 back in August of 2006. According to UFC.com, Sobral will face Jason Lambert on the undercard of UFC 68 in March. Before losing his title shot against Chuck Liddell, Sobral had reeled off an impressive [...]