Like it or not, Brock Lesnar is the new UFC heavyweight champion. Most critics who predicted a Lesnar victory said Lesnar would win because his huge size advantage over Randy Couture. In the end, that had nothing to do with it as Lesnar won the fight on his feet with striking. Couture held his own [...]

I know we are only mere hours after Chuck Liddell losing his UFC Light Heavyweight, but there appears to be some exciting news for Liddell fans. It appears that the “dream fight” between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that we were all promised several months ago, might in fact now happen. Might… I said might [...]

In a short press release, published on the Japanese version of the Pride website, DSE, the company that gave birth to the organization, communicated the cancellation of the lightweight GP, the first phase of which was planned for July. According to the release, the fans that had already purchased tickets will be reimbursed. The release [...]

According to Josh Gross at Sherdog.com, the sale of Pride Fighting Championships to the Fertita brothers has been finalized. However, two sources tell Sherdog.com that the deal has in fact been finalized, and that former PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has said as much to former DSE employees in the last 48-hours. Citing Issues with several [...]

Zach Arnold, over at FightOpinion.com, digs into the current status of the Zuffa – Dream Stage Entertainment sale of PrideFC. A few days back, Arnold brought up a few issues related to the transaction since the deal hadn’t been completed yet. Initially, the transaction was thought to be finalized as of May 1st; but the [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission handed down their rulings regarding the suspensions resulting from positive drug test for Joe Pearson, Kit Cope, and Nick Diaz. Joe Pearson tested positive for Delta-9-THC after his loss to Urijah Faber in the WEC on January 20, 2007. Pearson was suspended 6 months and fined 20% of his fight [...]

Stephan, over at mmatoronto.com, had a nice catch yesterday regarding the upcoming Pride Lightweight 2007 Grand Prix. If you take a look at the Pride LWGP poster, you will see the faces of both Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez. As Stephan noted, the Pride LWGP traditionally has been held at a 160 lbs. weight limit, [...]

Nice little tribute video for all the PrideFC lovers out there…

So, now that the dust is starting to settle on the Zuffa purchase of Pride, we all can sit back and digest what has happened and what the “future” of MMA might look like. I want to give my thoughts on the whole situation, and hear what all of you have to say. First off, [...]

As was expected, it was announced today that Dream Stage Entertainment as sold the Pride Fighting Championships to Zuffa, LLC. This is slightly different than was originally anticipated in the fac that Zuffa is the purchasing agent in this deal. Original speculation was that Lorenzo and Frank Fertita were purchasing PrideFC separate from Zuffa, which [...]

Well, it appears that after over a week of “speculating” and “rumors,”the final official words and announcement of the sale of Pride Fighting Championships to Lorenzo and Frank Fertita will come tomorrow in Tokyo, Japan. MMAWeekly reported today on the fact that SportsHochi, a Japanese newspaper, reported today that the Fertitas will disband Dream Stage [...]

I’m only posting this because I’m sure most of you have either heard or seen this report on other sites by now. There are reports circulating that the Fertita brothers (Frank and Lorenzo who also own Zuffa, LLC) have purchased PrideFC from Dream Stage Entertainment for a reported $65 million dollars. This rumor first surfaced [...]

Former UFC Heavyweight fighter Jeff Monson revealed yesterday on his personal website blog that he will be fighting Kazuyuki Fujita this March in PrideFC. Monson was originally supposed to fight Roman Zentzov this April in BodogFIGHT, but apparently that fight is now off and Monson will be fighting in Pride. hey This morning i found [...]

As much as I hate to give the following news, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has revealed that Nick Diaz tested positive for a banned substance following Pride 33: The Second Coming last month. Diaz did not test positive for sterioids or diuretics, but rather marijuana. Nick Diaz will have the opportunity to appear before [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for this past Saturday’s Pride 33: The Second Coming event. Wanderlei Silva: $150,000 Dan Henderson: $50,000 Mauricio Rua: $50,000 Takanori Gomi: $20,000 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $20,000 Nick Diaz: $15,000 Joachim Hansen: $15,000 Hayato Sakurai: $10,000 Frank Trigg: $10,000 Kazuo Misaki: $10,000 Sergei Kharitonov: $10,000 Alistair [...]