The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for UFC 92 and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who posted a first-round knockout of Wanderlei Silva on the evening’s main card, was the event’s top earner, taking home $385,000 for his victory.
UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″ took place on Saturday [...]

In the wake of his thunderous knockout loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, some folks around the MMA blogosphere have been talking up Wanderlei Silva’s need to drop down to the middleweight class. Sam Caplan of Five Ounces of Pain outlines the case:
“…Forget about considering the move, it’s time to just go ahead [...]

Lots to talk about so let’s get to it: “The Ultimate 2008” delivered and delivered huge. The order of the bouts was all over the place but I can’t complain. The show was well paced and absolutely packed with fireworks and surprises. Kudos to the UFC for capping off the New Year strong.
Upset of the [...]

Appropriately named, “The Ultimate 2008” indeed looks to be the most impressive card (on paper at least) of the entire year.  We’ve got two titles at stake, a compelling story line for a former champion now on the comeback trail, as well as some very promising heavyweight and middleweight battles. Let’s get to it.
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Talk about an ironic match up. According to Alistair Overeem’s official website, the Dutch “Demolition Man” will face off against K-1 bad boy Badr Hari at the upcoming “Fields Dynamite” New Years Eve show.
Overeem (40-24 MMA, 2-2 kickboxing) most recently fought to a no-contest against Mirko Cro Cop, who was forced to quit [...]

It looks like the UFC has alas wised up and officially deemed UFC 95, set for London, England, a Spike TV “International Event” as opposed to an unjustifiable pay-per-view. Kudos to seeing the light Dana and crew, but how about working on that UFC 93 Dublin show, eh? I mean, it is [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic enlists the help of former Croatian basketball player Franjo Arapovic to help prepare for his end of year showdown with Korean giant Hong Man Choi.

Trainer Juanito Ibarra has denied Wanderlei Silva’s claim that he offered to train the Brazilian for his upcoming bout with Ibarra’s former pupil, Quinton Jackson.
Despite ongoing speculation, Affliction says they have yet to reach any official agreement with free agent Tito Ortiz, though the promotion has announced that Ortiz will be in the broadcast booth [...]

You just knew it would take half a second for people to start talking about Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brock Lesnar. Wasting little time, M-1 Vice President Jerry Millen has already issued a formal statement, which challenges the UFC yet again to co-promote a meeting between their boy Fedor and the newly crowned [...]

After expressing his interest in hosting a match between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, UFC President Dana White has now gone a step further, stating that he might actually be ready to sign Gina Carano, the “Face of Women’s MMA” to the WEC as sort of a trial run:
“Gina Carano is a star, I [...]

I knew I would jinx it, I just knew it. MMARated.com reports that despite high hopes, both UFC 93 (Dublin) and UFC 95 (London) will definitely not be broadcast for free on SpikeTV due to concerns over the production budget. What does this mean? Well, as Fightlinker and CagePotato [...]

The latest report from Dave Meltzer’s F4WOnline notes a WWE article (that has apparently been taken down now) which goes out of its way to specifically bash the UFC 91 undercard despite it proving to be one of the most exciting cards to date:
“…Many of the fights on the UFC PPV ended in the [...]

The often speculated bout between middleweight king Anderson Silva and former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell could finally become a reality at UFC 95, which is set for February 21st from the O2 Arena in England, according to The Sun.
The article adds that English native Michael Bisping will for once not be part of the [...]

Fedor Emelianenko has come up short in a Sambo tournament this past weekend, earning only a Bronze medal after losing decisively to Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov, according to a report from MMAMania. As one might imagine, this is somewhat of a big deal since Fedor practically had to scour the earth just to find [...]