UFC 91 is in the books and before I even get into the main event, I would be remiss if I did not comment on the hustle and flow of the pay-per-view as a whole. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen every single fight of the night on the telecast before, but I’m not [...]

UFC 91 is mere moments away, but we wanted to make sure that everyone is up to speed on all of the news in the MMA universe before the big night kicks off. Also, don’t forget to check out the live coverage starting at 8 pm ET.

Base salary figures have already been released for [...]

UFC 91 is just around the corner so let’s get right to it with some predictions.
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar- Heavyweight Championship Bout
Lesnar via TKO, round 3.
I could go on and on dissecting the strengths and weaknesses between Brock and Randy. But you all know them already. Even the casual fan can easily tell [...]

Still reeling from EliteXC folding and a suspension from the CSAC for testing positive for steroids, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva could rebound quicker than originally imagined despite some obvious caveats. It seems that Silva may opt to ignore his fighting suspension and contract situation en route to competing in Japan under the Sengoku banner. Five Ounces [...]

Riding on the heels of a highly publicized restraining order , the PR disaster known as Todd Beard continues to impress with his laundry list of skeletons falling out of the closet. The latest details about Beard’s “questionable” past deal with his jail time, elderly fraud scam, and of course, assaulting a pregnant ex-girlfriend, all [...]

Though we first made mention of a potential rematch between Kimbo Slice and Seth Petruzelli a couple days ago as a footnote to Cro Cop’s rematch with Alistair Overeem this rumor appears worthy of some front page attention.  Contained within a quasi-entertaining article from the Sun Sentinel is this casual tidbit about everyone’s favorite street [...]

Ah, Dana White. Lover of all things controversial, hater of all things that could benefit a fighter.
Earlier in the week White appeared on a segment of Tapout Radio, where the UFC President all but confirmed his interest in former EliteXC lightweight champion and UFC veteran, Nick Diaz. Dana cited one minor issue [...]

Speaking to MMATraining.com , former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin dispelled rumors that he had been tapped as a possible coach for season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK. Franklin made it pretty clear that he had no desire to serve as a TUF coach yet again, but would always [...]

Various entities throughout the MMA media scope have been critical of Anderson Silva’s less than punishing performance against Patrick Cote at UFC 90 this past weekend. After much speculation as to what exactly the motivation was behind Silva’s unorthodox antics, the middleweight king has alas released a statement to Sherdog explaining his actions:
“There are many [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz revealed during Saturday night’s broadcast of EliteXC “Heat” that he is close to signing with the promotion. Ortiz, however, will be unable to compete for at least six months due to a spinal fusion surgery .
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw has apologized for his highly animated antics during Kimbo’s [...]

The goods just keep piling on in the wake of EliteXC’s “Heat” which transpired nearly four days ago in Sunrise, Fla. The hubbub now seems to be all about whether or not Seth Petruzelli took a straight up bribe to keep straight up and not invoke a ground game upon one Kimbo Slice.
Here’s a snip [...]

As I write this piece while occasionally sipping from my seasonal Oktoberfest brew, I can only imagine that somewhere, Dana White has an ear-to-ear smile plastered across his evil little face. And I bet Sean Gannon is grinning a bit as well. Despite “Heat” sporting a very strong card which entertained me to the [...]

It seems even Mike Tyson can find no love for former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez. Tyson was on hand in Las Vegas along with other notables on Tuesday who witnessed “Suave” box professionally for the second time in his career:
“Earlier in the evening, former UFC heavyweight champ Ricco Rodriguez lost in a split decision. Ricco [...]

Brandon “The Truth” Vera will be out of commission until at least May with a broken scaphoid, a small bone located in the thumb which Vera apparently broke during the first round of his fight against Tim Sylvia according to a report from MMA Weekly.
Here’s a snip from Vera:
“My thumb got caught and pulled back [...]