MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed with the Hayward, California Police Department that UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson was arrested on June 27 on multiple charges relating to an alleged domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend.

The charges include domestic violence, battery with a special relationship, criminal threats, and damaging a cell phone. Though he was arrested on felony charges, the District Attorney filed misdemeanor charges, each of which is punishable by up to a year in county jail and an undisclosed fine if convicted.

A rumored bout between Bobby Lashley and Don Frye will not take place, according to Lashley’s agent “Method”, who posted on Monday in the MMAFrenzy.com Forums that reports of the matchup are “not true” and that the heavyweight prospect’s next fight will be announced in the coming weeks.

Method says one name you can cross off the list of potential opponents is Strikeforce heavyweight contender Brett Rogers, with an opponent for Lashley’s next fight already determined but not yet been finalized.

Light heavyweights Eric Schafer and Tomasz Drawl have signed contracts to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20th in Las Vegas. MMAFrenzy.com learned of the 205-pound matchup on Sunday from a source close to one of the fighters.

Anthony Johnson’s appeal to the Nevada State Athletic Commission of a controversial July 19th TKO loss to Kevin Burns due to an eye poke at UFC Fight Night 14 has been denied.
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today confirmed the appeal rejection to MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) via email.
“Based on advice from the Nevada Attorney [...]

When looking at the current champions in the UFC you will notice a similarity among them. That similarity is their record. Rampage Jackson (28-6), George St. Pierre (15-2), and Anderson Silva (20-4) have all fought less than 35 times in their professional careers yet are recognized as seasoned veteran champions in the top MMA [...]

Gabe Ruediger (11-3, 0-1 UFC) is a former WEC Lightweight Champion who at one point put together an impressive set of nine victories in a row. However, Ruediger is best known amongst the MMA community as cast member of The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, where he was expelled from the show for failing to make [...]

New England’s Luke ‘Lil’ Hulk’ Caudillo is preparing for the biggest fight of his life at UFC 78 in New Jersey in a little over a week’s time. Caudillo faces former PRIDE lightweight challenger and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert Marcus Auerelio who, among others, holds a victory over one of the top lightweights in the [...]

Tamdan McCrory (8-0, 1-0 UFC) defends his unbeaten record at UFC 78 in New Jersey against former PRIDE star Akihiro Gono. The 20 year old is coming off a win in his UFC debut against the experienced Pete Spratt by triangle choke and is eager to continue his momentum on November 17th. [...]

On November 17th Jason Reinhardt will step into the octagon for the very first time. The 37-year-old fighter doesn’t fit the mold of the typical UFC newcomer. Besides his age, Reinhardt will enter the cage with an 18-0 career mixed martial arts record, the best in all of MMA. His journey to the UFC is [...]

Update: We have been told that the UFC has yet to be informed of the visa issue and is looking into the reports. There  is no word on a possible replacement at this time.
This afternoon MMAFrenzy.com was able to speak with Karo Parisyan’s manager about a report that his opponent at UFC 78, Hector Lombard, [...]

UFC heavyweight Heath Herring will likely to return to the octagon in early 2008 according to his manager, Dean Albrecht, who confirmed the news with MMAFrenzy.com earlier today.  According to Albrecht, Herring is taking some time off from fighting while continuing to train for his UFC return.
Herring had a successful run in both PRIDE and [...]

Earlier this week Travis Lutter was forced to withdraw from his UFC 74 fight after reaggravating a neck injury. MMAFrenzy.com spoke with Travis about the injury, his next UFC fight, and the issue of steroids in MMA

MMAFrenzy.com: I understand you reaggravated a neck injury, could you explain how the injury happened and provide some details [...]

Following UFC 71 there were reports that only the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship would be on the line in the main event between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London. More recent reports continued to change about everyday and ranged from both titles being on the line, no titles being up [...]

UFC 75 will be in London, England on September, 8th MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed. It is currently scheduled to be held at the O2 Arena. The venue will host several NHL games later this year and is one of the planned venues for the 2012 Olympics. The venue is estimated to hold 20,000+ spectators, although the [...]

On episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 5 Gabe Ruediger failed to make weight and was ultimately kicked out of the house by UFC President Dana White. We recently caught up with Gabe to discuss everything from the show, to his critics, and his future MMA plans.
MMAFrenzy.com: Why did you show up 25 pounds overweight?
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