Diego Sanchez and Luigi Fioravanti, both fresh off wins at UFC 82 earlier this month in Columbus, Ohio, will face off in the headline bout of The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale on June 21st in Las Vegas according to Sherdog.
Official bout agreements for the fight have not yet been signed though both camps have reportedly [...]

Jess Liaudin posted a myspace bulletin yesterday announcing that he will face Paul Taylor at UFC 85 in London, England on June 14th. The bout, which will be on the preliminary card of the event, offers the fighters a long-awaited rematch from a 2003 Cage Rage meeting where Liaudin lost to Taylor via [...]

From Sherdog:
Despite the announcement of an agreement last October between Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global, the deal was never signed, a source close to both camps told Sherdog.com.
The Russian heavyweight’s only agreement with the company — according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity — came in the form of a letter [...]

In a recent interview with M1MixFight, UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture states that a highly-anticipated heavyweight bout against Fedor Emelianenko remains a possibility, but having it take place in the UFC is now absolutely impossible:
“…The UFC recently took Couture to court to bar his involvement with outside fight promotions. The litigation has apparently ruined any [...]

Main Card

Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre
UFC Welterweight Championship
Travis Lutter vs. Rich Franklin
Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes
Charles McCarthy vs. Michael Bisping
Mark Bocek vs. Mac Danzig

Preliminary Bouts

Joe Doerksen vs. Jason MacDonald
Jason Day vs. Alan Belcher
Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia
Rich Clementi vs. Sam Stout
Brad Morris vs. Cain Velasquez
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet

“I’m pretty sure I’m going to be with the UFC. I know my manager and the UFC are in talks right now, so that’s up to them. If the UFC wants me, I want to be in the UFC. For me, it’s my home. I started my career there and hopefully I’ll [...]

From Sherdog:
Spencer Fisher has been forced to withdraw from his April 2 UFC Fight Night bout against Marcus Aurelio, Sherdog.com learned Monday afternoon.
The popular lightweight known for his exciting style withdrew following a shoulder injury.
“Spencer is the kind of fighter who has fought plenty of fights with injuries and Marcus Aurelio is not the kind [...]

Former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner has announced on his official website, EvanTanner.net, that he will be returning to the Octagon this summer:
“Just talked with Joe Silva, the UFC matchmaker. He gave me a date and an opponent. Looks like I’ll be back in the Octagon this summer.
It’s good to have a fight scheduled. The [...]

Growing MMA promotion Strikeforce and NBC are reportedly on the verge of announcing a major partnership, according to MMA Junkie. Details of the expected venture are slowly coming out, but here is what we know so far:
“As part of the NBC deal, fight footage from past Strikeforce events will likely be shown in “highlights” [...]

Lightweights Thiago Tavares and Matt Wiman will go toe-to-toe when the UFC comes to the O2 Arena in London on June 7th for UFC 85 according to Sherdog.
Tavares (13-1, 3-1 UFC) is coming off a decision win over Michihiro Omigawa at UFC Fight Night 12. Prior to the recent win, Tavares lost a unanimous decision [...]

Nate Marquardt and Thales Leites have again been booked to fight, this time at UFC 85 according to a report by GracieMag.
The two were originally scheduled to fight in October 2006 but visa issues prevented the bout from taking place. They were again scheduled to square off at UFC 81 earlier this year but an [...]

In a recent interview with Sherdog.com, Anderson Silva and Ed Soares (Silva’s manager) shed some light on Silva’s previous disqualification loss to Yushin Okami, a potential professional boxing crossover, and of course, the defeat of Dan Henderson at UFC 82:
“He really wasn’t able to do anything once he took me down, and that’s what everybody [...]

Rising 205-pound contender Thiago Silva will face off against fellow Brazilian and UFC newcomer Antonio Mendes, in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 84 in Las Vegas, Sherdog announced earlier this week.
Silva was originally scheduled to face Rashad Evans at UFC 84 before Evans agreed to challenge Chuck Liddell at UFC 85, in place of [...]

“One that would be big for my heart and soul would be Josh Koscheck. The number one question that everyone always asks me is, ‘When are you going to kick that Josh Koscheck’s ass?’ So hopefully, maybe in June or July, we can go ahead and set that fight up.”

UFC welterweight Diego Sanchez tells MMA [...]

From Sherdog.com:
Roan Carneiro and Ryo Chonan have signed to fight at UFC 85 on June 7 in London, sources close to both camps have told Sherdog.com.
The bout will be a rematch of a Feb. 12, 2005, meeting in Deep. Chonan (14-8) stopped the Brazilian on a cut in that first fight after landing a knee [...]