UFC veteran Shonie Carter was victorious on Friday in the main event of Prime Time Fighting Championship’s “Inception” event in Merrillville, Indiana. Carter defeated Demi Deeds via techinical knockout at four-minutes twenty-one seconds of the first round. The win was Carter’s third-straight and eighth in his last ten fights.
“Mr. International” last fought in the UFC [...]

Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]

The news surrounding one Fedor Emelianenko seems to never end. Earlier today Nokaut.com reported that Emelianenko was offered a four fight, 18 month contract from EliteXC. MMA Junkie has since learned further details of the proposed deal with the Russian free agent:
“The contract calls for Emelianenko’s first two fights in the promotion to [...]

Brian Stann (204) vs. Doug Marshall (204)
Ed Ratcliff (155) vs. Marcus Hicks (156)
Bryan Baker (184) vs. Chael Sonnen (186)
Steve Cantwell (203) vs. Tim McKenzie (203)
Hiromitsu Miura (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
John Alessio (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Sergio Gomez (156) vs. Richard Crunkilton (156)
Ryan Stonitsch (171) vs. Alex Serdyukov (169)
Chris Manuel [...]

From ProElite.com:
ProElite.com has learned that the EliteXC Welterweight Championship bout between Jake Shields and Drew Fickett has been canceled. The bout was cancelled due to an undisclosed injury sustained by Jake Shields. The bout was scheduled to take place on the EliteXC/Strikeforce event airing on Showtime this Saturday March 29th. No word on whether there [...]

Thomas Denny def. Malaipet via disqualification (illegal strikes)
Conor Heun def. Marlon Mathias via unanimous decision
Jaime Fletcher def. Aaron Rosa via unanimous decision
Shane Del Rosario def. Analu Brash via TKO – Round 1, 3:18
Mark Oshiro def. Chris Cariaso via KO – Round 1, 2:38
Brandon Tarn def. Jason Williams via submission – Round 2, 1:05
Devin Howard def. [...]

Since Paulo Filho will no longer be defending his middleweight title at WEC 33, challenger Chael Sonnen will now face 22-year-old Bryan Baker at the March 26 event in a non-title bout.
Baker (6-0) is a product of the Team Wildman Vale Tudo camp and is currently undefeated in his short MMA career. Baker has [...]

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” [...]

WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho will not be able to defend his title on March 26th due to “chemical dependency” and depression according to Sherdog. Filho, who was originally scheduled to face Chael Sonnen in a highly anticipated rematch at WEC 33 in Las Vegas, has reportedly checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic in [...]

Kala Kohole Hose def. Phil Baroni via TKO – Round 5
Jeremy Williams def . Auggie Padekan via KO – Round 1
Sadhu Bott def. Bronson Pieper via submission – Round 1
Russell Doane def. Tyson Nam via TKO – Round 1
Koa Ramos def. Wayne Perrin via submission – Round 1
P.J. Dean def. [...]

Gesias “J.Z.” Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki – No contest (illegal elbow)
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kultar Gill via unanimous decision
Eddie Alvarez def. Andre “Dida” Amade via TKO – Round 1, 6:47
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Tatsuya Mizuno via TKO – Round 1, 0:56
Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Bu-Kyung Jung via unanimous decision
Katsuhiko Nagata def. Artur Oumakhanov via unanimous decision
Luiz [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, who was previously rumored to be facing Yoshihiro Nakao at DREAM 1, will instead be taking on a different Japanese fighter by the name of Tatsuya Mizuno.
The change was made after DREAM released their official fight card for the March 15 event several days ago.
Tatsuya Mizuno (3-2) has only competed in [...]

Many thought it was a peculiar and unwise move when ProElite announced that they had signed 44-year-old Ken Shamrock to a multi-fight deal. Perhaps those people had a point.
Ken Shamrock didn’t make it out of the first round last night at Cage Rage 25 in London, where he got knocked out shortly after [...]

UFC veteran Ken Shamrock will return to MMA action tomorrow night in London when he faces Robert Berry in a heavyweight bout at Cage Rage 25. The event will be broadcast on Showtime and will also feature Ken’s 19 year old son Ryan Shamrock, who will be competing on the undercard earlier in the [...]

Japanese fighter Yoshihiro Nakao has been named as the opponent for Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in a heavyweight match to take place in Japan on March 15 in the newly formed DREAM promotion, according to MMA Junkie. News of Cro Cop’s opponent first broke earlier today via his web blog:
“A little over an [...]