Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently underwent surgery for a deviated septum. In his last fight with Cheick Kongo he made comments to referee Big John McCarthy that he was getting too old for this after being kneed twice in the groin. His future with the company remains up in the air. For more on the [...]

White wants to run a show in Hawaii next year as soon as regulation is in place. The Penn-Pulver fight did a 20.8 rating on the island, bigger than everything except American Idol.
The company is planning to make a strong push for the UFC brand in Japan. One wonders if it would make sense to [...]

With the slow-loading over the last 24-48 hours (which now appears to be subsiding) it’s time to catch up on all the UFC news from the past few days (and it’s been piling up):

Former UFC champion Vitor Belfort has jumped into the news in recent days by challenging Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and rumors of a [...]

Frank Edgar has signed a three-fight contract extension with the UFC ahead of his showdown with Spencer Fisher at UFC 78 in November.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture will be featured on an upcoming episode of A&E’s Biography.
Ryo Chonan has officially signed with the UFC and could make his debut at UFC 78.
An update on the [...]

One-time UFC fighter Dan Lauzon, the younger brother of Joe Lauzon from The Ultimate Fighter 5, will be fighting on September 21st against Wayne Harnois. Sam Caplan is reporting current and former UFC fighters Kenny Florian, Marcus Davis, Drew Fickett, and Jorge Rivera will be special guests at the event.
Matt Hughes has left Miletich Fighting [...]

UFC veteran and The Ultimate Fighter 3 contestant Josh Haynes will be appearing on a celebrity bull riding show on CMT.
Recent reports from Time suggest that the UFC may be worth upwards of $1 billion.
Jeff Joslin is expected to fight again in the UFC in October or November.
Corey Hill is now expected to make his [...]

Runner-up from The Ultimate Fighter’s first season Stephan Bonnar has joined Xtreme Couture, the MMA gym headed up by current UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Coututre. Bonnar’s next UFC fight will be in September.
In the last match to round out the unofficial UFC 75 lineup Dennis Siver will face Naoyuki Kotani. Both fighters are 0-1 in [...]

Missouri wrestler Ben Askren, who was nominated for the best male collee athlete ESPY, has opted to become a mixed martial artist. He eventually plans on fighting in the UFC but his story will be one to watch for years to come.
Renato “Babalu” Sobral has been arrested and charged with battery and trespassing. Reports suggest [...]

Spike TV is reportedly close to signing a deal with the UFC for extended broadcast rights with the UFC. Te deal includes more events for the cable network than it has previously shown as well as for additional seasons of The Ultimate Fighter reality show.
UFC internet searches are down significantly following UFC 71 according to [...]

Nick Diaz has reportedly been released from all contracts he had with Zuffa. The move clears the way for Diaz to fight for EliteXC later this year although who knows what repercussions this could have considering his brother, Nate Diaz, just won the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter.
Reports suggest that current PRIDE Lightweight Champion [...]

With UFC 72 firmly behind us (and my personal return from vacation) it is time to cover a backlog of UFC news and happenings:

The UFC 75 main event between Quinton Jackson and Dan Henderson will in fact be for both titles. Dana White has stated he doesn’t like champions holding simultaneous title which is likely [...]

Anthony Johnson will make his UFC debut as a late replacement for an injured Steve Bruno.
Bruno, an Iraq war veteran, tore his rotator cuff last week forcing him out of this fight and likely out of competition for several months. The fight was to be Bruno’s first in the UFC but instead it will be [...]

I am away from the MMAFrenzy.com “offices” for a couple of days so posting will be light through tomorrow so here is all the UFC news you should know about from the past 24 hours:

 According to reports both Tennessee and Michigan are considering lifting the ban on MMA allowing the sport, and more specifically the [...]

Following his UFC 71 loss last weekend rumors had surfaced that he had been spotted in numerous night clubs in the nights leading up to the fight leading some to say he wasn’t taking the fight seriously. This week Liddell responded to critics saying that it was nothing he hadn’t done before other fights. The [...]

I’ve been constantly updating the rumors section here on MMAFrenzy.com but I haven’t had a chance to make note of the changes here on the front page.

TUF 1 runner up Stephan Bonnar (3-3 UFC) will return to action at UFC Fight Night 10 against Mike Nickels (1-0 UFC). [UFC Fight Night 10 rumors]
“Irish” Jake O’Brien [...]