Yesterday former UFC fighter Vernon White made the claim that Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before UFC 71 citing his drug-induced stupor on a Texas morning show as well as a close friend as confirmation of a stint in rehab. Liddell’s manager Jervis Cole responded to the report on UFC Junkie:
“[It’s] not true. [...]

According to UFC Junkie rising heavyweight contender Jake O’Brien has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 72 fight with Tom Murphy due to a major injury. O’Brien has long been plagued with “stingers” and had attempted to fight through the injury but they forced him to withdraw from the fight several weeks ago.
Justin McCully [...]

According to German site groundandpound.de Cheick Kongo has confirmed he will be facing Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic on September 8th at UFC 75 in London. Here is a rough translation from the report:
“According to internet rumors there will be a European duel between the Croat Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and the Frenchman Cheick Kongo at [...]

Two more rumored bouts have surfaced for The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale on June 23rd. Both fights are not expected to be televised.
UFC newcomer Floyd Sword will make his octagon debut in a middleweight matchup with Thales Leites. Sword brings a 9-2 record to the fight including a 3 fight win streak. He has fought [...]

There are reports surfacing that top welterweight Diego Sanchez will face Pride transfer Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at UFC 74 in August.
Sanchez has long been rumored to be fighting at the event although early reports suggest the event would be held in his home state of New Mexico. The location didn’t pan out but it appears [...]

Steve Bruno has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC debut on June 12th at UFC Fight Night 10 with Chad Reiner. Bruno suffered an injury during training this past Friday according to The Fight Network. The report suggests the Iraq war vet suffered a torn rotator cuff and will be out indefinitely with [...]

European born UFC fighter Alessio Sakara will return to the UFC this September at UFC 75 in London. Sakara, born in Italy, last fought at the UFC’s first trip of England this year, UFC 70.
The Italian fighter has been average in the UFC so far. He debuted at UFC 55 in 2005 posting a draw [...]

The NSAC has clarified the situation regarding the recent rumors that Frank Mir was denied a rematch with Tim Sylvia at UFC 74 this August. Here is what NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer had to say regarding the fight:
“That fight has not been presented to me, and thus no ‘denial’ has been made. I was [...]

According to MMAFrenzy.com sources it is a likely possibility the UFC veteran and current Ultimate Fighter 5 coach Jens Pulver will move to the Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) organization after his fight against BJ Penn at the TUF 5 Finale later this month.
Just yesterday WEC made its televised debut on Versus featuring a successful [...]

After Yushin Okami was announced as the main event replacement for Martin Kampmann at UFC 72 there were rumors that Rich Franklin was given his choice between Okami or recent WEC-signee Paulo Filho. This appears to not have been the case after all.
“It took [...]

One of the UFC’s most experienced fighters and middleweight contender Evan Tanner will be making his UFC comeback in September. Tanner will make his return to the octagon at UFC 75 on September 8th in London or September 22nd in Anaheim.
No opponent has been named for the return bout.
It has already been more than a [...]

In an interesting move former UFC middleweight contender Mike Swick has confirmed the he will indeed be dropping to welterwight (170 lbs.) as had been previously suspected. Swick’s contender stock took a hit when he lost to Yushin Okami at UFC 69 in a fight that boosted Okami into a top contenders matchup with Rich [...]

According to MMAFrenzy.com sources, the UFC is close to signing a deal to bring the UFC back to New Jersey this November. For those who check out our UFC rumors section often, UFC 78 has been listed as taking in place for New Jersey for some time, although it now appears the event will happen [...]

Today the UFC offically announced that the UFC 73: Stacked card was now complete, confirming our previous rumors. Here is the freshly confirmed fight card:
Main Card:

Nathan Marquardt vs. Anderson Silva (Middleweight Championship Match)
Hermes Franca vs. Sean Sherk (Lightweight Championship Match)
Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
Heath Herring vs. “Minotauro� Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Alvin Robinson vs. Kenny Florian

Undercard:

Mike Nickels [...]

UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock may be planning a UFC comeback, at least according to the Fight Network. Here is what they said about the fighter:
Ken Shamrock has not been offered a rematch with Royce Gracie if Sakuraba fails to get cleared to fight. Shamrock’s manager Rod Donohoo says an individual not representing the [...]