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Evan Tanner (11-4 UFC), a former UFC Middleweight Champion and experienced UFC veteran, has announced, albeit subtly, that he hopes to return to the UFC an recapture the Middleweight Championship. Here’s what Tanner had to say:
“Although I still plan on setting up the foundation, I’m going to be putting it’s further development on hold for [...]
“I’m excited. We should have been in Chicago a long time ago. We’re going to rock that town — blow it out. Once the legislation is in place, we’ll move very quickly and be there soon. I hope to be there by the end of this year.”
- – UFC President Dana White
“There are very few [...]
In a huge relief to most UFC fans already upset that UFC 72 was to be broadcast for free on Spike only to be informed they’d have to pay to see a card lacking a title fight, Forrest Griffin has been added back onto the official fight card for the event. Today the UFC also [...]
Read More »Update: Forrest has been added back onto the UFC 72 official card.
UFC 72 may have taken another significant hit as rumors are currently suggesting Forrest Griffin (4-2 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from UFC 72. The rumors stems from Griffin’s removal from the official card for the event on UFC.com. He was scheduled to [...]
Apparently the decision to make UFC 72 a PPV event as opposed to free was Spike’s decision. Here’s an email a member on the Sherdog forums received from Spike regarding the change:
Thanks for your email. SpikeTV has chosen not to carry this fight. It will be shown on PPV as well as UFC [...]
This morning the UFC officially announced UFC Fight Night 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is Hollywood, Florida. The event’s main event is a rematch between Sam Stout and Spencer Fisher.c Also, rising contender Jon Fitch will take on Roan Carneiro during the televised portion of the event.
The event was originally believed [...]
“If I could block this Evans match out of my head right now, I would love to. But I can’t. Right after the fight I watched the video about a million times. I still watch it at least once a day. Still looking for any mistake I made or anything I can improve on. And [...]
Read More »Despite the UFC announcing on UFC.com that the event would be free on Spike, the UFC has apparently changed their mind deciding to air the event on pay-per-view in the US, Canada and UK. This is a shock to most fans who were expecting to see the rather weak event for free on Spike.
Just days [...]
Former champion Tim Sylvia (8-3 UFC) will face another former heavyweight champion Frank Mir (7-3 UFC) at UFC 74 in August. The event is headlined by a heavyweight title tilt between Randy Couture and Gabriel Gonzaga.
Sylvia was the UFC heavyweight champion until he met Randy Couture who exited retirement for the match. Couture won the [...]
Yesterday it was announced that Martin Kampmann (3-0 UFC) had been forced to withdraw from his main event fight with Rich Franklin (8-1 UFC) at UFC 72 due to a knee injury. Among the possible replacements rumored was Yushin Okami (4-0 UFC) and it now appears the grappler will be facing Franklin on June 16th. [...]
Read More »Rumors have surfaced on the “Savage Dog Show” from Sherdog as well as other sources that indicate Martin Kampmann (3-0 UFC) has been injured and forced to withdraw from his UFC 72 main event fight with Rich Franklin (8-1 UFC). There has been no official comments on the report likely because the UFC is looking [...]
Read More »UFC 73: “Stacked” just got more stacked if this rumor is substantiated. Jutarnji is reporting that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s next UFC fight may be in July at the recently confirmed UFC 73 event in Sacramento. Here is a rough translation of what the publication had to say:
“His [Cro Cop's] next appearance in the UFC [...]
Earlier today I discussed what I thought was the biggest news to come from Dana White’s appearance last night on The Scott Ferrall Show on Sirius radio but it was not the only news of the night. Dana White also gave us some more details on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s debut and a future UFC event [...]
Read More »Dana White recently appeared on The Scott Ferrall Show on Sirius radio and delivered the confirmation we all wanted: Matt Serra will face Matt Hughes on the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 6 this fall. Why is this so big? The title bout will be free on Spike TV.
Before the announcement there were mixed rumors [...]
There are rumors circulating the internet from The Fight Network that the UFC is planning four more events in the UK before years end. Here’s part of the article:
“Industry buzz says the UFC is aiming to hold four UK events before the year is out, possibly in London and Dublin, in addition to the already [...]


