According to The Fight Network the Pride lightweight GP that was recently postponed has been rescheduled for July 16th. The event has been moved from the Satima Super Arena to a smaller venue. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“…the three-event tournament has a new kick-off date of July 16 and will be held at the [...]

There is a rumor circulating that was picked up by Sam Caplan that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, the UFC’s most recent heavyweight signing, may debut against Brandon Vera. Here’s what Sam had to say:
“This is total rumor, but I’ve been hearing a lot of talk that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s first UFC fight could be against [...]

UFC 72 has developed rapidly over the past 24 hours from a rumored event with an unconfirmed main event to tickets going on sale tomorrow. UFC Fight Club members can start to buy tickets tomorrow, April 18th at 4am EST. Presale for UFC newsletter subscribers hits on Friday at 4am with the presale password of [...]

Even though we’ve been talking about UFC 72 in Ireland for upwards of one month but the UFC has now officially confirmed the event through their official website. The UFC event is entitled “UFC 72: Victory” and is indeed set for June 16th at 4:00. I last reported that the main event for the event [...]

Despite losing to Roger Huerta at UFC 69 via unanimous decision in one of the most closely contested bouts of the evening Leonard Garcia impressed enough to earn himself another shot in the UFC. Although a rematch with the rising Huerta is a ways off, Garcia became a fan favorite preparing for the bout on [...]

Lots of UFC card rumors popping up over the weekend. Here’s some updates on the fight cards for UFC 71, 73, and 74:

Jeremy Stephens will make his UFC debut against Din Thomas at UFC 71.

Jorge Gurgel will face Jamie Varner at UFC 73 on July 7th.
Sean Sherk will no longer defend his title against [...]

Well one of the final pieces of the logistical puzzle for UFC 72 has fallen into place with The Fight Network confirming through various sources that UFC 72 will be held at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland. Here’s an excerpt from the story:
“Back in January, The Fight Network explored rumours of UFC events spreading [...]

Thiago Silva (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been added to UFC 71 according to the most recent rumors on MMAWeekly.com. Silva is an undefeated mixed martial artist who is set to make his octagon debut in this fight. He packs strong hads stopping 7 of his fights with (T)KOs and winning the other two with [...]

According to the above poster the PRIDE Lightweight GP is set for May 20th. Here are the rumored fighters for the tournament based on the pictures on the top of the poster:

Matt Hughes
Diego Sanchez
Takanori Gomi
Marcus Aurelio
Gilbert Melendez
Joachim Hansen
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Luiz Buscape
Shinya Aoki
Hayato Sakurai
Luiz Azevedo

If this event is truly just over a month away I would [...]

According to Sam Caplan, Dana White informally offered boxer Floyd Mayweather big money to take on UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk, likely under MMA rules. Here’s a clip from the post on the offer which was announced on the radio program “Bubba the Love Sponge”:

There are questions regarding Georges St. Pierre’s loss at UFC 69 and whether it truly was a referee stoppage or whether GSP tried to tap out at the same time John McCarthty stopped the fight. Here’s a video of the end of the fight that was magnified but it still isn’t clear. I’ve seen better [...]

Sam Caplan is reporting that Mark Homininck will have his UFC contract voided to move to Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting and that UFC veteran Sam Stout has inked a contract to return to the UFC. Here’s the post:
The Fight Network is reporting that Mark Hominick has asked that his contract with the UFC be voided [...]

In a recent blog post former UFC Welterweight champion and top contender Matt Hughes talked about UFC 69 and possible facing new Welterweight Champion Matt Serra in the near future:
“Also, just got back from the UFC and it was an interesting weekend for the Welterweights. First, Koscheck did a great job executing and sticking to [...]

I mentioned that Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans had some sort of an altercation at UFC 69 during our live coverage but thanks to YouTube we can watch the entire thing. The two have no prior history but are set to fight at UFC 73. For those who don’t recognize him, the guy who stands [...]

After Matt Serra’s UFC 69 win against Georges St. Pierre ESPN did the previously unthinkable and showed highlights of Serra’s win. TSN and other sports networks also picked up on the win marking the first time UFC highlights were shown on national TV immediately after an event.
After previous events, namely Randy Couture’s win over Tim [...]