According to Mad Squabbles Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has inked a 2-fight deal with the UFC and PRIDE. No details are available and even after trying to dig up something I came up empty handed so if this deal is indeed done expect more to come out soon.
Rua is regarded as one of the top light [...]

Although very unofficially, the UFC has released that UFC 71 will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 26th. The details were released on UFC.com under the “Location” section for the UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson event. Despite no official announcement of the fight yet, UFC.com has also put [...]

Michael “The Count” Bisping does a weekly column for UFC.com “The ‘Count’down with Michael Bisping. The article normally offers a glimpse into the fighters eyes with a little humor and a little controversey. This week was mostly humor as Bisping talked about preparing for a photo shoot with Men’s Health:
“Men’s Health magazine approached me about [...]

Jerry Millen, the PRIDE USA Vice President, has spoken up to GracieFighter.com about the possible sale of PRIDE. Here’s what he had to say:
“It’s bullshit. You can’t beleive what you read on the internet and as a matter of fact I just got off the phone with Japan and unless I’m being lied to Pride [...]

MMAWeekly.com, a very reputable and relibale MMA news outlet, has confirmed with their sources that a deal has indeed been reach for Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta to purchase the MMA promotion. This is an agreement and not a signed contract so nothing is finalized but here is what has been uncovered as to the specifics [...]

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The MMA community is buzzing today with rumors that the Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the majority owners of Zuffa LLC and the UFC, has purchased PRIDE Fighting Championships for a reported $65 million.
The news was delivered today on Sherdog radio from a “very reliable” source. An official announcement is expected to be delivered [...]

IN my traversing of the web looking for the latest UFC news and rumors I often come across note-worthy pieces that aren’t quite juicy enough for their own post but are worth sharing. This is what will be the first of many “UFC Roundups” which will include anything about the UFC that’s worth noting:
Anderson Silva [...]

Update: UFC 72 will be in Ireland after all on June 16th with UFC 73 on July 7th
After we speculated UFC 72 would be in Ireland we have learned more about the plans for UFC events this summer. It is now believed the UFC will have a UFC Fight Night event in Ireland on June [...]

A UFCJunkie.com report indicates the match between Tito Ortiz (15-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and Rashad Evans (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will no longer be happening at UFC 71 and will instead be moved to UFC 73. This makes UFC 73 looked like an absolutely stacked card with two rumored title defenses as well as this [...]

Update: UFC 72 is now believed to be on June 16th in Belfast, Ireland.
In a recent Sherdog.com interview with Jorge Gurgel, The Ultimate Fighter 2 competitor talked about two upcoming UFC events. In the video Gurgel says he will either be making his return “on June 30th at UFC Ireland”. Gurgel continues saying “maybe that [...]

Rumors from Sherdog.com hint that PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurelio (14-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC)  is considering a move to the UFC from PRIDE after their upcoming lightweight grand prix. From the article:
“According to predictions, Marcus Aurelio won’t have an easy start to the PRIDE Lightweight Grand Prix. According to several rumors, the Brazilian will probably face [...]

Former middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) has been out of the UFC for almost a year but he is surfacing now for what he said in an interview with RandomSpeak.com.
In the interview Tanner talks about lots but the focus is on what Tanner had to say about current middleweight champion Anderson Silva:
“…nobody [...]

In his fight with Rich Franklin at UFC 68, Jason MacDonald had to throw in the towel after the second round after he went blind in one eye and had some loss of vision in the other. Sherdog.com recently interviewed MacDonald’s trainer/manager Mark Pavelich. Here’s some of what Pavelich had to say about MacDonald’s future:
“Back [...]

Sam Caplan has done a superb interview with Dana White for CBS Sportsline and White had lots to say. We first learned of the interview yesterday when news surfaced that Tito Ortiz would be facing Rashad Evans at UFC 71. That was just the beginning with White revealing a lot more in the interview (Part [...]

UFC vice president of government and regulatory affairs Marc Ratner went on the record to the Washington Times about possible locations for future UFC events. Here is what Ratner had to say:
“Coming to Washington, that is certainly a possibility, certainly under consideration. We don’t have enough dates to go around to satisfy the demand. You [...]