Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (13-5) has signed with Affliction and will be officially introduced during tomorrow’s press conference with Donald Trump. Additionally, Trump will be announced as a “significant” equity partner in the upstart organization, which is set to host its debut event in Anaheim, California on July 19th.
The latest developments were reported [...]

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (13-5) will likely sign with Affliction’s upstart MMA promotion as soon as May 19th, according to SI.com.
Arlovski, who fulfilled his UFC contract with a TKO victory over Jake O’Brien at UFC 82 in March, has had his name attached to the fight card for the July 19th event for [...]

Official Fight Card
MAIN CARD

Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Ben Rothwell vs. TBD

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
Ray Lamaza vs. Justin Levens
JJ Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
Brett Cooper vs. Mike Pyle

Rumored Bouts

Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

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Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. TBD

For the latest MMA rumors check out the MMAFrenzy.com rumors section.

All ten tested fighters from UFC 82 on March 2nd in Columbus, Ohio have tested clean for steroids and drugs of abuse according to MMA Junkie.
The Ohio Athletic Commission only conducted tests for steroids and drugs of abuse on winning fighters from the event.
Tested fighters were Anderson Silva, Heath Herring, Chris Leben, Yushin Okami, Jon [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has obtained the official fighter salaries for UFC 82 as reported to the Ohio Athletic Commission by the UFC. The mandatory figures reported to the athletic commission include base salaries and win bonuses but do not include fees, other bonuses, and sponsor payments.

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson
Silva — $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
Henderson — $100,000
Heath [...]

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson via submission – Round 2, 4:52
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo via split decision
Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara via TKO – Round 1, 3:16
Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner via KO – Round 2, 3:00
Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson via unanimous decision
Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien via TKO – Round [...]

Dan Henderson (184.5) vs. Anderson Silva (185)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring (248) vs. Cheick Kongo (233.5)
Yushin Okami (184.5) vs. Evan Tanner (185)
Chris Wilson (169.5) vs. Jon Fitch (170)
Alessio Sakara (185) vs. Chris Leben (185)
Jake O’Brien (231.5) vs. Andrei Arlovski (241)
Luigi Fioravanti (170.5) vs. Luke Cummo (170)
Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. [...]

Earlier today the UFC updated the official UFC 82 “Pride of a Champion” fight card on UFC.com, confirming the majority of the previously rumored bouts for the event with the lone-exception being Chris Leben versus Alessio Sakara. If the lone-remaining rumored bout is confirmed for the event, UFC 82 will be the first of back-to-back [...]

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski may be making his long awaited return to the octagon on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio at UFC 82 “Pride Of A Champion” according to Roman Modrowski of the Chicago Sun-Times,
Toward the bottom of Modrowski’s article, which begins by discussing some issues Don King apparently has with the UFC, it reads:
“Arlovski’s [...]

Nate Mohr reportedly suffered a torn ACL in his loss to Manny Gamburyan while Wanderlei Silva and James Irvin were both hospitalized and given MRIs as a precautionary measure according to The Wrestling Observer. Official injury reports from the Nevada State Athletic Comission are expected to be released very soon.
The UFC has announced that Antonio [...]

The UFC and CBS are working on a deal to potentially air UFC 80 on the network. [The Wrestling Observer]
Andrei Arlovski, who has just one fight remaining on his current deal with the UFC, is expected to fight before March though reports suggest a new deal is not imminent. [Payout]
Heath Herring is in the Philippines [...]

Andrei Arlovski was minutes away from winning his second consecutive bout after dropping two tough losses to Tim “The Maniac” Sylvia. Although a boring performance, Arlovski was able to pull out a win over the Brazilian ju-jitsu specialist Fabricio Werdum. The coming months would be cast with doubt as to when Arlovski would fight next. [...]

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 [...]