BJ Penn, Wilson Gouveia, Paul Taylor, and Paul Kelly were all awarded $35,000 post-event bonuses from the UFC.
Penn was awarded “Submission of the Night” by default, posting the only submission victory on the 9-fight card. In the UFC 80 main event “The Prodigy” submitted a bloodied Joe Stevenson with a rear naked choke in the [...]

BJ Penn def. Joe Stevenson via submission – Round 2, 4:02
Fabricio Werdum def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO – Round 2, 4:34
Marcus Davis def. Jess Liaudin via KO – Round 1, 1:04
Wilson Gouveia def. Jason Lambert via KO – Round 2, 0:37
Jorge Rivera def. Kendall Grove via TKO – Round 1, 1:20
Antoni Hardonk def. Colin Robinson [...]

The UFC’s first event of 2008, UFC 80: Rapid Fire, took place today in Newcastle, England and featured a 9-bout lineup that included a main event lightweight championship match pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
Continue reading for full, round-by-round coverage of UFC 80: Rapid Fire.

All 18 fighters set to participate in tomorrow’s UFC 80 pay-per-view event successfully made weight at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England earlier today. Tomorrow the venue will host the UFC’s first event of 2008. The 9-fight card features a main event lightweight title bout pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
Official [...]

Details are beginning to emerge regarding an event the UFC is planning for May 24th.
The event, tentatively believed to be UFC 85, will be held in Las Vegas, likely at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Depending on how the card shapes up it could also be moved to the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena. Three [...]

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk, who was stripped of the 155-pound title following a positive test for steroids in 2007, will return to the octagon in April according to Sportsnet. His opponent for the bout will likely be the winner of the UFC 80 Lightweight Championship main event between Joe Stevenson and BJ Penn [...]

BJ Penn has entered a plea of no contest to charges of hitting a police officer outside of a Waikiki bar in 2005 according to the Honolulu Advertiser. As a result of the plea Penn was sentenced to one year of probation and a $2,000 fine. He must also abstain from alcohol, undergo random drug [...]

Today, following reports over the weekend that Sean Sherk had been stripped of the lightweight title, the UFC officially announced their decision to no longer recognize Sherk as the promotion’s title-holder:
After the California State Athletic Commission decision on Dec. 4 to reduce, but uphold, Sean Sherk’s suspension for a positive banned substance test, the Ultimate [...]

Despite early promises to the strip the lightweight title away from Sean Sherk if his steroid suspension was upheld the UFC has yet to make a formal announcement regarding the future of the division, specifically whether or not current champion Sean Sherk will be stripped of the title. Steve Seivert of The Houston Chronicle contacted [...]

Paul Kelly, who will face Paul Taylor at UFC 80 in England, has signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC. [MMA Madness]
Yahoo Sports writer Dave Meltzer reported yesterday that Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves were potential replacements to face Matt Hughes at UFC 79 following Matt Serra’s withdrawal from the card. While Alves remains [...]

The UFC has officially announced UFC 80: Rapid Fire which will be headlined by an Interim Lightweight Championship Match between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson. Gabriel Gonzaga will face Fabricio Werdum in the night’s co-main event.
The event will take place January 19th in Newcastle, England at the Metro Arena. No broadcast plan has been announced [...]

Sean Sherk, who is currently in the middle of a lengthy appeals process for a positive steroid test, will remain the UFC’s Lightweight Champion no matter the outcome of his November 13th appeal hearing according to a report by Yahoo! Sports. BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson will now face off in January in England at [...]

UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk’s steroid appeal has been postponed yet again by the California State Athletic Commission. His appeal will now continue on November 13th. Sherk’s attorney, Howard Jacobs, presented information to the CSAC in advance of today’s hearing but it was not distributed in time for a ruling to be made today. Instead, [...]

Making an appearance at Saturday nights Battle Cage Extreme III event in Atlantic City was current UFC lightweight champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk. I was lucky enough to grab some face time with the champ and ask him a few questions about a potential bout with B.J. Penn, the Randy Couture situation, and [...]

Top UFC lightweight Kenny Florian has announced that his next fight will be at UFC 78 on November 17th in New Jersey.
The event was to be headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship fight between Sean Sherk and B.J. Penn but after Sherk tested positive for steroids following his successful title defense at UFC 73the proposed [...]