Seventeen of the eighteen fighters participating in bouts at UFC 76 tomorrow night made weight in their first trip to the scales at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The lone exception was Jon Fitch who weighed-in one pound over the 171 pound welterweight limit but was able to drop the additional pound within a [...]

Top UFC welterweight Diego Sanchez has opted to leave Jackson’s Submission Fighting. The news surfaced earlier this week in an Albuquerque newspaper that Sanchez left the team to return to California. The news comes on the heels of earlier reports that he and UFC ring girl Ali Sonoma may be engaged.
Sanchez made his MMA debut [...]

Sherdog has clarified their earlier rumor that B.J. Penn would face Diego Sanchez at UFC 74 and it now appears that “The Prodigy” does not know when his next UFC fight will be or who it will be against.
The news throws out yet another opponent for Sanchez who has been rumored to be fighting at [...]

Diego Sanchez appears to have finally found an opponent for his UFC 74 fight. The top welterweight will face “The Prodigy” B.J. Penn in a main card fight on the August 25th UFC card according to Sherdog.
Sanchez has been reported to be on the August PPV card for months although his opponent had previously been [...]

In a recent installment of TAGG Radio it was reported that PRIDE veteran Hayato Sakurai would not be facing Diego Sanchez at UFC 74 despite numerous reports confirming the fight in the past several weeks. Here is what was said by Frank Trigg on the radio show:
“Sakurai, for sure, is not fighting Diego at least [...]

There are reports surfacing that top welterweight Diego Sanchez will face Pride transfer Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at UFC 74 in August.
Sanchez has long been rumored to be fighting at the event although early reports suggest the event would be held in his home state of New Mexico. The location didn’t pan out but it appears [...]

Aside from the shocking Diego Sanchez news I reported earlier this morning, Dana White also gave us lots of other interesting UFC news to report during the call:

The UFC is apparently in active negotiations with pro wrestler Kurt Angle and commented that he would love to have Brock Lesnar as well.
Anticipates the UFC will have [...]

During yesterday’s press conference with the media before this weekends UFC 71 event Dana White delivered the shocking news that prior to his fight with Josh Koscheck at UFC 69 it was believed Diego Sanchez had contracted hepatitis C. The then-undefeated Sanchez nearly announced his retirement from the UFC and MMA the day before the [...]

Just a few weeks ago it was believed UFC 74 would be held in Albuquerque but new information makes it almost certain that the event will be held in Las Vegas. Adding to the legitimacy of the most recent rumored location is that it has been confirmed by UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture as well [...]

Today the UFC announced on their official website that TUF alums ED Herman and Scott Smith will face one another at UFC 72 in Dublin. Herman (1-2 UFC) was the middleweight runner-up after defeating Rory Singer and Danny Abaddi on TUF 3 before losing via unanimous decision to Kendall Grove on the finale. After being [...]