Former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug Marshall won his third-straight bout since leaving the WEC and his second in a row at 185-pounds on Friday in the main event of Palace Fighting Championship 13: Validation, defeating Jamie Jara via split decision at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California.

Palace Fighting Championship on Wednesday announced, through Sherdog, that the California-based promotion has added 18 additional fighters to its roster.
The newly-signed fighters are:

Gabe Ruediger
Alex Schoenaeur
Jason Von Flue
Lodune Sincaid
John Gunderson
Rambaa Somdet
Takumi Nakayama
Masahiro Oishi
Eddie Yagin
Roni Torres
Kamal Shalorus
Scott McAfee
Jeremiah Metcalf
Lavar Johnson
Jimmy Jarquin
Jason Carpenter
Justin Smitley
Bill Theofanopoulos

Gabe Ruediger (11-3, 0-1 UFC) is a former WEC Lightweight Champion who at one point put together an impressive set of nine victories in a row. However, Ruediger is best known amongst the MMA community as cast member of The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, where he was expelled from the show for failing to make [...]

Despite seemingly being denied the fight yesterday it now appears Gabe Ruediger may indeed be fighting in K1 after all. The event on the other hand is still very much in doubt. Here is the most recent report on Ruediger from The Fight Network:
“The Ultimate Fighter 5� contestant Gabe Ruediger has been released from his [...]

K-1, a mixed martial arts promotion that many casual fans may not be familiar with is planning on hosting a show at the 90,000 seat LA Coliseum in conjunction with Pro Elite’s Elite XC promotion. The problem is that the promotion hasn’t been granted a license to hold the event and only 1 fighter, former [...]

On episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 5 Gabe Ruediger failed to make weight and was ultimately kicked out of the house by UFC President Dana White. We recently caught up with Gabe to discuss everything from the show, to his critics, and his future MMA plans.
MMAFrenzy.com: Why did you show up 25 pounds overweight?
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According to MMA Weekly episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 5 did a 1.1 rating, up from the all-time series low 1.0 of episode 4. Here are the ratings of the first 5 episodes so far this season:
Episode 1 – 1.4
Episode 2 – 1.3
Episode 3 – 1.2
Episode 4 – 1.0
Episode 5 – [...]

There was a lot of harsh words flying at Gabe Ruediger over his attitude on TUF 5 including his carelessness with regards to his weight. Here is the response “Godzilla” issued to fans of the show last week on the underground forums:
Hey everyone, sorry I havent been on here, but Ive been focusing on my [...]

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Continue reading only if you want to know the details and results from episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 5…

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Continue reading this entry only if you want to know what happened on last night’s episode. If you are planning on watching the episode this post includes details on the episode including the results from the fight.

Just after I posted the complete cast on Friday night I learned that the names of the fighters came from a leaked photo accidentally published on a photographer’s website. I couldn’t find the photo at the time but Fightstalker.com snagged a copy. Here is the leaked photo:

Cast members from left to right: Gray Maynard, Matt [...]

MMA on Tap has a complete list of all 16 The Ultimate Fighter 5 competitors. Just days ago only 7 of the fighters were rumored yet a complete list has now surfaced. No sources are given for the list so take them with some apprehension but here are all 16 rumored fighters for the reality [...]