MMA returned to the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Leemore, California on Thursday, as Tachi Palace Fights held its debut “Most Wanted” event at the venue that was formerly home to World Extreme Cagefighting and Palace Fighting Championship.

Rising featherweight Chad Mendes, a training partner of WEC star Urijah Faber’s, topped Mike Joy by unanimous decision in the evening’s main event, while War Machine (formerly Jon Koppenhaver) suffered a split decision loss to David Mitchell and Bellator featherweight champ Joe Soto submitted Mike Christensen with a gogoplata in other notable bouts.

UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will undergo elbow surgery after all to remove bone spurs and will be sidelined briefly, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is not retiring following his latest loss and intends to fight at least once more, at a November 7 Strikforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers will take place at the Sears Centre near Chicago.

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UFC veterans Roan Carneiro and Yves Edwards helped American Top Team to a perfect 4-0 record at Friday’s “Shine 2: ATT vs. The World” event in Miami Florida. The Ultimate Fighter 6 cast member War Machine was also victorious in weekend action, stopping Mikey Gomez in the main event of Satruday’s XFC 9: Evolution event in Tampa, Florida.

Former UFC fighters Jeff Monson, Jesse Taylor (who fights again on Monday at DREAM 10), Eddie Sanchez, and War Machine (Jon Koppenhaver), as well as TUF 9 cast member Richie Whitson were all victorious on July 11 at Total Combat 33, which took place in Mexico City.

Mike Easton retained the UWC bantamweight title on Saturday at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia with a first-round submission of Josh Ferguson in the main event on UWC's Capital Punishment. UFC veteran War Machine submitted Reshad Woods in the evening's co-headliner.

Virginia-based Ultimate Warrior Challenge on Monday announced that former UFC fighter Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver will square off with Reshad Woods in a 175-pound catchweight bout at UWC 6: Capital Punishment on April 25th in Fairfax, Virginia.

Jon Fitch has signed a five-fight extension with the UFC, Bellator has announced the complete lineups for its first three events, Kendall Grove and Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer have been added to UFC 101, and more...

Jon Koppenhaver is a colorful character and when it comes to his Myspace blog he holds nothing back, truthfully putting his opinion on the site for everyone to read. After several recent posts cost him his job with the soon-to-debut Bellator Fighting Championships, he decided to try to clear some things up. The following [...]

War Machine, the fighter formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver, has been given the proverbial boot from the UFC according to a report from MMA Junkie.
Apparently Machine (5-2) refused a fight with a “no name”, which naturally didn’t sit too well with UFC matchmaker Joe Silva. Machine also made some poorly worded remarks about the [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for UFC 84 “Ill Will”. The 11-bout pay-per-event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 24th.
Each of the event’s winning fighters, excluding Wanderlei Silva, received a win bonus equal to their “to show” salary. Silva did not [...]

BJ Penn def. Sean Sherk via TKO – Round 3, 5:00
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine via KO – Round 1, 0:36
Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia via TKO – Round 2, 3:15
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 2:24
Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s fight-by-fight UFC 84 “ILL WILL” coverage. The 11-fight card is took place on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired on pay-per-view.
MMAFrenzy.com provided quick results, extended results, and commentary of the entire event which included Tito Ortiz versus Lyoto Machida, Keith Jardine versus [...]

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BJ Penn (-250) vs. Sean Sherk (+200)
UFC Lightweight Championship
Wanderlei Silva (-180) vs. Keith Jardine (+140)

Wilson Gouveia (-155) vs. Goran Reljic (+125)

Lyoto Machida (-185) vs. Tito Ortiz (+155)
Thiago Silva (-800) vs. Antonio Mendes (+500)

Ivan Salaverry (-145) vs. Rousimar Palhares (+105)

Rameau Sokodjou [...]

Weigh-ins for UFC 84 “Ill Will” took place today at the MGM Marquee Ballroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. The nearby MGM Grand Garden Arena will host tomorrow’s UFC pay-per-view event.
All 22-fighters from tomorrow’s UFC 84 fight card hit the scales and weighed-in successfully for their bouts.
The event was not without its headlines as former UFC [...]