Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Kazuhiro Nakamura may face off in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 84 “Ill Will” according to a rumor report on MMA Weekly.
Sokoudjou (4-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) lost his UFC debut to Lyoto Machida at UFC 79 in December but has notable career wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona [...]

Kazuhiro Nakamura:
PRIDE veteran, Kazuhiro Nakamura’s appeal was denied today by the California State Athletic Commission. Following his loss to Lyoto Machida during his UFC debut at UFC 76, Nakamura was suspended for testing positive for marijuana use. Although Nakamura has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence, the CSAC has upheld his 90-day suspension and $500 [...]

Kazuhiro Nakamura no-showed yesterday’s scheduled appeal of his positive drugs of abuse test in front of the CSAC but was granted an extension reports Dann Stupp of MMA Junkie. Nakamura tested positive for marijuana following his UFC 76 loss to Lyoto Machida and faces a $500 fine and suspension until December 21st if the positive [...]

Sean Sherk, the current UFC Lightweight Champion, will go in front of the California State Athletic Commission in mere moments to argue for his positive steroid test to be overturned. Sherk tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone following his July win over Hermes Franca at UFC 73 in Sacramento.
The hearing began at 12pm eastern [...]

The UFC’s sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting, will return on December 12th for its first show in more than three months. The stacked card is rumored to include:

WEC Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship: Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla
WEC Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho vs. TBD (possibly Frank Trigg)
WEC Lightweight Championship: [...]

Upon hearing that Kazuhiro Nakamura has tested positive for marijuana, J-ROCK, Nakamura’s management company has released a statement denying the charges against their fighter. According to J-ROCK, Nakamura has never used marijuana and would have no motives or benefits for doing so prior to his fight at UFC 76.
Nakamura’s management said that he was [...]

Kazuhiro Nakamura has tested positive for marijuana in a post-fight drug test conducted after his UFC 76 loss to Lyoto Machida according to the California State Athletic Commission. The CSAC has fined Nakamura $500 and suspended him from competition for 3 months until December 21st.
Nakamura was the only fighter who failed the drug tests for [...]

At an event where there were doubts any fight might make it to the judges scorecards a surprising six bouts went to decision. A very strong crowd was on hand for a fight card filled with technical duels and bouts that had major implications in their respective divisions.
In the nights main event Chuck Liddell was [...]

Keith Jardine def. Chuck Liddell via split decision
Forrest Griffin def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via submission – Round 3, 4:45
Jon Fitch def. Diego Sanchez via split decision
Lyoto Machida def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via unanimous decision
Tyson Griffin def. Thiago Tavares via unanimous decision
Rich Clementi def. Anthony Johnson via submission – Round 2, 3:05
Jeremy Stephens def. Diego [...]

“UFC 76: Knockout” is now in the past and MMAFrenzy.com was the place to be for live quick results, round-by-round coverage, and discussion with other fight fans.
The event was headlined by a light heavyweight main event between contenders Keith Jardine and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell. Top welterweights Jon Fitch and Diego Sanchez [...]

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 [...]

The UFC has announced rising light heavyweight fighters Kazuhiro Nakamura and Lyoto Machida will go toe-to-toe at UFC 76 in Anaheim. The event features a main event bout between Chuck Liddell and Keith Jardine. The main card also includes the UFC debut of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua against The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin.
Nakamura has [...]