Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock via TKO (injury) – Round 3, 5:00
Drew Fickett def. Jae Suk Lim via submission – Round 1, 1:14
Gilbert Melendez def. Gabe Lemley via TKO – Round 2, 2:18
Wayne Cole def. Mike Kyle via submission – Round 1, 0:45
Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen via KO – Round 1, 4:45
Billy Evangelista def. [...]

All 18 fighters participating in tomorrow’s Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted event hit the scales earlier today in San Jose at the official weigh-ins for “Shamrock vs. Le”
Though most of the card made weight the event was not without its own share of issues, continuing the show’s string of recent problems. Frank Shamrock, who will be looking to [...]

Main Card

Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
Drew Fickett vs. Jae Suk Lim
Gilbert Melendez vs. Gabe Lemley
Mike Kyle vs. Wayne Cole
Joey Villasenor vs. Ryan Jensen

Preliminary Bouts

Marlon Sims vs. Billy Evangelista (swing bout)
Tiki Ghosn vs. Luke Stewart
Darren Uyenoyama vs. Anthony Figueroa
Jesse Jones vs. Jesse Gillespie

Despite news to the complete contrary from broadcaster Spike TV UFC President told Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle that Noah Thomas and Marlon Sims will not have their street fight rematch on The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale.
Here is what UFC President Dana White said about the situation:
“They’re not fighting on the finale,” said UFC [...]

In a rematch of last weeks unsanctioned brawl on the Ultimate Fighter 5, Spike TV has announced Noah Thomas and Marlon Sims will square off inside the octagon on the live portion of The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale. The bout will start the live broadcast which will begin at 9:00 on Spike on June 23rd.
Last [...]

With the preliminary round of this season in the book and Team Penn moving 3 fighters into the quarterfinals and Pulver bringing 5 there was sure to be drama when it came to making the matchups for the next round. Sure enough as Dana White say down with the two coaches drama was abundant. It [...]

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Continue reading only if you want to know the details and results from episode 6 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 [...]