HDNet will reportedly air the rumored submission wrestling match between Randy Couture and Kurt Angle, according to MMA Junkie.
Both Couture and Angle are highly accomplished grapplers, though Couture clearly has much more recent experience between his UFC competition, and regular training at his Xtreme Couture facilities. Before embarking on mixed martial arts, Couture was [...]

Affliction (www.afflictionclothing.com), a clothing company with deep roots in MMA, will be hosting a meet and greet with UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy “The Natural” Couture and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Thursday, April 3rd at Bloomingdale’s on 59th St. in New York City. Free samples of Monster Energy Drink will also be [...]

In a recent interview with M1MixFight, UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture states that a highly-anticipated heavyweight bout against Fedor Emelianenko remains a possibility, but having it take place in the UFC is now absolutely impossible:
“…The UFC recently took Couture to court to bar his involvement with outside fight promotions. The litigation has apparently ruined any [...]

Heavyweight sensation Fedor Emelianenko will reportedly become a free agent next week, according to a new ESPN Magazine article which discusses the former Pride champion’s departure from M-1 Global:
“Apy Echteld, one of Emelianenko’s agents, confirmed what a source close to the situation previously told The Magazine: M-1 Global and Emelianenko will part ways some time [...]

Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has issued an official response to the preliminary injunction issued on Thursday that prevents UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture from promoting competing MMA events due to a violation of his non-compete agreement with the company.
Released via UFC.com:
In a ruling made early last evening, Las Vegas [...]

UFC veteran Melvin Guillard will venture outside of the octagon following back-to-back losses to Joe Stevenson and Rich Clementi to take on Eric Regan in the main event of Rage in the Cage 105 on March 7th.
Eric Schafer, a UFC veteran who remains under contract with the promotion, defeated Ryan Antle via submission in the [...]

Tito Ortiz recently confirmed that he has accepted a May 24th bout against Lyoto Machida. He has also indicated that the fight will likely be his last with the UFC.
Keith Jardine, who posted an upset of Chuck Liddell in September, is also likely to return at the May 24th event in Las Vegas. His opponent [...]

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

Zuffa, LLC has filed a civil lawsuit in Clark County District Court in Nevada against UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture. Zuffa, the parent entity behind the UFC, alleges in the suit that their business has suffered “irreparable damage” as a result of Couture’s resignation in late-2007 and that the is in breach of the contract [...]

Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an [...]

Nate Mohr reportedly suffered a torn ACL in his loss to Manny Gamburyan while Wanderlei Silva and James Irvin were both hospitalized and given MRIs as a precautionary measure according to The Wrestling Observer. Official injury reports from the Nevada State Athletic Comission are expected to be released very soon.
The UFC has announced that Antonio [...]

All hopes to have Randy Couture take on Fedor Emelianenko in a co-promoted bout between M-1 Global and the UFC are no more as the UFC has reportedly tuned down M-1’s offer for the fight according to Brawl Sports who got the news directly from Couture:
“We got an official offer from M-1 to the UFC [...]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture made an appearance during last nights HDNet Fights “Reckless Abandon” event in Dallas, Texas. Couture, who was attending the event to back Xtreme Couture fighters Frank Trigg and Jay White, answered questions about his future on the live broadcast.
According to Couture, his fight contract with the UFC will expire in [...]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture has declined a title bout against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and will now likely be stripped of his title. Despite declining the match Couture sounded optimistic about continuing a relationship with the UFC in an interview with MMA Weekly:
“We’ve cleared the air, and hopefully we’ll move forward with some sort of [...]

Earlier this week, Dana White was a guest on the Dave Carmichael show, a sports talk radio show in Sacramento. According to many people in the industry, Dave has a good reputation with Dana White and has been able to get some great interviews for several years from Dana White. A few interesting little tidbits [...]