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 [...]

Details are beginning to emerge regarding an event the UFC is planning for May 24th.
The event, tentatively believed to be UFC 85, will be held in Las Vegas, likely at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Depending on how the card shapes up it could also be moved to the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena. Three [...]

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk, who was stripped of the 155-pound title following a positive test for steroids in 2007, will return to the octagon in April according to Sportsnet. His opponent for the bout will likely be the winner of the UFC 80 Lightweight Championship main event between Joe Stevenson and BJ Penn [...]

Today, following reports over the weekend that Sean Sherk had been stripped of the lightweight title, the UFC officially announced their decision to no longer recognize Sherk as the promotion’s title-holder:
After the California State Athletic Commission decision on Dec. 4 to reduce, but uphold, Sean Sherk’s suspension for a positive banned substance test, the Ultimate [...]

Despite early promises to the strip the lightweight title away from Sean Sherk if his steroid suspension was upheld the UFC has yet to make a formal announcement regarding the future of the division, specifically whether or not current champion Sean Sherk will be stripped of the title. Steve Seivert of The Houston Chronicle contacted [...]

This site has been covering the CSAC and the appeal process of Sean Sherk for quite some time. In fact, some of the bigger analytical articles we have produced involved the CSAC, Sean Sherk’s defense, Nandrolone as a steroid in MMA, and the entire process as a whole. In particular, the research that we’ve done [...]

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 [...]

Mark Bocek will face Doug Evans at UFC 79. Evans confirmed the bout to MMAFrenzy.com earlier today.
The most-recent issue of Men’s Fitness features an extended cover with UFC Champion Matt Serra and challenger Matt Hughes as well as a “UFC Workout”.
Luke Cummo has announced on MySpace that he will be an injury backup for UFC [...]

The California State Athletic Commission has yet again delayed UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk’s appeal of a positive steroid test, suspension, and fine reports The Fight Network:
The California State Athletic Commission today confirmed the postponement of UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk’s Tuesday, Nov. 13 appeal hearing for a steroids-related suspension. CSAC associate governmental program analyst [...]

On October 31st, the mixed martial arts community awaited the verdict in Sean Sherk’s case involving his positive nandrolone test after his championship title fight with Hermes Franca. Instead of a resolution to the deadlocked title picture in the UFC’s lightweight division, the California State Athletic Commission managed to keep the top-tier of the division [...]

Sean Sherk, who is currently in the middle of a lengthy appeals process for a positive steroid test, will remain the UFC’s Lightweight Champion no matter the outcome of his November 13th appeal hearing according to a report by Yahoo! Sports. BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson will now face off in January in England at [...]

The California State Athletic Commission once again proved that there needs to be changes within its walls. In the latest meeting that took place on Wednesday afternoon, Sean Sherk’s decision was postponed due to a paperwork error at the CSAC that apparently kept important documents from reaching the commission’s hands in time for the hearing. [...]

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 [...]

UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk’s steroid appeal has been postponed yet again by the California State Athletic Commission. His appeal will now continue on November 13th. Sherk’s attorney, Howard Jacobs, presented information to the CSAC in advance of today’s hearing but it was not distributed in time for a ruling to be made today. Instead, [...]

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 [...]