Fedor Emelianenko’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, has announced that the top-ranked heavyweight plans on fighting two more times in 2008. The first bout will be at an October Affliction-promoted event and the second will come in December at a New Year’s Eve event in Japan.
UFC veteran Joe Jordan will take on Ryan Ford in the main [...]

Infamous Ultimate Fighter 7 outcast Jesse Taylor is rumored to return to the UFC at UFC Fight Night 14, against fellow TUF cast member CB Dolloway.
Brandon Vera, who will meet Reese Andy at UFN 14, confirmed that he did in fact turn down a fight with Lyoto Machida, but was open to fighting Dan [...]

Lightweight Takanori Gomi (28-3) and middleweight Frank Trigg (16-6) will both return to action at World Victory Road’s “Sengoku 4″ event on August 24th according to MMAJunkie.com.
Their opponents for the event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, have not yet been announced.
Gomi, a former PRIDE and Shooto champion, last fought [...]

Last month it was reported that lightweight standout Takanori Gomi just may have a future with the UFC after becoming a free agent following Zuffa’s acquisition of Pride FC last year. However, Sherdog is now reporting that Gomi has officially signed a deal with the World Victory Road promotion:
“While the source could not [...]

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 [...]

Though his appearance octagonside for UFC 79: Nemesis nearly went unnoticed, PRIDE Lightweight Champion Takanori Gomi sat alongside Tito Ortiz for the UFC’s year-end card in Las Vegas this past weekend. His appearance at the event caused year-long rumors that he was UFC-bound to again resurface though UFC President Dana White quickly quashed hopes that [...]

According to The Fight Network the Pride lightweight GP that was recently postponed has been rescheduled for July 16th. The event has been moved from the Satima Super Arena to a smaller venue. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“…the three-event tournament has a new kick-off date of July 16 and will be held at the [...]

According to the above poster the PRIDE Lightweight GP is set for May 20th. Here are the rumored fighters for the tournament based on the pictures on the top of the poster:

Matt Hughes
Diego Sanchez
Takanori Gomi
Marcus Aurelio
Gilbert Melendez
Joachim Hansen
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Luiz Buscape
Shinya Aoki
Hayato Sakurai
Luiz Azevedo

If this event is truly just over a month away I would [...]

Back in early March news broke that UFC vet Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana following his win over Takanori Gomi at Pride 33 throwing his upset win into question. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has changed the result of the fight to no contest as a result. MMAWeekly.com reports that Diaz was fined $3000 [...]