In a new article by Brazilian periodical website, Gazeta Do Povo, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua discusses his recent loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 76. Rua, previously ranked as the number one Light Heavyweight fighter in the world, was expected to easily run over Forrest Griffin. Instead, the TUF alumni dominated Mauricio for most [...]

The UFC has officially announced the signing of former PRIDE Champion Wanderlei Silva. The deal brings another premiere light heavyweight fighter to the UFC but this one is extra special as Silva has been the subject of rampant rumors over the past months and years and signing brings a sense of closure with his actual [...]

According to the official Xtreme Couture blog Wanderlei Silva, who has recently moved to America to train with Xtreme Couture, will make his long awaited return to the UFC on December 29th at UFC 79 in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by a main event welterweight title bout between Matt Serra and Matt Hughes.
Although [...]

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell will not be in another match for the light heavyweight title until he beats Keith Jardine at UFC 76 as well as another opponent. The news comes directly from UFC President Dana White himself who delivered the news through Brawl Sports:
“Chuck would have to win one more fight. [...]

The on again, off again saga that has become the Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva fight may have finally reached a disappointing resolution. Kevin Iole from Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the dream MMA matchup between Silva and Liddell is off and unlikely to ever happen. The fight was to headline UFC 76 in Anaheim, [...]

What a fast paced world we live in. Just two days ago it was thought PRIDE may be completely dissolved with all of its top and mid-tier talent signing with the UFC and World Extreme Cage Fighting. New reports have surfaced that this will not be the case and Pride will hold its first post-UFC [...]

According to sources former Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva has been training in recent weeks with Randy Couture. Several weeks ago following Chuck Liddell’s loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson it was announced that Silva would face the former light heavyweight later this year in a match that has been rumored by the [...]

Sellout attendance of 14,728 people
Live gate of $4.3 million which is the second biggest UFC live gate ever behind UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz II
Over 3,000 people attended the weigh-ins.
Dan Henderson chose to fight as a light heavyweight in the UFC.
Dana White contradicted Henderson in saying that Rampage and Henderson will both have their titles [...]

Sam Caplan has done a superb interview with Dana White for CBS Sportsline and White had lots to say. We first learned of the interview yesterday when news surfaced that Tito Ortiz would be facing Rashad Evans at UFC 71. That was just the beginning with White revealing a lot more in the interview (Part [...]

It has long been rumored and hinted that UFC President Dana White, along with even the most-casual MMA fan, wanted to see UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell do toe-to-toe with rival Wanderlei Silva. The rumors of their matchup now mean next-to-nothing as Silva was knocked out by Dan Henderson at Pride 33 over the [...]