Dana White: If Chuck Loses Saturday Night, He’ll be forced to Retire Again

(Chuck just enjoying life at Shady Acres Retirement home.)
Fighters Only caught up with Dana White this week and spoke about Chuck Liddell’s future with the promotion should the Iceman lose to Rich Franklin at UFC 115. According to the UFC president, L…


(Chuck just enjoying life at Shady Acres Retirement home.)

Fighters Only caught up with Dana White this week and spoke about Chuck Liddell’s future with the promotion should the Iceman lose to Rich Franklin at UFC 115. According to the UFC president, Liddell will be given a gold watch and a nice retirement package if he doesn’t win Saturday night.

“Yes[he’ll be done], and I think he will say the same thing. But let me tell you what the difference is – the difference before, when I wanted him retired, was that he wasn’t doing the right thing," White said. "He was out partying every night and doing the wrong thing not the right thing. He wasn’t living the life of a professional athlete."

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Strikeforce Conference Call Notes: Coker and Company’s MMAth Doesn’t Add Up

(Let me get this straight…Catchweight bouts have title implications, now?)
Strikeforce held a media conference call today ahead of its mid-week June 16 show next Wednesday. On the call were Renato "Babalu" Sobral, his manager, Richard Wel…


(Let me get this straight…Catchweight bouts have title implications, now?)

Strikeforce held a media conference call today ahead of its mid-week June 16 show next Wednesday. On the call were Renato "Babalu" Sobral, his manager, Richard Welner, his opponent on the card, Robbie Lawler and Strikeforce president, Scott Coker

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Video: BJ Penn Denies Calling Koscheck to Tell Him GSP’s On the Juice, But Says Josh Must Have Read His Mind

(Which was it, BJ, the grease or the steroids?)
Well, it didn’t take long for BJ Penn to expound on Josh Koscheck’s revelations made this week that the former UFC lightweight champ called him up to give him the 411 about Georges St-Pierre’s secre…


(Which was it, BJ, the grease or the steroids?)

Well, it didn’t take long for BJ Penn to expound on Josh Koscheck’s revelations made this week that the former UFC lightweight champ called him up to give him the 411 about Georges St-Pierre’s secret to his muscular physique. 

Penn denies contacting Koscheck, but says if he had, he would have said exactly what he allegedly did, anyway.
 

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Video: Tea Time With Mike Tyson

(Pinky up, Iron Mike.)I know, I know, this isn’t MMA-related, but there’s something so surreal about seeing a man who was once the most dangerous fighter in the world sipping chamomile and honey at a tea party, that I figured you guys would let it s…

(Pinky up, Iron Mike.)

I know, I know, this isn’t MMA-related, but there’s something so surreal about seeing a man who was once the most dangerous fighter in the world sipping chamomile and honey at a tea party, that I figured you guys would let it slide just this once.

Mike Tyson sat down with The Daily Line’s Reese Waters for a one-on-one interview that spanned a variety of topics from his torrid relationship with cannolis to selling duplicate wedding gifts at pawn shops. 

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UFC 115 Has Been a Pain in the Ass to Execute Thanks to the City of Vancouver

(Way to support the sport, Vancouver.)
If UFC 115 goes off this weekend without a hitch, it won’t be because of the help and support of the City of Vancouver.
According to Vancouver Athletic Commission chair Mirko Mladenovic, the event has bee…


(Way to support the sport, Vancouver.)

If UFC 115 goes off this weekend without a hitch, it won’t be because of the help and support of the City of Vancouver.

According to Vancouver Athletic Commission chair Mirko Mladenovic, the event has been close to being cancelled several times due to the city’s stringent insurance demands of the UFC. Mladenovic told the Vancouver Sun’s Candice MacKinnon that the "astronomical" and "substantial" amount of insurance the city requires will likely deter not only the UFC from coming back to Vancouver during the two-year trial sanctioning  period, but he also doubts any other promotions will want to deal with the "ongoing nightmare" Zuffa and the VAC has had to go through while organizing the event.

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