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Spike TV announced today its coaches for the 8th season of The Ultimate Fighter season, interim Heavyweight Champion and Former Champion Frank Mir.
While the notoriety of “former title holder” Frank Mir has sounds quite prestigious, it just underlines the sad state of the UFC’s Heavyweight Division. Since his comeback from a near-fatal motorcycle accident, […]

For the second time in a week, an EliteXC fighter will be featured on “E:60.”

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…And it’s slated to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.  That’s a big league venue for the upstart promotion.  The line-up looks like this thus far:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Ben Rothwell vs. TBA
That’s a big league line-up!!  Of course, […]

Wanderlei Silva recently had a sit-down with Yahoo Sports and here are some snips:
If Dana can make that fight, I’ll be in the line to buy a ticket. What a great fight. I am a fighter, yes. It is my job, and it is a job I love. But before I’m a fighter, I am […]

In an interview with mmafightweekly, Roger Huerta stated he would like to one day hold the Lightweight AND Welterweight titles in the UFC.
Those, my friend, are lofty, lofty goals.
First, standing in his way of a title shot is the increasingly dangerous KenFlo, Kenny Florian.  Second, (damn, that nickname gets worse each time i look at […]

After his eye-opening dismantling of Alan Belcher at UFC 83, Jason Day mentioned he would like Michael Bisping for his next opponent. A 35 day jail sentence for Bisping’s original opponent Chris Leben quickly made Day’s wish come true. Day was contacted by the UFC and jumped at the chance to fight one […]