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UFC 85: Jason Day tabbed to replace Chris Leben

Yesterday we reported that Chris Leben was dropped from UFC 85 (due to being placed in jail for 35 days stemming from a probation violation of a 2005 DUI) and that a replacement would soon be announced to keep Michael Bisping on the card. Today, mmafight.ca learned Canada’s own Jason “Dooms” Day was called […]

Team Punishment coming back

It seems Tito Ortiz is laying another brick in his foundation after his fighting days are over. Ortiz recently announce plans to reform Team Punishment and restore it to its former glory. In its prime, the camp held the UFC Light heavyweight and Heavyweight titles (Ortiz and Ricco Rodriguez). Since that […]

BJ Penn: Sean Sherk is still dead

A quick quote from UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn on his opponent at UFC 84, Sean Sherk.
I know there are a lot of people out there doing steroids, cheating and every time I run into one of them, I’m going to call them on it and then I’m going to beat the shit out of […]

Nogueira & Mir Announced as Ultimate Fighter 8 Coaches

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, […]

UFC trying to sign Andrei Arlovski

Dana White answers a fan’s question over at Yahoo Sports. Here’s the snip:
We were just talking about Arlovski. We want to sign him. It’s our intention to sign him. But I don’t know. We’re, well, I don’t know. We want to. Whether we will or not, I have no idea. We like Andrei and […]