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By Colonel Balz AS reported by MMA Junkie: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (22-6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has left the UFC and signed with a new fight promotion called DREAM, it was announced today at a press conference in Japan. The new organization was founded by the Fight Entertainment Group, which is the parent company of the successful K-1 promotion, and former executives of the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championships, which was bought out and dismantled by the UFC’s parent company a year ago. However, during press events for UFC 81 earlier this month, UFC President Dana White said that Filipovic and his camp hadn’t been in contact with the organization. White said he was forced to implement a Feb. 4 deadline for the fighter to confirm whether or not he would be cont...   [read the full post]

By Colonel Balz UFC 81: BREAKING POINT WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP ANDERSON SILVA vs. DAN HENDERSON Las Vegas, NV (USA) – In a long-awaited super-fight to determine the undisputed king of the middleweight division, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, UFC Middleweight Champion, will take on PRIDE 183-lb. Champion Dan Henderson when the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) makes its third trip to the state of Ohio on Saturday, March 1, 2008 for UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION, live from Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Click here for the full article.   [read the full post]

By Colonel Balz Sokoudjou has trained with Team Quest who has brought us the CAN and Matt Lindland. Sokudjou also helped PRIDE Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder Dan Henderson prepare for a 2004 title defense against Kazuhiro Nakamura. Sokoudjou has knocked out heavyweights such as Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. Rameau who is also known as the "The African Assassin" is making his UFC debut at UFC® 79 NEMESIS. The match pits Rameau Sokoudjou 4-1-0 vs. Lyoto Machida who is 11-0-0. Here is the Assassin knocking out NOG. Here is an article from Yahoo Sports on the up and coming star.   [read the full post]

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By Greg Clark ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® PRESENTS UFC 80: RAPID FIRE UFC® ALSO: HEAVYWEIGHT FEATURE GABRIEL “NAPAO” GONZAGA vs. FABRICIO WERDUM A highly-regarded veteran who made his name in the PRIDE® organization, Porto Alegre, Brazil’s Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) lost a hard-fought decision to former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in his UFC debut in April, but he plans on evening his record on January 19 by repeating his 2003 TKO win over Gabriel Gonzaga. To do that, the highly decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt will have to use the tools that led him to PRIDE wins over Alistair Overeem and Aleksander Emelianenko and which have led many to dub him the best kept secret in the heavyweight division   [read the full post]

By Greg Clark GV: You fought in the 93-kilogram [205-pound] weight class in PRIDE a few years ago. Did you consider fighting in this weight class in the UFC? With the news that Anderson Silva is quite comfortable fighting in the Light Heavyweight division brings new hope for the fans of Silva and MMA alike in that, we may very well see a concurrent UFC title holder of two weight classes. The only human to accomplish such a feat is Dan "Hollywood" Henderson when he knocked out Wanderlei Silva for the Pride FC Middleweight title at Pride 33 in February of this year to compliment his existing Pride FC Welterweight belt.   [read the full post]