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By Kris Karkoski Another bout has been added to the rumored lineup for UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th at The Pearl in Las Vegas as “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ semi-finalist Joe Lauzon takes on former lightweight challenger Hermes Franca. Also slated for UFC Fight Night 17 is Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer and Amir S...

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By Kris Karkoski The UFC Fight Night 17 card has begun to take shape as Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer and Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone have been added to the lineup for the Spike TV-broadcast event which will take place at The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

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By Kris Karkoski Affliction heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko (14-3), the younger brother of WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, posted a first-round knockout of South Korean Sang Soo Lee (10-5) on Saturday in the main event of M-1 Challenger 9 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Emelianenko earn...

By Kris Karkoski With the quarterfinals now complete the fighters celebrate back at the house, but things nearly get out of hand after several fighters toss eggs and meat at the fighters in the hot tub, including Junie Browning, who loses his cool after being hit by a piece of meat but calms down before agai...

By Eric Shapiro The article adds that English native Michael Bisping will for once not be part of the London event due to coaching duties for The Ultimate Fighter. However as expected, several Brits including Dan Hardy and Terry Etim are already booked to compete on the card.

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With just two fights remaining in the quarterfinals, one in each weight class, the final matchups are set and this week light heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Kyle Kingsbury clash for the remaining spot in the semis. Next week, lightweights John Polakowski and George Roop battle fo...

By Kris Karkoski Don’t forget, MMAFrenzy.com will have live coverage of UFC 91 this Saturday, November 15th, beginning at 8pm ET. The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah has been scratched from his UFC 91 bout against Nick Catone due to a leg infection, the UFC today announced. The promotion was unable t...

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By Kris Karkoski At fight selection Team Mir chooses Dave Kaplan to face Phillipe Nover in this week’s lightweight contest. The teams now sit even at 3-3 and next week it’s Team Mir’s Krzysztof Soszynski against Kyle Kingbury in the final light heavyweight quarterfinals bout.

By Kris Karkoski The UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series is currently the only major MMA reality series and is currently airing its eight season, however that status is likely to change in 2009 when Affliction debuts its new series “Fight Fedor” and the WEC likely debuts a series focusing and fea...

By Kris Karkoski In a recent interview with The Sun, UFC President Dana White offered sharp criticism of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which is slated to feature a United States vs. United Kingdom format. Recent casting calls for The Ultimate Fighter 9, which will feature lightweights and welt...

By Kris Karkoski “From the beginning it (a reality show) was something always in our plans,” said Dropick. “Versus, we’re in discussions with Versus. We’re looking right now at trying to figure out what we’re going to do exactly. We’ve got a lot of ideas We want to find ways similar to the UFC to showcase our fig...

By Kris Karkoski Matt Riddle has been forced out of his welterweight debut against Ryan Thomas at UFC 91 after suffering a knee injury. Replacing Riddle in the 170-pound matchup is fellow “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ cast member Matt Brown, according to The Wrestling Observer.

By Kris Karkoski The UFC has officially confirmed additional bouts for UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″, which takes place on December 27th in Las Vegas and features Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva.

By Kris Karkoski This week’s installment of “The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” starts off with discussion on Junie Browning’s underwhelming win on last weeks episode over Roli Delgado. Though Browning walked away with a controversial split decision victory much of the praise is for Del...

By Eric Shapiro Speaking to MMATraining.com , former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin dispelled rumors that he had been tapped as a possible coach for season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK. Franklin made it pretty clear that he had no desire to serve as a TUF coach yet again, but would always cons...

By Kris Karkoski Up next for Bisping is a stint as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 9 with a key middleweight matchup against Dan Henderson or Rich Franklin looming in 2009. As always, MMAFrenzy.com will have extensive live coverage of UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote” on Saturday, October 25th.

By Kris Karkoski Following back-to-back wins by Team Nogueira to open up the competition, light heavyweights Elliot Marshall (Team Mir) and Shane Primm (Team Nogueira) clash in this week’s episode with Team Mir looking for their first win. Marshall gets Primm to the ground midway through the opening ro...

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By Kris Karkoski We open up this week’s episode with the fighters sitting around the house watching UFC 84, which featured UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn vs. former champion Sean Sherk. Not suprisingly, nearly all of the clips from UFC 84 that make it into the episode are of Tito Ortiz getting beat down by L...

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By Kris Karkoski CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED Last week on The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” the opening round of the lightweight and light heavyweight tournaments concluded as the thirty-two fighters was reduced to a cast of sixteen. The remaining fighters include lightweights Junie B...

By Kris Karkoski Last week on The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” 32 fighters, 16 lightweights and 16 light heavyweights, arrived at the UFC training center. After Jason Guida was replaced for failing to make weight, half of the fighters fought with eight earning their way into the house and...

By Kris Karkoski Welterweights Mike Swick (15-2) and Jonathan Goulet (22-9) will square off at UFC Fights for the Troops, according to Fightlinker. A cast member of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, Swick was eliminated from the reality series following a semifinals loss to Stephan Bonnar. Swick...

By Kris Karkoski The Ultimate Fighter 7 runner-up CB Dollaway (7-1) will return to the octagon in December at UFC 92 and will meet veteran Jorge Rivera (15-6) at the pay-per-view event. UFC 92 features a championship clash between The Ultimate Fighter 8 coaches interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodr...

By Kris Karkoski Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live blog of The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir”. As most of you know by now this seasons coaches are UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir.

By Kris Karkoski Bocek is also 1-2 in the UFC, losing his UFC debut to Frank Edgar before bouncing back with a unanimous decision victory over Doug Evans at UFC 79 in December. In his last bout he was defeated by “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ winner Mac Danzig via third-round submission at UFC 83 in April.

By Kris Karkoski Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthrough”. In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ulti...

By Kris Karkoski The complete, 32-fighter cast of lightweights and light heavyweights for the upcoming season of the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, “The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueria vs. Team Mir”, was today revealed by Sports ...

By Press Release Spike TV heads across the Atlantic Ocean for the third time to telecast a UFC fight card with middleweights “The Ultimate Fighter 3” champ Michael Bisping and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” standout Chris Leben headlining on Saturday, October 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT (same-day tape delay) from The...

By Kris Karkoski Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill, Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares, and Karo Parisyan vs.Yoshiyuki Yoshida have been officially added to UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta. Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will return to the 205-pound light heavyweight division at UFC 88 to...

By Kris Karkoski Leonard Garcia has agreed to a September 10th featherweight bout against former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at WEC 36. [MMA Junkie] Anderson Silva will likely face Patrick Cote in a middleweight title bout at UFC 88 in Atlanta. [MMA Weekly] A long-rumored bout between welterwei...

By Kris Karkoski The UFC has officially announced UFC Fight Night 15, which will take place on September 17th at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. The UFC Fight Club presale begins on Wednesday, July 16th. Tickets start at just $35.The UFC has reached an agreement with Japanese broadcaster WOW...

By Press Release After one of the most controversial ousters in the history of “The Ultimate Fighter”, Jesse Taylor will make his return to the Octagon as he squares off against fellow castmember and “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ runner-up C.B. Dollaway in the first televised bout at UFC FIGHT NIGHT 14 in Las Veg...

By Kris Karkoski Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in Oct...

By Kris Karkoski Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”. After appearing as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 7, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson takes on challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin for the 205-pound tit...

By Eric Shapiro Check out the BRAND NEW MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MMA clothing and gear needs! According to MMA Weekly, welterweight standouts Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez will clash at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England: “…American Top Team knockout artist Thiago “Pitbull” Alves is slated to retu...

By Kris Karkoski Who is your favorite fighter? Cole Miller: BJ Penn Who, in the whole of MMA, is really the Ultimate Fighter? Cole Miller: Forrest Griffin, BJ Penn, JZ Calvacante, Shogun , Royce Gracie, Sakuraba. Kim Couture Cole Miller: Overrated

By Kris Karkoski Dollaway (6-1), an All-American wrestler at Arizona State University, posted victories over David Baggett, Nick Klein, and Cale Yarbrough to advance to The Ultimate Fighter 7 semifinals where he was defeated by Amir Sadollah via third-round armbar. Following Taylor’s removal from t...

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By Press Release The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization today announced the remaining fights for the upcoming UFC 86: JACKSON vs. GRIFFIN which features opposing coaches for The Ultimate Fighter Season 7, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and the winner of the...

By Kris Karkoski Check out the BRAND NEW MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MMA clothing and gear needs! The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to nine of the twenty fighters from Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale in Las Vegas. The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale Medical Suspe...

By Kris Karkoski The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, which took place on Saturday, June 21st at The Pearl in Las Vegas, Nevada. For complete results from The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale click here.

By Kris Karkoski Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove Amir Sadollah vs. CB Dollaway Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens Matt Riddle vs. Dante Rivera Josh Burkman vs. Dustin Hazelett Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries Matt Brown vs. Matt Arroyo Jeremy Horn vs. Dean Lister

By thelightsoutshow Chris Fries and The JDH of Tagg Radio’s The Lights Out Show interviewed the #1 UFC Light Heavyweight contender, Forrest Griffin on their last show (volume 132). Forrest speaks out on his experience as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter, his upcoming title fight against Rampage Jackson and a f...

By Press Release Sharing top billing for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage Vs Team Forrest Finale, former UFC middleweight champion and one of the sport’s pioneers, Evan Tanner, takes on rising star and The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 victor Kendall Grove.

By Kris Karkoski After a action-packed 90-minute final episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” the final bout of the middleweight tournament is finally set. In a semifinals rematch, CB Dollaway will take on Amir Sadollah at “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ Finale on Saturday, June 21st at The Pearl in Las Vegas, Nev...

By Kris Karkoski Check out the BRAND NEW MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MMA clothing and gear needs! Top UFC light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans, who were originally set to clash in the main event of UFC 85 earlier this month, will now square off at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta according...

By Kris Karkoski Check out the BRAND NEW MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MMA clothing and gear needs! MMA veteran Rob Kimmons (20-3) will make his UFC debut at “The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest” Finale on June 21st against Rob Yundt (6-1) in place of an injured Alessio Sakara. The news was...

By Kris Two quarterfinal bouts are on tap this week as four of Team Forrest’s six remaining fighters go head-to-head for their spot in the semis. Jesse Taylor faces Dante Rivera and close friends Amir Sadollah and Matt Brown go toe-to-toe this week on “The Ultimate Fighter 7″.

By Kris Emerson (7-6) started his professional career with loses in six of his fiirs eight bouts but win four straight to earn a spot in The Ultimate Fighter house. He suffered two losses on “The Ultimate Fighter 5″, losing to eventual show winner Nate Diaz and, after returning to the tournament af...

By Kris Ed Herman (14-5) was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 3, winning his way into the final round before losing to Kendall Grove. After dropping his second UFC bout to Jason MacDonald, Herman won three-straight fights against Chris Price, Scott Smith, and Joe Doerksen. He was defeated by D...

By Kris After both fighters successfully weigh-in UFC President Dana White and Jackson both repeat that they feel CB is more skilled and should win the impending bout. is your source for in-depth recaps and news from the”The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Forrest vs. Team Rampage”.

By Kris In the main event, former middleweight champion Evan Tanner takes on The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Kendall Grove. Diego Sanchez will face Luigi Fioravanti in the co-main event and Spencer Fisher will clash with Jeremy Stephens in another main card bout. Additionally, the middleweight t...

By Curtis Clontz Matt Hughes is highly-regarded as the best 170-pound fighter in the history of the UFC. He is a future hall of famer, and a legend in the sport of MMA. He has a phenomenal 42-6-0 professional MMA record, including an 18 fight win streak. A former UFC welterweight champion, Hughes holds notable...

By OrlandoMac GH: BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk: Penn Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine: Jardine GH: Chris Reilly at Legends Gym. GH: All of the early fighters who paved the way for the new generation, fighters like Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie, Chuck Liddell, Shamrock’s, and many others.

The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale Tickets On Sale Tomorrow UFC Daily, PA - Apr 16, 2008 Tickets for The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale go on sale to UFC Fight Club members tomorrow, April 17th, at Ticketmaster.com. The tickets range in price from ...