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A major note on who watches Ultimate Fighter and how it differs from WWE September 15, 2008 (Life and Times of Evan Tanner) Should Quinton Jackson have turned down the A-Team role to keep the 12/12 date with Rashad Evans Will this Ultimate Fighter season be the highest rated?

By Thomas Hackett In a recent interview with Fight Magazine, Lyoto Machida was asked what was in his refrigerator. The Brazilian MMA phenom known as “The Dragon” (or, as I prefer to call him, “The Next Light Heavyweight Champion of the World”) didn’t surprise me when he included açaí (pronounced a-sigh-ee...

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By Josh Nason On Saturday night, Strikeforce will return to Showtime with a main event of Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz. Normally, an event like this would fit in with the rest of the MMA found on TV today and not necessarily stand out. Pick: Melendez via unanimous decision

By MMAmania He also predicts he would knockout Demian “One-Trick Pony” Maia and much more: Props: Setanta.com (Conversation with “The Count” heats up about half-way through the segment. Marcus Davis is also featured earlier on the radio program to promote his UFC 99 fight against Dan Hardy.) addthis...

By The Lights Out Show A Meeting of MMA Minds: M-1’s Vadim Finkelchtein, Fedor Emelianenko and Dana White  Silva turns his back on America!  UFC thins the herd - another fighter released  Rich Franklin may not be through with middleweight after all  Dan Henderson feels Brock Lesnar “Demeans” the UFC belt

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with some comments on the new college wrestling season, and the important development of the formation of the College Wrestling Network, a joint effort of several wrestling media outlets designed to expand the coverage of co...

By Mike Saf MMA City thinks Angle is just jealous of his old kissing buddy—Brock Lesnar, who signed with the UFC and went on to become UFC’s Heavyweight Champion. Read more MMA News and Opinion at MMA City (dot) Com. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS Feeds as we will update on upcoming contests and giveaways...

By The Lights Out Show  Is it better to be an exciting fighter who doesn’t always win or winning fighter who isn’t very exciting? MMA’s top fighters weigh in.  One of MMA’s best heavyweights, Antonio Silva, says goodbye to the US for good  UFC 91 PPV buys a record? What was the UFC’s biggest MMA event? We’ll tell yo...

By Steve Cofield Leave it to Rashad Evans to come up with another great quip. As he preps for his UFC light heavyweight title shot against Forrest Griffin, he points out that the champ never stops coming and fights through adversity just like another great American warrior: Buddy Lee.

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by commenting on the controversy around the November 15 mixed martial arts fight between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at UFC 91. We go to the No Holds Barred e-mail bag for an insightful analysis by a listener about how this figh...

By Larry Vollmer Download: I recently had the opportunity to speak with “The Muscle Shark” Sean Sherk, who is coming off of an impressive and dominating victory over Tyson Griffin at UFC 90. Sherk has stated that he wants the winner of the Stevenson/Florian match up that takes place at UFC 91. Sherk also beli...

By Steve Cofield The Anderson Silva 'TKO' over Patrick Cote at UFC 90 is more than a week old and it's still a point of discussion. Some think Silva disrespected fight fans and the UFC with his antics. Others think that Silva simply had a bad night. Click below to listen to Bisping on Setanta Sports' Ultimate Ta...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the devolution of mixed martial arts into becoming one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest, sports in America. Among the issues raised in this no holds barred commentary are how this sport was once a brilliant laboratory and sc...

Recap of UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben and the failure of Euan's engrish Recap of Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins Recap of Episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter Why Billy Dib should be killed immediately

By Jesse Holland UFC middleweight contender Chris Leben was our guest on this weeks broadcast of Pro MMA Radio. Presented by MMAmania.com, Pro MMA Radio airs live every Monday night at 9pm and features many of the top fighters from the UFC and beyond. ‘The Crippler’ didn’t waste any time getting into his figh...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins by noting the untimely passing of mixed martial arts fighter Evan Tanner. We also discuss the rescheduling of the Affliction mixed martial arts card and what this says about their marketing, advertising, and pay-per-view str...

By Luke Thomas Chcuk Liddell was favored because he was the face of the MMA and a good fighter, not because he was white. Chuck Liddell was and is an enetertaining guy. He didn't commit a crime like Michael Vick, so I think it's still acceptable for white folks to like him. Just as blacks still support MV, despi...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman is joined by our correspondent, the award-winning boxing writer Charles Farrell. Eddie and Charles are also the editors of The Boxing Standard. In a lengthy, candid, and animated discussion about fights this past weekend and those sc...

By Luke Thomas Britt, a product of Virginia Beach’s Hybrid Academy of Martial Arts, is best known for his concrete hands and knock-out ability. The agile striker recently shed more than 30 pounds to enter the light heavyweight division.  An acute cage presence and tenacious fighting ability caught the...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins the first part of this show by commenting on the return of Randy Couture to the UFC and how this is a major setback for the battle for the rights of fighters in the mixed martial arts. We also discuss the further devolution of the UFC,...

By Steve Cofield If Couture wants $6-10 million for the fight he needs to expand his horizons beyond MMA promoters and look to boxing's elite promoters. Can anyone see UFC, Affliction, EliteXC, etc. ponying up that much money in fighters' purses? If Bob Arum or Don King wanted to work an isolated MMA fight ca...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our correspondent Matthew Kaplowitz about the debut Affliction "Banned" mixed martial arts card, which was held Saturday, July 19, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Matthew was in the arena covering it live. In a lengt...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the award-winning boxing writer and author, Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com, about his views on UFC and mixed martial arts. In a lengthy discussion, Thomas Hauser explains why he does not like mixed martial arts, why he fin...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with another commentary on the poor level of striking in the mixed martial arts, especially as compared even to mid-level boxing, and the even worse reporting and analysis by many in the so-called MMA "media" regarding variou...

By Jesse Holland If that’s not enough, stick around for WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber. “The California Kid” goes into great detail about his fight against Jens Pulver, what they spoke about inside the cage, his specific training regimen and of course, who he wants to fight next.

By Kid Nate My prediction for Thursday is this: White will announce next that the UFC has signed a long-term agreement with FOX to televise fights on a quarterly basis on network primetime television along with a option to buy a portion of the company over time. I’m betting that the first show will be th...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman reviews the CBS and EliteXC Saturday Night Fights card, which took place Saturday, May 31, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and was shown live in the U.S. on CBS. We continue our discussion of the Pygmalion-like story of Kim...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman previews the "Affliction Banned" mixed martial arts card, which will be held Saturday, July 19, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and shown in the U.S. on pay-per-view. At a New York news conference this past Thursday, we spoke...

By Luke Thomas Middleweight isn't a walk in the park, but it's where Silva stands the best chance of stringing a few wins together. Silva has almost always had a problem with larger fighters even when he tries to match their size, e.g. versus CroCop at the 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. Silva doesn't have the rea...

By MMAmania A fired up UFC Lightweight Champion, BJ Penn, talks about his upcoming title defense against Sean Sherk at UFC 84: “Ill Will” at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 24. “The Muscle Shark” tested positive for steroids after his win against Hermes Franca at UFC 73: “Stacked...

By Larry Vollmer Download: A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s appearance on the nationally syndicated Opie and Anthony radio show. I posted a few random comments made by the UFC light heavyweight champ. In one of those comments, Jackson said Wanderlei Silva refered to Wande...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman reviews the debut YAMMA Pit Fighting mixed martial arts show, which took place Friday, April 11, at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and was shown on pay-per-view. This show was well-received by the fans in attendance,...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman begins by reviewing the mixed martial arts fight between Cung Le and Frank Shamrock held this past Saturday night, March 29, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Cung Le won that fight by TKO at the end of the third round after one of his ki...

By Tim Ngo This coming Monday is when the UFC officially starts pumping up their next Pay-Per-View event UFC 78: Validation. Critics and fans alike are skeptical about the card, even hardcore fans like James Hergott who told us on the last episode of the 5thRound Beat Down that he may, “take a pass” on...

The Middleweight division and its lack of depth in the UFC. The depth of the Welterweight division, the future of Jake Shields and how that ties to the WEC. The introduction of different weight classes. Legalization of MMA in Pennsylvania and what that could mean for New York.

By Sam Caplan Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez has been in the news lately coming off a stint in VH1’s upcoming reality TV show “Celebrity Rehab, an appearance on this past week’s edition of “Human Weapon” on the History Channel, a match against Ben Rothwell during the IFL finals in Sep...

By Mr. Takedown Check out more episodes of Inside the Cage Radio by clicking the RADIO header at the top of the website. Inside the Cage Radio rolls on with a UFC 76 recap with Dann Stupp (the MMA Junkie himself) and a visit from “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros. Click PLAY below for this weeks Inside the C...

By Sam Caplan Our pal, Steve Cofield, aka Mr. Sunshine, had Chuck Liddell’s trainer, John Hackleman, as a guest on his show. Hackleman said he believed Keith Jardine won the fight vs. Liddell at UFC 76 and gave his reasons as to why he felt Liddell lost. He said that he doesn’t believe in any way that Liddell is...

By Sam Caplan Segment One - EliteXC’s female MMA controversy: Segment Two - UFC lightweight fighter Kenny “The Finisher” Florian: Segment Three - Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez: Segment Four - New Strikeforce middleweight fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs:

By Sam Caplan Matt Cava doesn’t mess around because The Sept. 8 edition of Inside the Cage Radio is now available! You asked for more guests and Inside the Cage has delivered! Joining Matt Cava and I this week were EliteXC play-by-play announcer and Fight Network Radio host Mauro Ranallo and UFC lightwe...

By Sam Caplan In addition to reviewing UFC 74, the show also previewed UFC 75. Sam and Matt were once again joined by Luke Thomas, who brought his vast technical knowledge to the fold. The three broke down Dan Henderson vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo, Michael Bisping vs. Matt Ha...

By UFCmania But, according to Franca, it’s the sad truth. Maybe honesty isn’t necessarily the best policy — not for Hermes Franca, anyway. The Brazilian UFC lightweight fighter came clean (unlike his drug test) after his loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 73: “Stacked” last month, admitting that he had used ill...

By UFCmania While we’re at it, Hughes also offered up some predictions on the upcoming UFC 74 fight between  Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck on his official Web site forum. He also comments on who he thinks would win a fight between Sean Sherk and BJ Penn … and more.

By UFCmania Veterans Marvin Eastman (14-7-1) and Evan Tanner (32-6) could tangle in a middleweight bout at UFC 76: “Knockout” on September 22, according to statements made from “The Beastman” last night on Cage Side Live. Since his loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 67 via second-round knocko...

By UFCmania Props: WhoopAss Radio (Frank Shamrock is also interviewed … Ortiz comes in at about the half-way point. Some quick notes in the comment section about the content of the Ortiz bit.) Frank Shamrock is also interviewed … Ortiz comes in at about the half-way point. Some quick notes in the comment...

By UFC Junkie I wrote previously about the soldout crowd that never sat during the entire 25-minute battle between UFC Hall of Famer and new heavyweight champion Randy Couture and now-former champ Tim Sylvia. Sure, the magnitude of such a fight was enough to get the crowd going.

By UFC Junkie Other highlights included: If Phil Baroni beats Frank Shamrock at during April’s EliteXC/Strikeforce show, White will invite Baroni back into the UFC. White clearly hates Shamrock and was especially critical of his loss (via disqualification) to Renzo Gracie at EliteXC’s inaugural...