UFC: Ultimate Fighting Championship

By Luke Thomas Today on the "Big O & Dukes Show" on 106.7 WJFK two of the fighters competing on tomorrow's UWC: Confrontation card appeared in studio to chat MMA, Kimbo Slice, the UFC, MMA on ESPN (or lack thereof) and even video games. Click here to listen to the whole thing.

By CagE With all the shadiness of the first EliteXC on CBS show still on our minds, it looks like we finally have some proof that EliteXC is influencing its fighters so that its cash cow (Kimbo Slice) doesn’t have to expose the weakness in his ground game.

By Michael Comeau It's one thing to engage in matchmaking in order to build up a certain fighter. The UFC has done that with many guys, most notably Roger Huerta. But to use money to try and influence what happens inside the cage crosses a whole new line. This absolutely stinks of the worst-smelling bullsh*t on t...

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 Luke Thomas Chad Dukes of 106.7 WJFK attended UFC 88 in Atlanta and in this interview with Evans asked if he believed racism or racial preference played a role in who MMA fans (it must be assumed - quite rightly - Dukes felt most fans were white) root for or support.

By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio concentrates on the fallout from last weekend’s UFC 88 event. Is Chuck Liddell finished as a top-level fighter? Why does Dan Henderson have such a strange track record in terms of being on-again, off-again in terms of producing exciting fights?...

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 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 Luke Thomas The Penn vs. Slice "fantasy match-up" is the product of UFC President Dana White's comment just prior to EliteXC's debut on CBS. White remarked that BJ Penn could defeat Slice in a MMA bout. The effort of White was to disparage Slice's talent level by suggesting a lightweight fighter in the UF...

By Dave Walsh We’ve had a few obnoxious server issues, so this is up a few days late. But late is better than never, no? Join Chris Henderson, Alan and myself as we look back at UFC 87 as well as do some speculating into the future and more. ShareThis We’ve had a few obnoxious server issues, so this is up a few day...

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 Dave Walsh In this week’s edition of Total MMA Radio, Alan, Kendall and myself discuss this weekend’s UFC 87 card — Alan covers what to look for in the Olympics in boxing and Kendall gives an in-depth look into what The Olympics has to offer with Judo.

By bfowlkes Other highlights include Dana White guaranteeing that Affliction, Elite XC, and somehow even CBS, will all go out of business, just like the IFL. Also says Tito Ortiz was a “wallflower” during his time on “The Apprentice” because he didn’t want to be exposed as an idiot. And he dismisses the...

By Jesse Holland Jesse Holland back again and this time I’m previewing UFC 87 with bodybuilding and mixed martial arts expert Larry Pepe for Episode #9 of his stellar new show Pro MMA Radio. Larry is the main MMA writer for Flex magazine and mega-site Bodybuilding.com.

By Jonathan Snowden ShareThis In our latest edition of Total MMA Radio, Dave and Alan preview the UFC’s Affliciton-Killer card and Dave talks with THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER Amir Sadollah. Remember to subscribe to  via iTunes or possibly more underground and edgy podcast receivers.  Just search for ‘Total MMA’ o...

By Luke Thomas Josh and I talked about the WAMMA belt, Affliction's weak advertising efforts, Affliction vs. UFC, Rampage Jackson, Dana White's responsibility to MMA and his fight with Hidehiko Yoshida. I am a complete moron for forgetting Barnett left AMC Pankration for Erik Paulson's CSW, so please...

By Jonathan Snowden ShareThis Covering the weekend in British MMA with Lee Whitehead from MMA Weekly and UFC 86 with a brief word from Forrest and Rampage. Remember to subscribe to  via iTunes or possibly more underground and edgy podcast receivers.  Just search for ‘Total MMA’ of if want to flex your technolo...

By caleb@mmapredictions.com (caleb@mmapredictions.com) Loretta Hunt is a veteran of mixed martial arts journalism. Now the news editor of Sherdog.com, the rapport she has built with many MMA athletes has allowed her opportunities MMA fans and even fellow MMA reporters dream about. Hunt’s most recent trophy was the opportunity to assist Randy Co...

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...

Not unlike everyone else, I have no idea what Thursday is going to bring for the UFC and MMA, but I will say the following: I find it quite interesting that we're three days out from this "big" announcement and nobody seems to know anything.

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 bfowlkes Scene from a jiu-jitsu tournament, or an extremely amicable episode of Maury Povich’s paternity test show?) … What would happen in the old days when you get caught with a couple of aces up your sleeve, they kill the guy right there and that’s why I say Sean Sherk is dead…”

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 Tim Ngo Tom Ngo of 5thRound.com recently got the chance to speak with undefeated UFC Lightweight fighter Frankie Edgar. Edgar is coming off of a huge victory over Spencer Fisher at UFC 78 and is looking to climb up the Lightweight ladder towards a title shot. Edgar also has a victory over another Ligh...

By Tim Ngo Don’t forget to tune into Outside the Cage Live! this Saturday at 12PM PST for our Live AUDIO play-by-play of UFC 80: Rapid Fire. Those who can’t order it won’t want to miss it, and those who do will want to listen in! We apologize to anyone trying to listen into the radio show as we ran into some a...

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...

By UFCmania Note: Tito Ortiz recently announced that he plans to return to action in early 2008. UFC 79 is slated for the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 29, 2007. Props: SportsRadio610.com (Part one and Part two) Note: Tito Ortiz recently announced that he plans to return to...

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...

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 You can still listen to last week’s outstanding edition of Inside the Cage with our special guests Kenny Florian, Ricco Rodriguez, and Joey Riggs. Just click the “play now” button below: Our pal, Steve Cofield, aka Mr. Sunshine, had Chuck Liddell’s trainer, John Hackleman, as a guest on hi...

You can still listen to last week’s outstanding edition of Inside the Cage with our special guests Kenny Florian, Ricco Rodriguez, and Joey Riggs. Just click the “play now” button below: Our pal, Steve Cofield, aka Mr. Sunshine, had Chuck Liddell’s trainer, John Hackleman, as a guest on hi...

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 Zach Arnold By Zach Arnold Score one for the commenters of the Fight Opinion web site. On Thursday morning, I linked to a Fox Sports article by Ben Cohen titled Bisping’s blow-up bad for UFC. The article made claims about Michael Bisping’s beligerent behavior at the UFC 75 post-fight press conference. H...

By Mr. Takedown Both segments were great. Mauro was especially in rare form today as we discussed a number of topics including his thoughts on Art of War III last week (and some interesting comments on Jeremy Horn); next week’s EliteXC card on Showtime (he addresses the critical comments that Sam and I hav...

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...

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 Mr. Takedown And here is a rock solid article about Gabe Gonzaga by Yahoo Sports. Couture vs Sylvia here. GSP vs. Serra here. GSP vs. Hughes II here. Gonzaga vs. Marrero here. Listen to the latest Inside the Cage Radio for a in-depth preview of UFC 74. It is a damn good show with details, opinions, and predictions fo...

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 Mr. Takedown More banter about Sam’s prediction that Josh Koscheck will defeat Georges St. Pierre at UFC 74 A discussion about Tito Ortiz’s recent comments in a UFCMania.com interview where he stated that fighters are talking about forming a union.

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 For the complete UFC 72 fight card click here. Tickets for UFC 72: “Victory” are still available for the first ever show in Belfast northern Ireland that will be televised today on pay-per-view at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT, according to the Canadian Press. It will be the first non-sellout, according t...

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 UFC president Dana White appeared on MMAWeekly.com radio last night, and in his usual brash but-open manner, hit upon a number of topics. Included in the list was confirmation of the news UFCjunkie.com broke last week: that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will likely face Nate Ma...

On Monday"s "Beatdown" TJ De Santis and Sherdog.com editor Josh Gross discuss the results from The Ultimate Fighter season three finale. It"s been over four years since Jens Pulver fought inside of the Octagon. Pulver left the UFC after his title defense against B.J. Penn.