Pancrase Taking It To Another Level, With 8-Man LW GP !

Pancrase have been stepping it up recently and with their announcement today they are going even further. An 8-man Lightweight GP will start at the May 3rd event, for complete list of participants & their comments... Read more

Jason "Mayhem" Miller meets Aaron Simpson at UFC 132

On Friday, Jason "Mayhem" Miller (24-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) announced he was returning to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

On Saturday, UFC brass announced he's already lined up to fight.

UFC officials today announced Miller will meet wrestling standout Aaron Simpson at July's "UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber II" event. Read More

Fighting Words With Mike Straka: Anderson Silva

Jason 'Mayhem' Miller Signs With UFC

Jason "Mayhem" Miller is going back to the UFC.
The popular middleweight has signed a new multi-fight agreement with the organization, Miller's manager Ryan Parsons confirmed with MMA Fighting.

The 30-year-old Miller (24-7, 1 NC) was able to sign with the UFC due to the fact that his contract with Strikeforce had expired. No word just yet on when his first fight back inside the Octagon will take place. Read More

UFC Primetime - St Pierre Vs. Shields Episode 2 Part 1

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Akiyama vs. Belfort at UFC 133

UFC 133 will feature an explosive middleweight encounter between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Vitor Belfort, ESPN can exclusively reveal.
Speculation has mounted over the timing and identity of Belfort's next opponent, with UFC Rio widely touted for his return following defeat to Anderson Silva. The names of Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva have been linked in recent times, although Silva is now slated to fight Chris Leben at UFC 132, and the UFC has officially confirmed The Phenom's next challenge for August 6. Read More

Brock Lesnar is MMA’s Top Dog on ESPN 30 Highest Paid Athletes List

Brock Lesnar is the highest paid mixed martial artist in the world. According to ESPN the magazine. ESPN

Chael Sonnen's Nevada commission hearing pushed back to May

The odyssey of Chael Sonnen continues.

A hearing for the onetime UFC middleweight contender at a Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting on April 27 has been postponed until mid-May, NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer told mmajunkie.com.

A source close to the fighter's camp told MMAjunkie.com that the delay comes not from Sonnen but his federal probation officer, who has denied him permission to enter Clark County as part of a mandate to keep convicted felons out of the county for the Laughlin River Run, an annual motorcycle rally that's in its past seen violence from rival motorcycle clubs. Read More

DREAM Japan Bantamweight GP Drawing Results Are In!

DREAM - FIGHT FOR JAPAN

May 29th 2011
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan
DREAM Japan Bantamweight GP ~Opening Round~
Darren Uyenoyama vs Atsushi Yamamoto
Yoshiro Maeda vs Hideo Tokoro

Masakazu Imanari vs Keisuke Fujiwara
Kenji Osawa vs Takafumi Otsuka
Participants
Caol Uno
Shinya Aoki
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Joachim Hansen
Katsunori Kikuno
Akiyo Wicky Nishiura

For scheduling & comments from each of the fighters, Read More

This Weekends DEEP 53rd IMPACT is now Finalized!

Deep's 53rd Impact card featuring the MMA Legend Akira Shoji's retirement bout against the hard hitting Kazuo Misaki is now finalized. Also on the card will be the return of Eiji Mitsuoka vs Jung Gyeong Lee who's said to be the second coming of Dong-Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim. In addition to that submission wiz Satoru Kitaoka will be having his first fight back since choking out the tenacious Kuniyoshi Hironaka back on October 3rd of last year. Kitaoka will be making his come back against another very crafty & well rounded vet in Jutaro Nakao. The card will also feature a super heavyweight scrap between Mamoru Nakamura vs Seigo Mizuguchi to determine the number one contender from DEEP's Megaton GP. For event details, video preview & the full fight card Read more

Dana White Shoots Down Royce Gracie UFC 134 Return Rumors

UFC president Dana White has indicated to MMA Fighting that the promotion has no interest in offering a fight to Brazilian pioneer Royce Gracie for the UFC's upcoming August event in Rio de Janeiro, refuting previous reports that talks between the two sides could result in a Gracie return. Just last week, Gracie told Brazilian news site Esporte.UOL.com that negotiations for his return were ongoing.Read More

Fighting Words with Mike Straka - Brock Lesnar

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Phil Baroni vs Matt Ewin & Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs Tom Watson for the Middleweight Title Added to BAMMA 6

Phil Baroni will return to action for the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on May 21, when the “New York Bad Ass” squares off against former Cage Rage champion Matt Ewin in a middleweight duel at BAMMA 6.

Sherdog.com confirmed the matchup with a source close to the promotion on Friday, as well as an additional middleweight contest pitting Mauricio Rua training partner Joao Paulo de Souza against Valentino Petrescu. BAMMA 6 will emanate from Wembley Arena in London and will be headlined by a middleweight title affair pitting Pride veteran Murilo Rua against reigning champion Tom “Kong” Watson. Read More

Brian Bowles & Takeya Mizugaki agree to meet at UFC 132

A bantamweight bout between former WEC champ Brian Bowles (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and onetime title challenger Takeya Mizugaki (14-5-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been added to July's UFC 132 lineup.

UFC officials today announced the matchup. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the bout isn't signed but is in the process of being finalized.

UFC 132, which is the UFC's Independence Day-weekend show, takes place July 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The night's main card, including a championship headliner between bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber, airs live on pay-per-view. It's not clear if Bowles vs. Mizugaki will be part of the broadcast. Read more

The Return of Hioki and M-16 Off Shooto Tradition 2011

Hatsu Hioki will make his return at the April 29th Shooto event to take on former King Of The Cage champion Donal Sanchez. Sanchez is on a 7-fight winning streak right now. He has four submission losses on his record but those were his first four losses.

In more unfortunate news Rambaa Somdet M16 won’t be on time with the recovery of his injury for the event so he has relinquished his belt and Junji Sarumaru will now take on Junji Ikoma to decide the 2nd generation Shooto Flyweight champion.

Also added to the card, a 72kg fight between 2009 Shooto Rookie-Of-The-Year Welterweight Tournament winner Koshi Matsumoto and Takanori Gomi student Akira. For video HL's & the full card... Read More