The sport of MMA is almost as exciting outside the cage these days as the events that take place inside.

M-1 Global is launching a new project called M-1 Challenge.

MMAjunkie.com and Yahoo! Sports are reporting that Fabricio Werdum is next in line for a shot at the UFC heavyweight title. He’ll take on the winner of an interim title fight between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Tim Sylvia that headlines next month’s UFC 81 event.
Werdum earned the shot after defeating Gabriel Gonzaga this past weekend […]

Loretta Hunt of thefightnetwork.com reports on an interview with Tito Ortiz on Sirius’ Fight Network Radio on Monday. During his time on the air, Ortiz discussed his dissatisfaction with the UFC, mainly due to money issues.
“They don’t want the fighters to get as big as a ‘Tyson’ or a ‘De La Hoya’ or one of […]

Over on UFC.com, Thomas Gerbasi lists his ten (actually eleven) biggest upsets of 2007. His list is:
10 (tie) - UFC 69 – April 7 - Yushin Okami W3 Mike Swick
10 (tie) – UFC 69 – April 7 - Josh Koscheck W3 Diego Sanchez
9 – UFC 68 – March 3 - Randy Couture W5 […]

For those that describe MMA as an art form, the book, “Octagon” is the perfect tool to prove that argument. The book of photography by Kevin Lynch is filled with 800 full-color and black-and-white images that are absolutely incredible.

You’ll need an industrial strength coffee table to display this work. At 20×26 inches, it […]