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

The owner of HDNet Fights talks with Bad Man Sports about legislation that should protect fighters.

A potential deal between Takanori Gomi and the UFC has fallen through.

Aleksander Emelianenko has posted on his official website that he will be fighting for M-1 Gobal on April 11

The former UFC welterweight champion speaks about his book, his loss to Georges St-Pierre, and his immediate future.

The UFC has signed undefeated Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim.

In his recent article for sportsnet.ca, Jason MacDonald confirmed that he will be fighting Joe Doerksen on April 19 at UFC 84.  However, he is not happy that he is facing his fellow Canadian for the second time:
I have no idea where this matchup came from. This is certainly nothing I asked for, having beaten […]

My predictions - along with all the guys at Five Ounces of Pain - can be found here.

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that major sponsor of the UFC, Xyience, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid claims of intimidation and death threats.
Xyience Inc. has reported $42.3 million in liabilities and only $5.3 million in assets. The voluntary bankruptcy petition, filed on Friday, follows an involuntary petition that was filed January 3 by […]

MMAmadness interviews Josh Burkman. Burkman discusses his fight with Mike Swick on Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night.
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What do you guys think? Is Swick going to be a different fighter now that he’s dropped a weight class?

MMAmadness interviews Mike Swick. Swick discusses his training at American Kickboxing Academy as well as his fight with Josh Burkman on Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night.
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What do you guys think? Will Swick take Burkman?

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 […]

UFC.com is reporting that Tomasz Drwal will not be part of UFC 81 due to injury:
A knee injury has forced light heavyweight Tomasz Drwal to withdraw from his February 2nd bout with David Heath on the UFC 81 card in Las Vegas. No replacement will be made for this fight, and UFC 81, which is […]

Prior to UFC 80, Dana White spoke with Pramit Mohapatra of Sports Illustrated on a number of topics.  As usual, he had some interesting things to say.
White was asked about whether the UFC has consolidated the American fan base and that is why he is comfortable moving out to other geographies.He responded that there is […]

MMAjunkie is reporting that UFC Fight Night 13 will officially take place April 2. The event will air on Spike TV as a lead-in for the season premier of “The Ultimate Fighter 7.”The event will be headlined by a lightweight bout between Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon, as well as light heavyweights Stephan Bonnar and […]

MMA Weekly is reporting that Evan Tanner will face Yushin Okami at UFC 84.
During a question and answer session prior to UFC 80, Joe Rogan stated that Tanner will make his UFC return on April 19. Matchmaker Joe Silva has confirmed that this is true.
While not officially confirmed, the event is believed to take place […]

BJ Penn was interviewed by The Sun in the UK recently and he has a lot to say about his fellow UFC fighters. First, he discussed Joe Stevenson and their upcoming fight for the lightweight title at UFC 80.
Penn said: “I’m just pumped about everything this year. I expect big things but I’m not […]

We reported earlier that Mr. Sunshine had an extensive interview with two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia which occurred shortly before UFC 79. The focus of the interview was Sylvia’s reaction to some unflattering comments Matt Hughes made about him in his recently released book, American Made.
What we didn’t report at the time were some […]

In Ken Pavia’s latest post on MMAJunkie, he mentions that two of his clients, Richie Hightower and Jordan Radev have been dropped from the UFC:
The day needed a pick-me-up so I called UFC matchmaker Joe Silva to check the progress of my guys’ fights. He said he was still working on it but then informed […]

Melvin Guillard recently discussed a number of issues with Pramit Mohapatra of the Baltimore Sun. Reviewing the interview left me concerned. Concerned for Melvin’s grip on reality.
Mohapatra asked Guillard about his history with Rich Clementi. When asked about how things got so heated with his opponent leading up to their match at […]