Two of the UFC’s most exciting and talented lightweights — Spencer Fisher (19-2) and Hermes Franca (17-5) — will face off in the Octagon on January 25 for the right to challenge Sean Sherk (31-2-1) for his 155-pound title, according to InsideFighting.com.
Here’s a snip from Franca’s manager in the article:

“All the paper work is done […]

After losing to Chuck Liddell for the second time at UFC 62 back in
August, we haven’t heard much from UFC Light Heavyweight Renato
“Babalu” Sobral (27-6).
Until recently.
The Brazilian will compete against Misha Cirkunov in a special
TUFF-N-UFF submission wrestling match tomorrow night at the Southpoint
Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It does not mean that he is […]

An exclusive presale for UFC 67: “All or Nothing” tickets at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, is currently underway for UFC Fight Club members.
If you’re not a member, the UFC will offer another presale tomorrow (December 29) beginning at 10 a.m. for newsletter subscribers. Even if you don’t get the emails, […]

Virtually overnight, the UFC has overhauled its once soft heavyweight division.
Reports from two of the most reliable mixed martial arts sources — Sherdog and MMAWeekly — indicate that the acquisition of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic is all but a done deal. We just have to now sit and wait until December 30 to get final […]

As if I don’t get all the UFC-related information one person could handle reading news clips, checking out MMA Web sites, and dipping into various forums, the next four days will be chock full of UFC programming on SpikeTV and PPV.
It’s sad to say, but I’ll watch every second of it all.
Most, in part, is […]

We joked earlier that a photo with mixed martial arts heavyweight stallion Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (21-4-2) — and soon-to-be free agent — rocking a UFC sweatshirt was either a sick joke or the sign of even better things on the horizon for the UFC.
Well, according to breaking news from Sherdog.com, it appears that Dana […]

Former The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season four contestant and welterweight finalist Chris Lytle (22-13-5) will fight Forrest Petz (12-3) at UFC Fight Night 8 on January 25, according to MMAWeekly.com.

He also confirms the fight on his MySpace page:

My next fight is tentatively scheduled for Jan 25th on SPIKE TV against Forrest Petz. I’ve been training […]

There are just so many news stories and interviews leading up to a monster event like UFC 66 that it will be impossible to share each one separately in this blog.
So, we are going to stockpile and update them here right up until 10 p.m. EST on December 30.
We’ll refer back to this post often […]

The “Savage Dog Show” has a nice interview with UFC welterweight Diego Sanchez (17-0).
It delves into his victory over Joe Riggs (25-9) at UFC Fight Night at Miramar and what it means for the future of the 170-pound division.
Of course, the discussion snowballs into a possible championship fight with Georges St. Pierre (13-1) on April […]

Back in November, former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6) sent out a plea through MySpace for help building a Web site.
Here’s a snip:
I need a website to tell the story, and begin this new journey.
I need someone to help me put up my website. I’ve got the domain name and the space reserved. I […]