“There’s a billboard of his big ugly gorilla face at the busiest point in Las Vegas … where it can scare kids who are riding by in their cars. Guess whose ugly head is on our billboard in Times Square? He’s a moron: A complete and total moron. His whole career, he’s stepped over a [...]

Drew Fickett — who was scheduled to fight Chris Lytle (22-14-5) — has been scratched from UFC 73 with an injury. His replacement, according to MMAWeekly.com and other sources, is Jason Gilliam (9-1).
Fickett replaced Jeff Joslin last month — the Canadian also had to withdraw from the bout because he hurt himself during training.
It is [...]

Panic struck this morning when a report surfaced that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua injured his knee in training and would possibly miss his Octagon debut at UFC 76 on September 22.
Fear not … the Brazilian is apparently well and fit enough to resume normal training, according to Tatame.com.
Here’s a snip (from a very rough Google translation):
“I [...]

From the HBO deal to recent PRIDE FC rumors to the showdown between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that may not happen, UFC President Dana White and four fighters answered wide-ranging questions today during the conference call to promote UFC 73: “Stacked.”
Sam Caplan over at FiveOuncesOfPain.com was on the call — along with other reporters [...]

Hard-hitting UFC light heavyweight Houston Alexander “hinted” that his next opponent would be none other than Forrest Griffin, according to Midwest.fighter.com.
Alexander “mentioned” that it was a “possible” match up at a recent appearance at an Omaha Fight Club show. Therefore, this should be treated as nothing but a rumor at this time.
However, it is an [...]

UFC President Dana White stated in a recent interview with The Gainesville Sun that he plans to bring more big shows to the Sunshine State — possibly as early as 2008.
Here’s a snip from White:
“We’re going to get all around Florida. I want to do a big pay-per-view down there real soon.”
Miami, naturally, and the [...]

“Shogun has injured his knee and could be out of his upcoming UFC appearance. We should know more on the severity of the injury in the next few days and whether or not it will have any impact on his fight schedule.”
– Prize UFC light heavyweight acquisition Mauricio “Shogun” Rua injured his knee and is [...]

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season three middleweight winner Kendall Grove (8-3) will take on TUF 4 185-pound finalist Patrick Cote at UFC 74: “Respect,” on August 25, according to MMAWeekly.com.
Cote also confirmed the bout on a recent Underground forum post.
Grove defeated Alan Belcher in his most recent bout via submission at UFC 69 in April. [...]

UFC President Dana White announced Tuesday on ESPN’s “The Hot List” that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (22-5-2) will face Cheick Kongo (10-3-1) at UFC 75 on September 8 in London, England.
This is official confirmation of a report that we passed along earlier about the match up.
Cro Cop will look to rebound from one of the [...]