On the shelf for the past eight months because of management issues, Brandon Vera is close to getting the green light to return to action, according to a recent feature on SportsNet.ca.
And he’s chomping at the bit to compete at least twice before 2007 expires to make up for lost time.
Here’s a snip from “The [...]

“He [Griffin] is a great fighter and very complete. He’s very strong and doesn’t make a lot of mistakes in his fights. I believe it will be a great fight for MMA fans. My training is going very well. I’m training boxing and Muay Thai; I want to show the American people that my Muay [...]

Christian Wellisch (7-3) is in talks to fight Justin McCully (8-3-2) at UFC 76: “Knockout” on September 22, according to a UFCmania.com source.
While no bout agreements have been signed at this time, we have learned that the two heavyweights will more than likely clash at The Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
“The Hungarian Nightmare” is looking [...]

Grand Theft Title 2 – Saitama City
(Thanks to UFCmania reader “Mike Fed” for this clip and others.)

Props: CBSSportsline.com
(This photo was taken right after his win over Pete Spratt at UFC Fight Night 10 — a fight that “Barncat” predicted in the pre-fight promos would end with the “Secret Weapon” getting beat up by a nerd. Gotta love it.)

“You have a Golden Retriever. Michael Vick is in the news due to the dogfighting scandal. What do you think of dogfighting? Being an animal lover, especially of dogs, I am totally against dogfighting or any form of hurting an animal. I think it’s a really cruel form of entertainment and it really disgusts me [...]

PRIDE FC Lightweight Champion Takanori Gomi wants to fight one more time before the year is out. The only problem (for UFC fans, anyway) is that those plans do not include and eight-sided cage.
Instead, the Japanese star prefers to remain in the “Land of the Rising Sun” and compete in organizations such as Hero’s, Shooto [...]

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“At the moment we are in negotiations with a number of organizations who have put offers on the table. I’ll be blunt in saying that the UFC offer is the most financially attractive one. However they are very harsh in their terms and are not very flexible in actually negotiating them. Fedor has now been [...]