Gabriel Gonzaga (8-2) will fight Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) in a heavyweight bout at UFC 80 in Newcastle, England, according to GracieMag.com.
Here’s a snip:
“… Marco Alvan, leader of Team Link [Gonzaga’s training camp], confirmed today exclusively … that the battle between the black belts will take place….”
It’s a match up that already happened back at “Jungle […]

UFC President Dana White and majority owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Lorenzo Fertitta, will today hold an online press conference at 1 p.m. to address the recent resignation of UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture.
Here’s the snip:
“Dana White, UFC President and Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC co-owner will hold a press conference Tuesday, October 30, to […]

[ February 2, 2008; 10:00 pm; ]
Event: UFC 81: “Breaking Point”
Date: Saturday, February 2, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main event:

Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (30-4- 1) vs. Tim Sylvia (24-3) for interim UFC Heavyweight Championship

Main card (televised):

Hvywt.: Frank Mir (10-3) vs. Brock Lesnar (1-0)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (25-7-2) vs. Jeremy Horn […]

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MMAmania.com — not UFCmania.com — is the new destination for all of our readers and fellow mixed martial arts fans. This change is more of a preventative measure and will in no way shape or form effect our coverage, […]

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Quoteworthy:
“Boy, there’s a lot of people I wouldn’t mind fighting. Bisping or Hammil, either one. You know, the two top guys from their season. And now Jardine probably wants a rematch with me, and I’m happy to do that. I want a rematch with Rashad. Houston Alexander looks tough; he’s been destroying everyone. This […]

“If somebody had somebody out there, like say Anderson Silva, that needed to get beat up, I’d be more than happy to step in the ropes and take him on. I think that would be a great match up stylistic wise…. His striking is, I think, the best in MMA. I don’t think anybody else […]

Yoshihiro Akiyama dropped Denis Kang — a top middleweight mixed martial artist — with a crushing uppercut at “HERO’S Korea 2007″ over the weekend.
Kang is often discussed here at UFCmania.com and elsewhere as being a mandatory addition to the not-so-stacked UFC 185-pound division. In fact, the American Top Team standout recently opted to fight in […]

Today is the one-year wedding anniversary of Randy and Kim Couture. Keeping with the paper tradition, the Couture’s have spent the weekend exchanging defenses against the onslaught of UFC sympathizers.
The Xtreme Couture MMA blog was peppered with posts from Randy defending (among other things) his agent “Hollywood” Matt Walker.
Walker was verbally abused by UFC […]

It may be a few years past its expiration date but it’s still going to be the fight that settles it once and for all at UFC 79: Who really is better, Chuck or Wandy?
Part 1 of 3 courtesy of Boondock.

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