Welterweight contender Karo Parisyan has apparently earned a title shot in six or seven months if he wants to wait, according to a recent interview on PunchDrunkGamer.com.
“People are talking about that [a fight with Jon Fitch], I don’t know. The deal is I think I already have a title shot if I want to wait. [...]

Updating earlier reports, UFC President Dana White and UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture have met to discuss the future of “The Natural.” There is nothing concrete to pass along in terms of how the discussion went at this time.
In fact, White offered vague statements such as “Stay tuned” and “We’ll see what happens next.” More [...]

Dave Meltzer from WrestlingObserver.com throws out a juicy nugget in the recent print publication of his newsletter:
UFC 80: “Rapid Fire”— not UFC 81 as speculated — could air for FREE on the CBS network rather than pay-per-view (PPV) if a deal can be hammered out in time. It seems that The Writers Guild of America [...]

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Quoteworthy:
“Hi folks, I`m inaugurating this space so that we can exchange ideas and for you to know what is going on to me. Here in the United States the training is hard, I`m fully devoted to the show ahead for you. I’ve been training an average of 4 hours a day. I`m training in [...]

“Actually I have been training jiu-jitsu with Bob Shermer, who’s one of the best jiu-jitsu guys in the world. Just for some reason during this bad, bad period I was in the ring I totally just spaced off all of what I’ve learned during those three months. It’s not like I don’t know any [...]

UFC.com is reporting that Wilson Gouveia (9-4) will fight Jason Lambert (23-6) at UFC 80: “Rapid Fire,” setting up a light heavyweight showdown that was supposed to happen at UFC 76: “Knockout” back in September.
The original match up was postponed because Gouveia suffered a severe nose break training for the bout. Now [...]

UFC welterweight fighter Josh Koscheck appears in the music video “I Get It” from Chevelle that debuts today on MTV2.
Here’s a message from his MySpace:
“The video ‘I get it’ is premiering today, Thursday November 29, on MTV2! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT UFC FIGHTER JOSH KOSCHECK IN THE VIDEO … The video will play [...]

If you didn’t like the puppy post then maybe this bit of breaking news will quell the rebellion:

Then again … maybe not. Today is just dumb fun.

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Quoteworthy:
“Leonard (Garcia) is such a great fighter and a strong guy, but he walks around at like three pounds over weight. He had to eat the morning of the weigh-ins the last time. We’ve got to bring him down a weight class where he’s going to be more effective…. We talked after [...]