Cheick Kongo on Heath Herring:

Heath Herring on Cheick Kongo:

The field of 20 fighters for UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” have all tip the scales for the pay-per-view (PPV) event tomorrow night from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
For those who didn’t catch the Internet broadcast we have the UFC 82 weigh-in results below:
185 lbs.: Anderson Silva (185) vs. Dan Henderson (184.5)
265 lbs.: [...]

And the winner is … “Henderson” from MMAmania reader Dan.
It certainly wasn’t easy, however, judging this contest. We received more than 500 submissions and I looked at every one of them — it took way longer than I thought it would.
But it was well worth it because there were some good laughs. Below we’ve put [...]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit entries in our most recent UFC 82-themed “Motivator” contest.
I’m going to go through them again this afternoon and select the winners. Expect an announcement later on today.
In the meantime, make sure that you have set up a BetUS.com account through this link. We’re going to need [...]

UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” is set for tomorrow (Saturday) evening on March 1 from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Remember: MMAmania.com will provide LIVE updates and blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary of the main card action throughout the telecast. As usual, it promises to be a great discussion during an amazing line up of fights.
To [...]

Props: NBC.com
Quoteworthy:
“Omarosa says she tried to focus their ad to Redbook’s audience, but that they had no ‘concept.’ Omarosa blames Tito and Stephen for this failing. Trace sticks up for Omarosa and holds Tito accountable for the team’s loss. Trump asks Tito who he would exonerate and he says that Omarosa worked the hardest. Trump [...]

EliteXC has agreed to allow Eddie Alvarez to compete in the DREAM lightweight grand prix that is being held in Japan on March 15, according to FiveOuncesOfPain.com.
Alvarez — who has one fight to his credit under the EliteXC banner and is one of its brightest young talents — will take on Andre “Dida” Amade [...]

Bye-bye, Mickey.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today announced during the UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” pre-fight press conference that Bud Light will become the exclusive beer sponsor of the promotion, beginning with UFC 84: “Ill Will” on Saturday, May 24.
It’s a three-year deal that will also include the Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) promotion.
Here’s a [...]

All the talk in the past 24 hours about CBS — a major television network — beaming EliteXC mixed martial arts bouts into tens of millions of homes nationwide in a primetime slot have today been confirmed.
ProElite — the parent company of EliteXC — issued a press release that reveals a multi-year deal has been [...]