Episode five of The Ultimate Fighter 7 begins with a recap of Matthew Riddle helping Coach Rampage and the rest of Team Blue get off to a frigid 0-2 start.
Tim Credeur pays a visit to Riddle after the fight and congratulates him on a close fight – and then inexplicably offers to buy him an [...]

Quoteworthy:
“Nobody wanted [Redbelt] in Hollywood except for Sony Classics. I think it was my third or fourth film for them, so they said, “Yeah, sure.” I talked to everybody in Hollywood and said, “If you don’t get it, look at the demographics. This is the hugest demographics in the world of young [...]

Jonathan Goulet (22-9) will face undefeated welterweight Paul Kelly (7-0) at UFC 85: Bedlam which takes place at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7, according to a report from Canada’s TKO Extreme.
Goulet is riding a two-fight winning streak after a recent TKO stoppage of Kuniyoshi Hironaka at UFC 83. Prior to that [...]

Kevin Iole has an interesting article over at Yahoo Sports in which he compares the recent salaries from a boxing and UFC event(s). With all the scuttlebutt stemming from the Randy Couture lawsuit and other deposed fighters, it’s interesting to see how the two stack-up.
From Iole:
I called the Nevada Athletic Commission and got the payment [...]

It took two fights for Shinya Aoki to defeat the uber-talented Gesias “JZ” Calvancante in the DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix – and he doesn’t even get to advance to the next round for his efforts.
The “Tobikan Judan” was first injured against Calvancante in their initial meeting at DREAM 1 back in March when an illegal [...]

(Thanks to MMAmania.com reader “Roy” for the assist.)

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) yesterday released the final card for its biggest event in the organization’s history at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on June 1.
The blockbuster event will feature two title fights along with the return of former champions “Razor” Rob McCullough and Chase Beebe.
Here’s the final line up:
Main event
WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah [...]

Props: The Sun
Quoteworthy:
“The fight [with Chris Leben at UFC 85] was offered to me the day after I fought Charles McCarthy [at UFC 83]. There wasn’t a single moment of hesitation from me. Not a single breath. Chris has put himself back into the mix at middleweight and if I want to [...]

When former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell was forced off the UFC 85 card with a hamstring injury, the organization scrambled to find a main event-worthy bout to take the place of his scheduled showdown with Rashad Evans at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Several possible fights were discussed, including a middleweight tilt between former [...]