The next three days are going to be real fun to be a mixed martial arts fan:

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The official weigh-ins for the Elite XC primetime special “Saturday Night Fights” are set for tomorrow (Friday, May 30) at 2 p.m. ET OUTSIDE the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Be sure to bring the Kevlar.
Bad jokes aside, the event, which is located at 165 Mulberry St. in Newark (just two blocks from Newark Penn Station), […]

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Check out the latest video trailer for UFC 85: “Bedlam” at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7 after the jump.

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Elite XC will stream the undercard fights for free LIVE on CBSSports.com for all those hardcore fans who want to watch every bit of mixed martial arts action from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on May 31
The streaming video is expected to begin airing around 7 p.m. ET. If you’re interested be sure […]

“EliteXC is a desperate promotion that’s hemorrhaging money. It’s willing to sell anything, even a false portrait of its sport, to succeed. Kimbo is a guy with unexpected and most likely fleeting earning potential; understandably he’s willing to cash in even if it means tomato-can opponents and an image so unfortunately stereotypical. CBS is so […]

Kevin Burns (4-1) will make his Octagon debut at UFC 85: “Bedlam” at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7, stepping up on short notice to take on Roan Carneiro (12-6) in a welterweight tilt, according to UFC.com.
Burns replaces an injured Ryo Chonan — no specific details of the injury were revealed at […]

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Quoteworthy:
“Me going to somewhere else is 100% happening…. Later on after the fight was over, I was sitting down going over the loss, I think that’s when it really touched me that that’s going to be my last time walking out for the UFC. It’s really hard to say, but the president, the way […]

It’s another battle of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) contestants as season six alumnus Matt “No Regard” Arroyo (3-1) is scheduled to face season seven’s Matt Brown (6-6) on The Ultimate Fighter 7 finale at The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, June 21, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET […]

It’s quarterfinal time and Forrest has to decide who to corner since the first round is teammate vs teammate (blame Forrest for going 6-2 in the preliminary matches) but he can’t / won’t decide so it comes down to the science of the coin toss.
Two will stay at home and train with the rest of […]

It was a great night of fights … just ask Donald Trump:

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