At the UFC post fighter presser for last night’s “Evans vs. Machida” event, UFC President Dana White officially announced his company’s plans to return to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the first time in over three years for UFC 104 on October 24, 2009.
The Zuffa-owned mixed martial arts promotion first invaded Kobe […]

A fantastic welterweight match up between the last reigning Cage Rage and International Fight League (IFL) 170-pound champions, Paul “Semtex” Daley (21-8-2) and Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (17-4), has been added to the Affliction 3 card, rumored for August 1 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. according to MMAFanhouse.
Hieron is currently enjoying a five […]

The Mark Cuban-owned premium satellite and cable network, HDNet, could be pulled from all Time Warner cable packages as soon as May 31, 2009, according to MMAFanHouse.
The report indicates that the network and the second largest cable company in the United States are having a hard time coming to terms on a new carriage agreement.
What […]

The championship fight is now set for Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight tournament following the promotion’s seventh event in a twelve part series earlier tonight at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.
The two men who were victorious in tonight’s final four match ups that will meet sometime in the next five weeks with $100,000 and the […]

The San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion Strikeforce will unveil its brand new “Challenger Series” — which focuses on up-and-coming talent — tonight live from Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., at 11 p.m. ET on the premium cable network Showtime.
The featured main event for Strikeforce: “Challenger Series 1″ will be a lightweight battle between […]

The field of 18 fighters set to compete on tonight’s (Friday, May 15) Bellator Fighting Championships VII card at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Ill., recently tipped the scales for the official fighter weigh ins at the nearby Hotel Sax.
All of the athletes hit their respective marks, including the four men who will mix it […]

Event: WEC 41: “Brown vs. Faber II”
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 9 p.m. ET on the Versus Network
Location: Arco Arena in Sacramento, California
Main event:
145 lbs.: Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown (21-4) vs. Urijah “The California Kid” Faber (22-2)
Main card (Televised):
145 lbs.: Jose “Junior” Aldo (14-1) vs. Cub Swanson (13-2)
155 lbs.: James Krause (10-0) vs. […]

Strikeforce will unveil its brand new “Challenger Series” tomorrow night (May 15) at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The design is to give up-and-coming talent on the Strikeforce roster a chance to show what they can do in front of a live audience on the premium cable network Showtime.
The main card action will […]

Bellator Fighting Championships 12-part weekly tournament series is set to continue tomorrow night (May 15) with its seventh event at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.
As always, the action will air via tape delay 24 hours later on the Spanish version of The Worldwide Leader in Sports, ESPN Deportes.
The card will feature the semifinal match […]

Former WEC bantamweight champion Eddie Wineland (14-6-1) has suffered a right elbow injury and has been forced to withdraw from his 135-pound contest against Frank Gomez (6-1) at WEC 41: “Brown vs. Faber 2,” according to NWI.com.
It’s one that he has apparently had issues with in the past.
Here’s a snip from him:
“It’s a recurring injury. […]