Over the weekend, The Fight Network announced that it has landed exclusive rights to air the one hour under card portion of the July 19 Affliction: “Banned” pay-per-view (PPV) event on its network. The Fight Network’s president and CEO, George Burger, made the announcement at a press conference held at the MMA Expo in Toronto, […]

Former UFC champion Randy Couture ventured north of the border to Toronto this past weekend to promote the opening of the seventh installment of his namesake gym, Xtreme Couture, and the first of its kind in Canada.
Xtreme Couture in Toronto is massive — 33,000 sq. ft. and boasts a full health club, yoga and […]

Former Hardcore Championship Fighting (HCF) co-owner Dave Houshiar is back in business with a co-promotion between Alberta-based Legacy Fighting Championships and his own Raw Combat company, according to MMACanada.net.
This news was released by the Fight Network awhile back; however there was some confusion regarding the particulars, so we went straight to the source and interviewed […]

Xtreme Couture — the mixed martial arts (MMA) training facilities that are affiliated with none other than Randy Couture — is breaking ground in Canada with the opening of a 33,000 sq. ft. facility in Toronto’s west end.
The grand opening is scheduled for May 31.
The state of the art facility is loaded with a 14,000 […]

“The Road Warrior” will not be on the road to London, England, at the O2 Arena on June 7, according to MMAWeekly.com.
Goulet has to turn down a 170-pound bout, which was never made official, against undefeated English welterweight Paul Kelly.
The report indicates that Goulet pulled out due to undisclosed health concerns. However, over at […]

Martin “Hitman” Kampmann’s record in the UFC is a solid (3-0) with wins over Crafton Wallace, Thales Leites and Drew McFedries.
His winning performances in the middleweight division earned him a shot against Rich Franklin back at UFC 72: “Victory” in June 2007. The fight was supposed to determine the number one contender to face UFC […]

Rich “No Love” Clementi played spoiler for many Canadian fans at UFC 83: “St. Pierre vs. Serra 2” with his tough split decision victory over Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout. The shower of boos from some 21 000 fans didn’t phase Clementi, in fact it did the opposite.
Here’s a snip:
“Being booed pumped me up […]

Jason “Dooms” Day came through with a big win in his UFC debut at UFC 83: “St. Pierre vs. Serra 2,” dominating Alan “The Talent” Belcher to score a standing technical knockout victory in the first round back on April 19.
He landed his four-fight contract with the UFC after his controversial split decision win over […]

We’re not going to get them, according to the Quebec Boxing Council.
The official sanctioning body for the region has declared them confidential, which is not uncommon for major pay-per-view (PPV) events that take place outside of the United States.
In fact, Texas, New Jersey and Colorado, among other states often don’t reveal fighter salaries like Nevada, […]

UFC 83: “Serra vs. St. Pierre 2″ had it all: Record attendance, quickest sell-out, crazy fans and from what I can ever remember, the first ever 30-24 scorecard.
Of course, the dubious score was one of the three given in the unanimous decision for Nate Quarry over Kalib Starnes in a fight that has ignited a […]