Episode 4 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 gets underway and since the show is titled “Punk” I immediately recall last week’s preview of Junie Browning imploding.
The gang starts out watching UFC 84 and (surprise) Junie and Shane Nelson start playing a two-piece ensemble using 80-proof equipment. Browning then convinces himself in the confessional that […]

Company president Dana White today confirmed via Yahoo!Sports.com the three top main card bouts for the UFC 92 year-end mixed martial arts bonanza on December 27.
We’ve already known about the solid match ups for quite some time, but let’s quickly recap what we can expect on New Year’s Eve weekend for those who may need […]

Episode 3 of The Ultimate Fighter 8 is underway and with a title like “Demons” I can only hope they’re referring to a fighter’s haunted past and not a Beelzebub inspired rendition of an old Rigor Mortis classic.
With the preliminary fights out of the way, the 16 contestants get delivered to the TUF barracks for […]

Episode 2 of The Ultimate Fighter 8 is underway and it lives up to its title “Down to Business” when right after the recap of Episode 1 we roll into the fifth lightweight elimination fight. Coaches Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira are cageside as well as UFC President Dana White.
Lightweight elimination #5: Wesley Murch […]

Season eight of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is officially off and running as episode one opens with a group of 32 mixed martial artists all poised to rumble there way onto the final roster.
The episode begins with the usual starstruck contestants wandering around the practice gym until Phillipe Nover realizes Ken Shamrock was actually […]

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Props: “MMA Live” on ESPN.com
Quoteworthy:
“I don’t have Fedor being in the top … I don’t have him above B.J. Penn, St. Pierre. I think that if all those guys weighed 155 pounds, that Fedor can’t beat B.J., he can’t beat Georges St. Pierre, and that’s what pound for pound means. It means that if they […]

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Event: UFC 92
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main event:
265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira () vs. Frank Mir ()
Under card:
205 lbs.: UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin () vs. Rashad Evans ()
205 lbs.: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (28-7) vs. […]

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Quoteworthy:
“The mood of rivalry between us is getting strong. We see each other here all the time, and I’ve known his game for awhile. Ever since he submitted Roberto Traven at the UFC, in 2001, he’s been known. But you’ll see: I’m going to be all over him standing, I’m better than him both […]