After 9 months of hell for those of us who love Randy Couture, it appears that we are nearing the light at the end of the tunnel. Dave Meltzer is reporting that Randy Couture is close to a 3 fight deal with the UFC that would see him fight Brock Lesnar ...

The California State Athletic Commission has announced that they will announce that at least one fighter from the Stockton EliteXC Event and the Affliction Banned Event tested positive for a banned substance. While most of the fighters have already been cleared, here who we haven't heard the official word from:...

On Josh Barnett's Myspace, he blogs about Afflictions Request for Pay Cuts: "-Straight from the mouths of my friends Tom Attencio and Todd Beard; No one is being asked to take a pay cut. They would never ask anyone to take a pay cut and don't intend to. Tom was ...

Zuffa presents the most exciting week in fights starting at 9pm on Saturday on Versus with WEC 35 and ending on Saturday the 9th at 10pm on PPV with UFC 87. While July 19th may have been the single best night in MMA History, we love it because of our ...

The Daily Pilot is reporting: "A Huntington Beach woman who was more than 16 weeks pregnant and who police said was injured in a hit-and-run crash with mixed martial artist Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on the 55 Freeway two weeks ago has had a miscarriage, her fiance said Friday. Holli Griggs, 38, ...

Rear Naked News is reporting "that Randy Couture and his legal representatives are planning to meet with top officials from the UFC early next week. The meetings hope to work out an amicable split, which will end the months of legal action by both sides." What does this mean to ...

Please email MMALIVE@espn.com. I am not sure who is emailing, but they clearly don't realize what the game is about. Watch and get Fired Up.

FiveOuncesofPain is reporting that: "... proposed main event for Affliction’s second-ever show on Oct. 11 between WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski appears to be off for the time being. A reliable source speaking on the condition of anonyomity revealed to Five Ounces of Pain that Emelianenko has been ...

Outside the Lines ran this story last weekend, and the video was published on the 20th. If you haven't heard about it yet, its very interesting to see. Having an 7 week old in my house and being a fan, its certainly crossed my mind about what her desires will be ...

Anyone who knows me knows I am really excited about the UFC 97 event thats right around the corner. I am really glad to hear these interviews. Courtesy of ESPN, here are the GSP and Fitch Interviews....

National Geographic is doing a documentary on Mixed Martial Arts. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/fight-science/3048/Overview NG will analyze the unique fighting styles of legendary UFC champions like Randy Couture, Bas Rutten, Tito Ortiz and Dean Lister. Compare their strengths, advantages and limitations.     ...

IFL officially sold: July 25, 2008 "IFL Senior Vice President of communications ,Joe Favorito, announced today to The Fight Network that his company has indeed been sold and will cease operations on July 31st. While the new owner is still a mystery to the media, the original rumor that it's ...

If you didn't know ESPN has created a show that most of us fans are really happy about. We all would love to see this will College Game Day, and NFL Live even if it was just for the 30 minutes a day those others shows are for.

It was rumored a few days ago that UFC 89 would not air on PPV but rather on Spike TV. For the record Sprawler said this to me over a month ago when the Leben-Bisping fight was announced. He thought there was no way that the headliner would have enough ...

Dana White is doing it to us again. What will the Announcement be? Will it be another dissapointment? Will it be the big deal everyone expected before? Here's the word from Pro MMA: "Tonight on UFC Unleashed, a commercial aired that said during the cable TV premiere of UFC 84 this ...