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Thursday, Nov 12

Quinton Jackson goes on a ‘Rampage’ in Playboy’s 20 Questions

On making the switch from wrestling to mixed martial arts: “I met one of my favorite wrestlers at a hotel when I was wrestling in the state championships. I can’t say who it was, but I asked him for an autograph, and he was kind of rude to me. Then I saw him signing another kid’s autograph as he was l...

Monday, Nov 9

UFC 110: Stephan Bonnar vs Krzysztof Soszynski in the works for Feb. 21

While Bonnar’s contributions to the sport before, during and after his run on The Ultimate Fighter will probably keep him from being unemployed anytime soon, dropping three straight could be a major blow to his marketability as a fighter.

Thursday, Oct 29

Behind the scenes video from The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 11 tryouts

TUF 11 will feature middleweight and light heavyweight fighters and is expected to debut in Spring 2010. TUF 11 will feature middleweight and light heavyweight fighters and is expected to debut in Spring 2010.

Wednesday, Oct 28

TUF 10: ‘The Aftermath’ now available on Spike.com (Episode 7)

In case you didn’t get your fill of Episode 7 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 last night (Oct. 28), the UFC and Spike.com are presenting “The Aftermath,” a 15-minute Webisode that airs immediately following the show on Spike.com. “The Aftermath” will recap the previous show, as well as get in...

Sunday, Oct 18

UFC 105: Ross Pearson ready to fulfill his dream on Nov. 14

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 9 lightweight winner Ross Pearson anticipates making his second appearance inside the Octagon when he takes on Aaron Riley at UFC 105 from the Manchester Evening News (MEN) Arena in Manchester, England, on Nov. 14. Pearson bulldozed his way through A.J. We...

Saturday, Oct 17

UFC Fight Night 20: Efrain Escudero vs Nik Lentz in the works for Jan. 11

Escudero bested season favorite, Phillipe Nover, via unanimous decision at TUF 8 Finale to capture the 155-pound crown from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 13. The collegiate wrestling standout continued his winning ways when he floored the venera...

Friday, Oct 9

TUF 10 ratings fall for week four — but still strong enough to outdraw MLB playoffs

Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), as expected, delivered a ratings bonanza when it finally managed to get former YouTube brawler and Elite XC star Kimbo Slice inside the Octagon on episode three. The Ultimate Fighter 10: 1.1 Million New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins: 948,000

UFC 108: Dan Lauzon vs Cole Miller possible for Jan. 2

Lauzon — the younger brother of current UFC lightweight and The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 alum Joe Lauzon — has strung together an impressive eight-fight win streak since suffering back-to-back losses more than two years ago (Spencer Fisher and Deividas Taurosevicius).

Thursday, Oct 1

Rumble at the Rhino: Wes Sims wants trilogy match with Frank Mir … anywhere

Where do we begin. Octagon veteran and current contestant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10, Wes Sims, talks about wanting a third and final fight against former interim heavyweight champion, Frank Mir, sometime in the future. Sims bragged (incorrectly) on the first episode of the show th...

Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 ratings are ’staggering’

UFC President Dana White made a revised prediction that episode three of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10, which featured a heavyweight showdown between Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice, would attract a staggering 6 million viewers on Spike TV.

Jesse Taylor vs Luke Rockhold in the works for Strikeforce: ‘Challengers’ 4 on Nov. 6

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 finalist turned castoff, Jesse Taylor (13-4), and fast rising Strikeforce prospect, Luke Rockhold (5-1), are scheduled to meet at Strikeforce’s fourth “Challengers” event, which is slated for the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., on Nov. 6. “JT Money” rece...

Roy Nelson: Referee Herb Dean was afraid to stop the Kimbo fight and lose his job

The Ultimate Fighter 10 contestant Roy Nelson sounds off on the first round of his fight against special attraction Kimbo Slice during episode three of the Spike TV reality show. “Big Country” had the former YouTube brawler trapped in a crucifix and while the damage inflicted was compara...

UFC 107: DaMarques Johnson vs Edgar Garcia on tap for Dec. 12

Up-and-coming welterweights DaMarques Johnson (9-7) and Edgar Garcia (7-1) have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 107 from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., on Dec. 12, according to Five Ounces of Pain. After defeating Ray Elbe by technical knockout to make the final cut for Team U.S. on Season...

Kimbo Slice: I’ll beat Roy Nelson next time around

Props: Inside The Ultimate Fighter Quoteworthy: “I fought Roy with caution. I did go for the kill one time, but I knew to be careful because Roy will bait you, that’s how good he is. He can look rocked, but the minute you go in for the kill, shwoop! You know what I’m sayin? He’s a smart [...]

Wednesday, Sep 30

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10: Episode 3 recap and discussion

Episode three of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 10 is now underway with Kimbo being reflective about his relationship with God and butchering the use of the term “Oxymoron.” He also explains the difference between his “enemy” and “inner me.”

Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson video from The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 …

… on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET is just a handful of minutes from now. It’s the moment of truth. We’ve been going back and forth in various threads all week about the possible outcome. Now let’s hear what you have to say in this official “Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson” discussion thread. Sound off, Maniacs. [...]

Wednesday, Sep 23

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10: Episode 2 recap and discussion

Episode two of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 10 is now underway and we start off with a shot of some tombstones, which I can only assume were put there to represent Rampage’s UFC career. Speaking of fighters on life support, “special attraction” Kimbo Slice muses about his short term fu...

Wednesday, May 27

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9: Episode 9 recap and discussion

Episode nine of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 gets underway and Coach Dan Henderson breaks the news to Team USA that Jason Pierce went limp and won’t be fighting Dave Faulkner from Team UK. Dana gets called in to find a suitable replacement and interviews Mark Miller and Frank Lester. Dana has...

Wednesday, May 13

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9: Episode 7 recap and discussion

Episode seven of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 gets underway with a Team UK training session and Dave Faulkner is doing the worm. Somewhere in Westbrook, Maine, Scott Garland is suing for royalties. The cameras poll some of the Brits and they all concur that Dave can win it all because he excel...

Tuesday, May 5

Strikeforce Challengers announces June 19 event from the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington

NEW YORK (May 5, 2009) — Strikeforce mixed martial arts (MMA) will return to Washington State in style when it visits the all-new ShoWare Center in Kent with a Strikeforce Challengers series event on Friday, June 19. Already enlisted for the card are lightweight fan-favorite Jorge Gurge...

Tuesday, Apr 7

Ultimate Fighter 10 tryouts in Seattle attracts former NFL players and hundreds more

More than 250 aspiring mixed martial artists from the heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight divisions, including three former NFL football players, piled into the Marriott Seattle Airport Hotel in Seattle, Wa., yesterday in hopes of landing a spot on the tenth season of “Th...

Thursday, Mar 19

Complete roster for UFC Undisputed 2009 video game revealed

Lightweights: BJ Penn (WW), Sean Sherk (WW), Kenny Florian, Roger Huerta, Joe Stevenson, Mac Danzig, Nathan Diaz, Spencer Fisher, Tyson Griffin, Gray Maynard, Thiago Tavares, Joe Lauzon, Rich Clementi, Mark Bocek, Hermes Franca, Frank Edgar and Efrain Escudero (DLC).

Monday, Mar 9

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) cast revealed for Season 9

Welterweight: With less than one month until its Spike TV debut on April 1 at 10 p.m. ET, the full 32-member cast of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 has been revealed via Yahoo Sports. This season will feature a mix of lightweight and welterweight prospects who will compete in a tournament-style...

Sunday, Jan 25

Canadian phenom TJ Grant signs four-fight UFC contract

Canada’s best kept secret may soon be revealed. MMAmania.com has confirmed with King of the Cage (KOTC) and TKO Major League MMA veteran TJ Grant that he’s signed an exclusive four-fight contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Fit Plus standout is expected to make his U...

Sunday, Dec 14

Opinion: The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale recap and final thoughts

I wouldn’t say it was a night of underdogs at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Live Finale, but I’m pretty sure I saw Simon Bar Sinister handing out bottles of Pure Distilled Shrinking Water. Not to mention it’s on a card that also features Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson vs. Wa...

Friday, Dec 12

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale predictions, preview and analysis

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale is set to go down from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, December 13. The television event airs LIVE on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET. Remember: MMAmania.com will provide LIVE updates and blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary...

Wednesday, Nov 12

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8: Episode 9 recap and discussion

Episode nine of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 is now underway and the first few minutes are spent analyzing the recap of Kaplan vs. Nover, with special attention to the self-professed ‘idiotic’ gameplan of Dave Kaplan - which consisted of seeing how many Filipino fists it took to render him...

Monday, Oct 6

Podcast: Seth Petruzelli: Elite XC ‘didn’t want me to take’ Kimbo Slice down

Not like it matters now, but Elite XC fighter Seth Petruzelli talks about the promotion “hinting” to keep his fight against Kimbo Slice this past Saturday night standing rather than to try and take the street brawler to the ground. He ended up ending the fight standing in just 14 seconds. “Th...

Friday, Jun 20

Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale predicitions, preview and analysis

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 Finale is set for tomorrow (June 21) LIVE from the The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s a three-hour Spike TV special that will air at 9 p.m. ET. The mission: Forecast which fighters will leave the Octagon with their hands raised d...

Wednesday, May 21

The Ultimate Fighter 7: Episode 8 recap and discussion

Forrest turns out to be a man of his word and lets Amir Sadollah shave his head for winning his fight (and their bet) from last week. To add insult to injury, Rampage is waiting outside and gets his revenge on Forrest with a super-soaker. Amir Sadollah vs. Matt Brown

Friday, Apr 18

Ultimate Fighter Paul Bradley to Elite XC

One man’s neck herpes is another promotion’s treasure. It seemed a little strange a few weeks back when Paul Bradley (6-0) signed a contract to fight under the Elite XC banner. At the time he was still a middleweight contestant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 for the UFC. Then I saw the new forma...

Monday, Nov 12

Tryouts for UFC Ultimate Fighter 7 set for N.J. on Nov. 19 (Middleweights)

The first wave of open tryouts for season seven of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is set to take place at the Newark Airport Hilton Hotel in Elizabeth, N.J., on Monday, November 19 at 8 a.m. It seems UFC President Dana White and production executives for the mixed martial arts reality series that ai...