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With a nagging leg injury putting his Strikeforce lightweight title defense in jeopardy, Josh Thomson (16-2) got the official word on Thursday. He'll be replaced by Japanese fighter Mitsuhiro Ishida (18-5-1) on the Aug. 15 "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" event against interim champ Gilbert Melendez (15-2). Thomson was removed from the card after failing to pass a medical because of an injury he suffered to his leg earlier in the year. During a training session in April, Thomson broke his leg ... Read More

Josh Barnett's manager, Shannon Hooper of Excel Sports Management, made a press release available to the media to address her clients current situation with Affliction and the "positive" steroid test result by the California State Athletic Commission. Barnett tested positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone by the CSAC, who then turned around and refused to issue the fighter with a license to compete in California for his upcoming "Affliction: Trilogy" fight with WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. This left the organization scrambling to ... Read More

During a press conference today, UFC President Dana White made several big announcements. The one most fans were hoping for did not materialize as White stated many times during the press call, "we did everything to make a Fedor Emelianenko deal happen." The UFC and Emelianenko's camp could not come to terms because neither side would budge on "co-promotions". White said that co-promoting with M-1 was "impossible, it'll never happen." He did note that the deal is not dead ... Read More

For FULL video go to http://tinyurl.com/mu329j FOX Fight Game with Mike Straka, Round 2: Kimo Leopoldo opens up about rough road from early days with the UFC to today. Read More

Another day is over and still no deal has been completed by the UFC or Strikeforce that would bring the top ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko into their respective organization. More details have become available regarding the deals offered by the UFC as well the one offered by Strikeforce to the Russian and his manager. Jonathan Snowden provided more details of that UFC contract through the RingPsychology.com blog site: Read More

Gegard Mousasi discusses his upcoming title fight with Babalu and being part of the new EA Sports Video Game. He talks about Fedor's character in the game and if he can be beaten. Read More

ESPN has announced that they will broadcast the UFC in the UK starting with UFC 101 Penn vs. Florian. “ESPN’s aim is to serve UK and Ireland sports fans by bringing the very best of both domestic and international live sport to their living rooms. We are delighted to add UFC, TOP 14 ORANGE, the leading French Rugby Championship, the Australia Football League, EuroBasket and DTM to our growing portfolio of live sport.” ESPN’s exclusive rights will see the channel air all ... Read More

Special guest Rashad Evans joins the hosts of MMA Live as they talk about the fall of Affliction, the future of Fedor Emelianenko, and Tito Ortiz. Read More