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After a long and strenuous team season, the International Fight League is now set to begin crowning champions in five different weight divisions with its 2007 World Grand Prix, which is set to take place on Nov. 3 at the Sears Centre in Chicago. What was once a promising card full of the IFL’s...

LOS ANGELES – Phil Baroni looked morose as he exited his hearing with the California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday. His suspension of one year had been reduced to six months, but his name was not cleared. “It feels like a loss to me,” Baroni told reporters. “I’m convicted of using...

Step inside Frank Shamrock's (Pictures) San Jose, Calif. gym, where the Strikeforce middleweight champion gave Crave Online's Chris Laughter and Josh Zitter exclusive access. Take a tour with Sherdog.com as Shamrock walks you though his private boxing facility and displays his technique for...

EliteXC on Wednesday announced that Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson’s opponent for Nov. 10 in Corpus Christi, Texas has been changed from Mike Bourke to Bo Cantrell. Bourke apparently had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury according to EliteXC President Gary Shaw. “We tried all the way through...

EliteXC President Gary Shaw on Wednesday announced the addition of two new weight classes for the promotion on a conference call promoting the Nick Diaz versus KJ Noons Nov. 10 world title fight on Showtime. "We'll have 150- and 160-pound divisions," Shaw said, adding to a list of weight...

No one was more excited by the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s official announcement that Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva would finally fight at UFC 79 on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas than Liddell himself. "I'm very excited," the former light heavyweight champion told MMAWeekly.com. “I've been...

Phil Baroni (Pictures), who tested positive for boldenone and stanozolol metabolites following his submission defeat to Frank Shamrock (Pictures) on June 22 in San Jose, has had his suspension reduced from one year to six months, the California State Athletic Commission ruled on Wednesday...

As EliteXC's first year as premium cable's only MMA attraction draws to a close, company president Gary Shaw and a host of athletes sat in on a telephone conference Wednesday to discuss EliteXC: Renegade, a Showtime offering set for Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. EST. Of the attractions slated for the...

UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk (Pictures) will wait two more weeks to hear his fate after the California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday decided to recess the 155-pound Octagon ace's hearing until November 13. Sherk, 34, was set to go before the CSAC Wednesday morning to dispute...

The dispute between Randy Couture (Pictures) and Zuffa over his departure from the UFC has brought the terms of UFC contracts to the forefront of the MMA industry. At a news conference Tuesday in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White steadfastly refused to discuss the terms of Couture's...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Tuesday announced the full fight card for UFC 78: Validation scheduled for the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Nov. 17. In addition to the previously announced main event between former “Ultimate Fighter” winners Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping, the...

Team Link has become a breeding ground for some of the best talent around the world of mixed martial arts of late. With fighters such as Gabriel Gonzaga helping to build the foundation along with head trainer Marco Alvan, top competitors such as Paulo Filho have stepped up and called the team...

LAS VEGAS – Heavyweight champion Randy Couture abruptly resigned from the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Oct. 11. He followed up with a press conference from his Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas on Oct. 25 detailing the reasons for his resignation. “This was never a money issue,” he said...

At UFC 77, the promotion announced the official signing of highly sought after heavyweight, Brock Lesnar, who gained much fame and notoriety after a career in the WWE and is now set to debut in the Octagon, likely in early 2008. Rumors circulated for months who might land the services of the...

Undefeated World Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion Brian "The Mad Stork" Schwartz (18-0) will step in the cage for the first time in his 16-year professional fighting career to face Lemont Davis (8-4) in a 175 lb. limit matchup during the Strikeforce "Four Men Enter, One Man Survives" mixed...

GracieMag.com is citing sources within Team Link in Massachusetts as stating that Gabriel Gonzaga will fight for the first time since losing to Randy Couture at UFC 74 in August in a heavyweight clash against Fabricio Werdum at UFC 80 this January in New Castle, England. If the report is...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Din Thomas, well-known in the Ultimate Fighting Championship world, was arrested Tuesday after police say he ran “illegal cage fighting” matches at a local training studio that he runs, a police spokesman said. Thomas, 31, faces a felony prohibited competitions charge after...

One of the most talked about fights in MMA history has finally been signed as Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell are set to meet in the Octagon on Dec. 29 at UFC 79. Silva and Liddell are at critical points in their respective careers with both coming off of back to back losses and a third would...

Shungo Oyama defeated Carlos Newton in R3 in 2′40 by tap-out. Marcelo Garcia lost to Kim Dae Won in R2 in 20 seconds by TKO (doctor stoppage). Katsuyori Shibata lost to Heo Min-Seok in R2 in 1′31 by KO. Poai Suganuma defeated Bernard Ackah in R1 in 3′05 by submission. Lee...