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Nick Diaz, is at it again, missing a required CSAC piss test for Saturdays Strikeforce “Carano vs Cyborg” fight aginst Jay Heiron. Diaz was scheduled to take a pre-fight drug test tonight in order to get licensed and no showed. Caesar Gracie stated Wednesday that Diaz would appear for the test tonight in Sacramento. Neither Diaz [...] - [Read more]

Representing Showtime, Frank Shamrock sits down with Gina Carano and Randy Couture to talk about training for upcoming Strikeforce “Carano vs Cyborg” event next Saturday, August 15th.

Roy Jones Jr., when asked what he thinks about the UFC’s production “I love it, I love it, no doubt I love it” When asked about Anderson Silva, “Anderson Silva’s a true entertainer and he’s the best at what he’s doing”

M-1 needs some star power for its ill fated M-1 “Breakthrough” event on August 28, so the promotion has decided to put on an if exhibition match instead. Fedor Emelianenko will take on Gegard Mousasi in a exhibition sparing fight. The whole event was recently moved from LA to the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, [...] - [Read more]

FOX Fight Game with Mike Straka: Dana White talks about the Anderson Silva and the BJ Penn vs Kenny Florian fight. Also the BJ Penn and Anderson Silva “Your the Best” video - [Read more]

wec 42 quick results Brian Bowles defeats Miguel “Angel” Torres via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:57 in round one Dominick Cruz defeats Joseph Benavidez via unanimous decision, (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Danny Castillo defeats Ricardo Lamas via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:15 of round two Takeya Mizugaki defeats Jeff “The Big Frog” Curran via split decision, (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Leonard Garcia [...] - [Read more]

Wonder where Forrest Griffin ran off to after his UFC 101 loss to Anderson Silva? Rumors of Griffin breaking his jaw started to come out, I heard his jaw was dislocated very early in the fight…then he took several more punches to the jaw. Apparently he can’t hear out of the ear on that [...] - [Read more]

Dana White UFC 101 Video Blog – Dana and Lorenzo go to a Philadelphia Phillies game, The Weigh-ins, and Tito and Dana kiss on film.

UFC 101 “Declaration” on August 8th from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Headlining the card is two great match-ups, first BJ Penn will defend his UFC lightweight belt against TUF 1’s Kenny “KenFlo” Florian. Also, Anderson “The Spider” Silva steps up a weight to take on Forrest Griffin in the nights co-main event. CageToday.com will have [...] - [Read more]

WEC 42 “Torres vs Bowles” – Sunday August 9th from the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

MAIN CARD

Miguel Torres (134) vs. Brian Bowles (134) [t]
Joseph Benavidez (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135)
Danny Castillo (156) vs. Ricardo Lamas (155)
Jeff Curran (136) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (135)
Leonard Garcia (145) vs. Jameel Massouh (146)
Fredson Paixao (145) vs. Cole Province (146)
Marcus Hicks (159)* vs. Shane Roller (156)
Phil Cardella (155) vs. Ed Ratcliff (155)
John Hosman (135) vs. Rani Yayha (136)
Rafael Dias (145) vs. Diego Nunes (145)
L.C. Davis (145) vs. Javier Vazquez (146)

Marcus Hicks missed weight on his first attempt, both camps agreed to a catch weight (159), he will be fined 15% of the fight purse.

Announced today during a UFC conference call today, Randy “The Natural” Couture will return to the cage to face Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Not Portland, OR)

The winner will be named the UFC heavyweight champion and take on the winner of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir. Nogueira is still considered the UFC interim heavyweight champion after defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 81 “Breaking Point”.

UFC 91 was rumored to take place in Portland, but the UFC is apparently called on its base city of Las Vegas to host the return of Randy Couture.

For More on UFC 91, check out our UFC Rumors section.

Yahoo Sports is confirming that the UFC-Couture battle could be coming to an end at 3pm EST when the UFC is expected to announce Randy Couture will return to the UFC again to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 on November 15th from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Dana White, President, Ultimate Fighting Championship® will hold a media conference call today to make a major UFC announcement. The conference call will take place today, Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 3pm ET/12Noon PT.

If the rumors hold true, UFC 91 would likely break PPV records with two big draw fighters and the huge amount of media attention the UFC-Couture legal battle has sparked over the past year.

UFC President Dana White’s latest installment of his UFC 88 Video blog. Dana White bring in star power bringing in special guests David Spade and Mandy Moore.

UFC light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva looking to get back in the cage in December.

Interview with UFC light heavyweight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Rua is expected to return to the CAGE at the end of the year.

Preview to UFC 88 “Breakthrough” on Sept. 6 from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

After the public airing of KJ Noons statement to the media, Nick Diaz’s camp responds with a point by point rebuttal to statements made by Noons on the team run website GracieFighter. Some of these are classic, GF- 1) Earth to KJ; you don’t have a boxing career. No one in the boxing world knows who you [...] - [Read more]

Rumored by many sources, but confirmed by the Wrestling Observer, is that former UFC heavyweight champion Randy “The Natural” Couture is in negotiations with the UFC to possibly return and fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 in Portland, OR.

Dave Meltzer confirms the news:

A source close to Randy Couture has confirmed today that Couture is in negotiations with UFC for a new three-fight deal which would end the nearly nine month legal battle between the two sides.

If the deal is closed, and the source said they are hoping to conclude negotiations and announce the match sometime within the next week, Couture would face Brock Lesnar on 11/15, most likely in Portland, Oregon.

Couture was said to be hoping that if everything went well, the next two fights could involve Fedor, Nogueira, and/or Chuck Liddell. However, all previous hangups involving Emelianenko and UFC remain.

UFC 91 is set to take place in Oregon, Couture’s former home state. Couture lived in Oregon as he trained for the Olympics as an alternate on the US Greco-Roman wrestling team. After his wrestling career ended he served as a strength and conditioning coach at Organ State University before establishing the legendary MMA “Team Quest” with partners Dan Henderson and Matt Lindland.

Brock Lesnar vs. Cheick Kongo in the works:

source inside Kongo’s management team has informed MMARated.com that UFC officials have offered Kongo a fight against Brock Lesnar for either November or December.

If the UFC wants me to fight Lesnar, I’ll do it for sure….He showed confidence in his standup striking and completely dominated Heath Herring….. I try to never underestimate any of my opponents but there’s really nothing that worries me too much with Brock Lesnar. I know it could be a tough fight, but, you know, I train hard and I will be ready for this one too. I am hungry.

Comedian and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan documents his trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota for UFC 87.

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