MMA News & Rumors

“I want to take the skills that I’ve been working on and keep building on those and stack them on like building blocks... making every fight even better and better and going in there with new tricks and these are the things that I’ve refined because I love to hear those words from (Joe) Rogan and (Mike) Goldberg saying, ‘man, this is the best Nate Quarry we’ve ever seen.’” (MMA Weekly)

Former WWE superstar and rising MMA phenom Bobby Lashley recently opened a gym in Denver, Colorado under the American Top Team banner. Fitting the theme of the high altitude training that Colorado offers, the gym is appropriately named "ATT Altitude!" "If you know any fighters looking for a training facility ala Big Bear and a great strength and conditioning coach, tell them to look no further," stated Lashley's manager, Greg Bloom. Lashley himself is expected to be back in action within the next couple of months. (Fighthype)

“What people know about me in general when I fight, I come to fight. You gonna knock me out, I’m gonna knock you out,” said Slice during the July interview. “That’s what I’m coming to do. I’m not trying to be cool with you right now. I’m not trying to be your boy right now. Right now, it’s me and you and that’s my mentality when I fight. People can relate to that, because when I’m done and out of that cage, I’m back having a beer with this guy, sitting down with this guy, just back to being me.” (Sherdog)

“Nothing’s more powerful than a loss,” said Cantwell. “No one wants to lose fights; I know I don’t want to lose fights. Coming off of a loss I’m a dangerous dude and Brian Stann is going to see that.” (MMA Weekly)


UFC president Dana White guaranteed Tuesday that the UFC will secure a network television deal by Sept. 15, 2010. (Fanhouse)

“This fight is for more than just the featherweight title,” WEC GM Reed Harris said. “For Mike Brown, a win establishes him as the best featherweight fighter in the history of the sport. For Aldo, who is just 22 years old, this fight could mean the start of an Anderson Silva-like dominant reign.” (Fighters Only)

Nogueira, a former PRIDE and Affliction fighter, enters the organization with a five-fight win streak, which included a dominant TKO victory over notable and recent UFC signee Vladimir Matyushenko at a January Affliction show. He's widely regarded as one of the world's top-15 205-pound fighters. (MMA Junkie)

The UFC is likely to return to Dublin, Ireland on Saturday January 16th 2010, Fighters Only has heard from a source in the Irish capital. (Fighters Only)

Hermes Franca: I don’t know. I think I can be able to fight long enough. I just have to respect my body. I think I got my injury because I fought like nine times in 2006. I have never fought nine times in a year – hard fights. I fought for the title. I fought like nine times in twelve months. I think I was hurting my body. If I am able to fight three times a year, four maximum, I think I can be able to fight many years. (MMA Mania)