MMA News & Rumors

"I get the feeling Hopkins lashed out at the UFC and MMA like he did because he knows nobody under the age of 35 cares about boxing any more. It must be hard to accept for people of his age, he has dedicated his life to a sport and now it is being eclipsed by something more exciting — the UFC." (The Sun)

Dutch heavyweight Gilbert Yvel has been given another chance to fight in Nevada. After a face-to-face meeting Friday with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, he was given a one-fight license to compete in the Silver State. (MMA Weekly)

Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley (22-8-2) is set to fight Carlos Condit at UFC 108 on January 2nd, it was confirmed to Fighters Only today. (Fighters Only)

I think I pose a bigger problem than anybody in the UFC for BJ. We saw Kenny press him, but Kenny had the wrong game plan. GSP had a perfect game plan—take him down in the middle of the cage. When BJ is up against the fence, he might as well be on his back because that’s how natural and relaxed he is. He can stand there on one leg. The guy is part ballerina. To neutralize that, you have to take him down in the middle of the cage to take his feet right out from underneath him. (Tapology)


“I definitely want to get back to what I used to do, because one thing about myself is that I fell in love with the power,” said Evans. “I fell in love with the fact that I could take somebody and just completely lay ’em out still... but I’m not a stand-up fighter. My thing is, I’m a wrestler. That’s what I do. I wrestle.” (MMA Weekly)

A lightweight contest between Tyson Griffin (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and Jim Miller is (15-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is currently in the works for UFC 108 in Las Vegas. (MMA Junkie)

Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua has turned down a fight at DREAM 12 in Japan because he is helping his brother Shogun (Mauricio Rua) prepare for his title shot against Lyoto Machida in the UFC. (Fighters Only)

FEG President Sadaharu Tanigawa and DREAM Event Producer Keiichi Sasahara recently released a sneak peak at the roster they are currently working on that includes fighters such as Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto, Bob Sapp, Tim Sylvia, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kiyoshi Tamura, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Hideo Tokoro and Hong Man Choi. (Bloody Elbow)

Gerald Harris (13-2) is easily one of the best middleweight prospects currently outside of a major promotion. He was a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter Season 7, defeating Mike Madallo to enter the house. He was abruptly defeated by Amir Sadollah in the second round to end his chance for UFC stardom. Before the show, the Oklahoma-native went 5-0 before running into the stiffer competition that the International Fight League (IFL) offered. He dropped a controversial split decision to Fabio Leopoldo and lost inside the first round to the heavy-handed Benji Radach. (Bloody Elbow)

Undefeated welterweight wrecking machine “Relentless” Roger Bowling has become the latest in a wave of cream of the crop prospect signings from Strikeforce. (5 Oz's)