Trailer for TUF 8 Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir

Here is a clip of TUF 8 which premieres Sept.17, Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.

EliteXC has confirmed fights and location for July 26 CBS telecast

CBS and EliteXC announced today that the next CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS will be live from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Ca. Saturday, July 26 on CBS. The four-fight broadcast will be headlined by the highly anticipated rematch between "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (15-4) and Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith (13-4) for the EliteXC Middleweight Championship. There will also be two more titles at stake as Jake Shields (20-4-1) will take on Nick "The Goat" Thompson for the vacant EliteXC Welterweight Title and "Bigfoot" Antonio Silva (10-1) will contend for the EliteXC Heavyweight Crown, but an opponent is yet to be announced at this time. And the hometown favorite Nick Diaz (17-7) will take on Thomas "Wildman" Denny (26-16).

It has also been announced that the undercard portion of the event will be given on Showtime at 8pm ET. An hour before the CBS 9pm ET telecast which could feature Shayna Baszler (9-4) and/or Wilson Reis (4-0).
Nelo

Randy Couture makes another prediction run to your bookie.

Randy Couture made another fight prediction, this time for the upcoming UFC 86: Jackson Vs Griffin card on July 5. He picked one time TUF 1 cast mate Forrest Griffin to beat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The last time Couture went on record to make a prediction he ended up on a three fight upset streak of correct picks. So as the title says run to your bookie now Couture may go on another roll again and help you pay your rent this month.

“Forrest is training at Extreme Couture and he’ll have a great chance
against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. It is going to be a superb fight. Forrest
has a war spirit and will get into the octagon and do his best performance.
Both fighters like to hit stand-up, Forrest improved Wrestling and his Jiu
Jitsu is good. Robert Drysdale and other Jiu Jitsu guys came to the team
and helped him a lot. Quinton is an excellent athlete, has heavy hands, and
he is explosive. These factors make the fight more attractive.”

5 more UFC fights rumored or confirmed.

Karo Parisyan (18-5) is still rumored to be facing Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2) at UFC 88: “Breakthrough” in Atlanta which is becoming a stacked card very quickly. We reported this rumor sometime last week but the rumor is getting a bit more persistent and we should be hearing confirmation for this fight soon. This would be Karo's first fight since losing to Thiago Alves at UFN 13 by TKO, a fight which derailed his welterweight championship hopes again. Karo will probably look forward to be getting back on track right away with a win under his belt. His opponent "Zenko" Yoshida is coming off of a win in his Octagon debut over Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver by submission. A fight in which "Zenko" put "The War Machine" on "Power off" by putting him to sleep.
*Still rumor and speculation*

"Do you Like Cofee Beans?"
Tamdan McCrory (8-1) and Luke Cummo (6-3)have been rumored since last month to be fighting at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy, now that fight was officially announced and confirmed. McCrory is coming off a loss to Akihiro Gono by Armbar almost 9 months ago and a long layoff to focus on finishing college before returning to the Octagon. Officially announced*

Another former IFL fighter Andre Gusmao (5-0) will make his Octagon debut at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. Gusmao who was rumored at to fight at UFC 81 has signed with the UFC. Gusmao will make his debut against Tomasz Drwal (14-2) who has not fought since losing to Thiago Silva in a standup battle last year at UFC 75: Champion Vs Champion. Both of these fighters are young and may steal the show in attempting to make a name for themselves in the undercard which as of late has had some great fights. Hopefully if there is another great T/KO or finish we will get to see it as well. Officially announced.
Two more fighters were officially announced yesterday for UFN 14 on July 19. Former IFL stand out Rory Markham (14-4) will face submission expert Brodie Farber (13-3), both fighters will be making their Octagon debuts. This adds another fight to help round out the always growing UFN 14 card that will take place on Spike for free the same night Affliction "Banned" will air on PPV for $39.99.

Brad Blackburn (12-9-1) Vs James Giboo (11-2) at UFN 14 according to UFC.com.
UFC.com
"The 30-year old Giboo (11-2) got his start training with UFC vet Josh Neer, and since his pro debut in 2004, he has made his own name with an aggressive attack that has ended all of his fights in the first or second round by submission or TKO. Not too bad for a school teacher with six college degrees and who is currently working on his Masters in Education Administration."

12-9-1 with 1 no contest as a pro, Blackburn may have the most deceptive record in MMA today. Another IFL veteran, who went 4-2, with 1 no contest in the organization and who holds wins over UFC vets Chris Wilson and Jay Hieron, Blackburn is coming off a knockout of Delson Heleno in April, and he wants to prove he belongs in the UFC."

Mark Hunt at Dream 5

If you look really good in the right hand side of this poster, I know its not the clearest, but Mark Hunt is on the Dream 5 poster. The former Pride and K-1 star has not been seen in the ring since his loss to Fedor almost 2 years ago. Lets hope Dream makes all the Pride fans hopes of seeing Hunt fight again come true.

Boondock's Highlights, the greatest I have ever seen.

The Picasso of MMA higlight videos is at it again Boondock of Boondockvideo.wordpress.com is at it again most if not all MMA fans know his highlight videos as stuff of legend. For those who have never seen these its a treat to be able to publicize and share them with you today. This is the second time I have put them up due to problems with Megavideo's player I have put them up with the flash player instead. So enjoy them up top is The legendary Furious Angels Video and on the bottom is Hurt. So enjoy if this is your first time viewing them.