http://www.loudside.com/mma/ The latest news from Loudside.com http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19523 Tue, 20 May 2008 22:58:58 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19523 According to an email sent out today by the UFC, the Brock Lesnar Vs. Mark Coleman match will not be headlining UFC 87: Seek And Destroy as previously thought. An announcement on the main event is expected to be made soon.... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19522 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:54:57 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19522 James Irvin has suffered a broken foot and has been forced to withdraw from his fight with Rashad Evans at UFC 85, Luiz Cane has been lined up to take his place in the fight. UFC 85: Bedlam takes place on June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, England.... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19521 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:52:15 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19521 Aleksander Emilianenko vs. Paul Buentello has been officially added to Affliction's first ever MMA card, which is set to take place on July 19th. Titled 'Affliction: Banned', the event will air live on PPV from the Honda Arena in Anaheim, CA.... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19520 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:48:47 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19520 A match-up between heavyweights Cheick Kongo and Dan Evensen has been added to UFC 87. Kongo is coming off a split decision loss to Heath Herring at UFC 82, and Evensen will be making his UFC debut. UFC 87: Seek And Destroy takes place on August 9th at the... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19079 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:13:54 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19079 With a knee injury forcing Mauricio "Shogun" Rua to step down from his scheduled fight with Chuck Liddell at UFC 85, Rashad Evans has been announced as Rua's replacement. Liddell and Evans will meet at UFC 85: London on June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, ... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19064 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:31:17 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19064 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has reportedly re-injured the ACL in his left knee, the same knee that Rua recently had surgery on to repair a similar injury. "Shogun" was set to met Chuck Liddell in the main event of UFC 85 on June 5th in London, England. The UFC i... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19051 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:54:48 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19051 It was announced last night during UFC 82: Pride Of A Champion that recent UFC Hall Of Fame inductee Mark Coleman will be taking on Brock Lesnar. No date has been set for the matchup, but Coleman mentioned that he will have five months to train for the fig... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18789 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:29:01 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18789 UFC Fight Night Live 13 has already begun to take shape. Confirmed matches for the card so far are: Kenny Florian Vs. Joe Lauzon Stephen Bonnar Vs. Matt Hamill Karo Parisyan Vs. Thiago Alves Clay Guida Vs. Samy Schiavo Din Thomas Vs. ... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18759 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:21:42 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18759 UFC 85 appears to already be taking shape, with Tito Ortiz confirming that he will be taking on Lyoto Machida at the event. UFC 85 is set to take place on May 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Making the match-up even more interesti... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18758 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:17:13 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18758 Cage Rage has announced that Ken Shamrock Vs. Robert "Buzz" Berry will headline it's Cage Rage 25: Bring It On event on March 8th in London at Wembley Arena. Other match ups on the card are: Jean Silva Vs. Masakazu Imanari Gary Turner Vs. Mu... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18757 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:02:56 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18757 The rumored card for UFC 84 has been released and is as follows: UFC Welterweight title fight Matt Serra Vs. Georges St. Pierre Rich Franklin Vs. Travis Lutter Evan Tanner Vs. Yushin Okami Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen Mac Dan... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18756 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:55:02 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18756 The planned match up between David Heath and Tomasz Drwal at UFC 81: Breaking Point has been cancelled due to Drwal suffering a knee injury. Unlike in the past, the UFC will not find a replacement for Drwal, leaving the card to feature just eight bouts.... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18755 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:50:42 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18755 Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski will make his long awaited return to the octagon at UFC 82: Pride Of A Champion. An official opponent has yet to be named, but it is rumored that he will be taking on Jake O'Brien. Arlovski... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18754 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:40:43 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18754 Fabricio Werdum, who scored an impressive TKO win over Gabriel Gonzago this past weekend at UFC 80: Rapid Fire, has been deemed the #1 contender for the UFC heavyweight title. Werdum will challenge the winner of the Tim Sylvia/Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira figh... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18753 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:30:23 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18753 Bob Sapp Vs. Jan "The Giant" Nortje has been announced as the main event for Strikeforce's upcoming 'Strikeforce At The Dome'. The event will take place on February 23rd at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. In other news, Bob Sapp has stated publicly tha... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18570 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:32:04 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18570 Tickets for UFC 82: Pride Of A Champion will go on sale Sunday December 30th at 10AM ET / 7AM PT. The event, which will be headlined by UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva vs. Pride Middlewight champion Dan Henderson, takes place on March 1st at the N... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18481 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:30:15 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18481 Forrest Griffin has been named as one of the coaches for season 7 of the UFC's Ultimate Fighter series on Spike TV. Griffin was named the #1 contender for the UFC lightheavyweight title following his win over Mauricio Rua at UFC 76 in September. UFC l... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18480 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:54:35 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18480 Sean Sherk has been stripped of the UFC lightweight title due to a positive steroids test result. The test was taken following Sherk's succesful title defense against Hermes Franca in July. Sherk had appealed the test results to the California State Athlet... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18370 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:01:43 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18370 The next challenger for current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was revealed last night during the post UFC 78 news conference. Dan Henderson will challenge Silva for his title at UFC 82, which is set to take place March 1st in Columbus, OH at the... http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18368 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:30:19 PST http://www.loudside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18368 The UFC has signed another former Pride stand out, agreeing to a deal with Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. UFC President Dana White had the following to say about Sokoudjou: "Sokoudjou is an explosive athlete with heavy hands and great judo who is coming of...