PRESS RELEASE:In celebration of UFC 100, the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, along with Reed Exhibitions, today announced the launch of UFC Fan Expo, a two-day fan exposition of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) activities starting Friday, July 10th and leading right up to the start of the historic fights on Saturday, July 11th. UFC Fan Expo will take place inside the Mandalay Bay Convention

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Nate Loughran, who trains at the NorCal Fighting Alliance with Dave Terrell, has been granted his release from the Ultimate Fighting Championship. According to manager Tom Call, the separation was amicable."Nate is going to drop to the 170-pound division (he was competing at 185 pounds) and is going to take a couple of fights in smaller show," said Call. "If successful, we expect him back in the

In an exclusive interview with MMAInsider on Friday, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said he was very excited about the "Shamrock vs. Diaz" press conference on Thursday, particularly Nick Diaz's bird-flipping theatrics. Backstage, Diaz apologized to Coker afterwards, saying Shamrock "just got under his skin." But to the promoter, early fireworks couldn't have been a bigger present.Coker has met with

PRESS RELEASE:The SHOWTIME Mixed Martial Arts announce team, led by play-by-play broadcast veteran Gus Johnson, Mixed Martial Arts experts Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros and MMA legends Frank Shamrock and Pat Miletich will combine to create one of the most experienced and versatile groups in the history of the sport. The announcement was made today by Ken Hershman, Senior Vice President and

A new fascinating book Ultimate Conversations: The Baddest Fighters On The Planet reveals exclusive interviews with 25 of the top MMA fighters. The sport of mixed martial arts, in particular the UFC, has penetrated the defenses of the mainstream media and has been embraced by millions of fans globally.Lately there's been a plethora of tomes culminating on the sport, from biographies to

There will be no "March Badness" for Ken Shamrock.The 45 year-old UFC Hall of Famer tested positive for three different types of steroids on Wednesday, drawing a yearlong suspension from the California State Athletic Commission and a $2500 fine.Shamrock was scheduled to fight former WWE star Bobby Lashley on March 21 in Pensacola, Fla., on the Roy Jones Jr. boxing/MMA hybrid "March Badness."But

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The UFC's German invasion has shaped up quickly, with the bulk of the June 13 fighters confirmed in less than a month.More than half the fighters on the card are either foreign-born or based outside the US, with one fighter, Peter Sobotta, bringing in the hometown crowd as a resident of Balingen, only 272 miles, or 438 kilometers, from the 20,000 seat Lanxess Arena in Cologne.The UFC recently

Now, if you just jump into the press release below, you might be asking yourself, "Why the hell is this on an MMA site?" Well, the reason is because the casting producer for the TV series below told MMA Insider that they have a special interest in casting an MMA-related family for the show. "I am a casting producer seeking families or siblings who train together or own a company that is in the

Icy Mike, a.k.a. Mike Imber, says details of Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson's new deal with Strikeforce continue to hold the fighter back from a possible May booking. Communicating with MMAInsider via text, Slice's manager said things were still being ironed out with the San Jose-based promotion. "It's really tough to say at this point," wrote Imber. "We've gotta sort out details before any (fights

Beckett Media's David Lee and Tracy Hackler break open a box of the 2009 UFC Topps trading cards, talking about and displaying the various styles of trading cards included in this new series.

With a month to go before Strikeforce makes its promotional debut on the Showtime Network, they are holding a Kickoff Press Conference on Thursday, March 12 at the Avalon Hollywood in California that is open to the public. Fans are welcome to come out and meet many of the Strikeforce fighters.

ESPN MMA Live co-host and UFC No. 1 lightweight contender Kenny Florian shows how to employ a heel hook submission.

There were two fights at UFC 96 on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio, that took to extremes two of the most debated issues in refereeing in mixed martial arts: stopping fights too early and stopping fights too late.The night's opening bout -- between Shane Nelson and Aaron Riley -- was widely believed to have been stopped well before it should have. Riley was knocked down, but was already back

The UFC rolled into Columbus, Ohio this week to make its third straight stop on the same weekend as the Arnold Sports Festival.UFC 96, headlined by a bout pitting former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton Jackson against Jackson's MMA fighter Keith Jardine, was another resounding success. Attendance for UFC 96 was announced at the post-fight press conference to be 17,033, accounting for a gate