Jeff “Big Frog” Curran is hands down a great WEC and MMA Fighter despite his last three fights being “L’s” on his record. Those last three fights have been against some top fighters though, as MMAJunkie states in their reports that Curran will likely face Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 42.
“The Big Frog” has dropped three straight contests to Benavidez, as well as featherweight champion Mike Brown and No. 1 contender Urijah Faber. While a three-fight losing streak would generally spell a release for most fighters, the quality of opposition Curran has faced – coupled with his performances in the bouts …read more

Nope, but it will be up for public auction. MMAWeekly reports:
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing dated Nov. 4, executives from Showtime Networks and parent company CBS Corporation announced that the assets of Pro Elite, Inc. would be sold to the highest bidder in a public auction scheduled for Nov. 17.

So there you go. Any chances of ProElite or EliteXC promoting any future fights are now in the hands of some one with a fat wad of cash. This is kind of strange seeing that just recently they told a few fighter’s managers that they would be promoting …read more

Seth Petruzelli’s win last night over hyped and undefeated street-fighter Kimbo Slice may have just KO’d CBS’s Elite XC. As their cash cow, Kimbo was not expected to lose last night…but he did and now things aren’t looking very credible for Elite XC. It’s ok with me though. I have yet to be able to watch Elite XC and really be in to it, especially after so many people called BS on Kimbo’s last win. Dan Wetzel at Yahoo! Sports said it’s "Final Curtain For The Kimbo Show", here are a few excerpts from Wetzel’s report:
It came crashing down …read more

So the teams are picked for Team Nogueira and Team Mir. They stand as follows:
Team Mir                               Team Nogueira
Krzysztof Soszynski 205            Ryan Bader 205
Vinny Magalhaes 205                Shane Primm 205
Elliot Marshall 205                    Kyle Kingsbury 205
Tom Lawlor 205                       Jules Bruchez 205
Junie Browning 155                  Phillipe Nover 155
Shane Nelson 155                    Efrain Escudero 155
Dave Kaplan 155                     John Polakowski 155
George Roop 155                     Roli Delgado 155
You may recall last week, Karn Gregoryan won over Elliot Marshall by split decision but Dana let him stay because Antwain Britt broke his hand. Karn Gregoryan suffered a broken nose during his match with Marshall and was replaced by Kyle Kingsbury, who …read more

In case you missed last nights Season Premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 8 here is the breakdown of the first 8 fights that took place. 4 Light-heavyweights and 4 Lightweights. It started off in the usual fashion as Dana White comes out to announce the usual. Just as he starts talking, Lightweight Phillipe Novar faints citing the Nevada heat as the culprit. Phillipe recovers and they get down to business and then introduce the coaches. You probably already know the coaches, Frank Mir and the current Heavyweight champ Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira. Dana announces that weigh-ins will be in 24 …read more