Houston Alexander was going in to UFC 98 with a ‘must win” situation. Now he’s sitting it out after suffering a broken hand. UFC.Com reports that his May 23rd fight with Andre Gusmao will obviously not happen and a replacement for Alexander has already been named.
Krzysztof Soszynski will fight Gusmao after coming off his recent win at UFC 97 over Brian Stann . Looks like Sosynski wants to make his name better known in the UFC…and get a paycheck while he’s at it.
Other replacements for UFC 98 are Chael Sonnen coming in to replace Yushin Okami , who tore his …read more

Wow, November is over all ready and the end of 2008 is right around the corner. Where the hell does the time go? We’ve seen some exciting fights this year and it can only get better…or can it? To me it seems that some promotions are shooting for "Super Fights" to draw cash instead of singing matches with people that deserve a title match. That’s nothing really new though, is it? Anyway, I have a few things and link of interest here for this end of the month wind-down.
First up, we saw an UFC and MMA Veteran lose his title …read more

Paulo Filho Vs. Chael Sonnen (non-title Middleweight bout)
Paulo Filho enter the ring to a lot of boos (and even more boos when introduced) and not looking in the best of shape. Sonnen showed some emotion during the pre-fight promo cuts and looked nervous and emotional coming to the ring. No title on the line due to Filho not making weight. Many say that this is unacceptable as a champion. Originally scheduled for 5 rounds, the fight was changed to a 3 round, non-title match.
Round 1 started with Sonne being the aggressor and throwing some punches but not connecting anything …read more

Paulo Filho Has weighed in for his first attempt to make the 185 limit for his upcoming fight tomorrow night against Chael Sonnen. Filho weighed in at 192, 7 pounds over the limit. He has two hours to cut the weight.
MMArated.com, where I first heard the story has doubts that he will be able to cut the weight and if he does not, then WEC officials will "decide how to proceed with the scheduled title fight." That is a lot of weight to cut and if he does make weight it will most likely effect him both physically and mentally …read more

In WEC
Besides the usual re-airs of WEC Wreckage, we have the delayed and another highly anticipated fight this week on November 5th. WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber will defend his Featherweight title against Mike Brown in Brown’s home state of Florida. Mike Brown who took up MMA for love of the sport has spent 13 years in the MMA circuit working his way up to the big time, televised world of MMA.

Any Urijah Faber fight will be a big draw. Why? Because everyone is waiting to see him lose. It’s not that they are hoping he loses, because they expect him to win. They wonder, like I do, when he will be dethroned and by who? There have been very few times that Faber came close to defeat…but not really close at all. Faber is an amazing fighter, but anyone that thinks that he can not lose is a fool. One day it will happen, it’s just a matter of time. Until that day we can expect nothing but intense …read more