A welterweight title fight between Nick Diaz and Jay Hieron at this weekend’s Strikeforce show has been scrapped because Nick Diaz didn’t show up for a drug test. The California State Athletic Commission revealed over the weekend that Diaz hadn’t shown for a Friday test and gave him a new Monday deadline. But Diaz didn’t show and the fight was called off.
Why did Nick skip out on the testing? Because he knew he would fail. Nick has never kept his pot smoking a secret and has paid for it several times in his career. In 2007 he was suspended for …read more

Two days ago we passed along info that Josh Barnett had been busted for juicing and his fight against Fedor Emelianenko had been canceled. Now I have more bad news for you: the entire Affliction Trilogy event is dead. And unlike the Kimo news from yesterday, this is for sure … word came out this morning that fighters were being contacted and Affliction president Tom Atencio released a statement an hour ago saying the following:
“Finding an opponent for the No. 1 ranked MMA heavy weight champion in such a short period of time was a huge endeavor and I’m thrilled …read more

Many people see a big muscular guy and comment, “Wow I wouldn’t want to fight him.” As intimidating as stronger individuals may seem, strength translates to ability to fight as much as skinny means you can’t fight. It’s true brute strength is a great advantage in a skirmish, but because so many weight lifters neglect other facets of training, they’re lacking beyond muscles.
I’ll use Matt from Operacion Repo as an example again. Here’s a video of Matt in action:
As is the case in the video, Matt’s first reaction is almost always to wind up and push as …read more

Inside Fitness, the number one selling fitness magazine in the country of Canada, recently featured Georges St-Pierre on its cover. St-Pierre is a mixed martial arts star who is currently the UFC welterweight champion.
In this edition, which is the August/September issue, there is a definite UFC theme. St-Pierre, who is from Canada, gives the fitness magazine an in-depth look at his training program that has allowed him to become a UFC star. There is also a lengthy interview with Greg Jackson, one of the most famous and successful UFC trainers.
Other information in this Inside Fitness issue is information about changing …read more

While Gina Carano was in New York City preparing for a press conference to promote her upcoming fight against Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos, her ex-boyfriend was in Las Vegas making all sorts of interesting comments about her.
Kit Cope is a kickboxer and mediocre MMA fighter who’s best known for an appearance on MTV’s True Life and a run in the WEC that ended with a positive test for steroids. Actually, that’s not really true. Kit is best known for being Gina Carano’s ex … they were actually engaged at one point.
Now don’t ask me why he did this, because I don’t …read more

Michael Bisping’s UK team might have swept the Ultimate Fighter finals but it was Dan Henderson who got the last laugh on Saturday night at UFC 100. For the first round of their fight he stalked Bisping and threw huge right hand bombs that kept the British fighter retreating. For his part, Bisping looked more like one of TUF team than it’s coach and was unable to respond with more than a few anxious jabs. In the second, the route continued until Henderson landed a power shot that sent Bisping to the canvas, out cold at 3:20 of round two.
There …read more

We’re less than a week away from UFC 100 and that means it’s time for the UFC’s Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights series on Spike TV! A few months ago the UFC set up a voting system so that you could pick your favorite fights – well, so long as your favorite fights don’t include former UFC fighters that have fallen out of favor with the bosses like Tito Ortiz and Frank Shamrock. Now the results have been tabulated and the 5 part series debuts tonight at 9PM EST.
Here’s the schedule to catch these shows on Spike:
Sunday July 5th / 9PM …read more

Bob Sapp didn’t manage to get a single offensive move off against former WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley at last night’s “Ultimate Chaos” event in Mississippi. Repeating a similar strategy from earlier fights, Lashley immediately shot in and took Sapp down. For the next three minutes Lashley attempted to ground and pound his opponent out, finally getting a tap at 3:17 of the first round.
Bob Sapp came into this fight at a relatively svelte 322 pounds – a big drop from his typical 375 pounds. Here I was hoping that this meant he was finally starting to take his training seriously …read more

Tim Sylvia wasn’t always hugely unpopular. Up to the point in 2006 when he won the UFC heavyweight strap for the second time, he had amassed a 21-2 record with 16 wins coming via KO or TKO. Then something happened: he became a guy who would rather keep you on the outside with his jab than slug it out with you. Several stinker decisions later and the UFC happily released him from his contract to seek out ‘greener pastures’.
A fight with #1 heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction’s first event earned Tim a phat 800,000 bucks but also an embarrassing 30 …read more

Those debating how well Kimbo Slice will do on the Ultimate Fighter haven’t had much information to work with one way or the other. Without knowing who he’s going up against, how can you assume he’s going to fail or succeed? But now the full 16 heavyweight roster for the Ultimate Fighter 10 has been sniffed out, and rather than try to speculate on their skill level, I’m just going to order them from most intriguing to least:

Kimbo Slice: Mr Youtube Sensation himself, Kimbo Slice took Dana White up on his challenge to get into the UFC via the Ultimate …read more