This is the latest collection of articles and news from MMAMadness.com Copyright 2008 MMAMadness.com http://mmamadness.com/insight.html Kimbo Slice is scheduled to commentate at the K-1 World GP 2008 Final on Dec. 6, heating up rumors that the former Youtube sensation will continue his fight career in Japan. Mike Kogan of FEG, the parent company of K-1 and DREAM, told MMAFighting.com that Slice will be ringside in Japan to handle his broadcast duties as a guest commentator alongside Kogan, Michael Schiavello and Ernesto Hoost. read more http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2779 Another lightweight bout between Kurt Pellegrino (12-4) and Rob Emerson Record (8-6) is in the works for UFC Fight Night 17 at The Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 7. Already, the Spike TV special features two other 155-pound match ups between Mac Danzig and Josh Neer, as well as Joe Lauzon [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2778 MMAWeekly.com's Ricardo Mendoza breaks down Wednesday night's WEC 37 fight card featuring a bantamweight title bout between champion Miguel Torres and Manny Tapia... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2777 Click for Video http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2776 2008 isn't quite over yet for Shooto Japan, but it's never too early to start plans for the new year http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2774 Jorge Gurgel's seven fight tenure in the UFC recently ended following consecutive losses to Cole Miller at UFC 86 and Aaron Riley at UFC 91. Soon after the loss to Riley – a bout in which he garnered a $60,000 ''Fight of the Night'' bonus – the UFC moved to purge Gurgel from its roster. However, Gurgel's [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2773 Antonio Silva will have more than just his opponent to contend with if he decides to accept an offer from World Victory Road's Sengoku to fight Yoshihiro Nakao http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2772 From M-1 Global: "As we've just got officially confirmed: Dutch striker Gilbert Yvel (35-12-1) signed a three-fight contract with Affliction. Yvel is set to debut on January, 24-th at Affliction 2 ‘Day of Reckoning' where his opponent will be non other than top heavyweight Josh Barnett (23-5). Yvel is on 7-fight winning streak with the lates [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2771 Adrenaline MMA organization has put together a full card for its Dec. 11 event, which features a previously announced main event between former UFC champion Pat Miletich and King of the Cage and EliteXC veteran Thomas Denny. CEO and veteran fight manager Monte Cox today released the full fight card. Adrenaline MMA II takes place at the i wireless center in Moline, Ill. A seven-fight main card airs live on HDNet. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2770 At 6'4" and 255 lbs., former two sport All American and NFL prospect Shane Carwin has become a force within the UFC's heavyweight division. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2756 Former WEC lightweight champion ''Razor'' Rob McCullough will face off with contender Marcus Hicks at WEC 38 ... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2769 According to a report on FiveOuncesOfPain, former IFL fighter Jim Miller (12-1) will step in to face Matt Wiman (10-3) for the injured Frankie Edgar (9-1) at UFC Fight Night 16 "UFC Fights for the Troops" on December 10th. No word on the type or extent of Frankie Edgars injury. Jim Miller one of two Miller brothers [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2768 Preview of UFC 94, the rematch for the UFC welterweight title currently held by Georges St. Pierre. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2767 Slice's next challenge is in the land of the rising sun. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2766 After losing to Fedor Emelianenko last July, Tim Sylvia plans for a big return. The former UFC heavyweight champion is prepared to fight in Japan in roughly 30 days. Sylvia's manager, Monte Cox, is actively seeking a fight for ''The Maine-iac'' http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2765 Shooto has announced its first big event for 2009, featuring the return of Kotetsu Boku, who will face Pacific Rim champion Yusuke Endo... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2764 Consider it an early Christmas present. Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki, two of the world's top four lightweights, have verbally agreed to fight http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2763 Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - After over a year on the sidelines due to injury, Stephan Bonnar will look to pick up his two fight winning streak where it left off when he returns to the Octagon on January 31st to take on unbeaten prospect Jon Jones on the main card of UFC 94 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2762 An "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" bout between recently crowned Strikeforce world light heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral (31-7) and Matt Lindland (21-5) has been scrapped in favor of a Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort (17-8) fight. The news comes from fiveouncesofpain.com, though Affliction Entertainment has yet to make the official announcement. The event takes place Jan. 24 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card, including the Lindland-Belfort bout, airs on pay per view, and the preliminary card airs on HDNet. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2761 Everybody loves some midweek MMA, and all you closet bantamweight fans out there get some extra love this time around as WEC 37 airs live Wednesday on the Versus network from the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The treat for bantamweight fans of course http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2760 The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirmed previously reported matchups for its UFC 93 event, which is set to take place on Saturday, January 17 and emanate from the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to featured matchups between light heavyweights Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Mark Coleman, fights between Denis Kang [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2759 A lightweight matchup between Gleison Tibau and Rich Clementi has been finalized and is set to take place in February during either UFC Fight Night 17 on Feb. 7 or UFC 95 on Feb. 21. InTheGuard.tv was the force to report the possibility of the matchup and FiveOuncesOfPain.com has since confirmed with sources close to both [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2758 A former 2 sport All American and NFL prospect, Shane Carwin is making a huge dent in the UFC heavyweight division. http://mmamadness.com/insight/article/360 A re-cap of a fantastic seminar for a great cause. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2757 Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you ask most longtime MMA fans (and competitors) who their favorite fighter is, if Wanderlei Silva isn't at the top of the list, he's at least in the top five. But what is it about "The Axe Murderer" that has garnered him a legion of fans around the world over the last 12 years? Is it the staredowns, the loosening of his wrists before a fight? Nah, it's all about the fights, and here are seven that made Silva the fighter he is today. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2755 UFC fighters Roger Huerta and Brandon Vera bet on the upcoming boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2754 Martin Kampmann is latest fighter to be added to the card for UFC 93 on Jan. 17 in Dublin, Ireland, FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned. Kampmann, who recently signed a contract extension with the UFC, will be making his welterweight debut on the show against an opponent to be determined. The Denmark native is 13-2 in his professional mixed [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2753 it's been six months since World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight titleholder Miguel Torres last defended his belt. On Dec. 3, he takes on undefeated Manny Tapia... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2752 Former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho was released from his contract earlier this week and his manager, Ed Soares, says now it's all about a rebuilding process for the fighter... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2751 The Bellator Fighting Championships, which will begin a 12-week fight series on ESPN Deportes in April, has confirmed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com that the promotion is interested in possibly signing former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho. Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney confirmed the news during an exclusive interview with Five Ounces of Pain on Friday. "We're absolutely interested in Paulo," [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2750 Few outside the inner circle of Sam Vasquez knew his name before his fateful Oct. 20, 2007 bout with Vince Libardi at a Renegades Extreme Fighting show in Houston http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2749 UFC 92 "The Ultimate 2008" preview trailer (The long version) video. Headlining the event will be three great fights between: Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva and Frank Mir taking on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2748 Separate published reports indicate that light heavyweight Steve Steinbeiss and middleweight Nissen Osterneck have been transferred from the roster of Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting to its sister promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Both additions to the UFC roster come as a mild surprise. Steinbeiss and Osterneck competed at WEC 36 on Nov. 5 and both lost [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2747 Former NCAA All-American wrestler Cain Velasquez has every intention of remaining with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, according to a report by Franklin McNeil of ESPN.com and the Newark Star-Ledger. McNeil issued the report during this week's edition of "MMA Live," which can be viewed every week on FiveOuncesOfPain.com. Velasquez is considered by most pundits to be one [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2746 Shooto held its Tradition 4event earlier today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Some great fights went down and there were also a few familiar faces in the audience with the likes of Takanori Gomi and others watching in on the action. Takeshi Inoue was able to add another Shooto belt to his collection. [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2745 Note: Lauzon is penciled in to fight Hermes Franca at UFC Fight Night 7 on February 7, 2008. For more details click here. E. BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (November 29, 2008) -– UFC lightweight contender Joe ''J-Lau'' Lauzon's recent 12-day goodwill trip visiting U.S. military troops in Iraq and Kuwait was a knockout for everybody. Lauzon (17-4, 4 KOs, [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2744 Arizona Combat Sports light heavyweight Steve Steinbeiss is UFC bound, according to his representatives at LG Sports Marketing... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2743 Pat Miletich, founder and patriarch of Miletich Fighting Systems, is tired of watching all the young whippersnappers having fun. He wants back in the ring, and he'll be making his return at Adrenaline MMA's sophomore effort on Dec. 11... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2742 A rumored welterweight matchup between Dan Hardy and Rory Markham that would place at UFC 95 at the O2 Arena in London on Feb. 17 has gained a lot of traction on various Internet news outlets over the course of the last week. Despite the high level of speculation surrounding the proposed matchup, FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned Friday [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2741 World Victory Road on Friday confirmed that Antonio Silva would compete on its Jan. 4 event, Sengoku 7. The EliteXC heavyweight champion is slated to face Yoshihiro Nakao... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2740 According to a report by Franklin McNeil of ESPN.com and the Newark Star-Ledger, the camp for Fabricio Werdum approached Affliction Entertainment in an attempt to place the former PRIDE and UFC heavyweight with the organization. McNeil revealed the news during this week's edition of MMA Live, which can be viewed on FiveOuncesOfPain.com. McNeil stated that both sides [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2739 FEG president Sadaharu Tanikawa provided an update on the New Year's Eve "FieLDS Dynamite!!" card during a conference held Thursday at the Akasaka Biz Tower in Tokyo, Japan. - Alistair Overeem wants to fight Mirko "Cro Cop" but FEG wants Overeem to fight somebody else.  - In another strange matchup fitting for a New Year's Eve card in Japan, lightweight Shinya Aoki vs. middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama is expected to happen. read more http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2738 Click for Video http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2737 John Alessio could easily be described as one of the best welterweights not currently fighting in the UFC. The 28-year old fighter got his jump into mixed martial arts at the young age of 19 and hasn't looked back since. In the nine years that Alessio has been in the business he has waged combat [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2736 Be careful if you get a Christmas card from the UFC this month - it might not be that lifetime subscription to the jelly-of-the-month club you were hoping for. Fresh on the heels of recent releases of Fabricio Werdum and Jorge Gurgel, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has been cut from the UFC roster according to Five Ounces [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2735 WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko announced Friday through a press release issued by M-1 Global that he has canceled a planned press tour in order to begin his training camp for his upcoming fight on Jan. 24 at Affliction's "Day of Reckoning" vs. former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. Emelianenko, 28-1, had been scheduled to make [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2734 Ivan Serati will make his UFC debut when he takes on Tomasz Drwal at UFC 93 "Franklin vs. Henderson" at the O2 in Dublin on Jan. 17, 2009. MMAFighting.com learned of the light-heavyweight matchup on Thursday from Serati's management. Serati (10-2) of Monza, Italy built his name in the UK with the UWC and Cage Rage promotions. His most high profile fight was a first-round TKO loss to Vitor Belfort at Cage Rage 21 "Judgement Day" in April 2007. read more http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2733 December is going to be an action-packed month for live mixed martial arts action with several intriguing matchups in store for fans. However, one of the most intriguing matchups on the docket for next month is a welterweight encounter between King of the Cage and EliteXC veteran Thomas "Wildman" Denny and one of the greatest welterweights [...] http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2732 DREAM middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi and DREAM lightweight GP finalist Tatsuya Kawajiri will test their standup at the "Dynamite!! 2008" New Year's Eve event in Saitama, Japan. Mousasi will take on 4-time K-1 Japan GP winner Musashi, while Kawajiri will face off against K-1 World MAX veteran Kozo Takeda in K-1 kickboxing bouts. Current "Dynamite!! 2008" fight card: read more http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2731 B.J. Penn doesn't operate in the usual mode of a champion defending his title. He operates on a different plane, a plane reserved for icons and legends... http://mmamadness.com/insight/news/2730