Since quite a few heavyweights were in action since the last rankings I thought it was time to reevaluate the talent pool. The colored numbers represent the movement of fighters, if they indeed had any. Red means dropped and green…well, I’m sure I don’t have to explain that, do I? Perhaps some controversy, perhaps not. [...]

1. Rumors untrue, UFC not going to Chicago: Contrary to rampant rumors, the UFC will not make their return to Chicago this November for UFC 123. Rumors stated that the event would be heading to the city on November 20. According to UFC vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner, the rumors are simply untrue, [...]

1. Fedor doesn’t want to fight Overeem: Evgeni Kogan, M-1 Global Director of Global Operations, told BloodyElbow.com that Fedor wants to face Werdum and will wait for Werdum’s surgery to heal. “[Werdum's] gotta do what he’s gotta do. The rematch will be there, pre elbow surgery or post. That’s what the fans want and that’s [...]

Welcome to the Tuesday TKO, where the staff here at SportsNickel come together to answer YOUR questions, If there is something going on in the world of MMA, please send us an e-mail by Monday Morning, and  be here Tuesdays to see what we have to say! The panel this week are : Joao Pedro, [...]

1. Shogun out until early 2011:Mauricio “Shogun” Rua won’t be able to make his first UFC Light Heavyweight title defense until early next year, according to Dana White. White also said Shogun’s knee is healing well, but he’ll be out of the Octagon for eight months, with his return likely coming in March. Not good [...]

WERDUM goes the dynamite! Love that line. Yes, the MMA world is still not over the Fedor loss. Check out the EXTENDED version of ESPN2′s MMA Live:

1. Fedor vs. Werdum tops $1 million live gate: Official attendance numbers for the show have been released. The crowd was 11,757 and the live gate totaled $1,066,739. The event was #6 all-time for Strikeforce. Sounds good, right? Wrong. Sure, over a million would be decent, but the fighter payroll was just under 800k. To [...]

Well, it turns out Strikeforce did decide to have an undercard after all. A little late for the preview and the picks though. Thanks, Scott. Appreciate it. Whatever. Now, onto the card. I thought I could possibly go 3-1. Little did I know that I’d go 3-1 with Fedor being the 1. Wow. Never before [...]