1. Rich Franklin has surgery: According to MMAJunkie.com, Rich Franklin suffered a broken ulna in his left arm in his victory over Chuck Liddell on Saturday night in Vancouver at UFC 115. Franklin left Canada to go straight to Las Vegas to undergo surgery to repair the injury. While I was watching I made a [...]

Fedor Emelianenko may be finishing his career in 2010. News is breaking this morning that the Russian fighter will be running for a congress seat in his home country for the pro-Kremlin party ‘United Russia’, effectively ending his career. Not only that, but there are rumors that he will retire outright from MMA at the [...]

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. [...]

If/when Fedor Emilianenko gets past Fabricio Werdum on Strikeforce’s June 26 card, there’s no guarantee that he will get a shot at heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem later on. “To be very honest, the situation with Fedor, who’s fighting on June 26, of course we have to wait and see what happens,” said Strikeforce CEO Scott [...]

Negotiations between M-1 Global and Strikeforce have finally come to an end. Strikeforce has officially announced Fedor Emelianenko’s next fight. The organization has confirmed that he will face off with Fabricio Werdum on Showtime on June 26. M-1 Global and Strikeforce have been talking for months following the first of a three fight co-promotional deal [...]

Andrei Arlovski held a live video chat on his website, Arlovski.com, on May 1, 2010 and spoke about his recent back to back losses, what he did to improve as a fighter, and his upcoming fight with Antonio Silva. Arlovski takes on Silva on May 15 at the Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery event.Here are some highlights [...]

M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein talked to MMAJunkie.com this week, and gave their side of the issues that have kept Fedor on the sidelines since November. “Fedor has been ready to fight for a long time now. Fedor could have fought this past weekend. He is constantly training and constantly keeping up his form. With [...]

Well, maybe. Apparently UFC president Dana White spoke with Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole right after the UFC 112 press conference today. White apparently gave many indications, including some obvious body gestures that indicted that controversial Russian heavyweight superstar Fedor Emelianenko would soon be in the UFC ‘s steadily deepening pool of heavyweight contenders, according to [...]