The pair was expected to meet at UFC 115 on June 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but Alves is still not medically cleared to fight, sources close to the fighter told MMAjunkie.com.

With six weeks to the event, UFC officials chose to exercise caution with his timetable for return and rescheduled the bout for UFC 117 on Aug. 7 in Oakland, Calif.

From MMAJunkie - Click here for full article

The American Kickboxing Academy welterweight got his start on the show five years ago, and if rumors stand true, the winner of the upcoming fight between Koscheck and British fighter Paul Daley could determine who will coach opposite UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Koscheck admits that if the UFC comes calling to ask him to coach the show, he’d definitely accept and would be happy to be back on “The Ultimate Fighter.”

“It definitely would be fun. I think it would be a great opportunity, and I would definitely take the UFC up on it,” said Koscheck in a recent interview with MMAWeekly Radio.

Make no mistake about it, Koscheck only has one thing on his mind right now and that’s Paul Daley. He says that Daley is the only thing that motivates him right now, and he doesn’t want anyone to think he’s looking past him and to a future match-up with St. Pierre.

From MMAWeekly – Click here for full article

Mitrione got a reputation on the Spike TV series as a difficult-to-work-with brooder that rubbed his teammates the wrong way. Ferguson already had a reputation as an MMA greenie made famous by the good fortune of YouTube.

It’s a sport full of people with hot air, Mitrione says, and nothing is worse than taking a competitor at face value.

From MMAJunkie - Click here for full article

Ortiz was arrested and held at the Huntington Beach Police Department for several hours, cooperating with the investigation before being released on $25,000 bail.

Along with his attorney Chip Matthews, Ortiz made a statement at an impromptu news conference on Monday evening in North Hollywood, Calif.

According to the statement, Ortiz claims Jameson has been hooked on Oxycontin for over a year, and that her drug use is what led to the argument and his eventual arrest on suspicion for domestic violence.

Ortiz also said in the statement that he never struck Jameson, and according to Matthews it was his discovery of drugs in the home that led to the confrontation.

“I want to be quite clear,” Matthews said. “Tito Ortiz never laid a hand on Jenna.”

From MMAWeekly – Click here for full article

The videogame teaser, which will be available for download this Thursday, April 29, will feature four fighters – all light heavyweights – including champion Lyoto Machida and challengers Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles, “UFC Undisputed 2010″ is set for a May 25 release.

From MMAJunkie – Click here for full article

Lieutenant Mike Reynolds today informed MMAjunkie.com that HBPD officers were called to Ortiz’s residence at 9:53 a.m. PT local time Monday morning on a domestic violence call and arrested Ortiz at 11:45 a.m.

Reynolds said Ortiz is currently being held at the Huntington Beach Police Department and is “cooperating with the investigation.”

From MMAJunkie – Click here for full article

In fact, he’ll actually be in the main event.

Following Saturday night’s “WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber” post-event press conference, White told a small group of reporters that the upcoming Silva vs. Chael Sonnen fight at UFC 117 in Oakland, Calif., would serve as the night’s featured contest.

From MMAJunkie - Click here for full article

While the fight has yet to be confirmed, Fighters Only and MMA Junkie have both reported the fight happening for the UFC’s debut in Boston.

Toney is looking to make an impact in MMA, and went on a relentless trash-talk spree calling out every major fighter in the UFC and heavily pushing Dana White to sign him. Toney signed a multi-fight promotion with deal, originally reported by this site. Toney has enlisted well known MMA trainer Juanito Ibarra for his debut in the sport, who has worked with former UFC light-heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

From FiveOuncesOfPain – Click here for full article

Leading up to Shields’ recent bout with Dan Henderson, White commented, “He’s going to get paid, because what’s going to happen is we would love to take him from there and I’m sure they’d love to pay him to stick around.

“And I will help drive that (expletive) number right up through the roof, and let the Showtime boys pay him a lot of money, so that Jake can stick it right up their (expletive).”

White has since reiterated his desire to sign Shields.

“I think Jake Shields is a great guy. He came in as an assistant coach on ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ Couldn’t be a nicer kid. I’ve always like him, and we want him,” he commented.

“The deal with Shields is there’s some discrepancy between whether it’s 45 or 60 days that he’s got left on his contract, so he can work that out with the knuckleheads and when he does we’ll jump in there and I’m very confident that he’s gonna be with UFC.”

White also addressed the post-fight brawl that ensued following Shields’ win over Dan Henderson at Strikeforce: Nashville on April 17, placing most of the blame on the promotion rather than the fighters involved.

From MMAWeekly - Click here for full article

The round-bellied heavyweight on Saturday posted a message on his official Twitter account that he expects to face burgeoning takedown artist Cheick Kongo in his next octagon appearance. Though not yet confirmed by the UFC, a Fighters Only report this past week has pegged the match-up to take place at UFC 116.

UFC 116 takes place July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A heavyweight title unification match between current champion Brock Lesnar and interim champion Shane Carwin is expected to headline.

From MMAJunkie – Click here for full article