The latest edition of Elite XC’s Saturday fights started with an interview with Ken Shamrock explaining how he got cut in warm-ups, and was declared ineligible to fight by the athletic commission. A last minute replacement opponent Read on …

Lightweight champ Jamie Varner only needed 2 minutes to stop the tough Marcus Hicks, and retain his WEC Lightweight belt. Hicks scored a couple of nice takedowns early, but couldn’t keep the wrestler Varner on the mat, Varner then unleashed a barrage of punches and knees that had Hicks out on his feet, Hicks would not fall, and Varner continued to pound away until he finally fell.Steve Cantwell avenged an earlier loss to Brian Stann, with a nice display of striking, outpunching the less mobile Stann before stopping him in the second round, capturing the WEC Light Heavyweight title. Hiromitsu Miura showed the heart of a warrior, pushing Carlos Condit to the limit before being stopped in the 4th round of their WEC Welterweight Title bout. Miura showed beautiful Judo throws to counter the Muay Thai clinch of Condit, and scored from Condit’s guard as well, But the Champion was too much for him showing great positioning on the ground as well as nice kicks and punches, this fight was a good one.

3 WEC belts will be on the line tonight at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Lightweight Jamie Varner will make his first title defense against Marcus Hicks, Varner defeated Rob McCullough by TKO in the third round to win the title. Hicks has won all 3 of his WEC bouts by submission. Also making his first title defense is Brian Stann, who won the Light Heavyweight Title with a first round KO over Doug Marshall, Stann also holds a victory over tonights opponent Steve Cantwell, who has rebounded from the loss to Stann with two straight victories. Carlos Condit brings his slick submissions, and Muay Thai style striking to face Hiromitsu Miura in a Welterweight Title fight. Condit has fought 4 tough opponents in his WEC career, and won them all by way of submission, he is ranked in the top ten by most MMA publications, he is facing a strong striker in Miura, who dropped down fron the 185lb division in his last fight, a TKO over Blas Avena. Also on the main card Brian Bowles vs Damacio Page, and Micah Miller vs Josh Grispi. A Welterweight fight between Carlo Prater and Brock Larson is not scheduled for the main card, but should be.

Featherweight Urijah Faber dominated Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver over 5 rounds to retain his WEC title. Faber showed great quickness, never allowing Pulver to land his power shots, while landing big punches and kicks of his own, Read on …

Youtube sensation Kimbo Slice, American Gladiator Gina Carano, and Elite XC Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler will all make MMA prime time on Saturday night May 31st 2008 on CBS at 8pm PST. Kimbo will face veteran James “Colossus” Thompson, a 6’5” slugger with KO power. Gina Carano, who plays “Crush” on the TV show American Gladiators, will face Muay Thai striker Kaitlin Young in a highly anticipated bout. “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler will put his title on the line against Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith, a UFC veteran who appeared on the Ultimate Fighter reality show. Also on the card a bout between Phil “The New York Badass” Baroni, and Joey Villasenor. With all the nicknames on the fight card they should have called it X men instead of XC. This will be the first non pay per view prime time network MMA event.

Veteran contender Chris “Lights Out” Lytle will take on American Kickboxing Academy product Josh Koscheck at UFC 86. Read on …

There are a number of top ten Light Heavyweights on the UFC 84 fight card. Keith Jardine will take on Wanderlei Silva in one battle Read on …

Lightweights Ryan Schultz and Deividas Taurosevicius showed they are among the top fighters in the world in this exciting weight class, engaging in a technical 5 round war, Read on …

Arizona State University has announced it will cancel its wrestling program effective immediately. The University has produced some of the nation’s top amateur wrestlers, as well as some of MMA’s premier fighters. Dan “The Beast” Severn, a MMA legend was the first high profile ASU product to make his way onto the MMA scene. He appeared in UFC 4, losing to Royce Gracie. He returned at UFC 5, and won the tournament.

Pride Champion Dan Henderson, Randy Couture and Don “The Predator” Frye are all former ASU wrestlers who won major MMA championships.

Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver will take on “The California Kid” Urijah Faber in a WEC Featherweight title fight on June 1^st. Pulver made a name for himself in the UFC and Pride Lightweight divisions, usually against much larger opponents. Read on …

For MMA fans outside the USA and for those of you without Spiketv, FreestyleMMA will be bringing you the results from UFN on 4/2/08 at 7pm Est Read on …

Brian Stann landed a perfectly timed left hook to knock champion Doug Marshall flat on his face, he then followed up with a few punches, and just like that he is the WEC Light Heavyweight Champion only 7 fights into his MMA career. The two fighters clinched early into the first round, when Marshall began swinging wildly at his much larger opponent, some landed to the face of Stann, he fired back with the left and it was all over.Chael Sonnen dominated Brian Baker to win in the Middleweight division. Sonnen ground and pounded Baker mercilessly, taking 2 10-8 rounds on the judges scorecard, but couldn’t put him away. Marcus Hicks and Richard Crunkilton also got wins.

Ultimate Fighter season six winner Mac Danzig takes on Canadian grappler Mark Bocek at UFC 83 on 4/19/08. Read on …

Lightweight contenders Nate Diaz and Kurt Pellegrino will add to an already stellar fight card when they square off on 4/2/08. Read on …

Here are the results from UFC 80 Rapid Fire 1/19/08 Read on …