http://mma-king.com MMA News, Odds and Analysis Sat, 10 May 2008 01:55:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is UFC 85 cursed? That's what many fight fans are wondering. The card, which is scheduled to take place on June 7th at the 02 Arena in London, has gone through a myriad of changes in the weeks and months leading up to the show. The UFC has done an admirable ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/10/the-many-different-faces-of-ufc-85/ UFC matchmaker Joe Silva has officially confirmed today that the proposed Chris Leben / Michael Bisping fight that was slated to take place on UFC 85 has been "postponed". This is yet another blow to UFC 85 which is taking place on June 7th in London, England. This was one of the ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/09/chris-leben-michael-bisping-fight-officially-postponed/ Just in case you've been living the last few months under a rock, EliteXC inked a deal with CBS a while back. CBS and EliteXC will put on something called "CBS Saturday Night Fights", which will feature live EliteXC events on CBS. This deal marks the first time that a ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/08/ufc-tries-to-steal-thunder-from-elitexcs-big-cbs-debut/ It seems that wherever Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emeliankenko goes, money troubles always follow. According to various reports, Fedor's proposed July 19th match-up against Tim Sylvia may be in trouble because of the rumored sky-high purses that the Affliction promotion would have to shell out to put on this event. Rumor ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/06/is-fedor-emelianenko-too-greedy-for-his-own-good/ Forget Georges St. Pierre. Forget Anderson Silva. Forget Randy Couture. Chuck Liddell is by far the most recognizable (and most popular) MMA fighter in the world. So when Liddell injured his leg training for his fight against Rashad Evans, the UFC had a big problem. Liddell was headlining the UFC 85 ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/05/ufc-85-how-the-ufc-scrambled-to-replace-chuck-liddell/ The UFC will always have a special place in their heart for the "Ultimate Fighter". This was the show that propelled the promotion from underground popularity to a full-fledged international phenomenon. While the rest of the UFC's business is doing extremely well right now (live gate receipts, merchandise, PPV revenues), the ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/04/is-the-ultimate-fighter-in-trouble/ What do you do when you are preparing for the biggest fight of your career? If you are Chris Leben, you turn yourself in to Oregon police and serve 8-10 days in jail. Chris Leben has greatly rehabilitated his image and because of that, has secured himself a big match against Michael ... http://mma-king.com/2008/05/02/chris-leben-turns-himself-in-to-oregon-authorities-will-spend-the-next-week-to-ten-days-in-jail/ UFC 87 is scheduled to take place on August 9th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Brock Lesnar vs Mark Coleman was the first match that was announced for the card and will likely be the main event. Another match looks to be on the verge of being signed, as representatives from the camps ... http://mma-king.com/2008/04/30/kenny-florian-vs-roger-huerta-confirmed-for-ufc-87/ Travis "The Serial Killer" Lutter announced on Sunday, via his MySpace account, that he had been released from his UFC contract. According to Lutter himself, Joe Silva contacted Lutter's manager and informed him that Lutter's services were no longer required with the company, due to his back-to-back losses. Many people had speculated ... http://mma-king.com/2008/04/28/travis-the-serial-killer-lutter-released-from-the-ufc/ The UFC have acted quickly and decisively to replace the Liddell vs Evans fight that was scheduled to headline UFC 85. According to the blog of Matt Hughes, Dana White called up Hughes today to inform him that he will be squaring off against Thiago Alves in the main event ... http://mma-king.com/2008/04/25/matt-hughes-vs-thiago-alves-to-headline-ufc-85-card-in-london/