UFC, FOX come to agreement on long-term TV deal (Update)

For the past seven years, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has called Spike TV its home for cable programming. However, according to a recent report, that relationship will end, starting in 2012.
Sports Business Daily reported on Tuesday that the UFC and FOX Sports have come to an agreement that will move all UFC programming to FOX’s Fuel and FX affiliates starting next year, for a period of seven or eight years.
The agreement calls for at least four major UFC to be broadcast per year, as well as

UFC 133 Recap: Rashad Evans’ sweet return

The main event at UFC 133 was four years in the making. The last time we saw Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans face each other in the Octagon was back in UFC 73 which we all know ended in a draw due to Tito losing a point for grabbing the cage fence. Much has changed since 2007 and now in 2011, two completely different competitors step into the cage. One man looking for another shot at the light heavyweight title, the other a legend trying to stay relevant in today’s MMA landscape.
Rashad in the beginning

UFC’s return to England headlined by Chris Leben and Mark Munoz

The last time top caliber MMA action was showcased in “Jolly Ol’ England” was UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama. Nearly a year has passed and finally the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be making it’s return to the great fighting nation. UFC 138 will be headlined by “The Crippler” Chris Leben taking on “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Mark Munoz at the LG Arena in Birmingham.
Official UFC 138 announcement:
“Two of the middleweight division’s heaviest hitters will go to war in the UFC’s first ever non-title

Rampage being Rampage: Flips on Ariel Helwani, and Motorboats Karyn Bryant

Following his dominant unanimous decision victory over Matt Hamill in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 130, top Light Heavyweight contender Quinton “Rampage” Jackson seemed in high spirits as he spoke to both Karyn Bryant of MMA Heat and Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting. Jackson talks to Bryant about avenging his recent losses and admits that he only gave her the interview “because she’s hot.” Speaking to Helwani, on the other hand, “Rampage” explains that when he was punching Hamill, he was picturing him…