Please, Someone Stop ‘Pele’ Before It’s Too Late

(Props: Fightlinker. If you make it past the :20 of this video, you’ll never be the same.)

Brazilian fighter Jose [...]

Cage Potato on MMA Rated Radio

(At least it felt this dignified.)

Ariel Helwani at MMARated.com was kind enough to have me on his [...]

Video of the Week: “SHOW ME THE ANIMAL!”

Forrest Griffin really wants that animal, damn it. Props to Bloody Elbow. The full episode is after the [...]

Triumph United Comment Contest, Week 3: More Talk, More Rock

(“Muerto,” only available at Triumph United.)

You know how this works: The cream of this [...]

DeLuca Pulls Rank, Makes Diaz’s ‘Dream’ Come True

(Diaz looks to the heavens as if to say, ‘Stop screwing with me, God.’)

MMA’s favorite soap opera, otherwise [...]

Lockdown: Chris Leben Is Staying In Jail

(Leben, pre-rehabilitation.)

We thought it was all going to be so easy. Chris Leben would turn himself [...]

More Support for That Mir/Nogueira ‘TUF 8′ Rumor?

Check out 1:53-2:04 for Mir’s literally tight-lipped response. Here’s the general rule: If a person can neither confirm nor deny [...]

IFL To Debut Fighting Surface of the Future (!!!)

(The inspiration for the IFL’s new ring design.)

This morning we got a spam e-mail from the IFL imploring us to [...]

Exclusive: Randy Couture Talks Fedor-Sylvia, Being the “Banned Brand”, and More

MMA legend Randy Couture finds himself in a strange position these days. An ongoing legal battle with [...]

Adrenaline MMA Wants You to ‘Feel The Rush’

Adrenaline MMA officially has a fight poster, a fight card, and a web site. Now all [...]

Attention Trolls: CagePotato Forums Now Open for Flaming!

(Spirited debate is always welcome.)

To better encourage communication and interaction among the witty and energetic members [...]

Gerald Harris’s ‘TUF 7′ Blog: Episode 6

(“Sic semper tyrannis, bitch!”)

Every Thursday morning, Team Rampage member Gerald Harris will be blogging his reactions to each new episode [...]

Elite XC Signing More Female Fighters

(Lost in thought, Debi Purcell? Cause I’m lost in your eyes. Please don’t hit me.)

So female [...]

Hard Sell: UFC Pushing Tonight’s TUF Grudge Match

(You don’t mess with a Southern man’s tobacco.)

It’s pretty customary for the UFC to send out an email [...]

Still Life With Faber and Watermelon

Tracy Lee of Combat Lifestyle has a new photo set up [...]

Burnt Ends: Lindland, ChuckTV, Ali Sonoma + More

(An early trailer for the upcoming UFC video game.)

The boring but important notes and errata currently floating around this crazy [...]

Nogueira, Silva Create Super Gym in Miami

(Artist’s rendition of Big Nog and Silva one year from now.)

It’s starting to look like Florida is the [...]

The Case Against Random Steroid Testing? Really?

(Nothing could console him after the tanning salon burned down.)

When the Nevada State Athletic Commission announced that it [...]

Possibly the Best Argument Yet for MMA Regulation in New York

(Could this tragedy have been avoided?)

“I fought in Canada two weeks ago versus a Canadian. So that big 22,000-people crowd [...]

Kimbo Slice on ESPN’s ‘E:60′: The Return

Here’s the short follow-up to E:60′s profile on Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson that aired last December. To answer [...]

What Became of Hermes Franca?

(Ah, the good times)

With Sean Sherk about to make his return to the UFC, it kind of makes [...]

Dan Henderson Wants Another Shot at Anderson Silva

Here’s the thing about this video. You know when you ask Dan Henderson who he wants to fight that [...]

Matt Lindland Endures First Smear Campaign

(“The Law” will sue you so fast your head will spin. Believe that.)

You can train to escape a triangle choke, [...]

Mark Coleman Goes Berzerk

…backstage at PRIDE Total Elimination 2004, directly after being subbed by Fedor Emelianenko via armbar. Lovely bit of behind-the-scenes MMA [...]

Elite XC Vetoes Nick Diaz’s ‘Dream’ Fight

(To think that such a beautiful marriage could go so wrong.)

It seems like nothing comes easy for Nick [...]

Chris Leben Adjusting to Life on the Inside

(Leben pauses to rethink the Sesame Street underwear, but the damage is done.)

In case you’ve forgotten, Chris Leben [...]

Canada Is Officially the UFC’s Bitch

(Photo courtesy of UFC.com.)

Breaking into the U.K. is still a battle, and they’re [...]

Barnett/Rizzo Added to Affliction 1 Card

Another high-profile matchup has been added to Affliction’s July 19th debut card (Location TBA), as Josh Barnett Read More

The Case For Cutting Sean Sherk Just A Little Slack

(Dirty cheater or wrongly accused?)

Sean Sherk doesn’t get much love in the MMA blogosphere. Some of that [...]

UFC Roster Purge Claims Three More Victims

(It’s good to know that Tommy Speer has other skills to fall back on. Calf-lifting is a [...]