Vegas legend Norm
Norm’s venerable Las Vegas insider gossip column has a couple of MMA references this week. Norm, for those of you not familiar with him, is a Las Vegas legend and may rock the classic eye patch look better than anyone on the planet at the moment. His column features insider news …

UFC has announced that they’ll be in Atlanta for a show in September headlined by Chuck Liddell. So far no opponent has been named, but there’s a good chance it’ll be Rashad Evans. The show will be held at the Phillips Arena, home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers. …

UFC 84 weigh-ins just ended, with all fighters making weight. Best reaction of the night was for Wanderlei Silva, who was treated like a rock star. Other superstar reactions were for Keith Jardine, BJ Penn and somewhat surprisingly Sokoudju. “The African Assassin” has all of the makings of a superstar–a good “look”, …

The UK newspaper The Sun has been providing excellent and in depth MMA coverage for awhile now. Today, they look at the “Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine and his efforts to establish himself as a legitimate force in the sport:

Jardine, who has already defeated UFC legend Chuck Liddell, said: “I want to prove to …

Nice profile of Wanderlei Silva by Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole. Not hard to see why Silva has been a favorite of hardcore MMA fans for years:
UFC president Dana White, who for years had been eager to see Chuck Liddell knock Wanderlei Silva unconscious, makes no bones about his feelings toward the man who was …

While I realize that other people have well rounded lives and don’t stay up all night watching obscure MMA events from Japan on their computers, if you’re running a major newspaper you’ve got a responsibility to report the news in a timely manner. Whether or not you’re serious about covering MMA or just getting …

OK, MMA has now officially been accepted by middle America. With the exception of Paul Harvey’s long running radio show, it doesn’t get more “middle America” than Parade Magazine. That’s the mag insert placed in many Sunday newspapers all across our fruited plain. If you’re under the age of 40 there’s a …

We reported on Kimbo’s crackback to Chuck Liddell’s towel snapping taunts yesterday, and the story has been picked up by the UK media where its getting bigtime coverage. The UK Sun, who served as the de facto mediator in the pre-UFC 83 war of words between Michael Bisping and Charles McCarthy, has a full …

I’ve intentionally avoided giving any more run to the various MMA fighters calling out Kimbo Slice, since they know that Dana White would never let them fight Kimbo outside of the UFC nor is he coming to their organization. Chuck Liddell is the most egregious example of this of late, though my guess is …

The speculation about an injury to Chuck Liddell has now been confirmed as fact by the UFC:
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization announced today that Chuck Liddell has been forced to withdraw from the UFC 85 event. Liddell tore his hamstring last week while training for his June 7 bout with undefeated light heavyweight Rashad …