Mike Fagan Archives: 08/2011

It’s been two months since we last heard from Gina Carano. After pulling out of her scheduled bout against Sarah D’Alelio, Carano’s camp released the following…

Anderson Silva speaks about his upcoming middleweight title defense against Yushin Okami at UFC 134. Transcript: “The biggest thing I’m proud of is not necessarily…

ESPN has a blog post from Mauricio Rua titled “In His Own Words,” which is hilarious because the extent of “Shogun’s” English speaking has been…

Rumors of Bellator moving to Spike TV have circulated since the latter’s broadcast deal with the UFC came into question. That move now looks like…

Early estimates have UFC 133 trending at 310,000 buys, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer(subscription required). That number continues the trend of disappointment that…

At the UFC on Fox press conference, UFC President Dana White told the media that the UFC negotiated with “everyone.” Every network you could think…

For almost 24 hours, it looked like Lyoto Machida would step in for Phil Davis to fight Rashad Evans a second time at UFC 133.…

Way back in 2009, Dana White addressed the issue of a gay fighter in the UFC in a video blog for UFC 98. White, hopefully…

Amid subtle product placement, Brock Lesnar took to Youtube to announce “I’m back.” But that was it. Brock gave no indication of if he was in the…

Dana White’s “big announcement” have become something of a running joke. Details are leaked or a deal falls through or the announcement simply fails to…

The Fox Broadcasting Company has scheduled a press conference in Los Angeles at 1 p.m. ET for what they describe as “one of the biggest announcements…

Remember that scene in Bambi where Thumper made fun of Bambi because he “doesn’t walk very good”? And then Thumper’s mom is all, “Yo, Thumper,…

It looks like the UFC on Fox is a reality. Sports Business Daily laid out the basics of the deal — $90M/year for 7-8 years,…

It looks like the UFC on network TV is finally a reality. According to a report from Sports Business Daily, the UFC and Fox have agreed…

The UFC has scheduled a conference call at noon ET to promote UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami. Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and  challenger Yushin Okami will…

THE GOLDEN RULE “This is actually a pretty simple explanation.” – UFC President Dana White, on Zuffa’s release of anything Golden Glory. (MMA Mania) “The bottom…

Back in the spring, sometime in April, I believe, I was hanging out at the bowling alley at the South Point casino in Las Vegas.…

Reports indicate that MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins has passed away. He was 37 years old. No details on the cause of death. Mike Straka broke…

There’s a reason why Chris Lytle is main eventing Sunday night’s show on Versus. It’s the same reason Lytle will probably have a UFC job…

As usual, the first installation of a Dana White video blog series has little to do with the upcoming event. Here, White half-heartedly runs through…