Spike TV and the UFC announced tryouts for season eight of "The Ultimate Fighter". The casting call is for 155 and 205-ers, unlike this season (Season 7) which will feature middleweights exclusively. Tryouts are scheduled for April 10 in Boston at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

The rules are abundantly clear: in mixed martial arts, a fighter is not permitted to deliver an elbow in a downward motion (ceiling to floor). Nor is a fighter allowed to strike an opponent behind the back of the head. Malaipet did both in the closing seconds of the first-round against Thomas “Wildman” Denny Friday in the main event of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series on SHOWTIME, and was disqualified.

Joe Lauzon is in for the fight of his life this coming UFC Fight Night, scheduled for April 2nd. With that in mind, he is training hard for Kenny Florian and writing about his experience.

Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le is coming this Friday and to prep for the big fight, both of the fighters go "Toe to Toe" with the ex-professional wrestler Goldberg.

Unplugged is back and we hit some of the hottest topics currently in MMA, Fedor's free agency and "Iron Ring". We also bring fighter Mike Cook, who trains under Frank Shamrock currently, onto the show to discuss with him his experiences being on the new reality series "Iron Ring".

Marcus Aurelio, originally slated to fight Spencer Fisher, has a new opponent for UFC Fight Night 13 in Ryan Roberts. Jim Miller, who was the rumored replacement cannot compete due to contractual obligations with the IFL.

Don Frye has withdrawn from his April 11th match against Oleg Taktarov in Yamma's debut PPV card, according to Sherdog.com. Taktarov will instead face Pat Smith, UFC 1 tournament entrant, according to Smith's co-managers Francois Nguywen and Tommy Rojas.

CBS and ProElite, Inc. today announced that the first live primetime mixed martial arts event will be broadcast Saturday, May 31 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS will be broadcast live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

All the fighters tested at UFC 82, which ran March 1st in Columbus Ohio, came back clean, according to the Ohio State Athletic Commission.