In what was being seen unofficially as "The Battle of the Light Heavy's", Two Welterweight bouts were added to the UFC 84 card. The first stars "War Machine" John Koppenhaver vs. newcomer Yoshiyuki Yoshida and the second will be Jason Tan vs. Korea's Dong Hyun Kim.

Sources from Sherdog.com are reporting that despite an announcement last October, Fedor Emelianenko never officially signed with M-1 Global. The closest they came was a letter of intent and a 1.5 million dollar signing bonus.

March 15, 2008 marked the 19th event in the history of the Full Force Fighting Championships. The show was held at the Plymouth Hall in Plymouth, MA and featured 9 professional and 4 amateur fights... click on to read more and see the results.

The UFC announced three new light-heavyweight matches to back up the Lightweight Championship defense of BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk. Gouveia / Reljic, Thiago Silva / Antonio Mendes, and Sokoudjou / Nakamura have all been slated for UFC 84 on May 24th.

The Rumor mill is abuzz with yet another major network deal, this time between NBC and Strikeforce. Apparently NBC wants a MMA highlight show to run right before Saturday Night Live. Strikeforce who is starting to expand outside California appears to be the organization to provide the content, according to an exclusive MMAJunkie.com contact with the organization.

Paulo Filho, one of the top middleweights in the world and WEC champion, has withdrawn from his title defense against Chael Sonnen and voluntarily checked himself into an undisclosed rehab facility to help him with a substance abuse problem.

Fatal Femmes Fighting Championship is back Thursday, April 3rd at the Shrine Expo Center in downtown Los Angeles (700 W. 32nd St.). Mixed Martial Arts star, Roxanne Modafferi is also back.

“Bad” Brad Blackburn (Olympia, Wash.) is among four athletes who have been added to the card when the International Fight League returns to the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., on Friday, April 4. The IFL veteran will fight Delson Heleno (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in a welterweight clash, one of nine mixed martial arts bouts on the slate.