Debates have raged on The NHB Show on the merits of the IFL. Is it really a better organization for the fighters? Health Insurance? Profit Sharing? Will it survive past Q3 2008? Well Roy "Big Country" Nelson has a very candid interview on his dealings with the International Fight League.

American Top Team (ATT) in Florida is growing leaps and bounds. They have had a couple of big names fighters in Alessio Sakara and Marcelo Garcia join the team in the month of January, and now they are adding UFC veteran Roan "Jucao" Carneiro to the growing stable of fighters!

The highly touted event in San Diego that was to feature the return of Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Vernon White was cancelled shortly before it was scheduled to start on Saturday.

Rick Roufus, a world champion kickboxer and K-1 veteran, is looking to enter the MMA arena. Unfortunately he will not be able to compete in this weekend's World Cagefighting Organization/Valor Fighting event in San Diego according to the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, Armando Garcia.

We are back from our hiatus with another round of our amateur hour, otherwise known as "The No Holds Barred Show: Unplugged". This week we bring on Chris Liguori to discuss his upcoming rematch with Jim Miller in Ring of Combat 18 on March 7th.

Thales Leites, the Nova Uniao fighter and UFC stand-out, was scheduled to fight Nate Marquardt at UFC 81 but broke his hand training for the upcoming fight and was forced to withdraw due to the injury.

After a star-studded 2007 in Las Vegas that saw the crowning of new champions, the emergence of new ones, and a continuation of the high-octane action that has become a trademark of the organization, World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) will take its show on the road Wednesday, February 13 with a championship tripleheader that is sure to pack the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

IFL titleholders Matt Horwich (Portland, Ore.), Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) and Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) will defend their belts when the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) opens its 2008 schedule with an eight-bout card at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, February 29.

Former Bodog Fight welterweight champion Eddie Alvarez has signed a new three-fight deal with EliteXC, as well as a deal with M-1 Global, as first reported by Sam Caplan, editor at ProElite.com.