Speculation has been running rampant for several weeks over reports that Chuck Liddell would face Rich Franklin at UFC 115 instead of original opponent and opposing coach from the current season of "The Ultimate Fighter" Tito Ortiz. MMAWeekly.com initially reported the rumored bout on March 13. The UFC has on Monday confirmed those rumors announcing Liddell will indeed face Franklin on June 12 in Vancouver for the main event of UFC 115. The story surfaced after Ortiz had suffered injuries during training that would prevent him from fighting in the bout against Liddell in June, and it was former middleweight champion Rich Franklin that would step in to replace him. The UFC denied the initial reports and stood ...

   A few years ago the best of the best from the world of collegiate wrestling had basically one option to keep their career going. It was the Olympics or bust. Now that path leads more and more towards mixed martial arts The 2003 NCAA national champion at 149 pounds, Eric Larkin, made his professional debut last weekend in South Dakota, winning by rear naked choke in the first round. The most decorated wrestler to ever come out of Arizona State, the four time All-American had a great team around him in college and after school they helped him get ready for his MMA debut. Funny thing about Eric Larkin though... he never intended on becoming a fighter ...

With just days to go before this weekend's UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, UFC staffers are still busy preparing for future events as well.  This evening, the UFC confirmed the full card and bout order for May 29th's UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans, in Las Vegas: Main Card: - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad Evans - Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller - Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow - Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway Prelims: - Amir Sadollah vs. Dong-Hyun Kim - Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon - Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares - Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabate - Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer - Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen Russow, Duffee, and Hathaway will ...