[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Kevin Winter/Getty Images "][/caption] TMZ is reporting Dana White is considering a move to release the embattled former UFC light-heavyweight champion from the promotion. White told TMZ, "We're going to be fair but we could cut him." Details are still murky regarding what brought the police to the Ortiz-Jameson residence at 9:53 this morning. However, the early signs indicate a domestic row with ...

April 23 might be a date remembered by literature nerds everywhere as the day William Shakespeare was (probably) born, and also as the day he died, but April 22? At least in Sacaramento, Calif. that will henceforth be known as Urijah Faber Day, thanks to a proclamation made Thursday by Sacramento mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson. Two questions spring immediately to mind: 1) How is it that Kevin Johnson became the mayor of a major American city without me knowing about it? Was the clip of him dunking over Hakeem Olajuwon a centerpiece of his ...

The WEC is venturing into a new frontier littered with possibilities, opportunities and a $44.95 price tag for MMA fans who want to witness a stacked card featuring two titles fights—Jose Aldo vs. Urijah Faber for the featherweight strap and Ben Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone for the lightweight belt. The junior ZUFFA company will be looking to follow in the footsteps of their big brother promotion, UFC, by debuting on pay-per-view with a big splash this Saturday at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. Not to be overlooked by the two-title gold rush, the rest of the main card is sporting a former champion and two bantamweight contenders vying for a chance to dance ...

When the negotiations for a "Superfight" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fell apart, MMA fans smirked and nodded.  The general reaction was something like this: "You see, this is exactly what is wrong with boxing.  They finally get a big fight that everyone wants to see, the fighters agree to all of the material issues in principle, and then it falls apart over some minor issue."  Dana White was among those that mocked the sport of boxing for failing to promote such a huge fight. He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones. Most fans and experts agree that Anderson Silva and Georges St. Pierre are the top two pound for pound fighters in the sport of ...

Ken Shamrock's last three UFC fights were first-round knockout losses. Now he's been knocked out by the UFC in a court of law. The UFC distributed a press release Thursday trumpeting its latest legal victory over Shamrock, a UFC Hall of Famer who took the UFC to court and may now have to pay a steep price for that decision. According to the press release, the UFC's parent company Zuffa LLC was awarded a legal victory Thursday when Judge Susan H. Johnson of the Eighth Judicial District Court for Nevada, granted the UFC's motion for attorney's fees and costs, totaling close to $175,000. Shamrock lost a lawsuit to Zuffa regarding his UFC contract and will now have to pick ...