Newly minted UFC fighter, and K-1 veteran Denis Kang, former UFC fighter Bill Mahood, and Jiu Jitsu ace Thiago Goncalves will join Adam Zugec and Sarah Kaufman of Zuma Ultimate Martial Arts for a seminar on November 22, 2008 at the Zuma training center.

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Some impressive local talent was on display as fighters such as Jason Heit, Nick Driedger, Ryan Janes, Darcy James, Aaron Bruce, and and Dan Maciver went on to impressive victories while Nick Hinchliffe, and Adam Gabel fell in upsets at King of the Cage "Impact".

King of the Cage makes it's return to Vancouver Island with a main event of islander Jason Heit taking on Elmer Waterhen and Nick Hinchliffe facing off against Dan MacIver. Click on for the full card.

Kim Couture interviewed by Radio 1100 and talks about Jared Shaw trying to get a peek at a nude Gina Carano who had to strip nude in order to make weight for her bout with Kelly Kobald

The failed drug tests continue to roll in for MMA fighters as John George became the first fighter in California to have his license as a professional athlete revoked for his second anabolic steroid violation.

Sengoku announced today that they now have a deal with TV Tokyo. TVT will run 'The Strongest MMA Sengoku Special' on September 27 from 1:00p.pm. to 1:55 p.m. and 'Sengoku G!' will air 12:35 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. every Sunday as regular programming.

Dream has finalized their upcoming Dream.6 card and it is looking strong with Hayato Sakura, Mirko Filipovic, and Sergei Kharitonov stepping into the ring and the semifinals and finals of the Middleweight tournament coming to a close.

It appears that Roger Gracie will be facing off against seasoned MMA veteran Travis Wiuff in his return to MMA action. Sengoku announced that bout as well as the Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon to round out the remainder of the Sengoku 5 card. The event will take place on September 28, 2008 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Pride veteran Mitsuhiro Ishida will (16-4-1) will make his US debut at the Playboy Mansion against AKA stalwart Justin Wilcox.  Ishida was on an 8-fight winning streak with wins over UFC veteran David Bielkheden , Paul Rodriguez, and Marcus Aurelio before losing to Takanory Gomi and most recently Caol Uno.

World Victory Road (Sengoku) confirmed that Xande Ribeiro will take on popular Pro wrestler Takashi Sugiura at Sengoku 5, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. In other WVR news, the middleweight Grand Prix brackets have been set

DALLAS (September 3, 2008) – Affliction has signed a long-term deal with HDNet Fights to show lead-in bouts to the Affliction Pay Per View broadcasts. HDNet will show the preliminary bouts for the first ninety minutes leading into the Pay Per View

Montreal, Canada - Wednesday September 3, 2008 - TKO Championship Fighting announced today that they have signed a television deal with the TQS television network which will show MMA in Quebec beginning September 5, 2008 at 9p.m. with TKO, Friday night Knock-outs.