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Shawn Tompkins has confirmed to Fighters Only that he has officially parted company with the Xtreme Couture gym - and says a lot of his fighters will be going with him.“I resigned this week from the Xtreme Couture gym as the head trainer. On good terms, there is no war or battle. The gym and the direction its going and the direction I am going are two different...

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is suffering because of his team’s four-fight losing streak on season ten of The Ultimate Fighter - and it is not just his professional pride as a coach that is taking a beating.“When these guys lose fights it messes up my mood for the rest of the day and the next day,” the former light-heavyweight champion...

Mamed Khalidov has signed for Japanese promotion Sengoku and will make his debut on November 7th in a middleweight fight against Jorge Santiago. The Poland-based Chechen normally competes at light-heavyweight and is perhaps best known for his demolition job on Jason Guida in EliteXC last year.His management announced the deal this week and also revealed that Khalidov...

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has undergone an arthroscopic surgical procedure on his right elbow. The operation took place last week and was to repair “chronic damage to his elbow”, according to an MMA Weekly report."They found some things that they weren't aware of (during the surgery), which is a good thing,“ Silva’s manager...

Readers of Fighters Only in the UK get a unique insight into the diet of UFC fighter Paul Daley this month with an exclusive daily diet plan in the Performance section of issue 56.The British knockout artist is just coming off an impressive UFC debut where he knocked out the tough Martin Kampmann in 2 minutes and 31 seconds. With 17 KO victories to his name the 26...

Mauricio Ruas’s coach Andre Dida (the Muay Thai specialist and K-1 fighter) has been reponsible for Shogun’s preparation for his upcoming fight against light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida on October 24th.Dida says, “He is very confident. He’ll face a striker and he is trained for it. It won’t be only a stand-up fight but Mauricio is...

Demian Maia was one fight away from a title shot against Anderson Silva but was knocked out by Nate Marquardt at UFC 100 and lost the opportunity temporally. Another mixed martial artist, Vitor Belfort, has jumped the queue to dispute the belt after smashing Rich Franklin with a first round knockout at UFC 103.When Dana White said Belfort would fight Anderson at UFC...

The UFC has confirmed that bout agreements have been signed for a UFC lightweight title defence by champion BJ Penn against Diego Sanchez at UFC 107, which takes place in Memphis on Saturday, December 12th.“In this sport it sometimes takes years for fighters to find the weight class where they’re at their best,” UFC President Dana White said....

Yoshihiro Akiyama has told a UFC press conference in Japan that he will face Wanderlei Silva in early 2010. The fight may take place as the main event of UFC 111, which is pegged for Sydney, Australia. Akiyama says that the fight will take place at 185 pounds, according to a Sherdog report, but the Japanese middleweight would apparently rather fight in Las Vegas....

BJ Penn still has his heart set on another match with Georges St Pierre, and says he only wants big fights between now and retiring. “I definitely want to fight GSP again. I'm biased and I have confidence in myself and I don't think the fight would go anything like that if we fought again,” he told The Sun today. “I've got to defend the lightweight...