I was able to speak with Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou recently and he confirmed that his management team of Ryan Parsons and Dan Henderson have had direct talks with the UFC on his behalf. Sokoudjou also mentioned that he expects to know what promotion he’ll be fighting for by the end of the week and that K-1 and Bodog Fight are just two of the other promotions... 

There’s a pretty good side-by-side comparison on UFCCountdown.com of a recent video interview Calvin Ayre did and a recent radio interview that Dana White did on the Carmichael Dave show on KHTK in Sacramento. We’ve chronicled White’s interview on the Carmichael Dave show before but a lot of you may not have seen Ayre’s video comments.... 

I’ve been trying to do some digging lately on the biggest free agent names in MMA right now and have been working the phone (I’d say “phones” but I’m only using one phone) and e-mail. Bodog Fight founder Calvin Ayre was kind enough to respond to some of my questions. I don’t have anything Earth-shattering to report, but thought...