Following his July release from the UFC, former TUF 7 middleweight contestant Jesse Taylor will be returning to action on Oct. 2 during Total Combat 32 at the Syucan Casino just outside of San Diego. Taylor’s opponent will be another former UFC veteran, Drew Fickett. Taylor lost a chance to compete against Amir Sadollah in the finals of TUF 7 after he was... 

MMA Junkie was able to catch up with Jesse Taylor after his release from the UFC today and get some comments from him in regards to the release: “It’s definitely frustrating,” Taylor today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) about the release. “I was upset, of course. But I’m going to keep on fighting. It could be a blessing in... 

A report in the July 29 print edition of the Wrestling Observer has confirmed rumblings that middleweight Jesse Taylor was dropped by the UFC for the second time in the span of four months following his loss at UFC Fight Night 14 to C.B. Dollaway. A member of Team Quest in Temecula, Taylor’s overall MMA record fell to 6-3 at UFN 14 by submitting to Dollaway... 

The WEC has made two very important announcements today. First, they’ve extended their deal with Versus. Under the agreement, WEC will deliver 20 additional WrekCage shows and 15 more live WEC fight cards. And the other big announcement is that the WEC’s next live show after tonight’s card is slated for Dec. 12. Urijah Faber (19-1) is scheduled... 

Steve Sievert is reporting on his Brawl Sports blog on the Houston Chronicle’s web site that Jeff Curran’s win over Stephen Ledbetter last Sunday night might have earned him a shot at Urijah Faber and the WEC featherweight title: A source told the Chronicle’s Brawl Sports Sunday at WEC 29 in Vegas that if Curran beat Stephen Ledbetter (which... 

Overall, I thought it was a slightly above average show. I liked the first show much better simply because the fights turned out better. The outcome of fights isn’t something a promotion can control so I’m not blaming the WEC. It’s just the way things went down. Maybe some blame can be assessed to the WEC for not finding a better opponent for Paulo Filho,... 

Jeff Curran, who has fought for the IFL, King of the Cage, and the UFC (once, losing to Matt Serra) has left a post under his official account on the Underground forum at MMA.tv that he has signed with the WEC and will compete as a featherweight (145 pounds). The 29-year old has a record of 27-8-1 with notable wins over Jason Dent, Charles “Krazy Horse”...