This is really going to be an amazing weekend for MMA fans. Usually July is a slow month for the sport, but not this year. Not only will you get to see some of the best heavyweights in the world on the same card during Affliction: Banned along with the UFC light heavyweight debut of Anderson Silva during UFC Fight Night 14, but the finals of DREAM’s lightweight... 

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According to a report by our friends at MMAPayout.com, Monte Cox’s Adrenaline MMA is the latest fight promotion to join the HDNet Fights family. The announcement was originally made during this week’s airing of “Inside MMA” on HDNet. The two sides recently worked out a three-fight agreement that will apparently commence in time for Adrenaline... 

HDNet Fights has canceled its next scheduled card for February 15 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, reports Loretta Hunt of The Fight Network. “We’re taking the time to build a little more infrastructure that’s all our own,” HDNet Fights president Guy Mezger is quoted as saying in the article. “Right now, we share a lot of it with HDNet... 

I’m not precisely sure how the rumor started, but there’s been some talk on the Internet today that Matt Lindland had signed with HDNet Fights as a fighter. I was contacted by a few readers via e-mail asking me about Lindland’s status. After contacting two sources, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was informed that the rumors are not true and that Lindland... 

In exclusive comments to ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com), HDNet Fights founder and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban responded to questions in regards to whether recent reports that Floyd Mayweather is investigating the possibility of competing in MMA are merely an attempt to gain headlines. “He is serious,” Cuban responded in an e-mail. “He... 

Other outlets have picked up on ESPN.com’s story from yesterday that Floyd Mayweather is interested in possibly working with Mark Cuban and getting involved with MMA. “It would be huge,” Cuban is quoted as saying in a new article furnished by the Associated Press. “He’s an icon in boxing. He’s conquered that world. He is the... 

Jason “Mayhem” Miller def. Tim Kennedy via unanimous decision Frank Trigg def. Edwin Dewees via submission (kimura), 1:40 R1 Yves Edwards def. Alonzo Martinez via submission (rear naked choke), 3:04 R2 Krzysztof Soszynski def. Robert Villegas via DQ (refusal to fight), 3:15 R2 Pete Spratt def. Tristan Yunker via TKO (cut), 1:38 R1 Corey Mahon... 

Saturday’s HDNet Fights card from Dallas, Texas will feature two main events comprised of some of the world’s top middleweights. In one bout, Jason “Mayhem” Miller will be taking on up and coming star Tim Kennedy. In the night’s co-main event, Frank Trigg will return to action for the first time since March. The fight will mark Trigg’s... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com (www.FiveOuncesOfPain.com) has learned that HDNet and the IFL could finalize an agreement as early as Tuesday that would allow the IFL’s Word Grand Prix finals on Dec. 29 to be televised on the network. The live telecast will be two hours in duration with no specific time determined as of yet, however, the time window will precede... 

Pro wrestling/MMA/boxing hybrid audio blog JarryPark.com conducted an interview recently with HDNet Fights commissioner Guy Mezger. Mezger revealed to interviewer Ariel Helwani that the IFL and HDNet have reached an accord that includes an agreement to televise the promotion’s World Grand Prix finals on Dec. 29 along with 2008 events. Mezger left the impression... 

FiveOuncesofPain.com (www.fiveouncesofpain.com) has learned from a source close to the situation that IFL fighter and active Army Ranger Tim Kennedy has accepted a fight against Jason “Mayhem” Miller at Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights card on December 15th. Kennedy will be replacing Sean Salmon, who was viciously knocked out last weekend during Strikeforce’s... 

HDNet Fights held a conference call on Wednesday afternoon to promote their next live telecast on Dec. 15 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. Involved on the call were HDNet Fights president Andrew Simon, HDNet Fights matchmaker Guy Mezger, along with fighters Sean Salmon and Jason “Mayhem” Miller, who will be fighting each other in a... 

Mark Cuban conducted both a press conference locally in Dallas this morning and also a conference call for the national media soon after. The press conference and the conference call was to announce the formation of HDNet Fights that will be televised every Friday on Cuban’s high-definition subscription cable channel, HDNet. HDNet already televises MMA...