Friday afternoon MMA News and Notes

First, Wandering Euan will have a report on UFC 70 sometime tomorrow, of course given that he says he will...you might not want to hold your breath on it. However, report from Euan or not, I am going to post spoilers because like it or not, it is news. If you don't want the event to be spoiled, nobody will stand over you with a gun to your head making you read them, and if someone does do that well...nice knowing you.

I will also have some kind of thoughts on the show as it airs on SpikeTV. If something should happen to Euan it could be delayed round-by-round coverage, but if not it will just be short form thoughts.

Also, there is a chance of some live play-by-play of tomorrow's Cage Rage event which you can see on ProElite.com but I'm not going to promise it.

As another reminder, you can predict the outcomes of the UFC 70 bouts, all 10 of them, here all you need is to register for the board.

Anyway, on to the rest of the news.



Here's a predictions column no where near as cool as our CARE podcast.

here we have a look at the 6/22 Strikeforce/Elite XC show.

Here is the official announcement of UFC 72 in Northern Ireland.

A look at the ratings trends for episode 2 of Ultimate Fighter are right here

I mentioned Cage Rage earlier, and I can't remember if I've linked to this or not but here is a preview for tomorrow's event. Note that Bob Sapp is out and Tank Abbott is in. You can get more on that story by clicking here

Fabricio Werdum fears not the Octagon

Joe Lauzon blogs the most recent TUF episode Look, Gabe Ruediger's colonic actually happened, lets just accept it and move on.

Another cast member weighs in only this man is a coach. Jens Pulver's reaction to episode 3

Now you can find out why they call Michael Bisping the Count.

Underdogs are ready to roar at UFC 70 I call it the last yelp of death. Realistically, how many dogs roar?

The Orange County Register Examines the UFC 70 conference call

here's a report from yesterday's UFC 70 press conference.

Another UFC picks column not as good as our podcast now, I know what you're thinking and yes I am truly the most awesome man to ever live. How kind of you. But, you are also wondering why if these are inferior works to our own do I bother providing a link? It is one thing for me to claim superiority, it is another to prove it. Plus, there's no shame in being inferior to us, the list of people that fits that description is longer than you'd think. So its not that these are bad columns, they're just misfortunate enough to have been written at a time where we exist. Understand now?

A look at the Brazilian scene and A look at Canada titled MM-Eh! Ok, thumbs up for that title.

A preview of UFC 70's Undercard it lacks the caring touch.

Andrei Arlovski wants to be champion again and I want him to thank his sponsor

The last item I think I'll leave you with because I'm tired is the UFC 70 preview from Fox Sports. I don't often link to FSN but Dave Doyle does do good work.

Well, that should give you enough reading material to keep you busy during the time leading up to the show.