Most people go to Gran Canaria for a sunny holiday to enjoy the sun, the sea, the beaches and the Spanish food, but not the M-1 Challenge teams.

Fighters from Spain, Finland, the USA and the Netherlands all gathered for the third edition of the already wellknown M-1 Challenge.

The weigh-ins were held today and the first show ever to be televised on a major network like CBS will hit your TV tomorrow evening. In the main event Intrnet sensation turned MMA profighter Kimbo Slice will lock horns with Pride veteran and brawler in James Thompson

I was extremely pleased to be nominated on "Sobaka.ru Top-50: prominent citizens of Saint Petersburg" which is great honor for me. It's always nice to know people like and value what you do. I want to thank everyone who voted for me. I know that not only people from St. Petersburg in particluar but Russians in general and international fans like those in the USA, Korea and other countries supported and voted for me all the time. That's what makes this award the most valuable for me personally!

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The brackets for the DREAM middleweight Grand Prix tournament were revealed today. Check out against who Red Devil's Gegard Mousasi is facing off.

Shortly before Sengoku II Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi stated he'll return to the ring at Sengoku IV come August. He added that his respective opponent's name will be revealed during Sengoku II.

Kazuo Misaki seeks confrontaion with Jorge Santiago in hopes of revenging the teammate Yuki Sasaki's recent loss. Unfortunately for Misaki, the Brazilian injured his hand and won't be able to compete probably until Sengoku V.

Also the fightcard for the upcoming Sengoku III scheduled for June 8 was revealed recently...

Kevin "The Monster" Randleman faces Jeff "The Snowman" Monson at 'Godz of war' in Charlotte, NC on June, 21. Also return of Murilo Bustamante

The weigh-ins for the today's IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut took place. Every fighter made weight. Tonight IFL puts three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight.

On May, 31 the third installment will hit the sunny shore of Gran Canaria (Spain) in Soiux City (San Augustin). This will be the first M-1 Challenge 2008 open stage event and can be considered the predecessor of prestigious 'on water event' that will take place June 27, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia...

May, 9 another instalment of Polish major MMA event KSW 9 - Konfrontacja took place in Warsaw where the eight man tournament was mixed with the single bouts. Results after the jump

Dream 3 is the history now as the event finished just moments ago. Let's take a look at the results of the single bouts as well as the second round of the lightweight Grand Prix

MFC 16 was held on May, 9 in River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton Enoch, Alberta, Canada

Adrenaline MMA, a new organization started by Monte Cox officially announced the fightcard for its inaugural show on June, 14 in Chicago, Il.

Official fightcard for WEC's 34-th installment scheduled for June, 1 in California

Alexander Emelianenko is a tough as nails fighter out of Russia. He has an extensive background in Sambo, and is a brother of the world class renowned Fedor Emelianenko. Alexander spent time competing in the now defunct Pride Fighting Championship. He is a hard hitter, and has the future ahead of him if he keeps his head in the game.

Below are the photos from M-1 Challenge 3 on Gran Canaria where four teams will compete against each other: Finland vs. USA and Spain vs. the Netherlands

Fedor Emelianenko at the ceremony "Top-50 sobaka.ru"

Yesterday the first press-conference dedicated to the upcoming inaugural event of Affliction in association with M-1 was held in Los Angeles. Present were Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Renato Sobral, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo and others. Afterwards an autograph session was arranged for the fans. The news from the conference after the jump...

A bunch of photos from the inaugural Fedor's cup after the jump. Watch Kirill Sidelnikov and others in action!

mixfight.ru / m1mixfight.com in collaboration with our friends from mixfight.nl continues the series of info/photoreviews of the Dutch Martial Arts gyms.

The seventh review is dedicated to Everybody Gym

Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Ben Rothwell, Matt Lidland, Pedro Rizzo, Renato Sobral about a forthcoming tournament.

Punchdrunkgamer.com had interview with the legendary voice of Pride and DREAM Lenne Hardt