Rhett Butler, UFC - The UFC lightweight division is the newest to hold the title of "stacked", with accomplished fighters all itching to compete against one another. We all know the names: Florian, Stevenson, Huerta, Fisher, Guida and the man high atop the smoldering volcano (literally) BJ Penn. Amid the fray lie sleeping giants who speak mostly with their Octagon prowess and not through the media.

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - Everybody knows that reality television is never really reality—except when it is. For instance, 16 guys quarantined under a single roof, all of them fairly convinced of their own invincibility and anxious to bear proof, are bound to have a few confrontations. That's an interesting sort of microcosmic reality. There's also something very real, it should be noted, about fists and flying glassware. Eh, for guys like The Ultimate Fighter 8's Ryan Bader, it wasn't really a problem.

Dave Sholler, UFC - Nearly a year ago, welterweight Jonathan Goulet had considered ending his mixed martial arts career at the age of 28. After 27 professional bouts, the Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada native was having trouble summoning the desire to fight.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you saw Eddie Sanchez in Belfast International Airport on the morning after his June 2007 fight with Colin Robinson, you wouldn't have recognized him behind the mask of bruises sustained during the torrid 5:32 bout, which Sanchez won via TKO in the second round. But for the man dubbed "The Manic Hispanic", there was no hiding, no sheepish looks at the people staring at him. This is his job, and those bruises were nothing more than badges of honor.

New York, NY, December 5, 2008 - In anticipation of one of the most eagerly-anticipated mixed martial events of all-time, UFC 94, featuring welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and lightweight champion BJ Penn, Spike TV presents "UFC Primetime," premiering Wednesday, January 14 10:30-11:00pm ET/PT.

New York, NY, December 4, 2008 - After twelve episodes of elimination bouts, grueling training, and creative hijinks and pranks, "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Mir™" live finale is set with Phillipe Nover taking on Efrain Escudero in the lightweight (155lb) class and Ryan Bader battling Vinny Magalhaes in the light heavyweight division (205 lbs). Emanating from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 13 at 9:00 PM ET, the finalists will be competing for a six-figure contract with the preeminent mixed martial arts organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting Championship®.

Junie Allen Browning, Team Mir - Part of me thought that I was gone off the show this time, but another part figured that they'd keep me to see if I'd get beat. Half of the people in America would want to see me win, and half would want to see me get my ass kicked, so I figured they'd keep me for that reason.

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - It's come down to this - four matches to determine which four fighters will compete for UFC contracts in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir finale on December 13th at The Palms in Las Vegas.Let's get right down to business.

Frank Curreri, WEC - If Miguel Torres had a weakness, a part of his game that could be exploited, many presumed it was in his stand-up arsenal. Manny Tapia believed that to be the case - but not any more. Torres tore through Tapia on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel, using a 9-inch reach advantage to batter the No. 1 challenger with jab after jab and then finishing Tapia with a vicious combination in the second-round. In fact, Torres' first punch of the night was a jab that sent Tapia reeling and falling backward into the cage, foreboding the kind of rough night it would be for Tapia.

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - Midway through 2008, if you ran down the list of champions in the WEC, the two considered most likely to still be holding their belts when "jingle bells" started playing around town would have been Urijah Faber and Miguel Torres.