Fight fans gather on weekends in bars, homes, and event centers to watch promotions such as Strikeforce, WEC and UFC while local events struggle to gather fans to support the future of the sport. MMA Gospel and Fighters.com understand that most fans don't know the young pro fighters in their area, let alone the amateur fighters. They do not have feelings for these fighters one way or another, not like they do for  “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (15-7-1), Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (14-5-1), or eighth-ranked light heavyweight “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-7). ...

"Sugar" Rashad Evans (12-0-1) knocked out Fighters.com's fourth-ranked light heavyweight "Iceman" Chuck Liddell (21-6) with a right hook in the second round Saturday night in Atlanta. Liddell lay unconcious on the canvas for several minutes after the punch. Evans jitter-bugged around a stalking Liddell the entire fight.  Liddell never really got a beat on him, but landed a straight right in the first round.  Evans back-pedalled and taunted Liddell with a dance. In the second round, Liddell lunged for an uppercut and took Evans's counter right hook square on the jaw to end the fight at 1:51. Franklin Finishes Friend "Ace" Rich Franklin (24-3) TKO'd his friend and former training partner "Hammer" Matt Hamill (4-2) at 39 seconds of round three with a left kick to Hamill's floating rib in Franklin's return to 205. Franklin had landed the same kick consistently through the first two rounds.  In the third, the kick dropped Hamill and Franklin landed two punches before referee Mario Yamasaki waved the fight off. ...

The UFC officially replaced an injured James Lee (13-3) with UFC newcomer Michael Patt (12-2) on the organization's Atlanta card 6 September. Patt, who trains with Jorge Gurgel (12-4) in Ohio, submitted Jarred Taylor (2-4) in the first round this month at the Texas-based Urban Rumble Championship. Patt will face “Barbarian” Tim Boetsch (7-2), who was TKO’d in the second round by “Hammer” Matt Hamill (4-1) in April. ...