Who hasn’t Matt Lindland fought in the cage?  His career fight bio is a list of MMA 1.0 and 2.0 greats from Pat Miletich to Ricardo Almeida, to Fedor Emelianenko and Vitor Belfort.  Now 40, and seeking one more title belt run, he has his hands full with one of the biggest punchers in the game in Robbie Lawler in the Strikeforce cage come Saturday night in St. Louis. ...

Pat Miletich, the former five-time UFC welterweight champion, is looking for a new gig. After running his famed Miletich Fighting Systems for over a decade, Pat has produced some of the world's best, including several former champions. Former UFC title holders Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, and former EliteXC middleweight champ Robbie Lawler, anchor Pat's résumé as one of the best trainers/coaches in the world. However at 42-years-old and a budding career as a color commentator for the San Jose based mixed martial arts promotion in Strikeforce, Miletich believes it's time to trade in the HQ in Iowa for bigger and better things. ...

For someone who once approached the upcoming video game “EA Sports MMA” with an incredible amount of hesitation, now more and more I’m thinking that October 19 can’t get here soon enough. In order to generate interest and encourage fans to open their wallets and put down a pre-order, EA Sports is revealing the entire roster of the game on a week-by-week, division-by-division basis. The Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight roster has already been revealed, and recently the Middleweights took center stage. EA Sports also recently revealed a teaser image of a famous venue that has yet to see a Mixed Martial Arts event. ...

Former UFC fighter Rory Markham, following his release from the UFC and recovering from amounting injuries, was recently signed to budding promotion, Bellator Fighting Championships. Bellator has done an excellent job in bringing in relevant talent to their fold, while giving their home-grown fighters some credibility, should they prove successful in defeating some of the imported, former UFC standouts. Markham will forever be remembered in infamy, when he knocked out Brodie Farber in his UFC debut in 2009, with a vicious head kick. After the initial UFC outing, he struggled in performances against contender Dan Hardy and "The Ultimate Fighter" season five winner, Nate Diaz. ...

"The Croatian Sensation" Pat Miletich (29-7-2) spoke with Five Ounces of Pain and told them he and Frank Shamrock (23-10-2) had verbally agreed to fight but there are some issues still on Frank's side. Pat said that right now there are some hold ups due to Frank and that they verbally agreed to fight in March but it may be April, May or never. Here is the full statement for Pat: ...

Former UFC heavyweight champion “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-6) agreed to an interview with Fighters.com before his fight versus Jason Riley (6-1) at Adrenaline MMA 4 in Omaha Friday...until he peeped my questions. "Chad, I am not going to do this interview," Sylvia graciously responded.  "I don't like how this whole thing is coming accross.  Sorry." Below are the questions that Sylvia refused to answer along with what Fighters.com could dig-up.  You decide if Fighters.com's questions were out of line.  Of course, Fighters.com would prefer to put Sylvia on the record on the issues fans are chattering about.   And, Fighters.com stands by everything written here as told by reliable sources, but sources can only speak from their point of view.   It's unfortunate Sylvia won't tell his story. Fighters.com: Looking back, was the "Merciless" Ray Mercer (1-1) fight a good decision? ...

"Croatian Sensation" Pat Miletich (29-7-2) defeated Thomas Denny (25-18) via knockout in the main event of Adrenaline MMA 2 Thursday night in Moline. Ben Rothwell (26-6) set the tone during the bout just before Miletich's victory with a submission victory of his own via strikes over Chris Guillen (13-12). Showing no rust from age, the forty-year-old Miletich revisited yesteryear with a dominant performance over Denny. The victory by knockout was both impressive and surprising in contrast to Miletich's fight record richly built off of submission wins. Pat Miletich officially won via knockout at 0:50 of the second round. Heavyweight Ben Rothwell (26-6) showed no remnants of his recent loss to "Pitbull" Andrei Arlovski (14-5) when he quickly dispatched Chris Guillen (13-12) in the opening round with a barrage of heavy elbows. Ben Rothwell officially won via submission due to strikes at 3:40 of the first round. ...

Former UFC Welterweight Champion and renowned trainer of the pros “Croation Sensation” Pat Miletich (28-7-2) will return to competition at Adrenaline’s second event 11 December in Moline, IL, against “Wildman” Thomas Denny (25-17), Inside MMA confirmed Friday. The bout will be Miletich’s second since 2002.  He last fought Renzo Gracie in September 2006 at the IFL, losing via guillotine choke at 3:37 of the first round. Denny was TKO’d in the second round by Nick Diaz  (16-8) at EliteXC in July. ...

New Jersey State Athletic Control Board Counsel Nick Lembo has called on mixed martial arts fans to submit their comments to the Association of Boxing Commissions Professional and Amateur MMA Rules Committee by 17 September. "We are interested in any comments," said Lembo.  "All comments will be passed on to the Committee for their consideration." Topics on the Commitee's agenda include: Adding smothering of the nostrils or mouth as a foul (as per the Montreal document). Removing manipulating the clavicle as a foul (as per the Montreal document). Removing heel kicks to the kidney as a foul (as per the Montreal document). Removing the allowance of stomps to the feet by two standing fighters  (as per the Montreal document). ...