Matt Serra broke the news to TriStateFighter.com first on Wednesday that his fighter, Pete Sell, will return to the octagon on October 25th to face Josh Burkman at UFC 90. Sell has a 7-4 record but is coming off losses to Nate Quarry at UFC Fight Night 11 and Thales Leites at UFC 69. Click through for more.

Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra from Long Island went on the record with yours truly on Tuesday. We spoke about his recovery from an elbow injury suffered against GSP, his thoughts on his next fight Vs. Matt Hughes, why Luke Cummo - who he trains - needs to change his diet, and what he thought about the new movie Pineapple Express. Listen to this exclusive audio interview. Click through to listen.

The Connecticut based United States Fight League will be back in action September 13th at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino with another great night of fights. Rising Tri-State fighters Josh Diekmann and Anderw Caron will be in action. The doors open at 6:30 and ticket prices start at $45. It is great to see more live MMA action coming to the the Tri-State area. Click through for USFL website information.

It has become easier and easier to find quality MMA on TV in the past year. We have WEC on Versus, Fight Night shows on Spike, and a good variety of events on HDNets. But, the cream of the crop still only fight on PPV events be it GSP, Chuck, and BJ in the UFC or now Fedor with Affliction. So - it costs a few dimes to pick up these PPV events at home. Luckily, more and more bars and restaurants in the Tri-State are featuring MMA events, albeit with a cover charge. Click through to see our first featured location.

The UFC once again dominates the landscape at 45th street in Times Square. GSP Vs. Fitch and Lesnar Vs. Herring get co-billing on this massive billboard. While the UFC has traditionally owned the MMA marketing space in Times Square they have recently been joined by a huge Affliction promotional billboard for their recent event just blocks away. We will keep tabs on how the MMA billboard wars play out in Times Square. Click through and take a look at our exclusive photo gallery of the UFC billboard and one shot of the Affliction board.

This is the first edition of our event list. Please take a look. We will try to update and add events as they become apparent. You can always find the event list home in the top right widget of the home page. Please feel free to drop us a line at info@tristatefighter if you would like us to add your event. Thanks. Click through for specifics.

New Breed Fighters is an organization which may not resonate with MMA fans as a major player in the sport … right now. However, what New Breed Fighters is doing currently may be just as important to the future of MMA, or more so, than what the big boys are doing jockeying around each other to squeeze out another dollar. How, what and why is New Breed Fighters doing? Click through to read more.