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  • John Maguire Signs with Cage Warriors, Debut Set for December 31st

    John Maguire Signs with Cage Warriors, Debut Set for December 31st

      English mixed martial artist, John Maguire is headed to his home country of England to compete with Cage Warriors, a promotion based in London, England. Maguire was released from the UFC earlier this year after his third consecutive loss at UFC 161 in his return to the lightweight division. Maguire went 2-3 in the […]

  • GSP: If Askren signs, I’ll fight him. No problem.

    GSP: If Askren signs, I’ll fight him. No problem.

    Bellator welterweight champion, Ben Askren (12-0 MMA), is currently in contract limbo, sitting on the shelf with Bellator, while waiting for a contract offer from the UFC. Bellator President, Bjorn Rebney, stated that he would happily let Ben Askren go, if the UFC would give him an immediate title shot. UFC president, Dana White, did […]

  • Jon Jones Featured in GQ Magazine

    Jon Jones Featured in GQ Magazine

    In a piece of light-hearted MMA news, the UFC’s light-heavyweight champion, Jon Jones appeared in the latest issue of GQ magazine. Jones shows off his vest-wearing technique in a six-photo spread. Jones appears in the magazine wearing high-end clothing and doing a number of random things such as laying on a big tire and eating […]

  • McCall Out, Dodson In to Welcome Scott Jorgenson to Flyweight Division at UFC on FOX 9

    After Ian McCall was forced out of his bout with Scott Jorgenson at UFC on FOX 9, the UFC sought a replacement to welcome Jorgenson (14-7) to his new division of flyweight. They found that replacement in another former number one contender in the UFC’s lightest division in John Dodson (15-6). Dodson will be making […]

  • Cruz vs. Barao/Aldo vs. Lamas Set for UFC 169 Co-Main/Main Event

    Cruz vs. Barao/Aldo vs. Lamas Set for UFC 169 Co-Main/Main Event

    UFC 169 just received a pair of highly-anticipated lighter weight championship fights. Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (19-1) is returning from over two years away with a lingering knee injury and a series of surgeries, and will take on the longtime interim champion, Renan Barao (33-1). Barao has twice defended his interim title since winning it […]

  • Ben Henderson wants to fight Rafael Dos Anjos next

    Ben Henderson wants to fight Rafael Dos Anjos next

    Former UFC lightweight champion Benson “Smooth” Henderson (19-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has not fought since losing his title to Anthony Pettis at UFC 164 in August. After suffering his first loss in two years at the hands of “Showtime,” which ended his seven-fight win streak, “Smooth” wants a bout that will get him closer to […]

  • Matt Hamill Removed From UFC Roster Alongside Two More

    Matt Hamill Removed From UFC Roster Alongside Two More

    By Evan Stoumbelis The UFC has been thining out their roster in the past several months. Three more fighters were taken off of UFC.com’s list of active fighters. Matt Hamill, Nandor Guelmino, and David Mitchell were all removed from the active roster list on UFC.com this morning. The UFC has not made a statement on […]

  • Cain Velasquez’s camp confused by broken jaw report

    Cain Velasquez’s camp confused by broken jaw report

    The camp of UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez (13-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC), is more than a bit confused as to why the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation’s Combative Sports division medically suspended the fighter for a suspected broken jaw following this past weekend’s UFC 166 event. Heidi Seibert, who is a spokesperson for Zinkin […]

  • Melvin Guillard: I would have dropped either Diego Sanchez or Gilbert Melendez at UFC 166

    This past weekend at UFC 166, fight fans were treated to one of the best lightweight fights of all-time, as Diego Sanchez and Gilbert Melendez went to war inside the octagon. Sanchez and Melendez received “Fight of the Night” honors for their 3-round bloodbath in Houston and in the minds of many people, should be […]

  • Miesha Tate: I will seriously shoot myself in the face if Ronda armbars me again

    Miesha Tate: I will seriously shoot myself in the face if Ronda armbars me again

    Miesha Tate (13-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) recently appeared on MMA Fight Corner Radio, where she discussed the keys to defeating her UFC 168 opponent, Ronda Rousey (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), whom she lost her Strikeforce belt to back in early 2012: “For one, not being too emotional,” said Tate. “I think that was the biggest […]

  • Mark Munoz: I taught Machida more than he taught me

    The UFC returns to Manchester this Saturday for ‘UFC Fight Night 30,’ which is headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (19-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC) and Mark Munoz (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC). Machida and Munoz have trained together in the past, and according to ‘The Filipino Wrecking […]

  • Roy Jones Jr: I’m taking a tune-up fight for Anderson Silva

    Roy Jones Jr: I’m taking a tune-up fight for Anderson Silva

    Roy Jones Jr. is one of the all-time greats in the sport of boxing, he has won titles in multiple weight classes and was voted ‘boxer of the decade’ for his dominance throughout the 90’s. Former UFC middleweight champion and MMA great, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, has been very vocal regarding his aspirations to one day […]

  • Wanderlei Silva to Coach Opposite Chael Sonnen on The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3

    Wanderlei Silva to Coach Opposite Chael Sonnen on The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3

    A long brewing rivalry between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva has been in the public eye for quite some time now. There have been messages on video blogs, rants on UFC Tonight, and even a scuffle at Mr. Olympia which received widespread criticism for Silva for bringing a camera crew along to the ‘spontaneous’ confrontation. […]

  • Aftermath: Cain Velasquez Posts Photo of Himself 2 Days After Defending Title

    Aftermath: Cain Velasquez Posts Photo of Himself 2 Days After Defending Title

    UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez made defending his title look easy last Saturday, defeating Junior dos Santos by TKO in the fifth round of the conclusion of their trilogy. Cain did sustain a few bumps and bruises, however, which were evident during the post-fight press conference. Cain’s superficial injuries didn’t stop him from enjoying what […]

  • Cain Velasquez Done with Junior dos Santos After Dominating Once Again

    Cain Velasquez Done with Junior dos Santos After Dominating Once Again

    After the second consecutive meeting between UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, it is clear that Velasquez knows exactly how to dominate the Brazilian, leaving little to question on who the superior fighter is. Velasquez has now seemingly put an indefinite hold to the ‘parallel careers’ discussion between the two, stating that […]

  • Dana White Not Happy with UFC 166 Officials: Get Your Ass in There and Stop That F–king Fight

    Dana White Not Happy with UFC 166 Officials: Get Your Ass in There and Stop That F–king Fight

    UFC 166 has come and gone while delivering some extremely memorable moments. Some of those moments, however, were not fond memories. Several refereeing errors were made over the night as some fighters received undue punishment long after the fight had come to a conclusion due to the loss of consciousness. Among those was a Facebook […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | Louis Fisette’s TUF 18 Fighter Blog Week 7

    EXCLUSIVE | Louis Fisette’s TUF 18 Fighter Blog Week 7

    Louis “Petit Pain” Fisette (6-1 MMA) is one of the youngest talents in MMA’s rich 135-pound division. The 23 year-old Canadian bantamweight is a contestant on this season of (TUF:18) The Ultimate Fighter: Tate vs. Rousey. Here is what Louis had to say about Week 7 of his ‘TUF’ experience: Father’s Day in the house was […]

  • UFC 166: Hector Lombard reportedly struggling with first weight cut to 170lbs

    UFC 166: Hector Lombard reportedly struggling with first weight cut to 170lbs

        By Evan Stoumbelis Former Bellator Middleweight champion Hector Lombard decided to make the jump to Welterweight in March after losing to Yushin Okami. Lombard had gone 1-2 in the UFC, with his only UFC win coming by way of KO over Rousimar Palhares. Lombard is working with nutritionist guru Mike Dolce on the […]

  • Junior dos Santos suffered cut that required stitches three weeks prior to UFC 166 title fight

    Junior dos Santos suffered cut that required stitches three weeks prior to UFC 166 title fight

    Yesterday, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos revealed that he suffered a cut above his right eye brow three weeks ago that required stitches. But, according to the Brazilian bomber, the cut is fully healed and should be a non-issue come fight night. In fact, on yesterday evenings “UFC Tonight,” JDS, who had a knee […]

  • Roy Nelson: This is probably the crappiest camp that I’ve ever had

    Roy Nelson: This is probably the crappiest camp that I’ve ever had

    In the MMA game, some training camps go good and some training camps go bad, and according to UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson (19-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC) his latest camp was the latter of the two: “This has actually probably been the crappiest camp that I’ve ever had,” Nelson admitted on Wednesday. “It is what it […]

  • Zahabi Retracts: GSP not planning on retiring anytime soon

    Zahabi Retracts: GSP not planning on retiring anytime soon

    Last week, Tristar gym coach Firas Zahabi, stated that if longtime UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre, lost the motivation to train, he may retire after his next bout.  Yesterday, Zahabi clarified his comments, noting that they were taken out of context: “GSP has always said that if he loses the drive to really go […]

  • Werdum Believes He Can Finish Velasquez If Given Title Shot

    UFC heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is one of the best jiu-jitsu practitioners in the MMA game. Werdum most recently fought at June’s ‘UFC on FUEL TV’ event in Brazil, where he submitted former UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Fabricio is currently riding a three-fight win streak and is aiming […]

  • Cain Velasquez passed on submitting JDS to prove point

    Current UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (12-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) is set to face former UFC heavyweight title holder Junior dos Santos (16-2 MMA, 10-1 UFC) for a third time, when the two sluggers square off in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 166 card in Houston, Texas. JDS was able to defeat Velasquez via first-round knockout when the […]

  • Diego Sanchez: I love the way I match-up with Anthony Pettis

    Diego Sanchez: I love the way I match-up with Anthony Pettis

    Diego Sanchez (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) made his lightweight debut in February of 2009, this after a 6-2 run in the UFC’s welterweight division. “The Dream” scored back-to-back wins over Joe Stevenson and Clay Guida, which earned him a lightweight title shot against then-champion, B.J. Penn. Unfortunately for fans of “The Dream,” Sanchez was dominated […]

  • Mike Pierce talks Palhares: ‘There was no need to hold on that long, it was unnecessary’

    Mike Pierce talks Palhares: ‘There was no need to hold on that long, it was unnecessary’

    By Evan Stoumbelis Mike Pierce was riding a four fight win streak before getting caught in a deep heel hook by Rousimar ‘Toquinho’ Palhares that ultimately led to Toquinho receiving a lifetime ban from the UFC. Just 31 seconds into the fight Pierce tapped out to a deep heel hook, however Toquinho refused to let […]

  • Dana White Bans Rousimar Palhares from the UFC

    Dana White Bans Rousimar Palhares from the UFC

    Last night, Brazilian submission specialist Rousimar Palhares made his welterweight debut, at UFC Fight Night 29, after stringing together consecutive losses at his previous weight class, middleweight. Palhares looked to return to form and show the UFC and his fans in his native, Brazil, that he was back and ready to use his signature finish, […]

  • Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira Set for March Event, Not UFC 169

    Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira Set for March Event, Not UFC 169

    After what appears to be a minor mishap by a trigger-happy UFC PR team, the news that Jon Jones (19-1) will defend his light-heavyweight title against Glover Teixeira (22-2) is false. UFC president Dana White revealed today that it was in fact a mistake that his PR team announced the bout for that date and […]

  • Joey Beltran Talks Suspension and Returning to the Cage Successfully

    Joey Beltran Talks Suspension and Returning to the Cage Successfully

    After making drop to light-heavyweight, Joey Beltran looked to restart his career in a new division. Upon his return to the UFC, Beltran split two consecutive fights, winning his most recent against Igor Pokrajac. His victory was taken from him, however, after Beltran tested positive for nandrolone. Now, with a fight against Fabio Maldonado looming, […]