Surging UFC lightweight fighter, TJ Grant, has announced via his social media accounts that the UFC has opted to keep his employment and as such entered into a new four-fight contract. Since making the move from welterweight to the UFC’s lightweight division Grant has gone unbeaten in three-straight fights. His most recent victory was at […]

According to a report on MMAFighting.com, UFC President Dana White as well as former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rampage Jackson both confirmed that Jackson turned down the TUF coaching gig opposite Chael Sonnen prior to the Jones booking. The currently anti-UFC “Rampage” Jackson had this to say on the matter: “Forget TUF. I’m not interested in […]

“I’ll have to talk to me, man (laughs). I hope it is me, but at the moment I’m doing some fights to get more experience. I learned a lot with this fight against Maldonado. Even with the victory, learned a lot. I have to learn more and gain experience to enter the Octagon [against Jones]. […]

That pesky injury bug has taken out another UFC fighter. This time it’s, UFC welterweight, Kyle Noke who has been forced out of his planned UFC on FX 6 bout against Seth Baczynski. UFC officials made the announcement late yesterday afternoon. UFC on FX 6 is set for the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre […]

“He’s done. Called me a couple days ago he’s never coming back. He said his body, he can wrestle but he can’t fight. He was contemplating coming back.” While on the Chet Buchanan and the “Morning Zoo” program on KLUC-FM (98.5 FM in Las Vegas) UFC President Dana White spoke on the airwaves about the […]

Luiz Cane is the most recent fighter to receive his walking papers from the UFC. His last Octagon appearance was a losing effort to Chris Camozzi in front of his hometown crowd and it notched his fourth loss in five fights. The Brazilian started off his UFC career with a loss to James Irvin, but […]

“Just an fyi JDS begged me for the Reem fight said he respects Cain very much and thinks he deserves the shot but would like to KO Reem first cause he hates him. word for word what he said.” AS he sometimes does, UFC President Dana White took to the infamous Underground forum to chat […]

“I think [Cormier] wants to drop down [to light heavyweight].He’s been wanting that fight with Jon Jones for a while now. We’ve definitely talked about it. [When] he does come into the UFC, he can make 205 [pounds]. He’s heavy right now. He’s like 240 [pounds] right now. But, you know, we’ll clean up his […]

“When we do fights in Brazil, 60 (million) to 80 million people watch. And there’s only 200 million people in the country. It is so red-hot in Brazil. When we go down there, the fans are so loud and chanting for their guys. They go crazy for their guys. It’s just unbelievable. I know there’s […]

“I agree with the criticism. I want to do better. I want to give more entertainment to the fans. Ive been training to jump more on opportunities that are open to me. I’m still gonna fight my fight, but I’m going to be more opportunistic.” In a recent interview with the New York Post, UFC […]

“I had tons of fans begging me to make that fight. Just to make it clear from the last press conference when they talk about all the top contenders and all the top contenders whining who didn’t get that fight. I called every single one of them and they turned it down. Chael Sonnen accepted […]

“We were supposed to go in Denver, no. OK, we’ll be ready in December. No, now we’ll actually be ready in January. Now is it February, March? How long can you just (wait) — I don’t know. I understand the guy is hurt, but I got bills to pay, too.” “Joe (Silva’s) attitude is, ‘Why […]

“UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II” is set to go down live on pay-per-view, Dec. 29 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.