Category: UFC NEWS

  • FREE FIGHT! Johny Hendricks vs Martin Kampmann (Full)

    FREE FIGHT! Johny Hendricks vs Martin Kampmann (Full)

    Johny Hendricks throws momentum into his punches like no one else, and he has the ability knockout nearly any opponent with just one of those shots. He faces Martin Kampmann, who is as tough as they come and can overcome any adversity in a fight. Don’t miss Hendricks’s upcoming fight against Tyron Woodley at UFC […]

  • WATCH! Cyborg’s guard game is on point

    WATCH! Cyborg’s guard game is on point

    Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino has started her path down to bantamweight and Ronda Rousey! It was recently announced that “Cyborg” would be dropping down to 140 in November for a future Invicta FC card. While her opponent and the date of her fight has yet to be announced, it should be a good warm up fight […]

  • WATCH! Felice Herrig and friends shake it at a pool party

    WATCH! Felice Herrig and friends shake it at a pool party

    “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 20 alumni and current UFC strawweight fighter Felice Herrig has decided to take some time away from the octagon following a tough loss to up and comer Paige VanZant. Herrig is, no doubt, one of the toughest women in the division and will make a triumphant return to the cage but […]

  • Scott Coker: ‘Fedor Emelianenko could fight for 5 more years’

    Scott Coker: ‘Fedor Emelianenko could fight for 5 more years’

    Fedor Emelianenko broke social media when he announced he would be returning to action, not with the UFC or Bellator, but with a brand new Japanese based promotion. The announcement was made at “DYNAMITE” on Saturday and “The Last Emperor” has a two fight deal with the new company. His first bout will take place […]

  • UFC 193 already nearly sold out and expected to break records

    UFC 193 already nearly sold out and expected to break records

    Ronda Rousey is set to break another record before her fight with Holly Holm at UFC 193 even takes place. Tickets have gone on sale for their fight in Melbourne, Australia on November 15th at the Etihad Stadium. The Herald Sun report that tickets went on sale at 10:00 AM on Sunday morning and they […]

  • Josh Barnett: ‘I’m one of the best fighters in the world’

    Josh Barnett: ‘I’m one of the best fighters in the world’

    Josh Barnett is less than a week away from making his return to the “Land of the Rising Sun” where he will clash with fellow heavyweight Roy “Big Country” Nelson. The fight will take place at “UFC Fight Night 75” in the Saitama Super Arena. Barnett has not graced the octagon with his presence since […]

  • Urijah Faber gives NBA’s Sacramento Kings a taste of the MMA world

    Urijah Faber gives NBA’s Sacramento Kings a taste of the MMA world

    Several players from the NBA’s Sacramento Kings made their way down to the Team Alpha Male training center to get a little taste of the world of mixed martial arts. Former World Extreme Cagefighting Champion and current The Ultimate Fighter Season 22 Coach Urijah Faber showed them around the facility and got them into better […]

  • Thomson made more than 7 times what Reebok would have paid him in sponsors

    Thomson made more than 7 times what Reebok would have paid him in sponsors

    When Reebok and Ultimate Fighting Championship signed an exclusive in-octagon sponsorship deal, fighters were reluctant to celebrate. Fighters like Urijah Faber would be forbidden from promoting his clothing line, Torque, in the octagon like he used to in earlier UFC and WEC days. Miesha Tate and Brendan Schaub sponsorship income would decrease by at least […]

  • ‘Strikeforce fighters never got the credit they deserved’

    ‘Strikeforce fighters never got the credit they deserved’

    Luke Rockhold’s path to the octagon was anything but easy and short. The California native started his professional mixed martial arts career in 2007 when he fought for the regional “Melee on the Mountain” promotion before graduating to Strikeforce in just two fights. He made his debut on the “Strikeforce: Young Guns II” card which […]

  • BJ Penn kicks it with Kimbo Slice at Bellator “DYNAMITE”!

    BJ Penn kicks it with Kimbo Slice at Bellator “DYNAMITE”!

    Bellator and GLORY put on one hell of a show with “DYNAMITE” on Saturday evening and the biggest names in mixed martial arts were there live to witness history! Everybody from former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez to UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez were there live to check out the action. Perhaps there was no better […]

  • Gegard Mousasi rocking Armani Exchange before UFC: Japan!

    Gegard Mousasi rocking Armani Exchange before UFC: Japan!

    UFC and Reebok’s deal may restrict the fighters from wearing their sponsors to the octagon, but before fight week they are allowed to wear anything they want! Some fighters lost their sponsors due to the fact that they will no longer be able to promote brands on television, but others stuck with their sponsors! UFC […]

  • WATCH! “Cowboy” Cerrone looking like a killer ahead of title fight

    WATCH! “Cowboy” Cerrone looking like a killer ahead of title fight

    Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s path to a shot at the UFC Lightweight Championship was anything but quick and easy. Paul Kelly was Cerrone’s first victim in the octagon way back in 2011 and it wasn’t long before the former WEC fighter accrued an impressive win-streak. After picking wins up against Vagner Rocha, Charles Oliveira, and Dennis […]

  • Jon Fitch: Nick Diaz’s suspension is unifying the fighters

    Jon Fitch: Nick Diaz’s suspension is unifying the fighters

    Nick Diaz’s suspension lit the mixed martial arts community on fire last week when it was announced the Nevada State Athletic Commission would be suspending the UFC fighter for five years. One of Diaz’s post fight drug test came back positive for marijuana and they chose to make an example out of the repeated offender […]

  • Dos Anjos fires back and responds to McGregor’s trash talk

    Dos Anjos fires back and responds to McGregor’s trash talk

    Conor McGregor may have his sights set on Jose Aldo for their bout at UFC 194, but you can be guaranteed the interim champion will continue to talk trash about any fighter that can make him some money! Rafael dos Anjos’ path to championship gold was finally realized in Dallas, Texas at UFC 185 when […]

  • UFC and Bellator fighters react to the return of Fedor Emelianenko

    UFC and Bellator fighters react to the return of Fedor Emelianenko

    Diehard fans of mixed martial arts who have been dreaming of watching Fedor Emelianenko throw down in the octagon let out a collective groan when it was announced he would be fighting in a new Japan-based promotion on New Years Eve. On the bright side, “The Last Emperor” will be returning to the “Land of […]

  • Ryan Bader on receiving end of ‘inconvenient’ random drug test

    Ryan Bader on receiving end of ‘inconvenient’ random drug test

    The United States Anti-Doping Agency is doing their part to help the Ultimate Fighting Championship clean up the sport of MMA with random drug testing, and Ryan Bader is their latest victim. After Daniel Cormier won the vacated UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 187, it was expected that Bader would get the next crack […]

  • Dana White: ‘If I knew the outcome of Aldo/McGregor, I’d be Vince McMahon!’

    Dana White: ‘If I knew the outcome of Aldo/McGregor, I’d be Vince McMahon!’

    Jose Aldo is set to return to the octagon in December to settle the score with Conor McGregor. The two were originally supposed to meet in July at UFC 189, but Aldo was forced out of the fight with a rib injury and was replaced by Chad Mendes on short notice. McGregor finished Mendes in […]

  • ‘I’m going to finish Letourneau just like I finished Esparza and Penne’

    ‘I’m going to finish Letourneau just like I finished Esparza and Penne’

    UFC 193 will host one of the biggest events in Ultimate Fighting Championship history when Ronda Rousey and Joanna Jedrzejczyk defend their titles in the Etihad Stadium, which can house over 50,000 fans. The event is set to take place in Melbourne, Australia and the strawweight champion will be defending her championship against Valerie Letourneau. […]

  • Pool Party! Felice Herrig soaks up the sun with her friends

    Pool Party! Felice Herrig soaks up the sun with her friends

    UFC strawweight Felice Herrig has chosen to take some time off from the octagon after a tough loss to Paige VanZant at “UFC on FOX” in April and the fans should thank her for it! “Lil Bulldog” has been soaking up the rays of the sun with her friends by the pool and they are […]

  • GSP runs into Couture and Velasquez backstage at “DYNAMITE”!

    GSP runs into Couture and Velasquez backstage at “DYNAMITE”!

    Georges St. Pierre stepped down as champion and away from the octagon to help clean the sport of mixed martial arts and it looks like it has paid off. The United States Anti-Doping Agency and the Ultimate Fighting Championship paired up to help clean the sport and it could have been the first step to […]

  • Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone shows off the big guns!

    Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone shows off the big guns!

    Donald Cerrone has officially signed the dotted line and he will be first in line to challenge Rafael dos Anjos for his UFC Lightweight Championship. The fight goes down in December and will headline winter’s “UFC on FOX 17” card in Orlando, Florida. While Cerrone is no doubt already training for his first UFC title […]

  • BJ Penn Returns To Where It All Started

    BJ Penn Returns To Where It All Started

    BJ Penn, two-division UFC champion and Hall of Famer, recently had the chance to return to where it all began for him. Penn, while in California, was able to stop by Ralph Gracie Academy, in Mountain View, the place where he started training at the age of 17 years old. We all know the rest […]

  • Dana White Finally Comments On Nick Diaz Suspension

    Dana White Finally Comments On Nick Diaz Suspension

    The UFC have yet to release any kind of statement regarding the Nick Diaz five year suspension. Even president Dana White has been quiet on the controversy, aside from saying that the NSAC doesn’t care what he thinks. Well at a recent Q&A White finally opened up a little more and talked about the five […]

  • Referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy: ‘Nick Diaz Is Wrong’

    Referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy: ‘Nick Diaz Is Wrong’

    There’s no denying that the majority of reactions to Nick Diaz’s five years suspension have been in support of the fighter. For crying out loud there’s a White House petition out there that has already received 47K signatures and it hasn’t even been a week. Sign HERE. But there have been those few who have […]

  • Ronda Rousey Comments on Outselling Mayweather In Pay-Per-Views

    Ronda Rousey Comments on Outselling Mayweather In Pay-Per-Views

    Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s final (supposedly) fight inside the ring against Andre Berto did not blow many people away. For one, it was a one-sided show on Floyd’s side. He just went through the motions, making Berto miss and coasted to a decision win. But another reason is that people just didn’t watch it. Mayweahter’s final […]

  • Sign Nick Diaz’s White House Petition –– #FreeNickDiaz

    Sign Nick Diaz’s White House Petition –– #FreeNickDiaz

    The official White House petition to get Nick Diaz’s five year suspension lifted has blown up. That’s because of the massive support Diaz has received from fans, fighters and even some of the media. The goal of 100K signatures needs to be reached by Oct. 14, which is a month from when it was created. […]

  • Duane Ludwig To Urijah Faber: ‘Let’s Just Squash All The Bullsh*t’

    Duane Ludwig To Urijah Faber: ‘Let’s Just Squash All The Bullsh*t’

    Former Team Alpha Male head coach Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig has made headlines in the last few months after making comments about the team, saying that TJ Dillashaw was the only one of them who really wanted to be a champion. Since then there’s been some back and forth between TAM and Ludwig. Obviously the other […]

  • Coach: ‘Nick Diaz Will Return To Jiu Jitsu Roots’

    Coach: ‘Nick Diaz Will Return To Jiu Jitsu Roots’

    The ‘Free Nick Diaz’ movement is still going strong. There’s currently a White House petition up that’s on pace to reach the 100K signature goal in the very near future and fighters are still coming forward showing support Diaz. Recently, his coach Cesar Gracie told MMAJunkie that while Diaz’s lawyers work on the appeal process […]