UFC confirmed on Monday afternoon that lightweight Gilbert Melendez has been suspended for a year due to a failed UFC 188 post fight drug test. In an official statement released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, they stated that his urine sample came back positive for “exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites”. UFC fighters took to social […]

Gilbert Melendez was originally scheduled to face “Raging” Al Iaquinta on July 15, but has been pulled from the card due to failing his UFC 188 post fight drug test. UFC confirmed in their statement that they would be searching for a replacement rather than pulling Iaquinta off the card. Dana White and Joe Silva— […]

UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez will serve a one year suspension for failing his UFC 188 post fight drug test. Ultimate Fighting Championship released the following statement on the matter: Following his bout at UFC 188 in Mexico City on June 13, UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez tested positive for exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites. The UFC […]

UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez has failed his UFC 188 post fight drug test and as a result, has been suspended by the company for one year. Melendez was originally scheduled to face Al Iaquinta on July 15th, but the failed drug test will put a halt to the fight. UFC broke the news on Monday […]

Weight classes within the UFC could be seeing some major facelifts across the board now that the weight-cut process has changed. In June, USADA informed fighters that they will no longer be able to rehydrate using IV bags after weigh ins. The fighters have been given a grace period of October 1st to adapt to […]

Conor McGregor will be squaring off with fellow UFC featherweight Chad Mendes for the interim title at “UFC 189” this Saturday. Just eight days away from weigh-ins, though, Chael Sonnen claimed that “The Notorious” will need to cut over twenty-five pounds in eight days to fight for the title. “He’s a very big guy. I […]

Team Alpha Male’s Chad Mendes will be stepping into the octagon to replace UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo at “UFC 189”. Conor McGregor started his trash-talking of Mendes right off the bat, as expected, and Mendes has dished out his fair share of it as well. Now, Mendes’ teammate Urijah Faber is getting in on […]

After way too many card changes, this Saturday’s “UFC 189” lineup is complete with eleven total fights taking place. Conor McGregor and Chad Mendes will be fighting in the main-event for the interim UFC Featherweight Championship after Jose Aldo was forced to pull out due to a rib injury. Robbie Lawler will make his first […]

Claudia Gadelha may be facing Jessica Aguilar in her next fight at “UFC 190” in Brazil, but it seems she already has her sights set on the gold. Joanna Jedrzejczyk recently came out and stated that if she were to face Gadelha in a rematch, it would not be similar at all to their December […]

It feels like just yesterday when Anderson Silva was stepping into the octagon to defend his championship against Chris Weidman. Their first encounter took place two years ago today and will go down in history as one of the most shocking moments in UFC history. Whether Silva was clowning around too much is pointless to […]

Dan Henderson is witnessing a resurgence of his career after shutting the naysayers down when he knocked Tim Boetsch out in less than thirty seconds. For the first time ever, Henderson has ranked in the top fifteen of the middleweight division and is eyeing several fighters to avenge past losses. “There’s probably two or three […]

The UFC and Reebok partnership has been controversial, to say the least. When the details behind fighter compensation were released, both men and women of the octagon voiced their disapproval of the deal. While the payouts may not be exactly what they expected, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey would consider herself lucky if she […]

Michael Bisping has a long stories career of rough fights in the octagon, but he’s been fighting long before his days in the UFC. It should be no surprise that one of England’s toughest imports to the UFC participated in bareknuckle boxing when he was as young as fourteen years old. “My sensei from back […]

Georges St. Pierre was lucky enough to be cast in the upcoming remake of one of Jean Claude Van Damme’s best movies, “Kickboxer”. St. Pierre is on set in Thailand with the legend himself, Jean Claude Van Damme! Check out the picture below: On the set in Thailand with the 2 legends and stars of […]

Getting punched in the nose is no fun, at all. Suffering a nose break so gruesome that it impacts your breathing and causes fatigue throughout the is even worse. While guys like Forrest Griffin and Chris Leben may have thrived on that, the collection of fighters in the video above PROBABLY didn’t like their nose […]

Chad Mendes has been preparing for this moment his entire life. He has failed twice at securing gold at the expense of Jose Aldo; Aldo had bested once by decision and once by knockout. At “UFC 189”, Mendes will have the opportunity to shut down Aldo’s rival to secure another shot at dethroning “King” Jose […]

“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 19 finalist Dhiego Lima has confirmed his release from the UFC. Lima lost his official UFC debut in just over a minute into the first round against season 19 winner Eddie Gordon. Lima made his return to welterweight where he picked up his lone octagon win against Jorge de Oliveira in […]

Chael Sonnen has never been one to back down from a fight. Whether he believes in the trash talk he dishes out before-hand, one thing is for sure: Sonnen put butts in seats. It didn’t matter if fans wanted to cheer for him or watch him get knocked out; Sonnen sold tickets and made the […]

Paulo Filho is a decorated mixed martial arts veteran that has fought for the likes of WEC, PRIDE, DREAM and Bellator. While there is no doubt that Filho was UFC worthy at one point of his career, his own personal demons dragged him down into a hole he had to work hard to escape. “My […]