“No, I was listening to my corner and my trainers. They said that I should take it easy, just throw a few punches one by one with some extra angles. I did what they said and it was a key to the success.” “I said before the fight that I had a few aces in […]

“No, I would’ve taken it against anybody, as long as it wasn’t a five-rounder. I’m interested for 15 minutes, let’s do it. I think Al is a tough guy. He’s one of those guys that I feel like I might as well get now before he gets even better. He is one of the up […]

“I was kind of upset a little bit. You know, I put my time in, I fought top ranked guys the last couple fights. I built myself up to come up to that level and get my shot at the title, you know and it really upset me that a guy would just jump me […]

Jose Aldo is hard at work training for UFC 189, where he’ll defend his belt against Conor McGregor in what could be one of the biggest UFC events in history. In preparation for McGregor, Aldo brought in Jonas Bilharinho to mimic McGregor’s fighting style. Bilharinho decided if he was supposed to be McGregor than he […]

It’s official, the full lineup of fights is set for UFC 190. We’ve known the majority of the fights on the card for a while, but with some recent changes to other UFC events a few of the fights have been shuffled around and new ones added. Most notably, the finals for TUF: Brazil have […]

“I didn’t know where he was. I didn’t know if he was three foot from me, five foot from me or a foot away from me. I think I threw a check hook at some point and the guy was nowhere near me and I kind of laughed to myself during the fight. My range […]

Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed the next shot at the UFC lightweight title but the fight might not even be the hardest part of it. Cerrone is known for his fight anyone/anywhere attitude and fans love it, but right now the fighters is currently sitting on the sidelines waiting for his shot at gold. If […]

“But any of these guys that are out there right now, you know you’re talking Werdum, Cain, JDS, Andrei Arlovski, Stipe. I think any one of them is going to build a good case for myself. So it really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. I’m absolutely prepared for any one of them, […]

“I heard from July that the drug-testing policy is going to be very strict. So I think [without] those monsters of fighters in the UFC who may have had a problem with these things, I may be able to win this division now.” “I signed with the UFC for one reason, which was to become […]

Cheaters beware, the UFC is gearing up for the most extensive drug-testing policy in professional sports, but, are there still major loopholes for fighters take advantage of? According to combatsportslaw.com, there are at lest three major ways fighters could potentially still get away with using PEDs. Here’s a summary of there findings: Retirement: A fighter […]

Gilbert Melendez would have loved to be in Mexico, training a month before his fight with Eddie Alvarez, but according to the lightweight fighter, it just wasn’t ‘financially’ feasible. The cost to move down there, bring in all your training partners and coaches didn’t make sense to Melendez, here’s what he said on The MMA […]

“I want to fight a top-10 guy, any of them – out of respect, not because I want to talk trash about a guy. We’re athletes, and we want to compete with the best guys, because I respect them I want to fight them and test where I’m at.” That’s what UFC heavyweight Shawn Jordan […]

Ronda Rousey, UFC bantamweight champion, has been a competitor for a large portion of her life, from Judo to the UFC. Her story is well documented. She began with Judo and eventually won an olympic bronze medal, before going on to be ‘the most dominant athlete’. One of her former Judo coaches recently talked to […]

Something isn’t right about this picture of Stipe Miocic and Alexander Gustafsson. The UFC heavyweight and light-heavyweight posed together in the octagon, while each holding UFC title belts. Not sure where they managed to grab a few replicas, perhaps a toy store was close by. Miocic posted the picture with the caption ‘I want my […]

FOX Sports analyst and host of ‘Garbage Time’ Katie Nolan made a major mistake when talking about Bellator 138 and MMA fans lost their minds. Nolan sent out a tweet accidentally calling Bellator the UFC. Then the internet picked up their pitchforks and lanterns and marched onto their keyboards to let her have it. Check […]

Sometimes a picture is all you need to understand a scene or a moment in time. That’s the case with the picture above. If you didn’t watch the fight and someone wanted to explain it to you all they would have to do is present these two photos. There was no back and forth or […]

Former PRIDE Champion and future UFC Hall of Famer Dan Henderson is at a point in his career where he can pick and choose his fights, and at this point a rematch with Michael Bisping is the last thing he wants. “I don’t even think it’s worth doing, to have a rematch with him,” Henderson […]