Wanderlei Silva’s relationship with the UFC doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Silva, who has been banned from the sport after literally running away from a drug test, is shaming the UFC, saying they have treated him like a slave. Read Silva’s statement from his Facebook page below: “You know that I’ve been chased, […]

The UFC’s Demian Maia came back from nearly a year off and dispatched undefeated welterweight Ryan LaFlare at UFC Fight Night 62 on Saturday night. Maia, who now has a two fight win streak and is 20-6 overall, really put it on LaFlare for the first four rounds, but looked substantially tired in the final […]

Ladies and gentleman, UFC veteran and fan favorite Joe Lauzon has announced his next endeavor and it’s not in that UFC. Lauzon announced, via his Twitter, that he will be competing at Metamoris 6, set to go down on May 9 in Los Angeles. Well, this will be fun… my next opponent. #MMA #BJJ https://t.co/Tj2kqBH4zb […]

      Last night UFC lightweight Leandro Silva choked Drew Dober unconscious with a guillotine choke in the second round during their UFC Fight Night 62 scrap. Only, that didn’t actually happen. He did have Dober in the choke and it was in the second round and the referee did step in and stop […]

    Last night at UFC Fight Night 62 the MMA world witnessed what is being refereed to as perhaps one of the most mind-boggling referee situations in UFC history. In the bout, broadcast on FOX Spots 2, during the second round, the fight went to the mat where Dober got himself caught in a […]

It was a tough night for ‘The Ultimate Fighter 1’ veteran Josh Koscheck. The UFC welterweight lost his fifth straight fight to Erick Silva at UFC Fight Night 62, via guillotine choke. Koscheck looked to make a quick turn around, having lost to Jake Ellenberger at UFC 184, and took the Silva fight on short […]

    Last night in Brazil, womens bantamweight fighter Amanda Nunes dismantled Shayna Baszler en route to a TKO stoppage due to leg kick in the first round. After the impressive performance Nunes said she would like to get revenge for her only loss and fight Cat Zingano a second time. Here’s what she had […]

    In the co-main event of last nights UFC Fight Night 62 welterweights Josh Koscheck and Erick Silva faced off. Kos took the fight on short notice after losing to Jake Ellenberger at UFC 184. Coming into the fight, Silva had won his last match and looked to get the first two-fight win steak […]

      Last night in Brazil at UFC Fight Night 62, welterweights Demian Maia and Ryan LaFlare met in the evenings main event. LaFlare went into the fight with an undefeated record, but ultimately Maia’s ground game proved to be too much. For the first four rounds Maia dominated LaFlare, then in the fifth […]

It’s official: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and “Lil Nog” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will meet in the octagon at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. UFC has announced the second fight for UFC 190 and it will be a rematch between Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and “Lil Nog” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. This will not be the first […]

Dana White has said this about Alistair Overeem, and he feels the same way about welterweight Demian Maia: Maia has to take more risks inside the octagon. “Maia did what he does. He has unbelievable jiu-jitsu. It wasn’t the most exciting fight you’ll ever see. My only disappointment with Demian was he didn’t take enough […]

UFC President Dana White has now seen Josh Koscheck lose five fights in a row, two of which within a month. When asked if he thought Koscheck should hang up the gloves, White was transparent in how he felt about the situation. “I have a soft spot for (Ultimate Fighter) season one guys. Koscheck doesn’t […]

Dana White was not happy about the decision of Drew Dober and Leandro Silva’s bout. Needless to say, he was asked about it and went on a rant about how badly the referee screwed up. White kicked things off with a “fact” he learned about the referee: “Supposedly, the referee is a black belt in […]

Despite not being listed among the names that would receive a “Performance of the Night” bonus check, Dana White assured Erick Silva and Amanda Nunes they will be getting bonuses as well. Fans on social media showed their disapproval when Nunes and Silva were left out of the bonus report, but White addressed it as […]

Towards the end of the “UFC Fight Night 62” post fight press conference, both Demian Maia and Erick Silva were asked if they would be up to fighting each other if the UFC presented them the contract. More often than not, friends tend to not fight each other. Maia and Silva, however, seem game to […]

Giovani Decker is the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of UFC Brazil! UFC President Dana White broke the news during the UFC Fight Night 62 post fight press conference. Decker is experienced in building brand awareness in Brazil as he was the former GM and Vice President of Asics Brazil. He spent two […]

Performance of the Night: Fredy Serrano Fredy Serrano got the ball rolling on the UFC Fight Pass portion of the preliminaries with a knockout win over Bentley Syler. This victory set the pace for an exciting night of fights. Performance of the Night: Kevin Souza Kevin Souza was in the octagon for less than two […]

This main event may have been a bit disappointing compared to the rest of the action-packed card, but it was an impressive performance from Demian Maia nonetheless. Maia has the amazing ability to make some of the best strikers and wrestlers look like they don’t even belong in the octagon with him. Maia acted as […]

Erick Silva put on a performance that you would usually see from a top five competitor! Even though the fight ended in submission, Silva did a fantastic job at out-striking Josh Koscheck. Koscheck was staggered several time with strikes but it was ultimately his own punch that cost him the fight. Koscheck started to pressure […]

Leonardo Santos’ ground work tonight was nothing short of fantastic. He made sure there was no room for error and gave Martin no room to work a reversal or to even block a transition. Santos executed a sweep takedown and transitioned from guard to mount immediately. Martin went into panic mode and gave up his […]

Amanda Nunes was dominant tonight inside the octagon and made every strike count. Baszler ate a bodykick early on in the opening minute of the fight and never truly recovered after that as she was constantly backpedaling. Nunes picked her shots and saw an opening for leg kicks which landed repeatedly. Baszler took a leg […]

It looked as if the result of this fight would come down to which fighter possessed better footwork. The fight started off relatively even, but Gilbert Burns started to show signs of fatigue in the middle of the second and his movement suffered from it. Alex Oliveira’s style forces his opponent to chase him around […]

There was no feeling out process as these two went straight to the center of the octagon, throwing bombs. Godofredo Pepey picked up the quick submission due to his elite grappling skills. Fili picked Pepey up early on in the first and tried to go for a slam, but Pepey slipped on a triangle attempt […]

Francisco Trinaldo walked out of the octagon with his hands raised this evening despite putting on a lackluster performance. Akbarh Arreola spent the majority of his night on his back after getting taken down repeatedly. Arreola showed a hole in his game by throwing weak leg kicks, leaving him susceptible to takedowns. Trinaldo did not […]