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The details of the UFC-Reebok sponsorship pay scale are out, and the reaction has not been pretty. Fighters aren’t happy. Media aren’t happy. Even Joe Rogan spoke up about how he isn’t happy. Not everyone is unhappy. Joe Lauzon finds the pay scale agreeable. But at 18 UFC fights, he’s only two fi...
The whirlwind came Sunday. Jon Jones was out of UFC 187. Cocaine was involved. He was involved in a car accident. A pregnant woman sustained an injury. Police had him in custody. He wasn’t in custody. There was no cocaine. Jones wasn’t a suspect. And then he was. The details have been distilled d...
Jon Jones has reigned the UFC light heavyweight division for years, since 2011 to be exact. He dominated Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua to become the youngest promotional champion to date, only 23-years old at the time. As of now, he currently is at the top of the pound-for-pound rankings, and is widely ...
If you haven’t heard, top 10 light heavyweight Phil Davis left the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to sign with rivalry promotion, Bellator MMA. Staff Roundtable: Phil Davis heads to Bellator He is the latest current top 10 fighter to leave the premier MMA promotion; although, it’s a differe...
In nearly two months, the UFC roster will fully be under the Reebok sponsorship deal. Although a few fighters have other sponsors such as Luke Rockhold and Robbie Lawler with Adidas, they will be obligated to wear Reebok during the week of their respective fights. This has been a heavy topic for ...
If Michael Bisping played another sport — he could trade wins with the competition and still be treated like Terry Bradshaw. Too bad getting kicked in the head doesn’t come with a 14-game learning curve. With his upcoming bout against C.B. Dollaway scheduled for April 25 at UFC 186, it’s time for...
UFC on FOX 15 took place from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ this weekend on April 18. It looked like the best free card of 2015 on paper, and it definitely delivered. In the highly anticipated headliner, middleweight contender Luke Rockhold stopped former champ Lyoto Machida to prove he’s ...
UFC on FOX: Machida vs. Rockhold (UFC on FOX 15) was live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on April 18, 2015. The main event was a 5-round middleweight bout that would likely determine the next title challenger within the division as former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Mac...
UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 (UFC Fight Night 64) was live from the Tauron Arena Kraków in Kraków, Poland on April 11, 2015. The main event for the UFC’s debut in Poland was a rematch almost eight years in the making as Gabriel Gonzaga took on MMA legend Mirko Cro Cop for […]
Earlier this week, the UFC hired Jeff Novitzky as Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance. According to a UFC press release, Novitzky’s duties include “[spearheading] the development of the organization’s clean initiative education program designed to ensure that every athlete competes w...
You may have heard yesterday that Nate Diaz accepted a fight against Matt Brown at UFC 189 on July 11. Nate is moving up to 170-pounds for the second time in his UFC career. Don’t remember his first stint at welterweight? Probably because it ended with him getting absolutely rag dolled by Rory Ma...
UFC Fight Night 63 is in the books and for Chad Mendes, it was a night that cemented himself as the second best 145 pounder on the planet as he stopped Ricardo Lamas in the first round. Mendes, who stepped in the cage on the back of a close defeat at the hands of Jose […]
Matt Hamill pulled out of his World Series of Fighting match against Thiago Silva hours before the event. Not wanting to pull Silva from the co-main slot, WSOF pulled up Teddy Holder from his originally scheduled fight against Jake Heun. Holder entered the cage a 4-1 underdog. He wound up eating ...
For a long time, it was said that the UFC were struggling to produce a solid ‘PPV star’ below 170 pounds. There have been very few, in fact you could argue that only BJ Penn has truly caught the imagination of the casual fan, the fan who will drop their hard-earned dollars on a UFC […]
In sad recognition of the enduring hardship that professional fighters struggle with long after their battles in the cage are over; MMA legend and UFC hall of famer Mark “The Hammer” Coleman is trying to take down a nasty blood infection related to a recent hip replacement. Harkening back to the ...
UFC Fight Night Maia vs LaFlare took place at Maracanazinho Gymnasium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and what a great night of fights. The main event saw ground specialist Demian Maia enforce his will his opponent and Ryan LaFlare was unable to do anything about it. The Brazilian was able to take LaFla...