Many questioned who would be next for Henderson in the lightweight division. Well, UFC President Dana White confirmed at the post-fight press conference that the winner of the UFC 160 match-up between Gray Maynard and TJ Grant would become the next number one contender in the UFC's lightweight divison.
On Monday's episode of "The MMA Hour" with Ariel Helwani, UFC heavyweight fighter Matt Mitrione caused a stir for his controversial comments regarding transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox.
As you are all well aware of, the SMMAF Medical Committee has pulled UFC Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson from his main event battle against Gegard Mousasi at UFC on FUEL TV 9 this Saturday night. White sent a photo out of Gustafsson on his official Twitter account and was not too pleased.
It was announced earlier this month that Anthony Pettis would be dropping down to featherweight and be granted an immediate shot at Jose Aldo's title. Well, it sounds like Aldo isn't too keen on that.
The number one contender for Anderson Silva's middleweight championship has been a toss up for the past month or so. Many fans and critics think that the undefeated Chris Weidman should get the next shot. Then when Rashad Evans came out of the woodwork and said he wanted to fight Silva for his title, UFC President Dana White said he would have to wait until after UFC 156 to see who was next.
