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Thiago Silva missed weight during the weigh ins, and it showed in the cage. But it was Hamill who eventually looked more physically tired than his Brazilian counterpart. After a somewhat eventful first round, both fighters were fatigued heading into the second, although Silva had enough in the ta...
Beltran executed a good game plan in the first round, keeping his opponent at bay by ensuring the fight took place near the cage. Fabio Maldonado earns split-decision victory over Joey Beltran Maldonado’s Boxing has always worried his opponents, so you could understand why Beltran adopted such a ...
“Toquinho” needed just 30 seconds to ensure that his debut in the Welterweight division was a successful one. After mixed fortunes at 185-lbs, it turns out that a drop to 170-lbs may have been a good decision after all. Rousimar Palhares scores signature leg-lock victory over Mike Pierce in just ...
It was close. In fact, Raphael Assuncao was in jeopardy in the first frame when his opponent, T.J. Dillashaw, had a deep Rear-Naked Choke/neck crank submission attempt on him. The Brazilian was also taken down for the very first time in his UFC career. Assuncao edges Dillashaw on the scorecards i...
The Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will make his debut with the UFC against Vitor Belfort at a major event in Brazil. UFC President Dana White confirmed the match-up today while in London for the UFC on FUEL TV 7 pre-fight press conference.
Whenever the Ultimate Fighting Championship travel the 4,551 miles to Brazil there is an overwhelming sense of homecoming because when it comes to mixed martial arts Brazil truly is the motherland. As with all history that dates back that far nobody knows for certain but as far as we know the fir...
When I hear the name Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga, my thoughts are automatically brought back to his incredible head kick KO over Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Following that win, which was the most impressive and most memorable of his career, he went 3-5 in his next 8 UFC fights.
Anthony Johnson spoke with MMAFighting.com about his upcoming fight against Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 in Brazil. Johnson who has fought at welterweight for his entire career…
The fans in Brazil will get a chance to see another one of their stars fight in his home country. It was announced earlier today that Vitor Belfort will take on Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 142 in January.
Dana White announced an exciting match-up earlier today via FOXSports.com. He announced that Jose Aldo will defend his featherweight title against Chad Mendes at UFC 142 in Brazil.