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A pivotal flyweight matchup between top contenders Jussier Formiga and Henry Cejudo has been scheduled for the UFC’s return to Mexico later this year. UFC officials announced the bout on Monday. Jussier Formiga meets Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night 78 in Mexico Formiga is coming off a clear decis...
Given how his hearing played out, Anderson Silva must have expected to waltz in before the Nevada State Athletic Commission, tell a sad story about a man duped by Thai sexual enhancement vials, and walk out with a slap on the wrist and his legacy intact. Instead, the NSAC handed him a twelve-mont...
Watch Daniel Cormier knockout Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva In the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP semifinals, former EliteXC heavyweight champ Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva with 14 of his 16 wins via stoppage was set to scrap with former 2x US Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier with his perfect 8-0 MMA record. Watc...
Welterweight prospect Matt Dwyer has signed a new four-fight contract extension with the UFC. Despite going 1-2 inside the Octagon, the Kelowna native announced on his Facebook page the new deal. Matt Dwyer signs four-fight contract extension with UFC “Nothing like that feeling of weighing in for...
Chris Weidman vs Luke Rockhold slated for UFC 194 co-feature A middleweight title fight between champion Chris Weidman and top contender Luke Rockhold has been confirmed for the co-main event of December’s UFC 194. The news was announced on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Thursday. Weidman is coming off a...
After months of delays following his positive test for both anti-anxiety and performance enhancing drugs in the run-up to his fight with Nick Diaz at UFC 183, Anderson Silva finally had his hearing before the Nevada State Athletic Commission today. With the NSAC toughening up on PED users, “The S...
Rafael dos Anjos vs Donald Cerrone headlines UFC on FOX 17 UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos will put his belt on the line for the first time against perennial contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event at UFC on FOX 17. The two fought at UFC Fight Night 27 in 2013 and RDA […]
Fabricio Werdum will rematch Cain Velasquez in first title defense A heavyweight title rematch between champion Fabricio Werdum and former titleholder Cain Velasquez is set for a to-be-determined event. The matchup was confirmed on Wednesday’s UFC Tonight, following a report from Bleacher Report’...
UFC middleweight fighter Tim Kennedy has been out of action since September 2014 when he lost via TKO against Yoel Romero. Since then, Kennedy has been very outspoken about the UFC and their deal with Reebok. Following an interview he did with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, it sounds like his fig...
Earlier this week the UFC confirmed that the featherweight title unification bout between champ Jose Aldo and interim champ Conor McGregor would take place at UFC 194 in Las Vegas on December 12. Even though Aldo has been unbeaten since 2005 and has defended his UFC 145-pound gold a record seven ...
Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor headlines UFC 194 in Las Vegas UFC 194 was initially targeted for Texas’ AT&T Stadium but UFC President Dana White confirmed to UFC.com on Monday that the pay-per-view card will now take place in Las Vegas. Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole reported the card has been moved fro...
When the UFC touched down in Tennessee last night, it was with a card chalked full of interesting match-ups, but little in the way of star power. Headlined by former title challenger Glover Teixeira and rising contender and Tennessee native Ovince Saint Preux, that bout saw several momentum swin...
Ronda Rousey ’92 Dream Team’d Bethe Correia’s Angola, with Rousey faceplanting Correia 34 seconds into the fight. Everyone lost their minds, as if Rousey didn’t walk into the cage a 17-1 favorite. While nothing’s official, the UFC looks to be putting together Rousey and Miesha Tate for a third ti...
Talking Combat with Chris Toplack – UFC Nashville On the agenda for this week’s show: UFC Nashville recap and reactions to all the results, plenty of upcoming fight announcements coming out of that, Ronda Rousey is MMA’s biggest star, Georges St-Pierre speaks out on the UFC-Reebok sponsporship ...
UFC Fight Night 73 goes down from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee this evening. UFC Fight Night 73 Quick Results The main event features a battle in the light heavyweight division, as Glover Teixeira takes on Ovince Saint Preux. In the evening’s co-main event a highly anticipated li...
The fighters taking part in tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 73 event took to the scale today at the official fighter weigh-ins. Today’s weigh-ins took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. […]