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The UFC has returned to Atlantic City with a card high in star power and action potential. The main event features lightweight contenders Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee, an intriguing match with title implications. Also featured is New Jersey native Frankie Edgar, who will face Cub Swanson in a rema...
Known as “Marreta”, Rio’s Thiago Santos (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) recently tied Anderson Silva‘s record for most knockouts in UFC middleweight history. The elusive Elias Theodorou is the lone survivor out of Marreta’s nine victims. Over his five-year UFC career, we have seen Thiago Santos slowly round ...
The TUF 27 TUFtermath Wednesday, April 18th marked the return of The Ultimate Fighter. This 27th season sees a cohort of undefeated lightweights and featherweights waging war in an effort to get a UFC contract and retain their “0.” Overseeing these young guns will be heavyweight champion Stipe Mi...
UFC Fight Night 128 Walkout Songs UFC Fight Night 128 is going down this Saturday! The event will happen live at the Jim Wheelen Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. In the main event, top lightweights Kevin Lee and Edson Barbosa will battle for supremacy. Former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar w...
The Boys at the Hammer feature weekly coverage of all things MMA. They have one of the premier radio shows in the world of MMA broadcast weekly on Wednesday nights on 93.3 FM, CFMU and here at MMASucka. UFC Fight Night 128: Barboza vs. Lee goes down this Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jerse...
UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was pleased with his performance against Justin Gaethje at UFC on FOX 29, but says he still has plenty to work on. “I’m proud of myself, I made a couple of mistakes in there, but I stuck to the game-plan and used my jab and used my footwork,” Poirier told […]
Rose Namajunas retained her UFC Strawweight title with an impressive, gritty performance against former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 in Brooklyn. She didn’t have it all her own way though, as it was a close contest and Jedrzejczyk seemed to get stronger as the fight wore on. Namajunas v...
Nathaniel Wood officially signs with the UFC Cage Warriors Bantamweight Champion Nathaniel Wood has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Wood is currently ranked #1 at bantamweight among the UK and Ireland by Tapology. Reports have been circulating for some time, but the London native ...
The UFC returned to the desert of Arizona for UFC on Fox 29. In the main event, Arizona native Justin Gaethje took on Dustin Poirier. The co-main event featured Carlos Condit against late replacement, Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira. The event was the first card since UFC 2 in 1994 with 14+ fights. All 14...
The octagon is heading to Glendale, Arizona as Arizona native, Justin Gaethje, takes on Dustin Poirier in a top ten lightweight clash. Poirier is coming off a win over former lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis. Gaethje is coming off his first career loss at the hands of former lightweight champ...
UFC on FOX 29 staff picks UFC on FOX 29 will be live at 3:30pm ET (12:30pm PT) today, April 14th, beginning on UFC Fight Pass before moving to FOX Sports 1, and then finally to big FOX for the main card. All the action will go down from The Gila River Arena in Glendale, […]
Many fighters have spoken out about why the UFC should add a 165 pound division. One of the most outspoken about this division is Kevin Lee. Lee believes the division could easily be filled with many fighters from lightweight and welterweight. It’s certain that 165 would bring many talented fight...
Hawaii’s Brad Tavares (16-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC) may well be a darkhorse in the UFC middleweight division. Nearly eight years into his UFC career, Tavares seems to be hitting his stride at 30 years old. The well-rounded Ray Sefo trained kickboxer is riding a three-fight winning streak, and is now ranke...
There has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not the UFC will ever create a 165 pound weight class. Many fighters have expressed interest in a 165 pound division, and it’s not a bad idea. One fighter who has spoken out about it multiple times recently is current lightweight, Kevin Lee. If...
Shana Dobson (3-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) fights the debuting Lauren Mueller (4-0) at UFC on FOX 29 this Saturday. It will be Dobson’s first appearance since her own debut when she TKO’d Ariel Beck at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale. She acknowledged that Mueller had more tape to study on her than vice-vers...
In anticipation of the Octagon touching down in Arizona for a hard hitting UFC Fight Night on FOX, witness the extraordinary lives and thrilling training camps of six exceptional fighters in UFC on FOX 29 Road to the Octagon. The main event features a battle in the lightweight division, as number...