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The fighters taking part in tomorrow’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 event will take to the scale today at the official fighter weigh-ins. Today’s weigh-ins take place at the Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. The main event features a battle for the heavyweight bout between Fabricio Werdum an...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and the Government of the State of Ceara today participated in a ceremonial tree planting as part of an initiative that will make THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® BRASIL 2 FINALE: NOGUEIRA vs. WERDUM 100% carbon neutral. The UFC® marked its participation in the Government...
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson will defend his UFC Flyweight title against John Moraga at UFC on Fox 8 on Saturday July 27th at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA. The title fight will cap an evening of awesome MMA action and PokerListings.com can you seats for this awesome night of fights via thei...
Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today applauded the House of Commons for passing Bill S-209, an Act that removes the Criminal Code prohibition on professional mixed martial arts (MMA) in Canada. The bill, which passed the third and final reading today, will be enacted after receiving Royal As...
“House of Commons passed Bill S-209 to amend the Criminal Code of Canada “allowing” MMA by a vote of 267 to 9!,” tweeted MMASucka.com. Thanks to the great work of Dave Teixeira, the UFC’s Tom Wright, Conservative MP James Moore, and many others, the bill to finally make mixed martial arts legal i...
There is always somebody cracking jokes about MMA, whether it’s fighters, writers or fans. Some of them are even pretty funny, and we’re going to share with you the three best tweets of the day from fighters, fans, and the media. Today we’ve got War Machine talking about the belt system, Jeremy B...
A pair of match-ups have been announced for the ever expanding UFC on FOX Sports 1: 2 event, as Sarah Kaufman will take on Sara McMann and Bubba McDaniel will square off against Brad Tavares. UFC officials announced the latest match-ups on Tuesday for the “UFC on FOX Sports 1 2: Kampmann vs. Cond...
The most flexible man in the UFC is now set to defend his title against the fighting pride of Cole Harbour, NS. The UFC has confirmed that Benson Henderson will defend his lightweight title against T.J. Grant at UFC 164 in Milwaukee, WI. UFC lightweight champion Benson “Smooth” Henderson (19-2) h...
It seems like just yesterday Robert Drysdale had announced that he would be making the transition to MMA. Now some three years later, he has finally made it to the big show, as the UFC has signed him to take on fellow light heavyweight Ednaldo Oliveira at UFC 163. Las Vegas Review-Journal origina...
It’s official: “The American Gangster” will face the “Shogun,” Ovince St. Preux takes on Cody Donovan, and Michael McDonald will do battle with Brad Pickett. UFC announces Chael Sonnen vs. Mauricio Rua, other fights for UFC on FS1 1 The UFC as now confirmed that these fight will all be on their d...
“The California Kid” is going to Boston to, and he’s got “Marajo” waiting for him. Both Bleacher Report and the Torque MMA Facebook page are reporting that the bout is set, though the UFC has yet to officially confirm. “The California Kid” Urijah Faber (28-6) is on another winning streak. The fo...
MMASucka was on today’s UFC 161 conference call, which had Rashad Evans, Dan Henderson, Roy Nelson, Stipe Miocic, and UFC’s Director of Operations for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Tom Wright available for questions. Here are today’s notes. Rashad Evans: Is not worried about getting a title...
“The Sponge” is out and “the Killer” is in against “Ruthless” Robbie at UFC on FX 8. The UFC confirmed via twitter today that the Belgian welterweight Saffiedine is injured, and will be replaced in the July 27th bout with Robbie Lawler by Siyar Bahadurzada. Siyar “the Killer” Bahadurzada (21-5-1)...
They first faced each other at the Pride 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. Now, after nearly seven years, and a season of TUF Brasil behind them, Fabricio Werdum faces Minotauro Nogueira once again. Hear what Werdum has in store for this five-round heavyweight battle as he seeks to even the score. Cat...
FUEL TV presents UFC From All Angles: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, an in-depth look at the most influential family in all of mixed martial arts, the Gracies. Rener and Ryron Gracie take us on journey through the past and present to showcase the beauty of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. UFC From All Angles: Gracie Jiu-Jit...