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Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organizationwill be hosting a casting call for the next US edition of its long-running reality series,The Ultimate Fighter®, on September 17, 2012, in LasVegas. Season 17 will feature middleweight (185lbs) and light heavyweight (205lb...
Mike Swick made an impressive return to the octagon after a two and a half year hiatus. He wound up on the bottom of a very dominant DaMarques Johnson in the first round at UFC on FOX 4, however landed a devastating diving punch that KO’d Johnson in the second. Swick underwent surgery 3 weeks ago...
UFC President Dana White sat down with FUEL TV’s Ariel Helwani to discuss some of the most heated topics going on in the UFC at the moment. The majority of the conversation was geared towards the cancellation of UFC 151, in which White made it clear that he had, “No regrets whatsoever” in cancell...
It seems everywhere I look inside the world of caged fisticuffs I see bad news – Eight Main Events on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 2012 calendar have fallen to pieces, the injury bug is running rampant and it’s all been capped off with the cancellation of UFC 151. At one stage I strongly ...
Well, most kids are back to school and vacation time is over. With UFC 151 in the books cancelled, we have not have a UFC event until UFC 152 on September 22. That will be the biggest event of the month, however there are some serious scraps to keep your eye on outside of that […]
FX and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organisation today unveiled the identities of the sixteen Australian and British mixed martial artists set to represent their nations in The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs UK – TheSmashes™. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF™) finalists are among the top fighters...
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was hit by a car this past weekend while riding his motorcycle. Luckily, the champ was unharmed. Brazil’s UOL Esporte initially reported it and the Brazilian news outlet Tatame later confirmed the report. The accident is not expected to affect his upcoming tit...
LOS ANGELES, CA – FUEL TV airs “UFC 101: The Fundamentals,” Monday, September 3 (11:30 PM ET.) Hosts Kenny Florian and “Suga” Rashad Evans lead viewers through the fundamentals of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in this FUEL TV original 30-minute special. Learn everything from fighting s...
In the clip from UFC Ultimate Insider, Jon Anik is joined in studio by perennial middleweight contender Michael “The Count” Bisping to discuss his past, present and future in addition to an animated discussion about the current state of the UFC. Thanks to FUEL TV for the video below.
At UFC 135, Jon Jones made his first title defense after beating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128. He fought and defended his title against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and the UFC has released the full fight video for your viewing pleasure.
After an overwhelming amount of votes, it came in clear that many people believed that Jon Jones should in fact have fought Chael Sonnen at UFC 151. According to UFC President Dana White, Jon Jones and his team (Greg Jackson) were to blame for the cancellation of UFC 151. Dan Henderson pulled out...
UFC flyweight contender Joseph Benavidez says his powerful striking will be the difference in his title fight with Demetrious Johnson at UFC 152. “I love the fact that I’m getting to fight Demetrious Johnson. We’re the two best guys in the world. I’ve always been impressed by him as a fighter and...
“He knows I’m going to bring it.” Demetrious Johnson believes he’s the fastest fighter in the UFC. He wants to use his speed to defeat Joseph Benavidez, and become the very first UFC flyweight champion. “My number one goal is to go out there and finish somebody. If I go in there and kick somebody...
With the UFC 151 fiasco still not far in the rearview mirror, we see a battle commence between two heavyweight MMA apparel giants: TapouT and Nike. As any MMA fan paying attention to the news lately knows, their sponsored fighters Chael Sonnen and Jon Jones are anything but amiable allies at th...
A match between Patrick Cote and Alessio has been booked in the middleweight division at UFC 154. UFC officials announced the match-up on Friday. Cote (17-8) made his return to the octagon at UFC 148, where he lost a decision to Cung Le. Cote has not won a fight inside the octagon since 2008, how...
A heavyweight match up between Matt Mitrione and Phil De Fries has been set for UFC 155 in December. Mitrione was originally slated to face Rob Broughton at UFC on FX 4, but due to personal reasons the bout was moved to UFC on FOX 5. It is unclear why Broughton has been removed from […]