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When UFC President Dana White attended a local event in Revere, Massachusetts to watch Drew Fickett notch his 23rd professional victory little did he know that he was going to be chasing down his opponent, a 2-1 jiu-jitsu stylist named Kenny Florian to join their upcoming reality television serie...
UFC veteran and ESPN’s “MMA Live” co-host Kenny Florian announced his retirement on Thursday, citing his inability to come back from a back injury. The 36 year old Florian retires as the only man to compete in the UFC at four different weight classes and finishes with a career record of 14-6. Flo...
The fighters taking part in tomorrow nights TUF Live Finale took to the scale today. The weigh-ins took place at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event is set as both Martin Kampmann and Jake Ellenberger made the 170lbs weight limit. Also featured is the finals of T...
The fighters taking part in tomorrow nights TUF Live Finale will be taking to the scale. The weigh-ins take place at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event is a welterweight fight between Martin Kampmann and Jake Ellenberger, which could easily determine the number ...
In August of 2010, Chael Sonnen came within less than two minutes of dethroning one of the greatest fighters of all-time, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. On July 7th, the self-proclaimed “Gangster from West Linn” attempts to finish what he started against Silva, the pound-for-pound king...
“The Predator” is back and this time his prey is Cung Le at UFC 148. The former UFC middleweight number one contender, Patrick Cote is making his return to the organization after being released in 2010. Following his departure from the UFC, Cote has racked up four wins in a row. With Vitor Belfor...
It has been nearly one year since the last time we saw former UFC heavyweight contender Shane Carwin grace the octagon. The last time we saw him fight was at UFC 131, where he was bloodied up by current heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. On Wednesday, Shane Carwin announced via his Shane-Car...
Following UFC 146, it was announced that the main event for UFC 147 had been put in a murky situation. Vitor Belfort unforunately had to withdraw from the fight due to injury. UFC President Dana White announced at the post-fight press conference that Wanderlei Silva would stay on the card as one ...
Martin Kampmann (19-5) has silently chipped away at a respectable record inside the elite 170-pound division but this Friday night’s main event clash with top-ranked contender Jake Ellenberger (27-5) at The Ultimate Fighter 15 Finale might be the most important of his career yet. “The Hitman” has...
This Friday night another season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter comes to a close with Al Iaquinta and Michael Chiesa battling for the series title and a six-figure contract, but the top-billed fight is a welterweight affair with something-of-the-night written all over it when Jake...
On Tuesday morning, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones plead guilty to a DWI charge for a car accident that occurredn in n Binghamton, N.Y. on May 19. Jones was arrested after driving his 2012 Bentley into a telephone pole. According to WBNG News, Jones plead guilty to driving while intoxic...
On Tuesday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir fighter salaries. The main event was a heavyweight title fight, with Junior Dos Santos retaining his title by TKO’ing Frank Mir in round 2. The three men who banked the most were Junior Dos Santos, Frank Mir...
When the Ultimate Fighting Championship joined forced with media conglomerate Fox Broadcasting Company to spread out hours of hard-hitting content across three stations it seemed like it was the next giant leap for the organization. Much like joining Spike TV and launching the hit reality-series ...
Ron Kruck of HDNet’s Inside MMA caught up with Dana White following UFC 146 and got the goods on a bunch of different topics. Below are excerpts on what he had to say.
TORONTO – May 28, 2012 – Netflix announced a major expansion of its Ultimate Fighting Championship® content offering in Canada. Canadian subscribers will now be able to watch a wide variety of recent and classic UFC events, highlights series and the hit reality show “The Ultimate Fighter®” on Ne...
Last night’s UFC 146 marked the beginning of the most interesting time for the UFC’s heavyweight division because for the first time in the organization’s history all the best big boys resided under their control. In the heyday of the Pride-versus-UFC rivalry most of the top heavyweight stars res...