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Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com took to the Stream today with a special edition of the MMA Hour. The internet was buzzing yesterday after he made the announcement of the special edition on Twitter, with speculation running rampant as to what it could be. The surprise guest wasn’t anybody who was...
According to the UFC’s most decorative trash talker Chael Sonnen his UFC contract has expired and he is waiting to sign a new one. He made this fairly clear at a Q&A session during this past week’s UFC Fan Expo. Not only is Sonnen looking to sign a new contract, but he also supposedly […]
Video: BJ Penn torn between retiring and UFC comeback UFC legend BJ Penn spoke with Ariel Helwani about his potential retirement from competing inside the Octagon. Penn talks about fighting for his family, his tough loss to Rory MacDonald and much more. Check out the video below thanks to FUEL TV...
Video: UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2013 Two stars from the original season of TUF are inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at the 2013 UFC Fan Expo – watch the official ceremony honoring Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. Video: UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2013 Check out the video ...
Following his UFC 162 title loss, former middleweight champion Anderson Silva declared that he wasn’t interested in fighting for a title again. However UFC President Dana White made it clear that the rematch would happen and that it could happen as early as the year end card in December. Anderson...
If there is one thing you can say about Dana White, it’s that he’s very protective of the UFC brand. That’s why he does not cotton to people attempting to illegally stream or download cards from his baby. So what happens when pop star Justin Bieber puts out a tweet hunting for a free download […]
The president of the Ressurection Fighting Alliance and manager to the Brazilian stars, Ed Soares, appeared on the MMA Hour yesterday to discuss a variety of things in the wake of UFC 162. One of the major topics was the performance of Soares’ most famous charge, Anderson Silva. Ed admitted that ...
It wasn’t just the juking, the jiving, and general clowning that was more of the same from Anderson Silva on Saturday night. It was the coy turning down of a rematch with new champ Chris Weidman that continues his pattern of declining a big money fight until he gets the money he wants. There’s a […]
Video: Chris Weidman documentary This past Saturday night, Chris Weidman made history as the first man inside the UFC to defeat one of the greatest of all-time Anderson Silva and be crowned the middleweight champion of the world. The folks at Gamma Labs caught up with the UFC middleweight in Augu...
At UFC 162 the world’s best mixed martial artist Anderson Silva was beaten by a younger up-and-comer in Chris Weidman to lose his middleweight championship. Following the fight many fans and critics were calling the bout a “fix”. With Silva showing little to no offense and toying with Weidman wit...
Video: UFC 163 video preview UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo continues his streak of super fights by taking on “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in one of the most anticipated battles of 2013. Plus, Demian Maia fights Josh Koscheck, and Lyoto Machida meets Phil Davis. Video: UFC 163 video p...
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the fighter salaries for this past weekends UFC 162 fight card. The main event saw Anderson Silva get dethroned of his middleweight championship by “The All-American” Chris Weidman. Even though he lost the title, he brought in a cool $600,000 for the ...
UFC welterweight Mike Pierce picked up his fourth win in a row at UFC 162 this past Saturday, however many fight fans might not have known this as he was placed in the very first bout on the Facebook preliminary portion of the card. He defeated David Mitchell by second round KO. The curious case […]
At UFC 162, Chris Weidman proved his worth after taking down Anderson Silva in the second round via TKO. Though Weidman should be credit for his historic defeat of the ‘Spider’, Silva’s demonstration of his humanity begs for many questions. Silva looked, and sounded, like he was ready to call it ...
Many fighters said Chris Weidman would shock the world, while analysts and journalists were saying he was a bad matchup for Anderson Silva. When I looked at the fight, it seemed like another fight for Silva, where his opposition was filled with major hype from the media and that was it. The list ...
‘History’. That is the word that probably best describes this past Saturday’s UFC 162 card, which went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena situated in the fight capital of the world – Las Vegas, Nevada. Anderson Silva, the consensus no.1 pound-for-pound fighter on the planet was finally dethroned ...