UFC on FX 7 Attendance Hits the Sellout Mark
Yahoo! Sport
Canada's own Mitch Gagnon will compete on home turf for the third time in a row when he takes on Issei Tamura in a Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight bout at UFC 158: "St. Pierre vs. Diaz" on March 16 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No title shot for Michael Bisping, who was knocked out in [...]
Read MoreUFC 155 salaries: Dos Santos, new champ Velasquez top $1.261 million payroll
USA TODAY
Wrapping up the UFC 155: "Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2" event that took place on Sat., Dec. 29, 2012, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez and much, much Yagin (16-5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was training for a bout with Dennis Siver at UFC on [...]
Read MoreCain Velasquez regains UFC heavyweight title, looks ahead
Chicago Sun-
Counterpunch – SI.com – SI.com's Boxing & MMA blog. Judging in mixed martial arts (MMA) in general, and UFC 155 in particular, is often downright awful. Numerous scores were alarmingly skewed last night (Dec. 29, 2012), which angered UFC President Dana White and most Following his win over Stephan Bonnar at UFC 153, Silva and [...]
Read MoreUFC on Fox 5?s Three Stars: Matt Brown, Abel Trujillo and Daron Cruickshank
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UFC President Dana White says Anderson Silva turned down a new eight-fight contract with the UFC. Why? Because the 37-year-old champion wanted a new 10-fight deal. Alexander Gustafsson beat Shogun Rua last night at UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz but he may not get to fight for the title right away. UFC president [...]
Read MoreUFC's Yves Edwards: Addicted to fighting, and trying to make it last
USA TODAY
Benson Henderson made it look easy against an opponent who has made a career out of making things difficult for his opponents. After Henderson's win over Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox 5 on Saturday night, it's now time to begin discussing who will serve as While the UFC aired four very good fights on [...]
Read MoreWWE takes shot at UFC on 'Monday Night Raw'
MMA Fighting
UFC president Dana White talks about a variety of topics, including Ronda Rousey, Cris Cyborg and much more during the UFC 154 post-fight scrum. UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber recently received a minor setback in his rehab recovery, but remains optimistic for a Feb., 2013 return to the Octagon, possibly at UFC 156. Speaking to reporters [...]
Read MoreThe latest on Ronda Rousey's move to the UFC
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CBS Sports analyst Seth Davis is on the defensive after calling the UFC a "homoerotic" sport he doesn't want his son to watch on Twitter. With Sakara's team planning appeal of UFC 154 DQ, ref Miragliotta explains his decision. by Steven Marrocco on Nov 19, 2012 at 7:15 pm ET. Dan Miragliotta contends that most [...]
Read MoreFive questions answered
ESPN (blog)
The British fighter will return to middleweight after a nearly three-year run at welterweight following his Saturday loss to Matt Riddle (7-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) at UFC 154. Maguire (18-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on Sunday announced the news on his Twitter account. Take a look back at all the action from UFC 154. Bloody Elbow, [...]
Read MoreUFC 153: Memorable Images from the Silva vs. Bonnar Card
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Anderson Silva will say over and over he only wants to fight Georges St-Pierre. But the UFC middleweight champion is a master negotiator. Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, released a statement today regarding UFC middleweight Jake Shields: “We've been informed by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies' Boxing Brazilian light heavyweight Glover [...]
Read MoreSergio Moraes wins at UFC 153, then has awkward celebration
Yahoo! Sport
MMAmania's Brian Hemminger takes a look back at last night's light heavyweight showdown between Glover Teixeira and Fabio Maldonado on the UFC 153 main card. What factors helped Teixiera dominate? Find out inside. A month from now, at UFC 154, fans will see the return of another fighter in the mix to go down as [...]
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