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New Full Contact Fighter Radio Features UFC’s Tarec Saffiedine
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter’s podcast features UFC welterweight contender and former Strikeforce champ, Tarec Saffiedine.
Saffiedine discusses how his recovery is going from the injury which pulled him from a February 14th bout with… Read More
WSOF 17: Brian Foster Ready to Headline After “Hard Road Back”
By FCF Staff
Although several years ago it wasn’t clear what the future held for Brian Foster’s fighting career, the welterweight has persevered, and worked his way into a main event fight at WSOF 17.
Back in 2010, Foster had… Read More
UFC Rankings Update: Donald Cerrone, Hector Lombard and Kyoji Horiguchi Rise, Daniel Cormier Loses P4P Spot
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released its latest rankings, following the promotion’s card this past Saturday, and several of the night’s winners have made moves.
Donald Cerrone worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Myles… Read More
Report: Hector Lombard Says Fight With Rory MacDonald “Makes Sense”
By FCF Staff
Hector Lombard has been calling for a scrap with a top ranked, welterweight for some time, and following his win over Josh Burkman at UFC 182, he’s campaigning for a fight with Rory MacDonald.
Lombard worked his… Read More
Report: Tarec Saffiedine Withdrawing From UFC FN 60
By FCF Staff
It looks as though UFC Fight Night 60 has lost it’s original headliner, as Tarec Saffiedine has reportedly withdrawn from his bout with Matt Brown.
The welterweight contenders are scheduled to battle on February 14th, but according… Read More
UFC FN 58: Erick Silva Looking to Make Run After Improving “Techniques”
By FCF Staff
After being stopped by Matt Brown in May, in what was one of the year’s best scraps, Erick Silva says an improved welterweight will square off with Mike Rhodes at UFC Fight Night 58.
Silva will face… Read More
UFC 181: Johny Hendricks Says it Would be “Dumb” to Expect Anything Less Than a “War”
By FCF Staff
There are many reasons for fans to get invested in tonight’s UFC 181 headliner between welterweight champ Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler, especially because their first battle was one of the year’s best fights.
Of course, the… Read More
UFC 181: Robbie Lawler Says He’s “Coming in Fully Ready to Dominate” Rematch
By FCF Staff
Robbie Lawler nearly became the UFC welterweight champ back in March, and when he rematches Johny Hendricks this Saturday at UFC 181, he hopes the result is radically different.
Lawler and Hendricks fought for the vacant title… Read More
UFC 181: Johny Hendricks Plans to “Threaten” Robbie Lawler With Vaunted Wrestling Game in Rematch
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Johny Hendricks narrowly defeated Robbie Lawler in March to become UFC welterweight champ, and has yet to defend the title, there are many who believe that the “Bigg Rigg” era has only just… Read More
UFC 181’s Robbie Lawler on His Feared Power: “I Grew up Fighting”
By FCF Staff
Although the first encounter between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler didn’t produce a stoppage win, anyone who has a followed their careers, knows they have fearsome punching power.
Lawler has recorded many, memorable knockout victories during his… Read More
UFC FN 60 Receives Thiago Tavares-Nik Lentz II
By FCF Staff
UFC Fight Night 60 has picked up a rematch between two established vets, as the promotion has announced that Thiago Tavares will fight Nik Lentz at the upcoming event.
The featherweight fight will take place on February… Read More
UFC’s Brandon Thatch Set to Fight Stephen Thompson
By FCF Staff
A busy week of fight announcements continues for the UFC, as the promotion has also confirmed that Brandon Thatch will fight Stephen Thompson at the promotion’s Fight Night event on February 14th.
The upcoming card will be… Read More
UFC’s Thiago Alves and Jordan Mein Re-booked to Fight in 2015
By FCF Staff
After their initial meeting was cancelled this summer, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that a bout between Jordan Mein and Thiago Alves has been re-booked for January 31st.
The welterweight scrap will be part of UFC… Read More
RFA 19: Jake Collier Lays Claim to Middleweight Crown
By FCF Staff
Resurrection Fighting Alliance held its latest event Friday night in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and in the main event, Jake Collier secured the promotion’s vacant middleweight title.
Collier did so by tapping out Gabriel Checco in the first… Read More
UFC 178: Patrick Cote Says Goal Remains the Same, Getting “Another Title Shot”
By FCF Staff
Patrick Cote may be on the outside of the UFC’s top 15, welterweight rankings, but as he looks for his fourth straight win tomorrow night, the vet says winning a title remains his goal.
The 34 year-old… Read More
UFC 181: Chris Weidman-Vitor Belfort Postponed, Johny Hendricks-Robbie Lawler New Headliner
By FCF Staff
The headliner for UFC 181 has undergone a significant change, as the promotion has announced that Vitor Belfort will no longer fight middleweight champ Chris Weidman at the December 6th event.
As a result, a bout between… Read More
Report: Tyron Woodley “Wants Nothing to do” With Hector Lombard According to Dana White
By FCF Staff
Recently Dana White announced that the UFC is waiting to hear back from Tyron Woodley, on whether he’s interested in facing Hector Lombard, but now the UFC President says the welterweight wants “nothing to do” with the… Read More
Dana White Says UFC Waiting on Tyron Woodley to Accept Fight With Hector Lombard
By FCF Staff
Although Tyron Woodley has said he’d like to fight Matt Brown next, UFC President Dana White has revealed the promotion wants him to square off with Hector Lombard.
White relayed the news during a recent interview with… Read More
UFC FN 49: Lee Mein on Son Jordan’s Third Opponent Change, “It Doesn’t Really Bother Us”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Jordan Mein has been booked to fight at UFC Fight Night 49 for sometime now, the only thing is, however, that he’s been scheduled to fight three different opponents.
Initially, Mein was set to… Read More
UFC FN 49: Jordan Mein and Mike Pyle to Square Off After Line-up Shuffle
By FCF Staff
Although Jordan Mein and Mike Pyle have lost their original opponents for UFC Fight Night 49, just over two weeks away from the event, the welterweights will still fight on August 23rd. In fact, they’ll fight each… Read More