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Opinion: The UFC 20 Years Later
By Jesse Heitz
This week, the most dominant promotion in Mixed Martial Arts, as well as the founding company of modern MMA, turned twenty years old. This is certainly a momentous occasion for our sport. A sport that has… Read More
Opinion: Big Plans for Fabricio Werdum
By Jesse Heitz
Last weekend, we witnessed UFC Heavyweight Champion, Cain Velasquez, utterly and completely handle Junior dos Santos in UFC 166’s main event. The champion retained his title, taking the rubber match in dominating fashion. On the heels of… Read More
Watch the UFC 166 Weigh-Ins Beginning at 5PM ET / 2PM PT
By FCF Staff
You can watch the official weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s UFC 166 card right here at Full Contact Fighter beginning at 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM / PT.
The card will be hosted by Houston’s… Read More
UFC 166: Tim Boetsch Believes it’s “Kind of Do or Die Time” After Consecutive Losses
By Kelsey Mowatt
This time last year, Tim Boetsch wasn’t far removed from wins over established middleweights Hector Lombard and Yushin Okami, and as a result, “The Barbarian” was poised to enter the title shot mix.… Read More
Mark Pavelich Hypes MFC 38 & Talks About Anthony Birchak and Smealinho Rama
By Bryan Levick
With MFC 38 taking place this Friday October 4th Pavelich has gone into full promoter mode and is pushing this card with the same passion he pushes his athletes and his organization. To say he’s been all over the… Read More
George Sotiropoulos Meets KJ Noons At UFC 166
By Michael Hatamoto
Former EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons and Australian submission fighter George Sotiropoulos are fighting for their UFC lives when they meet at UFC 166 on October 19.
Noons has lost five of his last six fights inside… Read More
Opinion: Who Gets Next Crack at Heavyweight Title?
By Michael Hatamoto
The UFC heavyweight division is relatively thin these days, so it might take some creative marketing on the UFC’s part to make exciting future matchups.
I believe the winner of Josh Barnett-Travis Browne could be next in… Read More
Josh Thomson Might Be The First Strikeforce Guy To Win Gold In The UFC
By Joshua Molina
Back in the old Strikeforce days people wondered how well the Strikeforce guys would do in the UFC.
There were dream match-ups like, George St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, Alistair Overeem vs. Cain Velasquez and Gilbert Melendez vs.… Read More
Daniel Cormier, New No. 1 Contender?
By Michael Hatamoto
UFC heavyweight Daniel Cormier “probably” will earn a UFC light heavyweight championship title shot with a win against Roy Nelson at UFC 166 in October.
That’s assuming Cormier wins his next fight and UFC… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown”: Boxing Owns UFC This Saturday With Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
By Joshua Molina
The sports world is talking about a super-big fight this weekend and it has nothing to do with the UFC or Dana White.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., (44-0, 26 KOs) the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, battles… Read More
Shooto Champ Kyoji Horiguchi Headed to UFC, Fighting Dustin Pague October 19th
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championships has added one of Japan’s top prospects, as the promotion has announced that Shooto 132 pound champ Kyoji Horiguchi will fight Dustin Pague on October 19th. The bantamweight scrap will be part of… Read More
UFC 166: Charles Oliveira Moved Into Bout With Jeremy Larsen
By FCF Staff
The UFC has been forced to do some shuffling to the line-up for its October 19th card in Houston, and as a result, Jeremy Larsen will now fight featherweight Charles Oliveira at the event.
Larsen was originally… Read More
Report: Mark Hunt and “Bigfoot” Silva Have Agreed to December Bout
By FCF Staff
Heavyweights Mark Hunt and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will apparently look to get back on track against one another, as according to reports, the two have agreed to fight in December.
News of the bout was reported first… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo on Fighting Anthony Pettis “I’m Not Scared of Anyone”
By FCF Staff
Although Jose Aldo’s manager and coach Andre Pederneiras has said he wants his fighter to battle Anthony Pettis at 145, the featherweight champion insists that doesn’t mean he’s scared to fight the newly crowned lightweight champ.
After Pettis… Read More
UFC 166: Jessica Eye Making Octagon Debut Versus Sarah Kaufman
By FCF Staff
Not long after it was relayed that Jessica Eye is joining the UFC, and that Sarah Kaufman will no longer compete at UFC Fight Night 27, the promotion has announced the bantamweights will fight at UFC 166.… Read More
Opinion: Travis Browne Is True UFC Underdog
By Michael Hatamoto
Travis Browne shined in his biggest UFC test yet, taking on Alistair Overeem in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 26.
Browne survived an early onslaught that surely looked like a potential TKO… Read More
UFC 166: Flyweight Prospect Darrell Montague to Fight John Dodson
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added another top ranked flyweight to its roster, as the promotion has announced that Darrell Montague will take on contender John Dodson, at UFC 166 on October 19th.
Montague (13-2), who is… Read More
UFC 166: Matt Grice Fighting Jeremy Larsen
By FCF Staff
A featherweight bout between Matt Grice and Jeremy Larsen is the latest addition to UFC 166, which will be hosted by Houston’s Toyota Center on October 19th. The UFC has announced the bout via the company’s official… Read More
Alistair Overeem Concedes “Under-Estimation” of “Bigfoot” Silva
By FCF Staff
While the MMA world is still somewhat unsettled thanks to Chris Weidman’s upset victory over Anderson Silva at UFC 162, it wasn’t that long ago when “Bigfoot” Silva shocked the sport by knocking out Alistair Overeem. Heading… Read More
UFC 166: George Roop Fighting Francisco Rivera
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to round out it’s October 19th card in Houston, Texas, as the promotion has announced that bantamweight George Roop will battle Francisco Rivera at the event. UFC 166 will be hosted by… Read More