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John Hackleman Weighs in on Jon Jones’ Post UFC 172 Taunting
By FCF Staff
Jon Jones has received extensive praise for his decision win over Glover Teixeira at UFC 172, but some of his post-fight comments and social media posts have drawn considerable criticism. Now, Teixeira’s longtime coach, the renowned John… Read More
UFC Rankings Update: Anthony Johnson Moves Way up the Ladder After UFC 172 Victory
By FCF Staff
Anthony Johnson buzzed the MMA world with his dominant, decision win over Phil Davis at UFC 172, and the light-heavyweight has jumped way up the promotion’s rankings as a result.
After handing the top ranked Davis just… Read More
Report: Alexander Gustafsson Says Jon Jones’ UFC 172 Win Didn’t Feature Anything “Spectacular”
By FCF Staff
Following UFC 172, the consensus opinion seems to be that Jon Jones’ decision win over Glover Teixeira, marked one of the light-heavyweight champ’s finest performances to date. It appears as though number one contender Alexander Gustafsson, however,… Read More
Daniel Cormier Discusses Strategy to Defeat Jon Jones
By FCF Staff
Jon Jones may have had one of his finest performances to date at UFC 172, but that hasn’t diminished Daniel Cormier’s drive to fight the light-heavyweight champ.
Following Jones’ impressive, unanimous decision win over Glover Teixeira Saturday… Read More
UFC 172: Dana White Confirms Jon Jones-Alexander Gustafsson II Next
By FCF Staff
Now that Jon Jones has scored a dominant, decision victory over Glover Teixeira last night at UFC 172, UFC President Dana White has confirmed that the light-heavyweight champ will rematch Alexander Gustafsson next.
That’s in keeping with… Read More
UFC 172: Anthony Johnson Says Pressure “Went out the Window” in 2012
By FCF Staff
Although Anthony Johnson hasn’t fought in the UFC since 2012, thanks to a six fight win streak, the promotion has tapped him to fight light-heavyweight contender Phil Davis tonight. It’s a massive opportunity for Johnson, considering Davis… Read More
UFC 172: Watch the Weigh-ins Live Beginning at 4 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
You can watch the official weigh-ins for UFC 172, right here at Full Contact Fighter, beginning at 4 PM/ET-1PM/PT this afternoon.
Saturday’s event will be headlined by a light-heavyweight bout between champion Jon Jones and Glover… Read More
UFC 172’s Jon Jones Would “Welcome” Chuck Liddell Out of Retirement in “Superfight”
By FCF Staff
As Jon Jones prepares to defend his light-heavyweight title versus Glover Teixeira at UFC 172, the champion has found himself discussing the latter’s longtime training partner, Chuck Liddell.
Not only has Liddell been signing the praises… Read More
UFC 174: Ryan Bader Versus Rafael Cavalcante Booked
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s June 14th return to Vancouver, British Columbia, has received a notable light-heavyweight bout, as Ryan Bader will take on Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante. The card will be hosted by the city’s Rogers Arena, and… Read More
UFC 172: Tim Boetsch Knows Bout With Luke Rockhold “Carries a Lot of Weight”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Thanks to a decision win over CB Dollaway at UFC 166 in October, Tim Boetsch remains a top fifteen ranked middleweight, but “The Barbarian” is quick to admit that’s not where he wants to… Read More
Report: Phil Davis Promises to Break Jon Jones Apart Like a “Sugar Cookie”
By FCF Staff
Although Jon Jones and Phil Davis are set to fight Glover Teixeira and Anthony Johnson respectively at UFC 172, the two light-heavyweights reportedly got into it on a recent media call.
Jones and Davis appeared on the… Read More
UFC 172: Yancy Medeiros to Fight Jim Miller After Bobby Green’s Withdrawal
By FCF Staff
Less than a week out from the April 26th, UFC 172 card in Baltimore, the event’s line-up has received a change. The promotion has announced that Bobby Green has been forced to withdraw from his bout with… Read More
Jon Jones Says Phone Was Hacked After Derogatory Posts Appear on Instagram
By FCF Staff
After several derogatory and homophobic posts reportedly appeared on Jon Jones’ Instagram account recently, the UFC light-heavyweight champ and his management are claiming he was not behind them.
According to multiple reports, several insults and homophobic comments… Read More
Report: Jon Jones Says he Proved he has “Three Times the Heart” of Alexander Gustafsson
By FCF Staff
Jon Jones may be scheduled to fight the highly regarded Glover Teixeira on April 26th at UFC 172, but the light-heavyweight champ continues to field plenty of questions about former foe Alexander Gustafsson.
The reason being, of… Read More
Nate Marquardt to Battle James Te Huna in UFC’s New Zealand Debut
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that it is headed to New Zealand for the first time in the promotion’s history, and that Auckland’s Vector Arena will host a June 28th card.
The event will be headlined… Read More
Report: Winner of Expected Dan Henderson-Daniel Cormier Bout to Receive Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Although the UFC has yet to confirm that Daniel Cormier will take on Dan Henderson next, it’s being reported that the winner of the expected, light-heavyweight match-up will receive a title shot.
Recently UFC President Dana White… Read More
Jon Jones Weighs in on Pre-UFC 172 Drug Test
By FCF Staff
UFC light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones and Glover Teixeira have reportedly been drug tested by Maryland officials, just a few weeks out from their April 26th bout in Baltimore.
The upcoming fight will headline UFC 172, which will… Read More
John Hackleman Weighs in on Popularity of Chuck Liddell Versus Fan Support For Jon Jones
By FCF Staff
Although Jon Jones is the consensus, best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA today, the UFC light-heavyweight champ still has his fair share of detractors and critics. Recently, the man who helped build Chuck Liddell into one of the… Read More
UFC 172’s Danny Castillo Says He’s Better Than Charlie Brenneman “in Every Aspect of MMA”
By FCF Staff
It’s no secret that much of Danny Castillo’s success to date has been due to his wrestling game, and although he’ll fight another accomplished grappler at UFC 172, the lightweight’s as confident as ever.
Castillo was originally… Read More
Dana White Tweets Daniel Cormier Will Receive Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Although Jon Jones doesn’t believe rival Daniel Cormier has done enough at light-heavyweight to receive a title shot, it looks as though the former heavyweight contender could battle for a championship next.
In a Twitter exchange yesterday,… Read More