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By Jesse Heitz

We’re just a few days away from UFC on Fox Sports 1: Shogun vs. Sonnen, probably better known as UFC Fight Night 26. While many fans are looking forward to the possible resurgence of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, … Read More

By FCF Staff

The Washington State Department of Licensing has released the disclosed salary figures for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 8 card in Seattle, and veteran slugger Robbie Lawler led the way.

According to the numbers that were released to … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

News recently broke that the most well-known female fighter in the world is breaking into the movie business. That’s right, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey, has signed on to appear in Sylvester Stallone’s next installment of … Read More

By FCF Staff

The UFC has been accused on several fronts recently that it isn’t paying many of its fighters enough money, and now Bloomberg Businessweek has run a story echoing those sentiments.

The report notes UFC President Dana White … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Jacob Volkmann and Jon Fitch were asked by World Series of Fighting to participate in a media call Thursday to promote their upcoming, June 14th debuts for the promotion, but not surprisingly, the vets spent a great … Read More

By FCF Staff

UFC 164 could feature Brandon Vera returning to heavyweight, as the veteran fighter will reportedly battle Ben Rothwell at the August 31st event, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

According to a report from MMA Junkie.com, … Read More

By FCF Staff

Matt Mitrione has released a statement apologizing for the verbal rant he directed at transgender fighter Fallon Fox earlier this month, which dominated headlines for several days and resulted in the fighter being reprimanded by the UFC.… Read More

By FCF Staff

Right after Matt Grice and Dennis Bermudez completed their thrilling, three round war on the UFC 157 preliminary card, most fans likely realized that in all probability, they had just witnessed the “Fight of the Night”.

Afterwards, … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Had Mike Tyson, the one-time “Baddest Man on the Planet,” been born 20 years later, he might have become an MMA fighter.

On one condition:

“Cus (D’Amato) would have had to been an MMA guy,” Tyson told … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

It wasn’t that long ago that Mark “The Machine” Hominick was preparing for a bout with UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo, but since his unanimous decision loss to the renowned fighter last April, the Canadian has suffered … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

In a recent interview with MTV, Alistair Overeem commented on his status as among the all-time greats in MMA history by saying,

“I don’t know, we’ve had some great names in the past. I mean Fedor Emelianenko … Read More

By FCF Staff

In the wake of the arrest of Jeremy Stephens last Friday, and his subsequent inability to fight Yves Edwards as scheduled that night at UFC on FX 5, the lightweight’s management has released a statement defending their … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

The MMA world learned this week that yet another Zuffa card has been bitten by the injury bug. This time it’s the Strikeforce: Cormier vs. Mir event, which has subsequently been thrown into limbo.  While the shakeup … Read More

Fabio Maldonado taking on Glover Teixeira, “Minotauro” Nogueira versus Dave Herman Confirmed

By FCF Staff

Despite relaying not too long ago that his 2012 campaign was finished, Anderson Silva has decided to help out the injury plagued UFC 153 card … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

As Dhiego Lima headed into 2012, the rising prospect appeared to be on the verge of fighting for the same belt his older brother Douglas once held, the Maximum Fighting Championship’s welterweight title. While that day may … Read More

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By Adam Steel

Peter Aert’s final fight in the Low Countries ended in disappointment as the Dutch heavyweight legend suffered a third round stoppage defeat to Tyrone Spong in Brussels.

Aerts received a fitting standing ovation for … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Although the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 2012 campaign has not featured a fight yet with Vladimir Matyushenko, according to the 15 year veteran, he intends to change that in the coming months. When “The Janitor” steps into … Read More

By FCF Staff

After drawing an impressive 5.7 million viewers to its UFC on FOX debut in November, courtesy of a heavyweight championship bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, the ratings for the UFC’s latest event on the … Read More

By FCF Staff

Nate Diaz took a significant step forwards in his quest for a lightweight title shot tonight in East Rutherford, New Jersey, by becoming the first man to stop fellow contender Jim Miller.

After surging ahead on the … Read More

By FCF Staff

Lightweight contenders Jim Miller and Nate Diaz have cleared the last hurdle before they meet in the main event of tomorrow night’s UFC on FOX card in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as both men weighed in at … Read More