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By FCF Staff

The transfer of Strikeforce heavyweights to the UFC continues, as today the latter has confirmed that Chad “The Grave Digger” Griggs will make his Octagon debut versus Travis Browne in March.

The heavyweight bout will be part… Read More

Heavyweight Tilt Between Rob Broughton and Ednaldo Oliveira Also Added

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to put the finishing touches on the line-up for the promotion’s upcoming January 14th in Brazil, as today it has confirmed two… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

When news surfaced earlier this month that an injured Rory MacDonald would be unable to fight veteran Brian Ebersole at UFC 140 as scheduled, the promotion turned to another of Canada’s top ranked welterweights in Claude Patrick… Read More

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According to Josh Koscheck, the veteran welterweight has been tapped to fight Carlos Condit next, after the latter was pulled from an upcoming bout with champion Georges St. Pierre and replaced by Nick Diaz.

Koscheck announced the… Read More

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Following his one-sided, first round submission of Dennis Siver this past weekend at UFC 137, it hasn’t taken Donald “The Cowboy” Cerrone long to secure his next fight, as today the promotion announced that he and… Read More

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Toronto, Ontario today to begin promoting its upcoming December 10^th card at the city’s Air Canada Centre. In attendance at today’s press conference were UFC President Dana White, Director of Canadian… Read More

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Rashad Evans will have to continue to wait for his title shot, as today the Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that former light-heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida will face reigning champion Jon “Bones” Jones at the promotion’s December… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Over the years, Montreal’s Tristar Gym has forged a reputation for not only being one of Canada’s top training facilities, but for producing and preparing some of mixed-martial-arts best athletes. Through the accomplishments of UFC Welterweight Champion… Read More

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to round out the line-up for its second trip to Toronto, as today the promotion announced that light-heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Igor Pokrajac have agreed to fight on the December… Read More

By FCF Staff

The line-up for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s second trip to Toronto, Ontario, continues to build, as today the promotion announced that lightweights Mark Bocek (pictured) and Nik Lentz have agreed to fight at the December 10^th… Read More

By FCF Staff

After failing to attend press conferences in Toronto, Tuesday and today  in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White announced this afternoon that Nick Diaz (pictured) will no longer fight welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre as scheduled… Read More

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UFC contenders Carlos Condit and Ben Henderson have signed contract extensions with the promotion, according to their agent, First Round Management CEO Malki Kawa. The deals were announced by Kawa via his official Twitter account. No… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Rising lightweight John “The Bull” Makdessi is looking towards December as a possible date for his third UFC fight, as the noted striker informed FCF today that he’s recovering from the injury that forced… Read More

By FCF Staff

Here are the results from tonight’s UFC 133 card in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which saw Rashad Evans entrench a light-heavyweight title shot by stopping Tito Ortiz in the second round.

UFC 133 Official Results

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By FCF Staff

Both Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz (pictured) made weight this afternoon in Philadelphia to set in motion their main event bout tomorrow night at the Wells Fargo Center. Evans came in at 204.4 pounds… Read More

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship held the official pre-fight press conference today in anticipation of Saturday’s UFC 133 card, which will see former light-heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz square off in the main event.

The… Read More

By FCF Staff

Reports that Alessio Sakara has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 133 tilt with Jorge Rivera have been confirmed by the promotion, as the UFC has announced that Constantinos Philippou will step in… Read More

By FCF Staff

The  injury woes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship are continuing, as the promotion has announced that Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming August 6^th bout with Rich Franklin due to injury.… Read More

By FCF Staff

Takanori Gomi will soon have fought both of the famous Diaz brothers, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced today that the Japanese lightweight and Stockton’s Nate Diaz have verbally agreed to fight at… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt, photo courtesy TKO Photography

On paper, Ryan Ford’s recent May 19th stoppage win over former UFC contender Karo Parisyan was likely his biggest to date, but the rising welterweight is the first to concede… Read More