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(Updated) UFC 169 Weigh-In Results: Title Fights Set, Lineker Misses Weight on First Attempt
By FCF Staff
UFC 169 will feature not one, but two title fights tomorrow night in Newark, and all four of the bouts’ competitors made weight this afternoon.
Featherweight champion Jose Aldo came in at 145 pounds for his title… Read More
After UFC 168 Win, Browne Believes “I Have The Best Pedigree Right Now” Besides Velasquez and dos Santos
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Travis Browne has been a rising force in the UFC for sometime now, the 31 year-old hadn’t become one of the promotion’s biggestnames just yet, despite his impressive run. That might have changed… Read More
UFC 168: Rumors of Brock Lesnar’s Octagon Return Continue to Swirl
By FCF Staff
Once again, there’s talk that Brock Lesnar might be coming back to the UFC. The rumors are swirling at a time when the Ultimate Fighting Championship has lost the services of Georges St. Pierre for the foreseeable… Read More
Report: Dana White Says UFC Planning Title Shot Eliminator at Heavyweight
By FCF Staff
Following Cain Velasquez’s stoppage win over Junior dos Santos at UFC 166, it was announced that Fabricio Werdum would be the next to challenge for the heavyweight title. Since the champion recently underwent shoulder surgery, and will… Read More
UFC 169 Adds Two Title Fights in Aldo-Lamas, Cruz-Barao
By FCF Staff
The UFC’s return to Newark, New Jersey on February 1st is setting up to be a big night, as the promotion has confirmed two title fights for the card. After a two plus year absence, bantamweight champion… 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
UFC 168: Josh Barnett to Battle Travis Browne
By FCF Staff
The December 28th, UFC 168 card will feature two title fights, but it will also see rising heavyweight Travis Browne take on former champ Josh Barnett. The Las Vegas bound event will be headlined by a middleweight… Read More
Report: Travis Browne-Stipe Miocic in the Works for December
By FCF Staff
It looks as though two of the UFC’s rising heavyweights will battle in December, as the promotion is reportedly hoping to match Travis Browne against Stipe Miocic.
News of the proposed bout was relayed on the latest… Read More
UFC 167: Donald Cerrone Fighting Evan Dunham
By FCF Staff
The last two men to be defeated by rising lightweight Rafael dos Anjos will square off on November 16th, as the UFC has announced that Donald Cerrone will fight Evan Dunham at UFC 167. The announcement comes… 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
UFC Rankings Update: Browne Makes Big Move, Brown Cracks Top Ten
By FCF Staff
Travis Browne scored the biggest win of his career at UFC Fight Night 26 on Saturday night, by knocking out Alistair Overeem, and the heavyweight has made a big move up the promotion’s rankings as a result.… Read More
UFC on Fight Night 26 Draws Strong Ratings For FOX Sports 1
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship stacked this past Saturday’s first FOX Sports 1 card with big name fighters and rising stars, and the August 17th event pulled strong ratings for the new network as a result.
According to… 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 FN 26: Browne, Brown, McDonald, Sonnen and Pickett Earn Bonuses
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship elected to hand out six performance bonuses instead of its customary four for the promotion’s first FOX Sports 1 card, which went down at Boston’s TD Garden Arena.
“Knockout of the Night” went… Read More
UFC Fight Night 26 Weigh-Ins: “Shogun” Rua and Chael Sonnen set for Headliner
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first card on FOX Sports 1 will go down tomorrow night at Boston’s TD Garden Arena, and all of the competitors scheduled for the event made weight this afternoon without incident.
A light-heavyweight… Read More
Latest Episode of “The Reem” Features Mike Passenier, Gokhan Saki, and Soccer Star Ruud Gullit
By FCF Staff
Alistair Overeem is set to fight Travis Browne at tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston, and the fighter’s camp has released the latest episode of “The Reem” documentary series, which follows the heavyweight’s career.
In the… Read More
Report: Chael Sonnen Will be Licensed for UFC Fight Night 26
By FCF Staff
Despite attempts from a union group to prevent Chael Sonnen from competing at the August 17th, UFC Fight Night in Boston, the light-heavyweight will fight “Shogun” Rua as scheduled.
Sonnen has reportedly been licensed by the Massachusetts State… Read More
UFC on FS1 1: Thiago Alves Injured, Mike Pyle Fighting Matt Brown
By FCF Staff
Thiago Alves will not fight Matt Brown at the first UFC on FOX Sports 1 card on August 17th, as the promotion has announced that Alves has been injured, and that Mike Pyle will be his replacement.… Read More
Fabricio Werdum Expecting “Opportunity” From UFC After Taking Out “Minotauro” Nogueira
By Kelsey Mowatt
Fabricio Werdum may not have been the first fighter that popped into people’s minds while discussing the heavyweight title shot mix, but with his submission win over Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira last night in Brazil,… Read More