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Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Bad Decisions, Olympic Judging, Ronda Rousey and Dana White Should Stop Insulting Our Intelligence
By Joshua Molina
In the court of public opinion, Frankie Edgar won Saturday’s fight against Ben Henderson at UFC 150. Although public opinion won’t change the outcome of Henderson’s split decision victory, Edgar looks like the unofficial winner. If you have to… Read More
UFC 150: Preview and Predictions
By Tom Taylor
This Saturday, the UFC will return to “The Mile High City,” Denver, Colorado, for UFC 150. Despite being a milestone card, UFC 150 will not boast the same wealth of star-power that other milestone shows, such… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Dana White Lets UFC Fans Do His Job, Dan Henderson Lost In All The Title Shot Talk
By Joshua Molina
It looks like Lyoto Machida is in line for the next title shot against Jon “Bones” Jones, unless of course UFC boss Dana White changes his mind again.
White originally said the winner of the Shogun Rua… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Anderson Silva’s Chance To Tap Out Nick Diaz; Jake Shields Needs To Show Up
By Joshua Molina
Nick Diaz threw himself into the center of the mixed martial arts universe again this week when he announced that he would return to the sport and that he wants to fight UFC middleweight great Anderson Silva.… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s The Daily Takedown: UFC, Mir, Enter the Hexagon; Invicta FC All-Women’s Show Creates MMA Buzz
By Joshua Molina
Daniel Cormier can’t go to the UFC yet. So the UFC will come to him.
Coming off a one-sided beating at the hands of UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, Frank Mir is now scheduled to battle… Read More
With Palhares and Camozzi Down With Injuries, Okami vs. Roberts Set For UFC 150
By FCF Staff
As a result of Rousimar Palhares and Chris Camozzi both withdrawing from UFC 150 due to injury, the promotion has announced that their scheduled opponents, Yushin Okami and Buddy Roberts, will now square off.
The nature of… Read More
Melvin Guillard Fighting Donald Cerrone at UFC 150
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added an intriguing lightweight bout to the line-up of it’s upcoming August 11th card in Denver, as the promotion announced Friday that Melvin Guillard will take on Donald Cerrone in the co-main… Read More
Chriz Camozzi and Buddy Roberts Agree to UFC 150 Bout
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to build the line-up for its upcoming August 11th card in Denver, Colorado, as it has announced that Chris Camozzi and middleweight Buddy Roberts have agreed to fight at the event.
Camozzi… Read More
Maynard Calls UFC on FX 4 Main Event “Frustrating”, Dana White Says “It Sucked”
By FCF Staff
Most people who watched last night’s UFC on FX 4 main event between Gray Maynard and Clay Guida likely knew that the post-fight analysis would be a rather extensive one with plenty of criticisms thrown in. Of… Read More
UFC on FX 4: Preview and Predictions
By Tom Taylor
This weekend, MMA fans will receive a rare treat, as the UFC hosts two shows in as many nights. First on the docket is UFC on FX 4, which goes down in Atlantic City this Friday.… Read More
Rousimar Palhares Replacing Injured Luiz Cane Versus Yushin Okami
Justin Lawrence Fighting Max Holloway at UFC 150
By FCF Staff
The injury bug continues to plague the UFC, as today the promotion announced that Luiz Cane will no longer fight middleweight Yushin Okami as scheduled at its upcoming… Read More
UFC Confirms Return of BJ Penn, Will Fight Rory MacDonald at UFC 152
By FCF Staff
After Rory MacDonald and BJ Penn recently announced that they were both interested in fighting the other, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has confirmed that the two will meet later this year on September 22nd.
The news comes… Read More
Management For Jared Hamman Reports UFC 150 Bout With Michael Kuiper Next
By FCF Staff
Middleweight Jared Hamman will take on Michael Kuiper at the upcoming, August 11th, UFC 150 card in Denver, Colorado, according to the fighter’smanagement team.
Alchemist MMA, which represents Hamman, made the announcement today via Twitter. The UFC… Read More
Josh Koscheck Says Bout With BJ Penn In Works
By FCF Staff
Shortly removed from his split decision loss to Johny Hendricks on May 5th, Josh Koscheck says his next bout could be with former UFC welterweight and lightweight champ BJ Penn.
A recent tweet from the 34 year-old… Read More
Johnson, Diaz, Gaudinot and Lineker Collect UFC on FOX Bonuses
Diaz Earns Title Shot, Will Wait for Winner of Henderson, Edgar II
By FCF Staff
Not only did Nate Diaz become the first man to stop Jim Miller in the main event of last night’s UFC on FOX 3 card,… Read More
UFC on FOX 3 Presser: Miller “Comfortable” Everywhere Versus Diaz, Koscheck Tells Critics to “Keep Booing”
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship hosted a press conference at New York City’s Beacon Theatre this afternoon, just two days removed from the promotion’s latest FOX card, which will be hosted by East Rutherford’s IZOD Center Saturday.
In… Read More
Jake Shields Returning to Middleweight, Fighting Ed Herman at UFC 150
By FCF Staff
After exploring the possibilities of returning to the middleweight division, former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields has decided to move up from welterweight and will fight Ed Herman on August 11th at UFC 150.
The promotion’s President Dana… Read More
Gray Maynard: “I’ve Always Been One Who’s Asked For The Tough Fights”
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UFC on FX4 headliner and lightweight (155 pounds) superstar Gray Maynard chats with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Scott Corl about his much-anticipated showdown with rival Clay Guida.
Maynard re-visits his… Read More
John Alessio Quick to Credit Mark Bocek, But Believes “He’s Fairly One Dimensional”
By Kelsey Mowatt
It took four years of fighting, a 12-3 record, and an injury to Matt Wiman, but John “The Natural” Alessio has accomplished what he set out to do in 2008 and that’s return to the Zuffa organization.… Read More
Jake Shields Says Move to Middleweight “Not One Hundred Percent”
By Kelsey Mowatt
After the “UFC Tonight” television show reportedly announced that Jake Shields was returning to the middleweight division, it didn’t take long on Wednesday for the news to spread throughout the MMA world. While Shields admits he’ll… Read More