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UFC 170: Francisco Rivera and Raphael Assuncao Agree to Bout
By FCF Staff
The February 22nd, UFC 170 card in Las Vegas has received a compelling bantamweight fight, as Raphael Assuncao and Francisco Rivera have agreed to battle at the upcoming event.
Assuncao (21-4) is currently the promotion’s #4 ranked… Read More
UFC 170: Mike Pyle Set to Fight TJ Waldburger
By FCF Staff
UFC 170 has picked up a welterweight bout, as veterans Mike Kyle and TJ Waldburger have reportedly agreed to fight at the February 22nd event, which will go down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las… Read More
Soa Palelei on UFN 33 Win Over Barry: “If I Get on Top of You You’re Not Getting me Off”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Despite the fact Soa Palelei was on a nine fight win streak, and that the only man to defeat him since 2007 is Daniel Cormier, the massive heavyweight knew he needed to score an… Read More
Opinion: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Injury Provides New Opportunities
By Michael Hatamoto
Brazilian MMA veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira didn’t accept a fight with Alexander Gustafsson, which is why the fight was mysteriously nixed a week after it was announced, according to UFC President Dana White.
Nogueira was supposed to… Read More
Opinion: UFC Decides to Feed Antonio Rogerio Nogueira to Alexander Gustafsson
By Michael Hatamoto
UFC light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson will try to earn another crack at the championship when he rebounds against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on March 8 in London, England.
If Gustafsson wins – which I expect him to… Read More
UFC Announces Gustafsson Fighting Nogueira Next
By FCF Staff
Following UFC Fight Night 30 today in Manchester, England, the promotion announced that it will return to the nation on March 8th, and that Alexander Gustafsson will fight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event. The card… Read More
White Believes Velasquez-dos Santos III Should Have Been Stopped Earlier
By FCF Staff
Junior dos Santos may have been able to defend more of Cain Velasquez’s takedowns last night, and stunned him on a couple of occasions, but once again he was overwhelmed by the heavyweight champion.
Velasquez kept dos… Read More
UFC 166: Velasquez Stops dos Santos, Melendez Outscores Sanchez in Instant Classic
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s UFC 166 card in Houston, Texas, which saw Cain Velasquez retain the heavyweight championship, by stopping Junior dos Santos in the fifth round.
Although dos Santos was able to defend more… Read More
UFC 166 Weigh-In Results: Velasquez and dos Santos set for Rubber Match
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held the official weigh-ins this afternoon in Houston, Texas, in advance of the promotion’s latest event Saturday, which will feature the third fight between heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.
Velasquez… Read More
George Sotiropoulos Meets KJ Noons At UFC 166
By Michael Hatamoto
Former EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons and Australian submission fighter George Sotiropoulos are fighting for their UFC lives when they meet at UFC 166 on October 19.
Noons has lost five of his last six fights inside… 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
Shooto Champ Kyoji Horiguchi Headed to UFC, Fighting Dustin Pague October 19th
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championships has added one of Japan’s top prospects, as the promotion has announced that Shooto 132 pound champ Kyoji Horiguchi will fight Dustin Pague on October 19th. The bantamweight scrap will be part of… Read More
UFC 165: Jon Jones Says Age And Height Are All he Shares With Alexander Gustafsson
By Kelsey Mowatt
As is the case with any great champion when they’re next fight is approaching, the media and fans tend to speculate on if and why this challenger could be the one to end their reign. In the… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown”: Odd Fights On Horizon In 2013
By Joshua Molina
A look at some of the strange match ups we’ll see inside the cage over the next few months:
Mark Hunt will fight Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on Dec. 7 in Australia. I don’t like main event fights… Read More
Wrestling to Remain Olympic Sport
By FCF Staff
The push to ensure that wrestling remains a part of the storied Olympic Games has succeeded. According to multiple reports, the IOC has decided to include wrestling in the upcoming, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 49 out of 95… Read More
Opinion: Can Frank Mir Top Alistair Overeem?
By Michael Hatamoto
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will meet Dutch kickboxer Alistair Overeem at UFC 167 in November, in what is a ‘must-win’ fight for both fighters.
Mir is a former heavyweight champion, but is riding… Read More
UFC 167: Frank Mir to Face Alistair Overeem
By FCF Staff
UFC 167 will feature a heavyweight bout between two decorated and struggling heavyweights, as the promotion has announced that Alistair Overeem will face Frank Mir at the November 16th event.
Mir (16-8) is coming off a first… Read More
UFC 164’s Josh Barnett on MMA Then and Now: “They Fight for Glory; we Fought for Blood and for Honor”
By Kelsey Mowatt
When Josh Barnett steps into the Octagon on August 31st to battle Frank Mir, the former UFC heavyweight champ will be doing so for the first time since March, 2002, when he stopped Randy Couture… Read More
UFC 164: Frank Mir Still Sees Heavyweight Title Within “Grasp”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Frank Mir is coming off back-to-back losses heading into his UFC 164 bout with Josh Barnett, the 34 year-old veteran hasn’t lost sight of the UFC Heavyweight Championship. After all, it wasn’t long… Read More