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UFC 196: Conor McGregor Looks “Forward” to Facing a Bigger Man, “Answering These Questions”
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor is the consensus favorite to defeat Nate Diaz at UFC 196, but it remains to be seen how the featherweight champ will deal with the reach and size of his opponent. These are questions, however,… Read More
RFA 37 to Feature Two Title Fights
By Press Release
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the RFA will be returning to South Dakota in April and is set to crown its first light-heavyweight champion and a new… Read More
UFC 196: Diego Sanchez Explains Why Cutting to 145 Was a “Blessing in Disguise”
By FCF Staff
Although Diego Sanchez came up short in his featherweight debut, and has returned to the lightweight division, the veteran doesn’t regret his cut down to 145.
Sanchez is booked to fight perennial lightweight contender Jim Miller at… Read More
UFC 196: Nate Diaz to Face Conor McGregor
By FCF Staff
After it was revealed Rafael dos Anjos will no longer fight Conor McGregor at UFC 196, Nate Diaz was widely mentioned as a possible replacement, and that prediction has come true.
Late on Tuesday, the promotion announced… Read More
UFC 196: Conor McGregor Shoots Down Rumors of Issues With UFC Brass
By FCF Staff
There’s been rumors floating around that Conor McGregor and UFC officials aren’t on good terms, but the featherweight champ says it isn’t true.
Although the UFC brass hasn’t publicly criticized McGregor, and in fact granted him his… Read More
UFC 197: Demetrious Johnson Says Other Contenders Not as Good as Joseph Benavidez or John Dodson
By FCF Staff
Henry Cejudo is being billed as legitimate threat to the reign of Demetrious Johnson, but the flyweight champ has his doubts as to whether he’s a better fighter than previous opponents.
Recently the UFC announced that Johnson… Read More
BJ Penn Reports UFC Return Has Been Pushed Back
By FCF Staff
BJ Penn is returning to the Octagon as recently reported, however, the legendary fighter is not competing at UFC 196 as expected.
Recently the former lightweight and welterweight champ announced he’s launching a comeback, and Penn was… Read More
UFC 197: Daniel Cormier – Jon Jones II, Demetrious Johnson – Henry Cejudo Confirmed
By FCF Staff
The long awaited rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones finally has an official date, as the UFC has announced the bout will take place on April 23rd.
The light-heavyweight title fight will headline UFC 197, which… Read More
UFC FN 82: Stephen Thompson Picks Apart Johny Hendricks
By FCF Staff
Stephen Thompson demonstrated in compelling fashion at UFC Fight Night 82 that he is a legit, welterweight contender, by taking Johny Hendricks out in the opening round.
Hendricks attempted to close the distance and take Thompson down… Read More
UFC FN 82 Weigh-In Results: Johny Hendricks And Stephen Thompson Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Johny Hendricks has been reporting recently that his weight is on point for UFC Fight Night 82, and the former welterweight champ made weight this afternoon, apparently, without issue.
Hendricks, who withdrew from UFC 192 last October… Read More
UFC FN 82: Watch The Weigh-Ins Live Starting at 7 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
UFC Fight Night 82 will take place tomorrow in Las Vegas, and the weigh-ins for the card will go down today beginning at 7 PM/ET. You can catch them live right here at Full Contact Fighter.… Read More
UFC FN 82: Johny Hendricks Promises Headliner Won’t go to Decision, “It’s a New Johny”
By FCF Staff
Johny Hendricks says a new version of “Bigg Rigg” will face Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night 82 tomorrow, and as a result, don’t expect a five round, main event.
Hendricks will be competing for the first… Read More
UFC FN 82: Ray Borg Warns His Grappling Isn’t “Only Thing” Justin Scoggins Should be Prepared For
By Kelsey Mowatt
Ray Borg knew he would face Justin Scoggins eventually, and in fact, he believed the bout would happen sooner than February 6th. But did the flyweight see this fight happening next? Not initially.
Recently Borg… Read More
UFC 197: Rafael dos Anjos Tells Conor McGregor to Bring on The Insults, Says He’s Better When It’s “Personal”
By FCF Staff
If Conor McGregor is hoping to get in the head of Rafael dos Anjos and throw him off his game with insults, well, the lightweight champ claims it will have the opposite effect.
Before McGregor was booked… Read More
Report: Fabricio Werdum Also Withdrawing From UFC 196
By FCF Staff
Less than a day after it was announced that Stipe Miocic was replacing Cain Velasquez at UFC 196, Fabricio Werdum has reportedly confirmed he’s also withdrawing.
Velasquez was forced to pull out of the February 6th card… Read More
UFC 196: Ray Borg Thought Bout With Justin Scoggins Would Happen Sooner, But Still Expects a “Fun Fight”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Ray Borg has been booked to fight Justin Scoggins at UFC 196, and “The TazMexican Devil” wasn’t surprised at all when he received the call to fight the “Tank”.
The bout will feature two… Read More
Michael Johnson – Tony Ferguson II Added to UFC Schedule
By FCF Staff
Tony Ferguson will face a familiar foe in his next outing, as the surging lightweight has been booked for a rematch with Michael Johnson. The two will battle on March 5th at UFC 197, which will be… Read More
UFC 197: Conor McGregor Says He’ll “Dust” RDA in Under One Minute
By FCF Staff
After taking out the consensus, greatest featherweight of all time in just 13 seconds, Conor McGregor has made an extremely bold prediction, as his bout with Rafael dos Anjos nears.
McGregor will face the lightweight champion on… Read More
UFC Announces Diego Sanchez to Take on Jim Miller
By FCF Staff’
Shortly after the press conference for UFC 197 concluded, the promotion announced that Diego Sanchez will take on fellow lightweight vet, Jim Miller, at the event.
UFC 197 will take place on March 5th at the MGM… Read More
UFC Confirms Bout Between Darren Elkins And Chas Skelly
By FCF Staff
The UFC has added another bout to the line-up for its March 5th card, as the promotion has announced that Darren Elkins will battle featherweight Chas Skelly.
UFC 197 will go down on that date and it… Read More