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UFC 185: Rafael dos Anjos Ends The Reign of Anthony Pettis
By FCF Staff
UFC 185 saw two championship belts change hands, as Anthony Pettis and Carla Esparza were defeated by Rafael dos Anjos and Joanna Jedrzejczyk respectively.
Dos Anjos blended his striking, wrestling and grappling together brilliantly against Pettis, and went… Read More
UFC 185 Weigh-In Results: Headliners Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
UFC 185 will take place tomorrow night in Dallas, Texas, and all of the competitors, except one, made weight on their initial attempts.
Lightweight champion Anthony Pettis came in at 155 pounds for his main event bout… Read More
UFC FN 63: Benson Henderson Replacing Injured Jorge Masvidal
By FCF Staff
It hasn’t taken Benson Henderson long to get another fight, as following his decision loss to Donald Cerrone last weekend, he’s been tapped to fight Jorge Masvidal on April 4th.
Bobby Green was originally scheduled to fight… Read More
TUF 20 Finale Payroll: Carla Esparza Earns $50K For Championship Win
By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the payroll figures for Friday’s TUF 20 Finale, and the numbers reflect that Carla Esparza earned $50,000 while laying claim to the UFC’s strawweight championship.
Esparza secured the title and… Read More
TUF 20 Finale: Carla Esparza Becomes First UFC Strawweight Champ
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s TUF 20 Finale, which saw Carla Esparza become the first UFC strawweight champ, by submitting Rose Namajunas.
Early on, Namajunas threatened with a wide array of strikes, but eventually Esparza was… Read More
TUF 20 Finale Weigh-In Results: Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza set for Title Fight
By FCF Staff
Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza are ready to determine the UFC’s first strawweight champion, as the TUF 20 Finalists made weight this afternoon.
Both women came in at 115 pounds for their title fight, which will headline… Read More
UFC Vet Anthony Njokuani Scheduled For Legacy FC 38
By FCF Staff
It hasn’t taken Anthony Njokuani long to lock up another bout, after the veteran was recently let go by the UFC, as the lightweight will reportedly fight Thomas Gifford at Legacy FC 38.
Njokuani (16-9) was handed… Read More
UFC FN 54: Rory MacDonald Takes Out Tarec Saffiedine
By FCF Staff
Rory MacDonald was hoping to record a clear cut win at UFC Fight Night 54, and the top ranked welterweight did just that, by taking out Tarec Saffiedine in the third round.
After two competitive, opening rounds,… Read More
UFC FN 54 Weigh-In Results: Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine All set for Headliner
By FCF Staff
All of the competitors made weight this afternoon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in preparation for UFC Fight Night 54 on Saturday.
In the main event, Rory MacDonald will battle fellow welterweight contender Tarec Saffiedine. The #2 ranked… Read More
UFC 178: Bobby Green to Fight Jorge Masvidal
By FCF Staff
It hasn’t taken Bobby Green and Jorge Masvidal long to land a new scrap, as following their victories at UFC on FOX 12, the promotion has announced they’ll square off on September 27th.
The lightweight fight will… Read More
UFC on FOX 12: Robbie Lawler Ends Matt Brown’s Title Shot Run
By FCF Staff
Robbie Lawler will get a chance to avenge his loss to reigning welterweight champ Johny Hendricks, as the vet worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Matt Brown at UFC on FOX 12.
Here… Read More
UFC on FOX 12 Weigh-In Results: Matt Brown Heavy for Headliner but Title Shot Chance Remains
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for UFC on FOX 12, which will feature a welterweight, title shot eliminator between Robbie Lawler and Matt Brown.
Brown came in at 172.5 for the fight, but was reportedly informed… Read More
UFC FN 40: Matt Brown Top Earner According to Payroll Figures
By FCF Staff
Matt Brown had a big night on Saturday, as not only did he score his seventh straight win at UFC FN 40, but the welterweight made well over six figures.
According to the payroll numbers that the… Read More
UFC FN 40: Matt Brown Stops Erick Silva in Thrilling Headliner
By FCF Staff
Matt Brown made the most of his headliner status tonight at UFC Fight Night 40, as the rugged welterweight roared back to stop Erick Silva in an instant classic.
Early on in the fight it looked as… Read More
UFC FN 40 Weigh-in Results: Erick Silva and Matt Brown Ready for Headliner
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 40 card in Cincinnati, which will see Matt Brown battle fellow welterweight contender Erick Silva in the headliner.
The #7th ranked Brown came in at 170.5 pounds… Read More
UFC FN 40: Watch the Weigh-ins Live Beginning at 4 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
You can watch the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 40 card, right here at Full Contact Fighter, beginning today at 4 PM/ET-1 PM/PT.
The May 10th event, which will be hosted by the U.S. Bank… Read More
UFC FN 40: Neil Magny to Battle William Macario
By FCF Staff
The line-up for UFC Fight Night 40 has received a 12th bout, as the promotion has announced that Neil Magny will fight William Macario at the May 10th card in Cincinnati. The upcoming event will be hosted by… Read More
UFC 173: Yves Edwards Versus Piotr Hallmann Targeted
By FCF Statt
The line-up for UFC 173 is nearing completion, as the promotion has announced that lightweights Yves Edwards and Piotr Hallmann have verbally agreed to fight at the May 24th event.
Edwards (42-20-1) is looking to end a… Read More
UFC 169’s John Makdessi: “When I do Reach my Full Potential It’s Going to be a Great Thing to Witness”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although John Makdessi may not be capturing as many headlines lately as other surging lightweights, like say, Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Tristar fighter could narrow that gap if he scores another big win Saturday. Heading… Read More
UFC on FOX 10: Benson Henderson Gets by Josh Thomson
By FCF Staff
Benson Henderson returned to the win column tonight at UFC on FOX 10, as the former lightweight champ worked his way to a split decision win over rugged vet Josh Thomson.
Despite injuring his hand early in… Read More