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Report: Ryan Bader to Face Ovince St-Preux at UFC FN 47
By FCF Staff
Following their wins at UFC 174, Ryan Bader and Ovince St-Preux expressed an interest in fighting each other next, and now the bout is reportedly a done deal.
The light-heavyweights will square off in the main event… Read More
Report: Sam Alvey to Face Tom Watson at UFC FN 47
By FCF Staff
After competing on TUF 16, it looks as though MFC champion Sam Alvey is returning to the UFC, and will fight Tom Watson on August 16th.
The bout will reportedly be part of UFC Fight Night 47… Read More
Report: Derek Brunson to Face Lorenz Larkin at UFC 176
By FCF Staff
After it was announced earlier that James Vick will take on Walmir Lazaro at UFC 176, it looks as though a middleweight bout between Lorenz Larkin and Derek Brunson is set for August 2nd.
Larkin and Brunson… Read More
Michael Bisping Says He’s “Happy to Oblige” Luke Rockhold
By FCF Staff
Following Luke Rockhold’s quick submission win over Tim Boetsch at UFC 172, the middleweight repeated his wish to fight Michael Bisping, and the latter is “happy to oblige.”
Bisping, who is coming off a decision loss to… Read More
UFC Rankings Update: Fabricio Werdum, Yoel Romero and Khabib Nurmagomedov Move up the Ladder
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released its new rankings, following the latest FOX card on Saturday night, and Fabricio Werdum is officially the #1 heavyweight contender.
As a result of Werdum’s unanimous decision win over Travis Browne,… Read More
UFC on FOX 11: Fabricio Werdum Secures Title Shot With Dominant, Decision Win
By FCF Staff
It looks like Fabricio Werdum will be the next man to challenge UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, as the Brazilian scored a dominant, decision win over Travis Browne at UFC on FOX 11.
Although Browne was able… Read More
UFC on FOX 11 Weigh-In Results: Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne set for Title Shot Eliminator
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 11 card in Orlando, Florida, which will feature Travis Browne taking on Fabricio Werdum in the main event.
Both heavyweights made weight for the title shot… Read More
UFC FN 40: Lorenz Larkin and Costa Philippou Agree to Fight
By FCF Staff
The UFC’s May 10th Fight Night card is nearing completion, as the promotion has announced that Lornez Larkin and Costa Philippou have verbally agreed to fight at the Cincinnati bound card.
Larkin (14-2) will be looking to… Read More
UFC on FOX 11: Josh Samman Versus Caio Magalhaes Latest Addition
By FCF Staff
The line-up for UFC on FOX 11 continues to near completion, as the promotion has announced that Josh Samman will take on middleweight Caio Magalhaes at the April 19th event. The card will be hosted by Orlando’s… Read More
UFC on FOX 11: Nurmagomedov-dos Anjos Among Three Additions to April 19th Card
By FCF Staff
After Rafael dos Anjos lost his February 22nd bout with Rustam Khabilov, due to the latter being injured, the lightweight has agreed to face fellow contender Khabib Nurmagomedov on April 19th. The bout will be part of… Read More
UFC FN 35: Luke Rockhold Leads Event’s Payroll
By FCF Staff
The Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission has released the salary figures for Wednesday’s UFC FN 35 event in Duluth, and former Strikeforce champ Luke Rockhold was the top earner.
According to the numbers, Rockhold collected $80,000 for… Read More
UFC FN 35: Luke Rockhold Takes Out Costas Philippou
By FCF Staff
Luke Rockhold got back on the winning track in impressive fashion tonight at UFC Fight Night 35 in Duluth, Georgia, as the former Strikeforce champ quickly took out middleweight contender Costas Philippou.
Not long after the fight’s… Read More
UFC FN 35 Weigh-in Results: Rockhold And Philippou Set For Headliner
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow night’s UFC FN 35 card in Duluth, Georgia, which will see Luke Rockhold battle Costas Philippou in the main event.
Both of the top ten ranked middleweights weighed in… Read More
UFC FN 35: Watch The Weigh-Ins Live, Beginning at 4 PM EST / 1PM PST
By FCF Staff
You can watch the weigh-ins for Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 35 card right here at Full Contact Fighter, beginning today at 4:00 PM / EST 1:00PM PST.
The event, which will be hosted by Duluth’s Gwinnett… Read More
UFN 31’s Seth Baczynski Not Shaken By Recent Losses: “You Can Lose And Still Be Really Good”
By Kelsey Mowatt
This time last year, Seth Baczynski was not far removed from a knockout win over Simeon Thoresen at UFC 152, which was the Power MMA welterweight’s sixth straight win. As the veteran headed into his… Read More
Opinion: UFC Needs To Crack Down on Dirty Fighters
By Michael Hatamoto
UFC veteran Rousimar Palhares was impressive in his welterweight debut, quickly tapping out veteran Mike Pierce in 31 seconds.
Despite the win, there was a certain level of controversy due to Palhares’ refusing to let go of… Read More
UFC FN 27: Carlos Condit Avenges Loss to Martin Kampmann
By FCF Staff
Despite a strong start from Martin Kampmann at UFC Fight Night 27 tonight in Indianapolis, Carlos Condit came back to score an impressive, fourth round stoppage win over the welterweight contender.
Kampmann came out aggressively in the… Read More
UFC FN 27 Weigh-In Results: Condit and Kampmann Set For Rematch
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow night’s UFC Fight Night 27 card in Indianapolis, which will see Carlos Condit take on Martin Kampmann for a second time in the main event. Condit lost by split… Read More
Thales Leites Returning To UFC, Fighting Tom Watson At UFC 163
By FCF Staff
Approximately four years after he lost by unanimous decision to middleweight champ Anderson Silva, Thales Leites is heading back to the UFC and will fight Tom Watson on August 3rd. The promotion announced the news via Twitter.… Read More
Report: UFC Vet Riki Fukuda Blames Cold Medicine For Failed Drug Test
By FCF Staff
Following Riki Fukuda’s recent release from the UFC, and the news the middleweight failed his post UFC on FUEL TV 8 drug test, the veteran is claiming that cold medicine he took his responsible for the… Read More