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Tim Boetsch on Thrilling UFC FN 47 Victory: “I Had to Win This Fight if I Wanted to Keep my Job”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Tim Boetsch buzzed the MMA world at UFC Fight Night 47 by scoring a come from behind win over Brad Tavares, and the middleweight believes he kept his roster spot in doing so.
Heading into… Read More
UFC FN 47: Tim Boetsch, Thiago Tavares, Seth Baczynski and Alan Jouban Earn Bonuses
By FCF Staff
Tim Boetsch scored another come from behind win tonight at UFC Fight Night 47, and the middleweight earned one of the card’s “Performance of the Night” awards.
Boetsch took some hard shots from Brad Tavares early on,… Read More
Report: WSOF Champ Marlon Moraes to Face TUF 18 Vet Josh Hill
By FCF Staff
After relaying David Branch will defend the middleweight title against Yushin Okami next, World Series of Fighting has also announced the next challenger for bantamweight champ Marlon Moraes.
Moraes will reportedly take on former TUF competitor, and… Read More
Dana White Says “Jacare” Souza-Gegard Mousasi Moving to UFC FN 50
By FCF Staff
UFC Fight Night 50 has picked up a compelling fight as a result of UFC 176’s cancellation, as Dana White is reporting Gegard Mousasi vs. “Jacare” Souza has been moved to the event. The UFC President recently tweeted… Read More
WSOF 10 Conference Call Highlights
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting held a conference call recently, in preparation for the promotion’s June 21st event, which will go down at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The event will feature David Branch… Read More
WSOF and NBC Confirm Extended and Broader Partnership
By WSOF (via press release)
LAS VEGAS and STAMFORD, Conn. – May 27, 2014 — NBC Sports Group and World Series of Fighting (WSOF) have reached a multi-year agreement extending and broadening NBCSG’s exclusive rights to televise the Las… Read More
Nate Marquardt to Battle James Te Huna in UFC’s New Zealand Debut
By FCF Staff
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that it is headed to New Zealand for the first time in the promotion’s history, and that Auckland’s Vector Arena will host a June 28th card.
The event will be headlined… Read More
WSOF 9: Rousimar Palhares Takes Welterweight Belt With Quick Submission
By FCF Staff
Rousimar Palhares maybe well known throughout the MMA world for his infamous heel hooks, but the banned UFC fighter needed just over one minute to tap-out Steve Carl at WSOF 9 with the technique.
After Palhares quickly… Read More
WSOF 9 Weigh-in Results: Steve Carl and Rousimar PalharesReady for Title Fight
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow’s World Series of Fighting card in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will feature welterweight champion Steve Carl taking on UFC vet Rousimar Palhares.
WSOF 9 will also… Read More
WSOF Proposes PPV Showdown With Bellator
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting and Bellator MMA are widely considered to be next in line to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and in an effort to determine North America’s number two promotion, WSOF has proposed a pay-per-view showdown… Read More
Opinion: Jesse Taylor Dominates Elvis Mutapcic, Awaits WSOF Title Shot
By Michael Hatamoto
MMA veteran Jesse Taylor completely dominated Elvis Mutapcic during their World Series of Fighting (WSOF) 7 middleweight tournament semifinal on Saturday night.
Taylor and Mutapcic were supposed to fight earlier in the year, but recklessness in Mutapcic’s… Read More
UFC 171: Jake Shields Versus Hector Lombard Set
By FCF Staff
Not long after the UFC announced that light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones will battle Glover Teixeira on March 15th in Dallas, the promotion has relayed that Hector Lombard will battle welterweight contender Jake Shields at the event.
The… Read More
UFC 166: Tim Boetsch Believes it’s “Kind of Do or Die Time” After Consecutive Losses
By Kelsey Mowatt
This time last year, Tim Boetsch wasn’t far removed from wins over established middleweights Hector Lombard and Yushin Okami, and as a result, “The Barbarian” was poised to enter the title shot mix.… Read More
Report: TUF 16 Finalist Mike Ricci Dropped by UFC
By FCF Staff
Not long after news has surfaced that the UFC has released the promotion’s #6 middleweight Yushin Okami, word has come that TUF 16 Finalist Mike Ricci has also reportedly been let go. The 27 year-old lightweight is… Read More
Opinion: Jacare Deserves Title Shot
By Michael Hatamoto
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza made his sophomore appearance in the UFC a good one, completely destroying Japanese veteran Yushin Okami.
After using crisp boxing to keep Okami uncomfortable to start the fight, a brutal right… Read More
UFN 28: Glover Teixeira and “Jacare” Souza Score Stoppage Wins
By FCF Staff
Although Glover Teixeira may have secured a light-heavyweight title shot tonight at UFC Fight Night 28 in Belo Horizonte, the highly regarded fighter’s 19 fight winning streak was tested by Ryan Bader.
Bader appeared to be the… Read More
UFC FN 28 Weigh-Ins: Teixeira and Bader Set for Headliner
By FCF Staff
All of the competitors scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night 28 tomorrow night in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, made weight this afternoon, including headliners Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader.
The rising contender Teixeira came in at 206… Read More
Watch the UFC Fight Night 28 Weigh-Ins
By FCF Staff
The official weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s UFC Fight Night 28 card in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will take place today beginning at 3:00 ET/ 12:00 PT, and you can watch them right here at Full Contact Fighter.… Read More
Opinion: Phil Davis, Vitor Belfort, Lyoto Machida All Want Chael Sonnen
By Michael Hatamoto
Chael Sonnen beat Mauricio “Shogun” Rua during the first round of UFC Fight Night 26’s main event in Boston last night, and now has been challenged by multiple fighters.
It’s incredible how fast people were willing to… Read More
Opinions: The Sport’s Greats and Their Fall From Grace
By Jesse Heitz
We are nearly half a year away from UFC 167, but the chatter and excitement surrounding the highly anticipated bout between UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre and challenger Johny Hendricks is palpable, even… Read More