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UFC Announces Max Holloway – Frankie Edgar Bout
By FCF Staff
Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar are scheduled to fight again, as the UFC’s announced the featherweights will battle on March 3rd. The championship fight will headline UFC 222, which will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in… Read More
Report: Frankie Edgar No Longer Fighting at UFC 218
By FCF Staff
Less than a month away from UFC 218, it’s being reported that Frankie Edgar will no longer fight Max Holloway at the event, due to injury.
Edgar was scheduled to fight the featherweight champion at the December… Read More
UFC Announces Max Holloway – Frankie Edgar Bout
By FCF Staff
As many expected would be the case, the UFC has announced that Frankie Edgar will be the first man to challenge new undisputed, featherweight champ, Max Holloway.
Recently the promotion announced that the two will fight on… Read More
Cub Swanson Argues Title Shot Should “Clearly” go to Him, Following Max Holloway’s Win
By FCF Staff
People are already talking about prospect of Frankie Edgar challenging Max Holloway for the UFC’s 145 crown, but Cub Swanson says the title shot should go to him.
Holloway secured his status as the undisputed, featherweight champ… Read More
UFC 211: Frankie Edgar Says Title Shot “Makes Sense”
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Frankie Edgar ensured he remains the #2 ranked featherweight last night, by stopping rising star Yair Rodriguez, but the decorated fighter understands another shot at the belt, may not come his way.
Edgar turned to his wrestling… Read More
UFC 211: Stipe Miocic Quickly Avenges Loss to Junior dos Santos
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from UFC 211, which saw Stipe Miocic take out Junior dos Santos in the opening round, with a flurry of punches.
Miocic defended the heavyweight title for a second time with the… Read More
UFC 211 Weigh-In Results: Stipe Miocic & Junior dos Santos Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Here are the early weigh-in results for UFC 211, which will take place tomorrow in Dallas, Texas.
In the main event, heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic will take on Junior dos Santos. In the co-headliner, strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk… Read More
UFC Adds BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver & Tim Boetsch vs. Johny Hendricks to June Schedule
By FCF Staff
The UFC has announced that it is holding an event in Oklahoma City on June 25th and that the card will feature BJ Penn versus Dennis Siver, and Tim Boetsch taking on Johny Hendricks. In addition, the… Read More
BJ Penn’s Boxing Coach Believes Ring Rust Was Key Factor in One Sided Defeat
By FCF Staff
Following BJ Penn’s one sided, defeat to Yair Rodriguez, there’s been plenty of debate as to whether the legend should have returned to the Octagon at all. But, according to his boxing coach, Jason Parillo,… Read More
UFC FN 103 Payouts: BJ Penn Leads The Way
By FCF Staff
The Arizona Department of Gaming has released the fighter purses for last Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 103 card, and not surprisingly, the legendary BJ Penn led the way.
The former lightweight and welterweight champ earned $150,000 for his… Read More
UFC FN 103: BJ Penn Says he “Doesn’t Even Know How Old I am Right Now”
By FCF Staff
BJ Penn decided last year that he wanted to make another run, but the 38 year-old legend doesn’t have any regrets, about taking a two plus year hiatus from the Octagon.
Penn is booked to face the… Read More
UFC FN 103: BJ Penn Tells Fighters to “Become the Money Fight Yourself”
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A recent trend in MMA is for fighters to call for “money fights”, and BJ Penn seems to be growing tired of it…
Over the last year or so, more and more high profile fighters have campaigned… Read More
UFC FN 103: BJ Penn Wants to Secure Third UFC Title in Comeback
By FCF Staff
Although BJ Penn hasn’t competed in over two years, and has lost three straight, the legendary fighter is targeting a third UFC title.
Earlier this year Penn announced he was ending his retirement, which came after he… Read More
UFC FN 92: Marcin Tybura Among Fighters to Score Bonus Checks
By FCF Staff
Marcin Tybura took out Viktor Pesta with a vicious headkick at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92, and not surprisingly, the heavyweight earned a post-fight bonus.
Following the Salt Lake City event, the UFC confirmed that Tybura earned a… Read More
UFC 197 Payouts: Jon Jones Leads The Way
By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the salaries for UFC 197 this weekend, and not surprisingly, former light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones led the way.
According the numbers that were disclosed to the NSAC by the UFC,… Read More
UFC 197: Jon Jones Outscores OSP, Demetrious Johnson Quickly Takes Out Henry Cejudo
By FCF Staff
UFC 197 featured two of the sport’s best, pound-for-pound fighters in Jon Jones and Demetrious Johnson, and both men emerged from the card victorious.
Jones took on fellow light-heavyweight contender Ovince Saint Preux, who stepped in on… Read More
UFC 197 Weigh-In Results: Jon Jones And Ovince Saint Preux Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Here are the weigh-in results for UFC 197, which will take place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the main event, Jon Jones will face Ovince Saint Preux for the interim light-heavyweight belt.
In the co-headliner,… Read More
UFC’s Charles Rosa is Reporting January 17th Bout With Jim Hettes Next
By FCF Staff
It looks as though the UFC’s next card in Boston has received another fight, as Massachusetts’ Charles Rosa is reporting he’ll face Jim Hettes at the event.
UFC Fight Night 81 will be hosted by the city’s… Read More
UFC 192: Daniel Cormier Narrowly Gets by Alexander Gustafsson in Thriller
By FCF Staff
Just as he did with Jon Jones in 2013, Alexander Gustafsson pushed Daniel Cormier to his limits tonight at UFC 192, but the challenger failed to secure the light-heavyweight title.
Cormier constantly pressured Gustafsson throughout the fight,… Read More
UFC 192 Weigh-In Results: Daniel Cormier And Alexander Gustafsson Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson have cleared the last hurdle for their main event tomorrow night at UFC 192, as both light-heavyweights made weight this afternoon.
The champion Cormier weighed in at 205, and the challenger Gustafsson… Read More