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By Kelsey Mowatt

Jason Saggo will battle Leandro “Buscape” Silva at UFC FN 89, and the lightweight’s hoping to turn even more heads his way, following his impressive win over Justin Salas.

The Wulfrun MMA fighter took on Salas this … Read More

By FCF Staff

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter’s podcast features talks with UFC lightweight Jason Saggo, and World Kickboxing Xtreme head trainer, Vincent Jauncey.

Saggo is preparing to take on Leandro Silva at UFC Fight Night 89, which … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Jason Saggo’s victory at UFC 196 wasn’t his first under the promotion’s banner, but it seems like the win raised the lightweight’s profile into a new, higher tier.

Saggo took on Justin Salas at the March 5th … Read More

By FCF Staff

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with the UFC’s Jason Saggo, and TUF 22 vet, Billy Quarantillo.

Saggo is coming off a first round, stoppage win over Justin Salas at UFC 196. Saggo … Read More

By FCF Staff

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter’s podcast features MMA Lab head coach John Crouch, and UFC lightweight Jason Saggo.

Crouch discusses Benson Henderson’s decision to sign with Bellator, his fighter’s upcoming bout with Andrey Koreshkov, Joe … Read More

By FCF Staff

In the latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio, host Kelsey Mowatt talks with Jason Saggo and Chris Kelades,who are both scheduled to fight at this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 54 card.

Saggo, who made his UFC … Read More

By FCF Staff

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features discussions with the MMA Lab’s John Crouch, UFC vet Aaron Riley, and AFC lightweight Jason Saggo.

Crouch is a BJJ black belt and one of the head instructors … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Rising lightweight Jason Saggo will close out his 2012 campaign having moved significantly closer to his dream of competing in the UFC, by extending his record to 8-1. Saggo scored submission wins over Eric Attard and Iraj … Read More

By FCF Staff

Saturday’s UFC on FOX 28 card has incurred a late scratch, as lightweight Gilbert Burns has been pulled from a scheduled bout with Olivier Aubin-Mercier.

Recently the promotion posted the following statement:

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night bout … Read More

By FCF Staff

The bout isn’t a done deal yet, but if Gilbert Burns and Olivier Aubin-Mercier get their wish, they’ll be fighting at UFC on FOX 27, January 27th.

Recently Burns called out Aubin-Mercier for a bout on that … Read More

By FCF Staff

David Branch landed some heavy punches on Luke Rockhold early on at UFC Fight Night 116, but the latter came back to finish the former WSOF champ.

Branch came out aggressively and tagged the former middleweight champ … Read More

By FCF Staff

Here are the weigh-in results for UFC Fight Night 116, which will take place tomorrow in Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania.

In the main event, former middleweight champ Luke Rockhold will take on former WSOF champion, David Branch.

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Rustam Khabilov relayed after his win at UFC 206 that he wants to test the wrestling game of Kevin Lee, and the lightweight contender is up for the challenge.

Khabilov used his takedowns and top game to … Read More

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Max Holloway will be the next man to face Jose Aldo, as the surging featherweight stopped Anthony Pettis tonight at UFC 206 to secure the promotion’s interim title.

Holloway rocked Pettis with a right hand in round … Read More

By FCF Staff

Here are the official weigh-in results for UFC 206, which will take place tomorrow night in Toronto, Ontario.

As reported earlier, Anthony Pettis came in overweight for his interim 145 title fight with Max Holloway. As a … Read More

By FCF Staff

Stephen Thompson’s rise up the welterweight ranks continued tonight at UFC Fight Night 89, as the vaunted striker’s footwork and striking proved to be too much for Rory MacDonald.

Although Thompson never appeared close to finishing MacDonald, … Read More

By FCF Staff

UFC Fight Night 89 will take place tomorrow night in Ottawa, Ontario, and Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson have cleared the final hurdle for the main event.

MacDonald weighed in at 170.5 pounds for the bout, as … Read More

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced several more bouts for its June 18th card in Ottawa, Ontario, including a middleweight bout between Elias Theodorou (11-1) and Sam Alvey (25-7).

In addition to that contest, the promotion has … Read More

By FCF Staff

The UFC’s first, publicly disclosed million dollar purse was given to Conor McGregor this past weekend, following his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196.

The event went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las … Read More

By FCF Staff

UFC 196 proved to be a night of upsets, as both Nate Diaz and Miesha Tate scored victories over Conor McGregor and Holly Holm respectively.

In the headliner, McGregor punished Diaz with some heavy left hands early … Read More