It was reported on "UFC Tonight" that the UFC will head back to Toronto on September 21 for an event at the Air Canada Centre. There are no reported bouts set for the event at this time. This will be the fourth UFC show in Toronto with UFC 129, UFC 140, and UFC 152 taking place there in the past. Read More »
UFC officials announced that lightweights Joe Lauzon and Michael Johnson will do battle on the inaugural UFC on FOX Sports 1 event that will take place on August 17 in Boston. Lauzon spoke about the announcement in a video blog today Read More »
Remember us posting the story of Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney stating that former Bellator MMA lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez was making false statements about the promotion and the history that have transpired between the two during this negotiation period? Eddie Alvarez took to his Twitter account this weekend to call the bluff of Rebney by producing the documents he claimed Bellator changed to try and gain his signature. Read More »
It seems as though it has been forever since we've had a major MMA event, but the drought is about to be over when the UFC heads to Brazil on Saturday for the UFC on FX 8 event. The main event will feature a middleweight fight between two top fighters in Vitor Belfort and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. The co-main event will also be a middleweight bout, featuring former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza taking on Chris Camozzi. It's a card that doesn't have a lot of huge names, but there should be some interesting story lines coming out of the event. Let's take a look at the top three questions going into the event. Read More »
The UFC has announced that they will be returning to Indianapolis on Wednesday, August 28. The event will take place at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and will be the first time the UFC has returned to Indianapolis since UFC 119 in 2010. Read More »
Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez made some bold statements earlier this week regarding the Bellator MMA promotion that he's currently battling in court. Alvarez told Ariel Helwani on "The MMA Hour" that he believes Viacom and Spike TV are now pretty much running Bellator, not Bjorn Rebney. Read More »
UFC veteran Leonard Garcia was released from the promotion, but it didn't take him long to find a new home according to the Legacy Fighting Championship Twitter account Read More »
We often hear UFC commentator Joe Rogan talk about "UFC Jitters" when fighters are making their UFC debut. It doesn't matter if the fighter is relatively young in the sport, of if he's a bonafide veteran with 15 fights under his belt. Joe Rogan says the "UFC Jitters" are real, and many fighters have talked about them after making their debut in the UFC. Read More »
ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), presented by Casino Filipino and in association with Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC), announced three undercard bouts for ONE FC: RISE TO POWER. Up and coming Lowen Tynanes will battle the seasoned Felipe Enomoto while MMA veteran Tim Sylvia is back in action against Tony Johnson and fan favorite Ryan Diaz will take on Russian ace Yusup Saadulaev. All the action takes place live on 31 May from the MOA Arena in Manila, Philippines. Read More »
North Carolina fighter D'Juan Owens (7-4) is starting make some strides in the MMA world coming off a big win at XFC 22 in February against previously undefeated Nate Landwehr. Owens enters the biggest test of his young career as he's set to take on Shooto and WEC veteran Alexandre Franca Nogueira (14-6-2) on May 19 for the Inka Fighting Championship featherweight title. Owens talks about how this fight came about and why a win in this fight will put him a step closer to reaching his goal in fighting on the big show. Read More »
Anderson Silva was fined $50,000 for a media event no-show in Los Angeles. The event was set to help promote Silva's upcoming title defense on July 6 at UFC 162 against up and comer Chris Weidman. Read More »
The inaugural season of Spike TV’s “Fight Master: Bellator MMA” brings together 32 welterweight (170 lbs) fighters to compete for a spot in the Bellator MMA Tournament for a $100,000 prize. The series premieres on Wednesday, June 19 at 10:00 ... Read More »
We've talked about the upcoming UFC events in May, but there's another event that will be taking place in almost exactly month out from today on June 8 in Brazil. The UFC on FUEL TV 10 card is finalized with 12 fights, and will be headlined by the heavyweight bout between TUF 2 Brazil coaches Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. That fight will be a rematch from their PRIDE 2006 bout in which Nogueira won via unanimous decision. Read More »
The UFC 161 event has a new fight due to another injury to a UFC fighter. TJ Waldburger has had to withdraw from his UFC 161 scheduled bout with Sean Pierson. UFC welterweight Kenny Robertson has agreed to step in on short notice to face Pierson. Read More »
The UFC on FX 8 event that's set for May 18 in Santa Catarina, Brazil, has a new co-main event due to the injury bug. UFC middleweight Constantinos Philippou (12-2, 1NC) has suffered a cut during his training camp that will prevent him from fighting Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. However, Chris Camozzi has agreed to face the Brazilian on his home turf on short notice. Read More »
The UFC 160 event that’s set for May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is ready to rock and roll just three weeks out from the event. Read More »
The test results for UFC on FUEL TV 9 fighters have come back, and one of the fighters will be facing a six month suspension due to marijuana use. UFC featherweight Robbie Peralta was found to have marijuana metabolites in his system following the UFC on FUEL TV 9 event which took place April 6 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Read More »
Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (5-3-1) has signed a new, multi-fight agreement with the Invicta FC all women's MMA promotion and will drop from bantamweight (135 pounds) to flyweight (125 pounds) and challenge Jennifer Maia (7-2) at Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City on Saturday, July 13. Read More »
The Bellator MMA promotion will return to action on June 19 with their summer four man tournament to set off the second season on Spike TV. The main event will feature Bellator MMA lightweight champion Michael Chandler defending his title against tournament winner Dave Jansen. Read More »
UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen has no plans to retire after his UFC 159 dismantling at the hands of Jon Jones according to his appearance on FUEL TV's "UFC Tonight". Sonnen mentioned that he has plans to stay to light heavyweight simply because he has fought pretty much everyone in that division, including his two fights in which he lost to the champion Anderson Silva. However, he did state that he has some unfinished business with the one and only Wanderlei Silva Read More »
UFC veteran Tyson Griffin announced via Twitter that he has signed with the World Series of Fighting promotion and hopes to debut for the promotion in August: Read More »
The broken toe suffered by Jon Jones at UFC 159 should allow a true number one contender to emerge once he's fully healed and returns to action. Read More »
