Former PRIDE standout and WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho lost for only the second time in his career on Oct. 23, losing a unanimous decision to undefeated prospect Marcos Rogerio "Pezao" de Lima. Read More »

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – While most of us here in the U.S. were focused on UFC 107 Saturday night, “Bitetti Combat 5″ was taking place at Barueri Gymnasium in São Paulo, Brazil. The event saw former WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo ... Read More »

BetUS.com has the fight lines for DREAM 10 which takes place Mon., July 20, 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will air live on HDNet beginning at 3:00 AM ET/12:00 AM PT. The odds-makers seem ... Read More »

Even though the DREAM 10 press conference took place in Japan and the announcers speak Japanese, a few of the fighters speak English so there is a little something here for everyone. This should be a great night of fights. ... Read More »

Paulo Filho will be back in action tonight at DREAM 10 against Melvin Manhoef. In this new interview Filho says he had to make a choice between life and death and he chose life. He was hospitalized for a short ... Read More »

If you have HDNet, then Monday morning July 20, you will be able to watch the final round of the DREAM welterweight grand prix. Beginning at 3:00 AM ET, DREAM 10 will broadcast live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Chael Sonnen revealed to host Larry Pepe last night on Pro MMA Radio that he had indeed received the WEC Middleweight Belt from Paulo Filho following his defeat of the overinflated Filho at WEC 36 on November ... Read More »

MMAWeekly.com has reported that Paulo Filho has been released from his contract and will not move into the UFC. The news comes off the heels of him not making weight for his scheduled WEC Middleweight Title defense at WEC 36 ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Following Paulo Filho’s inability to make weight topped with his losing performance at WEC 36, fans said the Brazilian champ should relinquish his title. Apparently in agreement, the Filho camp plans to do just that. Filho’s manager, ... Read More »

by:  Jack Bratcher Former WEC Middleweight Champion, Paulo Filho, was clearly not himself on Oct. 5 at WEC 36 when he gave up a unanimous decision to Chael Sonnen and lost his title. It was Filho’s first professional loss in ... Read More »

The topic of fighters missing weight reared its ugly head again at the WEC 36 weigh-ins. Paulo Filho failed miserably to make the 185 requisite for his WEC middleweight championship bout against Chael Sonnen. Fighters who come in over the ... Read More »

Paulo Filho and Chael Sonnen square off in Flordia this Wednesday to decisively finish what they started nearly one year ago. Marred with controversy, their first bout ended prematurely in most eyes. After several scheduling attempts were derailed by Filho’s ... Read More »