UFC lightweight Nate Diaz was already on a bit of thin ice having lost his last two fights in a row, so when he broke the UFC's Code of Conduct this past week by calling Byan Caraway a "Fag", UFC president Dana White said Diaz would either be fined, suspended or released by the promotion. Fortunately for Diaz he gets to keep his job -- at least for now. Read More »
The UFC on FX 8 event took place at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, on Saturday night. Vitor Belfort, Ronaldo Souza, Lucas Martins and Jeremy Larsen each took home $50,000 bonuses for their performances at Saturday's UFC on FX 8 event. Read More »
Former UFC light heavyweight champ and former No. 1 middleweight contender Vitor Belfort may have just earned himself another title shot with a brutal knockout of former Strikeforce 185-pound champ Luke Rockhold who was making his UFC debut. Read More »
The legend of Vitor Belfort continues to grow. Belfort welcomed Luke Rockhold to the UFC, but ended his time in the octagon just as quickly as it started, landing a spinning back kick and a series of punches to punctuate a stunning performance in the main even of UFC on FX 8. Read More »
So much for UFC jitters. "Jacare" Souza showed the UFC faithful what one of the best submission artists in the world looks like with his systematic decimation of Chris Camozzi on the ground, earning a first-round submission via arm triangle. Read More »
The fight was expected to deliver nonstop action and it did not disappoint. Rafael dos Anjos and Evan Dunham battled for a full three rounds of intense exchanges in a war of attrition that ended with dos Anjos extending his win streak to four with a unanimous decision victory. Read More »
Rafael Natal overcame a fast start from UFC newcomer Joao Zeferino to take control of the bout in the second, earning a tough unanimous decision victory to kick off the live televised main card of UFC on FX 8. Read More »
The ProMMAnow.com (www.prommanow.com) staff weighs in with their thoughts and predictions for UFC on FX 8, headlined with a middleweight bout between former UFC light heavyweight champ Vitor Belfort and former Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold in his UFC debut. Read More »
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will make his UFC debut this weekend against up and coming middleweight prospect Chris Camozzi. He will be hoping for a big win to mark his arrival in the world's top Mixed Martial Arts organisation. Read More »
Fighter weigh-ins for UFC on FX 8 took place today at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, the same venue playing host to Saturday's fight card headlined with a 185-pound match-up between former Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold and former UFC light heavyweight champ Vitor Belfort. Read More »
It has been a while since we've had a major MMA event, three weeks to be exact, and while this one isn't stacked with huge names it is FREE. How can we argue with FREE right? The card does have some intrigue as two former Strikeforce fighters will be making their UFC debut in the main and co-main event respectively. There's also a lightweight fight that could steal the night if both fighters bring their "A" game. You can find a quick synopsis and prediction for each main card fight Read More »
Nate Diaz did not approve of Pat Healy having his $130,000 bonus money taken away for testing positive for marijuana. And he certainly didn't like the fact that the bonus money was awarded to pot-hater Bryan Caraway. However, Nate went a bit far in expressing his discontent with the following tweets... Read More »
UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao will look to defend his title for the second time when he takes on former WEC champion Eddie Wineland in the main event of UFC 161 on June 15 in Canada. Read More »
UFC officials have announced that a visa issue has prevented Reza Madadi from being able to compete in his UFC on FOX 8 bout against Michael Chiesa. Strikeforce veteran Jorge Masvidal has agreed to replace Madadi and fight Michael Chiesa on the card. Read More »
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 »
Although no official announcement has yet been made by the UFC, Pat Healy (30-15, 1 NC) has issued a public apology for failing his UFC 159 post-fight drug test for marijuana. 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 »
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 »
The MMA Tonight crew returned to the 102.5 FM (Nashville) radio airwaves Wednesday night with guest, top UFC middleweight contender Chris Weidman, who will be battling longtime reigning champion Anderson Silva at UFC 162 in July. Read More »
Earlier this week our girl Ronda Rousey, UFC women's bantamweight champion, made Maxim's "HOT 100" list at No. 29. Now the UFC has three more ladies on Maxim's fan-voted HOT 100 list of the sexiest women on the planet. Octagon girls Brittney Palmer and the honorary queen of ring girls everywhere, Arianny Celeste made the list, as did Fuel TV host Kenda Perez. Read More »
UFC flyweight champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson (17-2-1) returns to FOX television for his second straight title defense when he faces number one 125-pound contender John Moraga (13-1) in the UFC on FOX 8 main event on Saturday, July 27 at Key Arena in Seattle, Wash. Read More »
