For months now the UFC has been planning for a blockbuster show on Aug. 17 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. to kick off the launch of the FOX Sports 1 television network. The main event features Brazilian star Mauricio "Shogun" Rua taking on Chael Sonnen, and the co-main event features Dutch kickboxing champion Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne. Read More »
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced the full and official fight card for what UFC President Dana White is calling "the most stacked card in UFC history". "UFC on FOX Sports 1: Shogun vs. Sonnen" (UFC on FOX Sports 1: 1) takes place Saturday, Aug. 17, at TD Garden in Boston, Mass., and the event will mark the UFC's debut on the new UFC on FOX Sports 1 channel. Read More »
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) met in Los Angeles this Monday to discuss, among a plethora of other topics, the state’s policies regarding fighters who seek therapeutic usage exemptions for testosterone replacement therapy. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Chael Sonnen and Kenny Florian break down this weekend’s UFC 161: EVANS VS. HENDERSON. Urijah Faber joins the show to talk about his upcoming fight and more. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, we preview the upcoming UFC 161: EVANS VS. HENDERSON and get predictions from Kenny Florian, Chael Sonnen and special guest UFC bantamweight contender Urijah Faber. Read More »
The following quotes are from tonight’s UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW ON FUEL TV for UFC ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM. The show was hosted by Jay Glazer, with UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen and UFC middleweight Brian Stann offering analysis. Karyn Bryant conducted fighter interviews on-site. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Chael Sonnen announces his next fight against Shogun Rua at FOX Sports 1 1, while he and Kenny Florian break down this weekend’s UFC ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM. Fabricio Werdum talks about his upcoming fight. Plus we’ve got an exclusive Mike Tyson interview and much more. Read More »
UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen has done it again! He has been able to score a main event slot coming off another loss and will take on former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on the UFC on FOX Sports 1:1 event on August 17 in Boston. Read More »
UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem posted an interesting photo on his Instagram (@AlistairOvereem) today. It shows a fight poster for the UFC on FOX SPORTS 1:1 card with Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson as the headliner, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Chael Sonnen and Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne all slated for the Aug. 17 event in Boston Read More »
The UFC held a media conference call Tuesday for their upcoming UFC 161 card taking place Saturday, June 15, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Light heavyweight headliners Dan Henderson and "Suga" Rashad Evans, along with heavyweight co-headliners Roy "Big Country" Nelson and Stipe Miocic participated in the call. Read More »
On this week's episode of UFC Tonight Chael Sonnen will be bringing a "surprising update" on his fight career. Everyone knows Sonnen filled out a Twitter application to fight "Shogun" Rua at UFC 161 after "Little Nog" was injured, but apparently visa problems are keeping him out of Canada at the moment and therefore out of the fight. Sonnen will set the record straight tonight. Read More »
With yesterday's news that Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 161 light heavyweight bout with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua due to injury, the gangster from West Linn, Ore. made it known he was more than willing to fill the vacancy for the June 15 match-up in Winnipeg. Read More »
FLORIAN ON UFC 160: “VELASQUEZ IS JUST TOO AGGRESSIVE AND FAST. HIS WRESTLING SKILL WILL BE THE BIG DIFFERENCE.” Florian and Sonnen Break Down UFC 160, Plus Dana White Interview LOS ANGELES, CA – On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Kenny ... Read More »
Fiiiiight Weeek! UFC President Dana White is back with another video blog that takes us behind the scenes of the UFC 159 event that took place last month where Jon Jones defended his UFC light heavyweight title against Chael Sonnen in the main event. Read More »
The following quotes are from tonight’s UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW ON FUEL TVfor UFC ON FX 8: BELFORT VS. ROCKHOLD. The show was hosted by Karyn Bryant, with UFC heavyweight Daniel Cormier and light heavyweight Chael Sonnen offering analysis. Heidi Androl conducted fighter interviews on-site. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Kenny Florian and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming UFC ON FX 8: BELFORT VS. ROCKHOLD. Plus, UFC legend Wanderlei Silva offers a response to Sonnen’s recent fight request. Plus, an exclusive interview with UFC Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer. All that and a whole lot more on UFC TONIGHT. Read More »
At only 28-years-old undefeated New York native Chris Weidman (9-0) will get his shot at immortality on July 6 when he steps into the Octagon with MMA's reigning pound-for-pound king Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-4) in the UFC 162 main event in Las Vegas. 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 »
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 »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Chael Sonnen returns after UFC 159 and talks about his fight, retirement and his next opponent. Plus, we’ve got news about Jon Jones’ injury, Roy Nelson next fight and much more. Read More »
It's Tuesday and you know what that means, UFC TONIGHT and UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER return with new episodes on FUEL TV. UFC TONIGHT airs at 10 p.m. ET and UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER airs immediately after at 10:30 p.m. ET. 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 »
