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Once upon a time, the UFC had an open sponsorship policy. This meant Ed Herman could have CondomDepot.com across the front of his trunks. Rich Franklin could promote the American Fighter clothing line and Tito Ortiz could push his Punishment Athletics all by just wearing fight gear. Some fighters claimed to have total sponsorships up … Read more
UFC Fight Night 113 took place from The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday and was headlined with a showdown between No. 8 ranked welterweight Gunnar Nelson and No. 14 ranked Santiago Ponzinibbio. Scotland’s own Joanne Calderwood faced Team Alpha Male strawweight Cynthia Calvillo in the co-headliner. Here are the full results from #UFCGlasgow: … Read more
Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey is one of the most aggressive strawweight fighters in UFC today. Holding a record of 6-4, with all being finish victories, the BJJ expert has walked through the likes of Randa Markos, Helen Harper and Cristina Stanciu. With a UFC career of five fights, Casey has managed to rack up three fight-night bonuses … Read more
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem takes place this evening from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic makes his first title defense against Dutch kickboxer Alistair Overeem in the main event. Former heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum looks to get back in title contention against Travis Browne in the co-headliner, and CM Punk … Read more
UFC 200 is going to be a great milestone in UFC history and women in MMA are not sitting back as one of the biggest Pay-Per-View cards ever closes in. The journey has already begun and will cover spectacular clashes such as the first ever UFC women’s flyweight match featuring the ultra-tough Valerie Letourneau versus deadly … Read more
UFC heads to Scotland for the first time with today’s UFC Fight Night 72 card taking place in Glasgow. A middleweight match-up between Michael Bisping and Thales Leites headlines the card, while lightweights Ross Pearson and Evan Dunham will throw down in the co-main. The action kicks off at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. … Read more
The fight that made me a fan of Gabriel Gonzaga was when he attempted to decapitate Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 70 in April 2007. A head kick from the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt caught Cro Cop off guard and he folded into a lump of soft flesh inside the Octagon. Today, the former Pride … Read more
Joanne Calderwood, Jan Blachowicz and Nick Hein announced upcoming 2015 UFC events for Scotland, Poland and Germany at the UFC on Fox 14 pre-fight press conference Friday in Stockholm. They also fielded questions from the fans in attendance. Dates: April 11 – Krakow, Poland (Krakow Arena) June 20 – Berlin, Germany (02 World Arena) July … Read more
The previews for this show were pretty cool. Some blood, some drama and some fighting. Oh and yeah it’s still all women. Following Randa Markos’ win over Tecia Torres, Coach Anthony Pettis stops by to deliver Randa a gift of food! Sergio gets a friendship bracelet from an admirer as well. It was practice time … Read more
All the guessing games can be over as the complete cast of The Ultimate Fighter 20 was announced earlier today. We had previously known all but eight of the contestants but following tryouts earlier this year the finals slots were filled and the show is ready to start filming. This will be the first season … Read more