A lightweight bout between Canada’s Chad Laprise and Brazil’s Alan Patrick is headed to Brisbane in March, as Laprise confirmed the bout in an interview with TSN in Canada. Laprise, who won the Canada vs. […]
With Fabricio Werdum pulling out of UFC 196 due to injury, the UFC is in need of something significant to keep it as a viable and acceptable pay-per-view event. To that end, several fighters have […]
The UFC may yet run an event in New York City in 2016, but it won’t be on April 23. The organization had requested a preliminary injunction by Monday from federal court judge Kimba M. […]
Stipe Miocic’s team is none too pleased with Fabricio Werdum pulling out of UFC 196, despite saying he’d have fought through his injury had Cain Velasquez remained the opponent. Miocic posted a comment to Twitter […]
“I was already injured. I have a foot injury, and haven’t been able to throw kicks in training for two weeks. I would still fight Cain because I was injured the last time, but I […]
The UFC’s May event in Brazil just got a significant welterweight addition, as the UFC announced on Monday that Demian Maia will meet Matt Brown on the May 14 Fight Night card. Maia is making […]
UFC 196 may now be in danger of cancellation, as MMAFighting.com reports that UFC Heavyweight Champ Fabricio Werdum is pulling out of UFC 196 due to injury. This news comes a day after an opponent […]
Lightweights Ross Pearson and Abel Trujillo are making quick turnarounds from fights earlier this month, as the UFC announced that they’ll meet one another at UFC Fight Night 84 in Brisbane, Australia, in March. Pearson […]
We’ve always wanted to fight Dominick Cruz again. Not because there was some bad blood or I lost to him – a little bit because I lost to him – but at the same time, […]
Cain Velasquez’s prime years have been ravaged by injury, and it hit him once again this weekend to take him out of next month’s UFC 196 main event. The former UFC Heayvweight Champion put out […]
Seven years ago tonight, the second and ultimately final event from Affliction hit pay-per-view from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, […]
Cain Velasquez is out of UFC 196 with a back injury. UFC President Dana White broke the news on Twitter Sunday night, and Stipe Miocic will now step in to fight Fabricio Werdum for the […]
After capturing the UFC Featherweight Championship at UFC 194, Conor McGregor had three clear options in front of him for his next fight in a rematch with Jose Aldo, a fight with No. 1 contender […]
In her first significant public appearance since UFC 193, Ronda Rousey briefly addressed her loss to Holly Holm during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live. The brief comment was Rousey’s first public expression of […]
The World Series of Fighting returned to NBCSN on Saturday night, bringing a four fight main card to the cable network out of Memphis, Tenn. Luiz Firmino took a decision over Caros Fodor in the […]
So I’ve been busy as of late and ended up not completing a piece for last week. I offer my apologies as I wasn’t able to tackle this week’s until after most of the events […]
“I still feel great. I think my concern is the long-term neurological stuff. You see me fight, I don’t go in there and not take damage. I f***ing take damage. I take punishment. I’ll take […]
Ronda Rousey hosts Saturday Night Live tonight on NBC, taking advantage of an opportunity she says just fell in her lap. In an interview with UFC.com (embedded below) this week from 30 Rockefeller Center, Rousey […]
“I think it’s normal [that McGregor was respectful after the fight]. Everybody expected that. Like I said, I don’t care, I think about myself and those who I represent. I couldn’t care less what he […]
Poor Jose Aldo. Ever since Conor McGregor wrested away the Featherweight Title from the longtime kingpin, there has been all sorts of talk about who McGregor should fight next. McGregor’s desire to fight for the […]
John Dodson may have his opponent sent for his move back up to bantamweight, as this week’s episode of UFC Tonight on Fox Sports 1 featured a report that the UFC is targeting him for […]
The UFC’s first trip to Croatia may have its first fight, as Russian site ExpertMMA.ru reports that Gabriel Gonzaga will meet Ruslan Magomedov at UFC Fight Night 85. That April 10 event is set to […]
An injury to Henry Briones has taken him out of a fight with Brad Pickett next month at UFC Fight Night 83 in London, and he’s been replaced by Francisco Rivera, according to a report […]
Nick Diaz has been cleared for a return in August. Against whom should that return fight come, and why? MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR There’s no doubt the grudge match between Nick Diaz and Pat Lundvall […]
Thales Leites’ resurgent return to the UFC hit a wall last summer when he suffered a five-round decision loss to Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 72. That defeat halted an eight-fight winning streak, and […]
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