A lightweight bout has been schedule for UFC on FOX 3 between John Cholish and Danny Castillo. Both men are coming off winning performances and create a perfect East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry for the show with Cholish hailing from New Jersey and Castillo from Sacramento. News of the bout has been confirmed by [...]

Few fighters if any have arguably been as impressive as 24-year old Renan Barao, a 28-1 bantamweight who picked up his 28th consecutive victory last weekend by beating seasoned competitor Scott Jorgensen at UFC 143. The win was his fifth under the Zuffa banner, joining other impressive notches on his professional belt such as Cole [...]

While countless individuals may be impressed with what they’ve seen thus far from unbeaten Olympic judoka Ronda Rousey, one person who won’t be found among them is Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate. Tate defends her belt against Rousey on March 3 in the main event of a stacked Strikeforce lineup where the 25-year old plans [...]

Last weekend’s main event offering from Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz at UFC 143 was far from what many fans expected to see based on the typically tough-nosed style of each as well as the pre-fight comments from both camps. It was also unlike the bout Cesar Gracie anticipated unfolding, at least to a certain [...]

A pair of rising young stars will compete against each other at UFC on FOX 3, as John Hathaway and Pascal Krauss have signed to meet. Hathaway (15-1) has claimed victory in five of his six UFC fights, including his last bout with Kris McCray. A loss to Mike Pyle halted his fourteen-fight win streak [...]

This past Saturday’s UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit event was filled with wild brawls as well as bone-crushing submissions, and the casualty count on the list of medical suspensions shows just that. A total of fifteen fighters have received some kind of mandatory vacation including main event winner and new interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit. [...]

Middleweight Tim Kennedy has endured some of the harshest conditions known to mankind as a Special Forces sniper with numerous tours of duty in hot-zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. However, when it comes to what he’s put up with since deciding to fully focus on his MMA career, the 32-year old isn’t sure he can [...]

In a change of direction, new interim champion Carlos Condit appears ready to wait for Georges St. Pierre to return from injury before fighting again inside the Octagon. Condit defeated Nick Diaz this past Saturday at UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit, securing himself a piece of UFC gold for the first time in his career. [...]

Fresh off a convincing victory over Roy Nelson, Fabricio Werdum is looking to have his next fight to place back in his native country of Brazil. Werdum earned a decision on all three judges’ scorecards Saturday night in the co-main event of UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit, ending a short one-fight losing skid suffered at [...]

For someone who has preached the importance of money as much as Nick Diaz it appears the Stockton scrapper may want to reconsider his implied retirement from MMA for financial reasons rather than any competitive desire. The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the list of UFC 143 salaries today where Diaz out-earned the rest of [...]

This year the UFC will hold its annual events honoring Memorial Day and July 4th in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. While the organization has not officially announced either show given the amount of time remaining before each holiday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission confirmed the UFC had requested the dates of May 26 [...]

While conversations are still raging in regards to last weekend’s lineup at UFC 143, the UFC’s production team has turned its attention towards the next major event. Set for February 26 in Saitama, UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson marks the organization’s return to Japan after an extended absence from the Far East and boasts a [...]

Leading up to last weekend’s UFC event, welterweight participant Josh Koscheck called himself a “gold digger” based on his willingness to fight any opponent within reason as long as the money is right. In that vein, Koscheck has mentioned he would fight at a heavier weight than normal if necessary and was even linked to [...]

Last week, Carlos Condit’s manager came out to say their team would consider a scenario with “The Natural Born Killer” defending his interim welterweight title if victorious at UFC 143 based on the amount of time remaining before linear champion Georges St. Pierre is fully healed from knee surgery. Now it appears the UFC may [...]

One of the 10,000+ people packing the seats last night at UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit was unbeaten Strikeforce bantamweight Ronda Rousey, a vicious grappler with a tendency to share her opinion on subjects regardless of how the public may react to them. Her honesty and sharp tongue have endeared her to many fans and [...]

During the UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit post-fight press conference Saturday night, Josh Koscheck announced his days as a member of American Kickboxing Academy are over, opting to train at his self-run facility in Fresno, California going forward. “(It) was a tough camp knowing that this was my last camp there,” Koscheck said, opting not [...]

Welterweight Nick Diaz is notorious for verbally baiting his opponents inside the ring, enticing them to engage in full-on exchanges and abandon any game plan his adversary may have originally entered the fight with. However, try as he might, Diaz was unable to get Carlos Condit to bite last night when the two faced off [...]

It didn’t take the UFC long to move on from UFC 143 to the next event, as they have released a preview for UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger card. The event goes down on February 15 (a Wednesday) from Omaha, Nebraska. In the main event, Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez will collide in [...]

The evening at UFC 143 was expectedly exciting yet surprisingly topped by Fabricio Werdum’s decision win over Roy Nelson instead of the main event between Nick Diaz-Carlos Condit. Werdum and Nelson went at it for three rounds with the Brazilian pulling out the decision even after “Big Country” nearly battled back as things unfolded with [...]

It’s been a long and winding road but UFC 143 finally arrived with a welterweight title-fight in tow, as Nick Diaz faced Carlos Condit in the headliner for the right to claim ownership to an interim belt and a guaranteed shot at Georges St. Pierre if so desired. The card also featured a number of [...]