Thursday, Oct 29
Monday, Oct 26
A previously-unreported lightweight matchup between Shane Nelson and Matt Wiman, as well as a middleweight bout between Lucio Linhares and Rousimar Palhares originally rumored for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, are among the latest additions to the official fight card for UFC 107 o...
Sunday, Oct 25
Carolina Fight Promotions put on a great event at the Carolina Crown 2 in Raleigh, North Carolina Saturday night. The card featured seven amateur bouts and seven professional bouts, including two championship fights, and was headlined by former The Ultimate Fighter contestant Vinny M...
Saturday, Oct 24
On the preliminary card, The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader earned a unanimous decision over Eric Schafer, Pat Barry kicked off the Spike TV card with an impressive second-round TKO of Antoni Hardonk, Chael Sonnen dominated Yushin Okami en route to a unanimous decision win, and Jo...
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Friday, Oct 23
Fighters weighed in today for Carolina Fight Promotion’s Carolina Crown 2, to be held tomorrow at the RBC Center in Raleigh, NC. Official weigh-ins were held today at 4pm, and then a weigh-in party was held at 6pm where the fighters were introduced, and had their official weights announce...
A planned lightweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero and Nik Lentz has been scrapped from UFC Fight Night 20, with Escudero now likely to fight Evan Dunham while Lentz is expected to meet Jeremy Stephens on the January 20 card in Fairfax, Virginia.
Tuesday, Oct 20
After winning TUF 5 in mid-2007, Diaz (11-4) won four-straight, including wins over Kurt Pellegrino and Josh Neer, before dropping back-to-back fights to Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson. He rebounded in September with a second-round submission of Melvin Guillard in the UFC Fight Night 19...
Sunday, Oct 18
During the latest installment of ESPN’s “MMA Live,” Cerrone’s teammate Rashad Evans said “The Cowboy” could get his anticipated rematch with Varner with Henderson hurt, and the Cerrone-Varner matchup appears to be a possibility to headline WEC 45, though a non-title bout, including...
Friday, Oct 16
Escudero (12-0), The Ultimate Fighter 8 lightweight winner, began his post-TUF career with a first-round knockout of Cole Miller in September. Lentz (17-3) won his seventh-straight in September, topping Rafaello Oliveira by unanimous decision in his Octagon debut.
Thursday, Oct 15
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson blogs about his highly-criticized appearance as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 10 opposite fellow former light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans. Team Rampage fell to 0-5 on last night’s episode of TUF 10 and will need a win from their final three draft picks to av...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Former UFC lightweight Junie Browning today apologized for his alleged assault of three nurses at a Las Vegas hospital last week that resulted in him being released by the UFC. Despite his hospitalization and arrest, Browning has signed to fight Scott Cornwell at MMA Big Show: Onslaught...
The lawsuit alleges that the Blue Springs wrestling program promoted extreme fighting and created Wildcat (school’s mascot) wrestling T-shirts that featured the Ultimate Fighting Championship emblem. Also, the school once employed a wrestling assistant coach, Matt Cox, who has si...
A previously-reported fight between Matt Hamill and Jon Jones was confirmed for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, while BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo, and Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago were announced for UFC 107.
Saturday, Oct 10
A matchup between middleweights Kendall Grove and Jake Rosholt has been added to the preliminary card for UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas, the UFC today announced. Grove (10-6), the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3, had won two-straight over Evan Tanner and Jason Day before suffering a...
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The UFC has added King of the Cage welterweight champ Mike “Joker” Guymon to its 170-pound roster, according to Guymon, who announced the four-fight deal on Friday on The Underground: An opponent and date have not been announced for his Octagon debut.
Thursday, Oct 8
I think his wrestling will play a factor in the fight. I usually fight guys who are Brazilian Black Belts or guys who consider themselves strikers, but with Matt being a tough wrestler, I can see that being an issue. But Matt isn’t really known for his submissions or having knockout power in hi...
Wednesday, Oct 7
The UFC has released lightweight Junie Browning after the controversial Ultimate Fighter 8 contestant was arrested on Tuesday in Las Vegas, according to Yahoo Sports. After being taken to a room at the hospital, the Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter tried to leave and became angr...
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights airs tonight on Spike TV. After Kimbo Slice was eliminated from the competition last week following a loss to Roy Nelson, a preview for tonight’s epsiode teases that Slice could be called on to replace an injured teammate.
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Tuesday, Oct 6
Strikeforce has yet to formally announce its December card, which will air live on Showtime, but the promotion has reportedly reserved December 5 and December 12 as potential dates for an event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. If Strikeforce follows through with either date it...
Monday, Oct 5
Hoger was last in action in January of this year, where he earned a submission victory over Johnathan Ivey at URC – Urban Rumble Championship, the second of two consecutive victories. Prior to his two most recent victories, Hoger had been on a three fight losing streak including losses to R...
Thursday, Oct 1
Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” is the undisputed ratings champ on Wednesday nights. The most recent episode of the tenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” drew 5.3 million viewers, peaking at a staggering 6.1 million viewers on Wednesday, September 30 (10:00pm-11:00pm...
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Despite losing to Roy Nelson last night on The Ultimate Fighter 10, Kimbo Slice will get another opportunity to fight in the UFC, with MMAjunkie reporting today that Slice is likely to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5 in Las Vegas.
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UFC 107 is headlined by a matchup between UFC lightweight champ BJ Penn and challenger Diego Sanchez, and also includes Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida, Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir, and Paul Buentello vs. Todd Duffee. UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez Coverage
Wednesday, Sep 30
Kimbo and Nelson next weigh-in for their fight, with Kimbo weighing in at 230, while Nelson tips the scale at 264. Dana White says the fight could go either way, with Nelson being the more well-rounded fighter while Kimbo has the power to knock Nelson out with one punch.
Billed as “the biggest fight in Ultimate Fighter history,” the bout between the street fighter-turned-mixed martial artist Slice and the former IFL champ Nelson is expected to garner record ratings for the series and will be among the most-watched MMA fights in history.
Dana White predicts 6 million viewers will watch tonight’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10 featuring Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson.Slice let it slip during a Monday conference call that he’d likely be fighting in December at UFC 107, not The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale as had been rumored. If...
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Middleweights and light heavyweights are invited to tryout for The Ultimate Fighter 11 on Monday, October 26 at the Renaissance Airport Hotel in Los Angeles. Veteran David Loiseau is among the fighters who plan on trying out for the show. [Fanhouse]Urijah Faber says he’s close to a new dea...
Saunders was also last in action at UFC 99 against Swick, suffering a second-round TKO that ended a three fight win streak he had been on since his time on The Ultimate Fighter. As a contestant on season six of The Ultimate Fighter he lost a decision to eventual finalist Tommy Speer.
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Tuesday, Sep 29
“Who ever made him the guy to measure athletic talent?” said Walker. “I don’t think Dana knows anything about athletic talent. He knows about fighters, which is different, but I will say this: He’s running a show right now with heavyweights and I’ll put dimes to donuts, all the heavyweights...
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During a Monday conference call with media, UFC heavyweight Kimbo Slice, a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 10 whose opening round fight against Roy Nelson, billed as “the biggest in Ultimate Fighter history”, airs on Wednesday, talked about the fight and commented on a potential re...
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights contestant, and internet sensation, Kimbo Slice appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night for three segments including a comedy sketch. Slice’s first fight on this season of The Ultimate Fighter will air tomorrow night at 10 pm on Spike TV. He...
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Monday, Sep 28
After you finish watching Chuck Liddell on Dancing With The Stars tonight, make sure you tune in to NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:35am / 11:35pm central, as The Ultimate Fighter’s Kimbo Slice discusses the biggest fight in TUF history, this Wednesday’s showdown with Roy “Big C...
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M-1 veteran Lucio Linhares has signed with the UFC and will make his Octagon debut against Rousimar Palhares at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, replacing Alessio Sakara on the December 5 card in Las Vegas. Palhares (9-2) is 2-1 since debuting with the UFC last year, defeating Ivan Salaver...
Sunday, Sep 27
Sotiropoulos (10-2) was eliminated from The Ultimate Fighter 6 after losing in the semis to Tommy Speer, but has rebounded to win three-straight in the UFC over Billy Miles, Roman Mitichyan, and, most-recently in August, George Roop.
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Friday, Sep 25
Ratings for the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10 dropped 29 percent to 2.9 million from the series record 4.1 million who tuned in for the TUF 10 debut. [Spike TV]Strikeforce recently announced the signing of notable lightweight Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro (20-3), who is 1-1 in 2009 in...
Thursday, Sep 24
Evans (13-1-1), following 12-straight wins to begin his career over the likes of Michael Bisping and Chuck Liddell, won the UFC light heavyweight championship last December with a third-round knockout of Forrest Griffin. In his first title defense, Evans was knocked out by Lyoto Machi...
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Friday, Sep 18
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre recently did an interview with TSN.ca. in which he told them that he is “close to getting back to 110 percent in October.” The French-Canadian fighter also mentioned that he is continuing to look to improve his game including starting yoga, and a m...
“The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” features top light heavyweights Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans as coaches. The roster of fighter vying for the title of “The Ultimate Fighter” includes notable veteran Roy Nelson, internet sensation Kimbo Slice, as well as a handful of former NF...
Wednesday, Sep 16
In other main card action, former WEC welterweight champ Carlos Condit won his first UFC bout by taking a split decision over Jake Ellenberger in a tight battle, while Nate Quarry topped Tim Credeur by unanimous decision in an exciting slugfest that kicked off the night’s broadcast.
“He is OK,” wrote UFC President Dana White in a Tweet announcing that the fight was off. He posted in a later Tweet that Nover was “sitting ringside and 100 percent healthy.” A finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 8, Nover dropped a decision to Efrain Escudero at the TUF 8 Finale in December then su...
The Spike TV-televised event is headlined by a pair of lightweight matchups, as The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner Nate Diaz squares off against “The Young Assassin” Mevin Guillard and undefeated 155-pounder Gray Maynard takes on a returning Roger Huerta. The Ultimate Fighter 10 Coverage
UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard, who has evolved from a loser of two-straight who served a nine-month suspension for cocaine in 2007 to a UFC Fight Night headliner, talks about his strategy for tonight’s main event matchup against The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner Nate Diaz.
Tuesday, Sep 15
Condit is game fighter with slick submissions, and capable stand up. Ellenberger comes from a wrestling background but favors his adept striking game for defeating his opponents. Both men have done the rounds with lower tiered promotions, and this is a tough bout to call. However I think th...
Friday, May 29
Trigg (19-6), whose return to the UFC was confirmed earlier this week, went 2-3 in his first stint in the Octagon, twice challenging for the welterweight title in his first UFC stint, but falling short on both occasions. Since leaving the UFC in 2005, “Twinkle Toes” has gone 7-2, including...
TJ Grant, who was rumored to be fighting Martin Kampmann at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale before Kampmann declined the bout, will instead face Rory Markham at the June 20th event.Nick Thompson vs. Tim Kennedy, Dennis Hallman vs. Cedric Marks, and Cory Devela vs. Luke Rockhold have been added...
Thursday, May 28
The Ultimate Fighter 10 will feature 16 heavyweights, a weight class not featured on the show since its second season in 2005. Unlike recent seasons, just one weight class will be featured on the show and the fighters won’t have to win a preliminary bout to earn their place in the Ultimate Fi...
Sunday, May 24
The coaches for the upcoming tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter are now set following UFC 98, according to UFC President Dana White, who announced the news at the post-UFC 98 press conference on Saturday. However, White refused to officially confirm who the coaches will be. According to...
Friday, May 22
Rising welterweight Martin Kampmann has declined a reported bout against TJ Grant at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale and instead has his sights set on a bout against a higher-ranked opponent. Grant is expected to remain on the Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale card, but will instead meet a differen...
Thursday, Jun 19
Sharing top billing for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage Vs Team Forrest Finale, former UFC middleweight champion and one of the sport’s pioneers, Evan Tanner, takes on rising star and The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 victor Kendall Grove.
Wednesday, Apr 16
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale Tickets On Sale Tomorrow UFC Daily, PA - Apr 16, 2008 Tickets for The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale go on sale to UFC Fight Club members tomorrow, April 17th, at Ticketmaster.com. The tickets range in price from ...
Monday, Dec 10
Another who will now be competing somewhere in that division is The Ultimate Fighter 6 Welterweight Champion Mac Danzig. It was clear to see to anyone watching his preliminary fights on the show that he was easily the most talented of the bunch and the likes of Blake Bowman, John Kolosci and...
Saturday, Dec 8
Leland Roling is the editor-in-chief of MMA-Analyst.com and Joe Schmit is a continuting write at MMA-Analyst.com The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 has finally come to an end and we now have the finalized fight card for the Ultimate Fighter Finale on Saturday night from the Palms in Las Vegas, N...
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