Yesterday
Brendan Schaub advanced to the semifinals of The Ultimate Fighter 10 with a second-round knockout of Team Rashad teammate Jon Madsen on the season’s eleventh episode, which aired on Wednesday on Spike TV. Click here for more The Ultimate Fighter 10 coverage.
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Tuesday, Nov 10
Light heavyweight Antwain Britt, a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 8, will make his Strikeforce debut on December 19 at Strikeforce: Evolution against Scott Lighty, according to The Curtis and Kyle Show. Lighty (5-0), who trains at The Pit alongside Chuck Liddell, improved to 5-0 in...
Monday, Nov 9
Colorado based promotion, Ring of Fire, is set to make its return on December 4 at the Magness arena in Denver, Colorado. Ring of Fire 36: Demolition will be headlined by match up between former “The Ultimate Fighter” competitors Vinny Magalhaes and Mike Nickels. The two headliners will be...
Soszynski (18-9-1), a semifinalist on The Ultimate Fighter 8, had won three-straight in the UFC over Shane Primm, Brian Stann, and Andre Gusmao before falling to Brandon Vera in his most-recent bout in August. Bonnar (11-6), the runner-up on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, is 5...
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
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...
Sneak Peek: Is Kimbo Back
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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...
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...
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...
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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