After visa issues prevented UFC heavyweight and British fighter Mostapha Al Turk (6-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) from making a fight with Rolles Gracie this past...
UFC 109 medical suspensions: Despite wins, Sonnen, Maia, Danzig and Guillard suspended
The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued medical suspensions to half of the competitors from this past weekend's "UFC 109: Relentless" event, and four of them...
Ex-UFC fighter Jake Rosholt meets Rudy Lindsey at March 6 XFL event
In his first fight since a surprising release from the Ultimate Fighter Championship, Jake Rosholt (6-2) takes on one-time Bellator Fighting Championships fighter Rudy Lindsey...
MMA’s big stage gave UFC 109 winner Joey “Mexicutioner” Beltran admitted jitters
As this past Saturday's "UFC 109: Relentless" event kicked off with a trio of un-aired preliminary bouts, UFC newcomer Joey Beltran entered the octagon for...
Poll results: NFL vet with most promising MMA career? Schaub, Mitrione or Westbrook?
Thanks especially to the 10th season of "The Ultimate Fighter 10," mixed martial arts has seen more than a few former NFL players make the...
Middle East could be focus of first international edition of “The Ultimate Fighter”
After recently confirming the possibility of the first-ever international edition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's reality series "The Ultimate Fighter," UFC president Dana White said...
MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 109 winner Joey Beltran, The Sunday Junkie winner
After defeating Houston Alexander in January and making his UFC debut this past weekend and stopping a member of the famed Gracie clan, Joey "The...
Japanese star Hidehiko Yoshida announces final MMA bout set for April 25
Former PRIDE fighter and Japanese star Hidehiko Yoshida will fight for the final time on April 25. Yoshida, a 1992 Olympic gold medalist in judo who...
Matt Serra on UFC 109 victory: At 35, it’s all gravy for me
Matt Serra does not want to fill Randy Couture's shoes. At 35, Serra has a wife, a new baby, a successful school and a place in...
Season-one semifinalist Wilson Reis enters Bellator’s season-two 145-pound tourney
After falling short in the season-one tournament, former EliteXC champion Wilson Reis (9-1) will enter Bellator Fighting Championships season-two featherweight tournament, the promotion today announced. Eventual...
Trainer: Couture-Coleman Fight Went as Expected
Xtreme Couture grappling coach Neil Melanson discussed Randy Couture's submission of Mark Coleman at UFC...
Willing to jump weight classes, WEC’s Urijah Faber open to rematch with UFC’s Tyson Griffin
LAS VEGAS - In Urijah Faber's dominant days as WEC featherweight champion, he always had a blemish on his perfect record. In September 2005, an unknown...
Weekend Rundown: Injured Junie Folds at Wild Bill’s
A day after he failed to make weight for his latest outing inside the cage, Junie Allen Browning quit in his corner after just one...
UFC 109 Payouts: Couture Earns $250,000
Randy Couture continued his march toward another light heavyweight title shot with a second-round submission against fellow hall of famer Mark Coleman at UFC 109...
Yoshida’s Retirement Bout to Headline ‘Astra’ Event
TOKYO -- Japanese entertainment management group J-Rock announced Monday that it will host a one-time MMA event called “Astra” dedicated to the retirement of J-Rock...
Serra-Longo an Exception to the Rule
LAS VEGAS -- At a time when many fighters switch trainers about as often as they change underwear, the long-standing relationship between former UFC welterweight...
WEC Veteran Baker Signs with Bellator; Reis Returns
Bellator Fighting Championships on Friday announced it had signed World Extreme Cagefighting veteran Bryan Baker to compete in its Season 2 middleweight tournament. Terms of...
The Sunday Junkie: Feb. 7 edition
Another busy week of mixed-martial-arts action is in the books, and much of the past few days' discussion centered on the business side of the sport rather...
UFC 109 salaries: Couture’s $250K flat payday leads $944K fighter payroll
LAS VEGAS - Competing in the second bout of a new seven-fight deal with the UFC, five-time champion Randy Couture picked up the biggest check...
Dana White: Tito Ortiz’s recent antics, Mark Coleman confrontation nothing surprising
After hinting at a possible move to a new organization for more than a year, Tito Ortiz didn't sign with EliteXC, Strikeforce, Affliction Entertainment, the...
UFC 109’s Melvin Guillard says he’s a new fighter following Team Jackson affiliation
Following a hard-fought decision victory over Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Ronys Torres at Saturday's "UFC 109: Relentless" event, Melvin Guillard said he now considers himself a...
Dana White: UFC 109 winner Randy Couture back in light-heavyweight title picture
Randy Couture is back in the thick of the light-heavyweight title picture. After coming out of retirement for a title run in the heavyweight division, Couture...
UFC 109 winner Paulo Thiago plans to keep his day job in Brazil’s special police
LAS VEGAS - UFC welterweight Paulo Thiago (13-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) considers fighting a vacation from his day job as a special forces police officer...
Serra: Trigg KO ‘An Amazing Experience’
Matt Serra called his knockout of Frank Trigg at UFC 109 an "amazing experience." He discussed the bout with Sherdog.com's Mike...
Coleman ‘Probably’ Finished in UFC, White Says
LAS VEGAS -- Mark Coleman, the first heavyweight champion in the promotion’s history, appears to have fought his last fight in the...
UFC 109 Bonuses: Sonnen Picks Up $60K Along with Title Shot
Chael Sonnen made some eye-raising statements in the lead-up to his middleweight title eliminator against heavily favored Nate...
Week-in-Review: List of UFC, WEC and Strikeforce Matchups Announced This Week
A complete list of significant new fights reported this week. Some may be repeated from previous...
Dana White: “I think tonight was probably Coleman’s last fight in the UFC”
LAS VEGAS - "The Godfather of Ground and Pound" may have stepped into the octagon for his final time. Following Mark Coleman's second-round loss to fellow...
Aldo Downplays Faber’s Home Field Advantage
Jose Aldo and Urijah Faber squared off in Las Vegas to announce WEC 48: Aldo vs....
UFC 109 draws reported attendance of 10,687 for $2.27 million gate
LAS VEGAS - The UFC's second pay-per-view offering of 2010, "UFC 109: Relentless," drew a crowd of 10,687 attendees for a live gate of $2.27 million according...
UFC 109 bonuses: Sonnen, Marquardt, Thiago, and Serra earn $60K each
LAS VEGAS - Chael Sonnen, Nate Marquardt, Paulo Thiago, and Matt Serra each earned $60,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday's "UFC 109: Relentless" event. Sonnen and...
Couture Chokes Out Coleman at UFC 109
LAS VEGAS -- It was never in...
Watch tonight’s UFC 109 post-fight presser live on MMAjunkie.com tonight
LAS VEGAS - MMAjunkie.com is on scene for tonight's "UFC 109: Relentless" event, and we'll provide a live stream of tonight's post-fight press conference at...
UFC 109 main card recap: Couture subs Coleman, Sonnen grinds out Marquardt
LAS VEGAS - An ex-champ-vs.-ex-champ, all-UFC-of-Famer main event that was 11 years in the making lasted just six minutes as Randy Couture topped fellow MMA trailblazer Mark...
UFC 109 preliminary card recap: Danzig, Guillard top decision-filled action
LAS VEGAS - Despite earning he title of "The Ultimate Fighter" on the Spike TV-broadcast series' sixth season, lightweight Mac Danzig entered his "UFC 109:...
UFC 109 play by play and live results
LAS VEGAS - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's "UFC 109: Relentless" event. Tonight's show takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center...
UFC 109 discussion thread
LAS VEGAS - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's "UFC 109: Relentless" event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Be...
Cesar Gracie: I could prepare Jose Canseco for Herschel Walker in three months
When former baseball star and "Bash Brother" Jose Canseco called out Herschel Walker on his official Twitter account recently, fans and media dismissed it as a publicity...
MMAjunkie.com Radio: Gilbert Melendez, Tom Atencio, Skyscrape, “Joey Karate”
MMAjunkie.com Radio winds down a loaded week of programming with a star-studded special Saturday edition. Joining the show is Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez, Affliction...
MMAjunkie.com poll results: How much would you pay for a WEC pay-per-view?
We know what the executives at World Extreme Cagefighting think, but what about the fans? In our latest MMAjunkie.com poll, we asked our readers (prior...
WEC 47 features five-fight main card; Pulver vs. Vazquez rounds out Versus broadcast
While the organization's first venture into pay-per-view has been the main focus of this week's WEC-related news, the company is also in the final stages...
“UFC 112: Invincible” headed to pay-per-view in U.S.; event airs live at 1 p.m. ET
With just three fights officially announced for the UFC's first-ever trip to the United Arab Emirates, "UFC 112: Invincible" already has the makings of one...
Brandon Vera’s goal for 2010? To be No. 3
LAS VEGAS - Usually, the stock answer for a fighter's career aspirations is rote: I want to be No. 1. But that's not the case...
UFC 109 preview: Fight of Mark Coleman’s life just another challenge for Randy Couture
LAS VEGAS - Mark Coleman and Randy Couture have 91 years between them when they step into the octagon for the main event of UFC 109...
Performify’s Picks for UFC 109: Main card offers two solid betting opportunities
Eric "Performify" Foster, MMAjunkie.com's resident handicapper, returns for a breakdown and recommended picks of Saturday's UFC 109 event. Foster shares his thoughts on the entire...