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Event: UFC 143 – Diaz vs. Condit Where: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada When: Saturday 4th February Main Card (PPV/ESPN) Carlos Condit (169) vs. Nick Diaz (169) Roy Nelson (246) vs. Fabricio Werdum (246) Josh Koscheck (170) vs. Mike Pierce (170) Renan Barao (136) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135) Ed Herman (185) vs. Clifford Starks (185) [...]

This Saturday, for the first time in nearly three years, the welterweight championship main event will not feature  George St-Pierre. The dominant French Canadian has resumed training following an ACL injury that shelved him long enough to necessitate the interim title that Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz will compete for. The card will also see [...]

The eyes of the mixed martial arts world will be fixed on this weekend’s main event as the always unpredictable Nick Diaz will go head to head with former WEC Welterweight Champion and well rounded fighter Carlos Condit in a fight that promises excitement. For those of us who’s addiction goes well beyond main events, [...]

The eyes of the mixed martial arts world will be fixed on this weekend’s main event as the always unpredictable Nick Diaz will go head to head with former WEC Welterweight Champion and well rounded fighter Carlos Condit. For those of us with an addiction well beyond main events, the UFC 143 undercard provides fans [...]

The fourth event of MMA Playground’s season 12: The Dirty Dozen is in the books, and our welterweight team’s current season rank has moved us all the way up from #70 to #53 in the Welterweight division. As a team, we went 7-3; we were collectively wrong about Wiedman, Michael Johnson and Lavar Johnson. 70% [...]

The February 2012 Women’s MMA rankings have been released, reflecting fights taking place through January 31st. In the strawweight division, Michelle Waterson came in at #3 with her comeback win over Diana Rael, who drops to #4. Harris drops off of the rankings. In bantamweight, Sara McMann comes up to the #5 spot after her [...]

This week saw the UFC announced a glut of match ups for their third outing on the FOX network. UFC on FOX 3 is set to take place on May 5th from Rutherford, New Jersey and is headlined by a lightweight bout between Nate Diaz and Jim Miller. Also on the card is a heavyweight [...]

UFC 143 will be the organization’s fourth show in an incredible twenty one day period and the fight marathon is set to conclude this Saturday with the interim welterweight title bout between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit. Perhaps the most interested spectator in the house, however, is likely to be current champion George St-Pierre. The [...]

Michael Bisping vs. Chael Sonnen may not have been the blockbuster that many predicted but that didn’t stop the self proclaimed undisputed champion cutting yet another enigmatic interview immediately afterwards. Over thirty five years ago, however, former WWE champion Superstar Billy Graham had cut a very similar promotion which many are citing as Sonnen’s direct [...]

UFC on FOX 2 – Results Rashad Evans def. Phil Davis via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) Chael Sonnen def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Chris Weidman def. Demian Maia via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Evan Dunham def. Nik Lentz via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00 Mike Russow def. [...]

Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis may sit astride the UFC’s second big outing on the FOX network but the hastily assembled bout between Chael P Sonnen and Michael Bisping has inevitably gathered the most attention. The UFC may not have had a full campaign to promote this fight but both Sonnen and Bisping have done [...]

The hacking of UFC.com, it seems, was only just the beginning. This past Sunday saw UFC.com compromised as retribution for Zuffa’s public support for the SOPA bill but, even in the light of this security breach, the outspoken president seemed calm about the situation and even applied his usual firebrand rhetoric to the hackers. Last [...]

The hacking of UFC.com, it seems, was only just the beginning. This past Sunday saw UFC.com compromised as retribution for Zuffa’s public support for the SOPA bill but, even in the light of this security breach, the outspoken president seemed calm about the situation and even applied his usual firebrand rhetoric to the hackers. Last [...]

Hot off the press for this week’s Wednesday fight club is a huge main event as Nate Diaz is set to meet up with Jim Miller at UFC on FOX 3, pencilled in for May 5th from East Rutherford, New Jersey. Also announced this week was a phenomenal featherweight encounter between two dynamic strikers as  [...]

2012 may well be remembered as the year that Cage Warriors took on the world. The stalwart UK promotion’s tour of duty this year includes seventeen shows over fourteen different countries and will be available to watch on MMAjunkie.com, as well as a variety of other platforms. CWFC Fight Night 3 is scheduled to take [...]

Bobby Lashley vs. Fedor Emelianenko? A few years ago even the suggestion would have seen anyone laughed off whichever message board they frequented but, according to an interview by Fighters Only, this bout could well be happening in 2012. “I’m going to throw everything at him that I can. Of course, my wrestling’s there, I [...]

Soccer kicks fine; soccer hooligans not so much.

Soccer kicks fine; soccer hooligans not so much.

We reported last October that the UFC has signed an agreement with Cinedigm to bring four UFC events to theaters in 3D in 2012. The first of these events will take place on February 4th, and will be shown at 120 theaters. UFC originally broadcast an event in 3D on March 3rd, 2011. “Multiple 3D [...]