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Times like this, we're reminded of words from the great philosopher Ferris Bueller, who warned us in his landmark 1986 work that, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Mixed martial arts fa...

Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva seemed to take particular joy in knocking out Alistair Overeem on Saturday at UFC 156. Even though the official stoppage came less than 30 seconds into the third round, it somehow looked like Silva took his sweet time once ...

Alistair Overeem has grown accustomed to squashing things. For the past five years, Overeem has stomped unabated though the heavyweight landscape of both mixed martial arts and professional kickboxing, amassing a combined record of 20-2-1, capturi...

It's pretty out of character for the UFC's happy-go-lucky heavyweight champion to start making demands. I guess when even Junior dos Santos stops smiling, you know you've got a problem. To date, dos Santos' public image has been built on his b...

As he prepares to take on Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday at the UFC's first-ever show in Sweden, Thiago Silva finds himself at an interesting time to return from a drug suspension. Or -- in the interest of accuracy, I guess -- a drug-related sus...

As of Thursday morning, fans, regulatory officials and MMA media were still waiting to hear from Alistair Overeem. A lot of people seem eager to know what the hulking Dutch striker has to say for himself after a recent round of surprise drug tests...

A couple of months from now, the UFC will go high concept. Or at least, heavy concept. Last week's confirmation that a bout between Stefan Struve and Mark Hunt will open the main card of UFC 146 on May 26 means that the show will be an all-heav...

If it's hard to gauge exactly where supporting characters like Stefan Struve and Dave "Pee Wee" Herman currently stand in the UFC heavyweight division, it's because -- even by its own chaotic standards -- the entire weight class has experienced an un...

The backlash began immediately. No sooner had Brock Lesnar announced his retirement in the cage following his loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 than the stones started to fly. At least among the most vocal of the 42,000-plus users who piled i...

Brock Lesnar was in no mood. No mood to talk about his health, anyway. Not during Monday's UFC 141 conference call, when the former heavyweight champion bristled at repeated questions about his recovery from a second bout with diverticulitis, whic...

Alistair Overeem has probably never heard of Lee Atwater, but at this point "The Reem" might be wise to heed that ruthless 1980s political strategist's most famous rule of thumb: That perception is reality. It can hardly be considered news that Ov...

The proper first reaction on Wednesday to reports that Dream is on the verge of booking a fight between Tim Sylvia and Brett Rogers in Japan on New Year's Eve: How can this happen? No, literally, how can this fight happen when the very same day th...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Alistair Overeem got his first up-close and personal look at Brock Lesnar on Friday --and the former Strikeforce and Dream heavyweight champion came away unimpressed. "He's a big guy, like me," Overeem shrugged, after he an...

It was with no small measure of disappointment this week that we all learned of the latest injury setback dealt to Shane Carwin, a back surgery he says figures to keep him out of action until summer 2012. A mainstay in the heavyweight title pictur...

Ever since Zuffa announced its surprise acquisition of Strikeforce back in March, the MMA community has essentially been standing vigil, wondering aloud how long it would be before the UFC moved to pull the plug and officially fold the smaller organi...

Since his withdrawal from the Strikeforce GP a little more than a week ago, speculation has been swirling about Alistair Overeem's next move. Now we know he's headed for a place few had even considered (or heard of) before. According to multiple r...