ESPN Search

Jeff Sherwood/Sherdog.comUrijah Faber couldn't find his footing at featherweight, so he'll try another division on for size.You saw it coming: After coming up short against Mike Thomas Brown (twice) and Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber is knocking 10 pounds o...

You saw it coming: After coming up short against Mike Thomas Brown (twice) and Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber is knocking 10 pounds off his frame to head to the 135-pound division. According to MMAWeekly, the WEC's biggest attraction will fight Takeya Mizug...

Whether or not we should consider the rumored 150,000 to 200,000 purchases for Saturday's Jose Aldo-Urijah Faber bantamweight fight on pay-per-view a success might depend on what those households thought they were buying. Stripped of all WEC id...

Whether or not we should consider the rumored 150,000 to 200,000 purchases for Saturday's Jose Aldo-Urijah Faber bantamweight fight on pay-per-view a success might depend on what those households thought they were buying. Stripped of all WEC identif...

Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesOn his last legs: Did former featherweight king Urijah Faber peak too early for his own good?It does not take a coach or a book to understand that fighters train to peak at the right time. Camps build toward a fight date so t...

It does not take a coach or a book to understand that fighters train to peak at the right time. Camps build toward a fight date so that athletes are in the best possible condition without falling into the exhaustion of too much work, too much pain an...

If you had any doubt at all that carrying a separate brand for lighter-weight fighters is a shaky premise, you should probably grab a look at the UFC's home page: As of Thursday evening, a link to information on Saturday's World Extreme Cag...

If you had any doubt at all that carrying a separate brand for lighter-weight fighters is a shaky premise, you should probably grab a look at the UFC's home page: As of Thursday evening, a link to information on Saturday's World Extreme Cagefighting ...

Rankings always have been and always will be subjective. Different organizations have different rules, environments and standards, which makes any kind of uniform evaluation impossible. Even promotions within the same executive offices -- the UFC and...

Rankings always have been and always will be subjective. Different organizations have different rules, environments and standards, which makes any kind of uniform evaluation impossible. Even promotions within the same executive offices -- the UFC and...

Lots of talk this week about the continued viability of Zuffa's World Extreme Cagefighting brand, a squatter promotion of sorts that takes up real estate on the Versus network and prohibits other promotions from gaining ground on cable televisio...

Lots of talk this week about the continued viability of Zuffa's World Extreme Cagefighting brand, a squatter promotion of sorts that takes up real estate on the Versus network and prohibits other promotions from gaining ground on cable television. As...

Josh Hedges/Zuffa/UFCBang for your buck: Urijah Faber, right, makes his pay-per-view debut on April 24.If you come to this space looking for psychology lessons, you're gonna leave disappointed. But in Wednesday's announcement that Zuffa&#03...

If you come to this space looking for psychology lessons, you're gonna leave disappointed. But in Wednesday's announcement that Zuffa's World Extreme Cagefighting will be heading to premium television in April at a price point of $44.99, a little con...

Dave Mandel/Sherdog.comFlying high: Jose Aldo jump-started his career with a title-winning effort against Mike Brown.WEC 44, which aired Wednesday on the Versus network and probably pre-empted an important rodeo meet, climaxed with an indirect exampl...

WEC 44, which aired Wednesday on the Versus network and probably pre-empted an important rodeo meet, climaxed with an indirect example of Anderson Silva's greatness. Silva is entering his fourth year as middleweight champion, which is not unlike b...