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Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC 161 fighters.

Business is picking up for World Series of Fighting, and the promotion's third event, Friday evening at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, provided a glimpse at the future of the company. Jon Fitch, the highest-profile WSOF signee since ...

Dan Henderson's past two fights in the Octagon couldn't have been any more different. If Saturday's UFC 161 main event effort against Rashad Evans in Winnipeg manages to find the happy middle between Henderson's classic with Mauricio Rua and subse...

Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC on Fuel TV 10 fighters.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist Fabricio Werdum submitted Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the second round on Saturday and strengthened his case for a title shot in the heavyweight division.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The update prompted a nod and smile. Sitting inside a modest conference room at Viacom's MTV Networks, Quinton Jackson was clearly relieved to learn that the number of participants on a conference call about his wide-rangin...

If you like fights, Tuesday was a head spinner. I opened my podcast this week discussing the quality mixed martial arts on tap for June. Forget that. With all the bouts now announced, August is officially out of control. UFC will pull four events,...

Cain Velasquez tore apart Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva one year ago this weekend en route to a vicious opening-round technical knockout.

For the second time in his career, 30-year-old Cain Velasquez heads into a fight widely regarded as mixed martial arts' top-ranked heavyweight. After experiencing a similarly lofty status at the end of 2011, Velasquez went down when Brazilian slu...

Cain Velasquez needed under a round to grind down Antonio Silva and defend his heavyweight title at UFC 160.

It's a second opportunity for Cain Velasquez -- a do-over, so to speak. For the second time as a pro, Velasquez seeks the first successful defense of his UFC heavyweight title. Velasquez lost the title to Junior dos Santos in November 2011, but r...

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Luke Rockhold walked into a cage Saturday night in Jaragua Do Sul, Brazil, believing he suffered from an unfair disadvantage against Vitor Belfort. Whether or not it's true that Belfort's testosterone levels had been altered to his benefit, Rockh...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Luke Rockhold rolled his eyes. This was the talented 28-year-old middleweight, six weeks ago, being sheepish. Apparently he wasn't crazy about the world learning that his trainer, Javier Mendez, is under medical treatment for t...

UFC 159 karma, you did it again. Pat Healy revealed Tuesday he was popped for pot after dismantling Jim Miller in Newark a couple weeks ago. So the one guy who appeared unharmed -- better yet, better off -- following the weirdest Zuffa event since...

Taken at face value, Tyson Fury's challenge of Cain Velasquez is pointless because we already know the result. Still, even if the callout is self-serving, even if it's designed to drum up interest and a payday, you have to admit there's something ...