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When the UFC went to Rio de Janeiro in August, it was a spiritual homecoming. A lot of time had passed since the salad days of 1998, and a grown-up UFC was crashing back triumphantly to the land that bore its earliest fruits. That meant UFC 134 -...

Brazilian legend Rickson Gracie opens up about the impact of UFC 134 on his country, the role of jiu-jitsu in modern MMA and the desire to compete again. The 52-year-old walked away from the sport undefeated, with all 11 of his victories coming via s...

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Brett Okamoto dishes out awards for August.

With three-and-a-half weeks still to go before their light heavyweight title fight at UFC 135, things are officially getting weird between Jon Jones and Quinton Jackson. It started this week with Jackson publicly accusing Jones of infiltrating his...

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The UFC continues to play it a little bit coy on the topic of a possible superfight between Anderson Silva and Georges St. Pierre. In the immediate aftermath of UFC 134, UFC president Dana White once again asserted that he's interested in making t...

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Middleweight Rousimar 'Toquinho' Palhares claims he heard Dan Miller say stop during their fight Saturday night at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro.

Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC 134 fighters.

Eleven months ago, Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares' decision to stop fighting mid-bout cost him dearly in a knockout loss to Nate Marquardt. Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, history very nearly repeated itself. According to the Brazilian middleweig...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- When you hear the words "It's time!" at the start of the UFC's main event, it's usually only from Bruce Buffer's lips. At UFC 134 on Saturday, some 14,000 people -- most Brazilian -- added their voices to the silver-haired MC's catc...

Exacting revenge, defending his belt and becoming the biggest thing in Brazilian MMA is all in a day's work for Anderson Silva.

UFC 134

Anderson Silva defended his UFC middleweight title Saturday. But, more importantly, he settled his score with old foe Yushin Okami.