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Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC 157 fighters.

Newly minted No. 1 light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida says he will shelf any plans of a potential drop to the middleweight division for now.

In the first female fight in UFC history, it was a familiar result for Ronda Rousey. The UFC women's bantamweight champion improved to 7-0 in her MMA career with a first-round armbar submission of Liz Carmouche (8-3) at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Calif. ...

I didn't see much from Lyoto Machida on Saturday that makes me think he'll fair better a second time around against Jon Jones. Presuming Jones beats Chael Sonnen in April, that fight is up next at 205, UFC president Dana White said following Saturd...

The end came as most expected Saturday night: with UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title with a first-round armbar submission of Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Calif. It's the way Rousey has finished every one of her mi...

UFC 157 was an Ultimate Fighting Championship event held Feb. 23 in Anaheim, Calif. The main event was a women's bantamweight championship bout between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche, the first women's fight in UFC history. Rousey won via first-round...

Live coverage of UFC 157 begins at 9 p.m. ET.

Best of UFC 157

Ronda Rousey, the first female champion in UFC history, says she won't feel she's earned that distinction until she wins her first UFC fight -- and even then, maybe not.

Twitter trash talk. When Ronda Rousey began her rise to mixed martial arts prominence, she was known as much for her social media smack talk as her ability to fight. She was outstanding at both. The run-up to Rousey's UFC 157 headlining bout ag...

An unprecedented level of media coverage has surrounded the UFC debuts of female fighters Rhonda Rousey and Liz Carmouche at this weekend's UFC 157. While Carmouche has enjoyed press for making history as the promotion's first openly gay athlete, it'...

On the list of things I have trouble accepting is the notion that Ronda Rousey somehow needs protection from other humans. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the first female titleholder in the UFC hasn't been immune from this kind of ...

John Candido of FightMetric breaks down the bouts of UFC 157, indicating where the value picks lie, including the feature fight of Ronda Rousey versus Liz Carmouche as well as Lyoto Machida versus Dan Henderson.

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TORRANCE, Calif. -- By now, just about everyone knows Ronda Rousey has won each of her professional bouts in the first round, with the same move. Many expect her to make it seven armbars in a row against Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Saturday. As i...

PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- When Lyoto Machida steps into the Octagon Saturday against Dan Henderson, this is what he'll tell himself for the 22nd time as a professional mixed martial artist. "Agora e a hora." Now is the hour. In more ways than ...