“Sugar” Rashad Evans (14-1-1) returned to his roots last night as he applied his patented lay-and-pray technique and superior wrestling skills to eke out a decision win over very scary Brazilian fighter Thiago Silva (14-2-0). The light heavyweight fight was the main event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship 108, broadcast on pay per view from [...]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is starting the year with a bang as former light heavyweight champ “Sugar” Rashad Evans (13-1-1) faces Brazilian top contender Thiago Silva (14-1-0). The fight is the main event of UFC 108, to be broadcast live on pay per view from Las Vegas. It’s really hard to predict who will win [...]

Update The big fight is unfolding months before the scheduled event in the Mayweather Jr vs Manny Pacquiao match. Pacquiao claims he is going to sue for defamation of character over the blood-testing issue. The NY Times quotes Pacquiao saying: “These people, Mayweather Sr., Jr., and Golden Boy Promotions, think it is a joke and [...]

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (11-2-0) earned a dominant submission victory over Ed “9mm” Ratcliff Saturday night in a lightweight fight during World Extreme Cagefighting 45, broadcast live on Versus. Cerrone got two points deducted during the fight by referee Herb Dean, one in the first round and one in the second, for kneeing Ratcliff in the [...]

Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith (17-6-0) won a stunning, come-from-behind victory, dealing Cung Le (6-1-0) his first loss as a professional fighter last night in a truly bizarre turn of events during Strikeforce: Evolution middleweight bout, broadcast on Showtime. Smith has a track record of coming back to win fights after being beat up, but [...]

Tomorrow night, Cung Le the actor will step inside a cage and transform himself back into Cung Le the fighter. The undefeated former Strikeforce middleweight champion gave up his belt in September 2009 to pursue a movie career. Tomorrow night, he will have to deal with reality as he faces Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith [...]

B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn (15-5-1) retained his Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight belt in a dominating performance that resulted in a technical knockout win over Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (21-3-0) in the fifth round of the UFC 107 event, broadcast on pay per view from Memphis, Tenn. Though Sanchez came out with his trademark intensity, Penn was [...]

Unless something very strange happens, tonight’s fight between lightweight champion B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn (14-5-1) and Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (21-2-0) should be a classic. The fight will be the main event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship 107 event, broadcast live on pay per view from Memphis, Tenn. Penn has not lost a fight at 155 [...]

The finale of The Ultimate Fighter 10 resulted in the benching of nine fighters by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, according to Fiveouncesofpain.com. John Howard – Suspended until 12/27/09 (no contact until 12/20/09 for laceration) Dennis Hallman – Suspended until 2/05/10 (no contact until 1/20/10) — In this fight, John “Doomsday” Howard (14-4-0) knocked out Dennis [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale event, shown Saturday night on Spike, featured a bunch of fun fights in addition to the main event that resulted in Roy “Big Country” Nelson winning this season’s competition on the popular reality show. Kimbo’s Unpredictable Battle With The Assassin Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (4-1-0), the season’s most hyped contestant, [...]

Many people credit Forrest’s fight with Stephan Bonnar in the final of The Ultimate Fighter reality show with bringing mixed martial arts and the UFC into mainstream American consciousness. The fight was truly a bloody epic, showing two All-American guys with hearts like lions leaving it all in the cage. Both guys earned MMA immortality [...]

Roy “Big Country” Nelson became the latest ultimate fighter last night by knocking out Brendan Schaub in the first round of their bout during The Ultimate Fighter 10 finale, broadcast on Spike from Las Vegas. This season of the popular reality show featured all heavyweights, and Nelson was indeed very heavy. In fact, he is [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 10 ended with a bang during a two-hour finale broadcast on Spike last night. The double-length episode featured the last two quarterfinal fights and both the semifinals, which determined which two fighters will go fight for the TUF title Saturday night. All the fights ended in the first round. McSweeney Brings Down [...]

Many of you have been Mixed Martial Arts fans since Royce Gracie won the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993, but it’s clear that a lot more people have been joining the party lately and the UFC is gaining a huge, huge following. That got us wondering how the rise in popularity of MMA fighting [...]

An article in USA Today recently pointed out how the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto boxing match made more at the gate than the Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz UFC fight on Nov. 21. Reading through readers’ comments online, I got to thinking about the contrasts between MMA and boxing, and they live in very [...]